Events
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Powerful networking. Highly interactive programming. Insights you can’t find elsewhere. The Bond Buyer events are the premier destination for the industry’s brightest minds and most influential leaders.
Event Archives
Below is a collection of the most notable sessions from our recent events. This is a subscriber-only benefit—learn more about joining the community here.
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC FINANCE is your destination for answers to the most critical questions.The Bond Buyeris bringing the industry’s brightest minds together for three days of insights, projections and strategic conversations. This is where experts and innovators address the sector’s biggest challenges and opportunities — from regulation and legislation to ESG and infrastructure.
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Introductory remarks will be provided by the Bond Buyer and conference chairs.
November 27 -
Tax-credit incentives such as renewable energy tax credits that are part of the infrastructure laws have been slower to roll out.
November 27
The need for infrastructure dollars in the U.S. keeps growing, and it's becoming increasingly clear that public funds won't be enough. How can the muni industry incorporate more private financing for these programs? How do investors feel about the prospects? Where do public-private partnerships (P3) fit in?
At The Bond Buyer's INFRASTRUCTURE conference, you'll get answers to the muni community's most critical questions. This is your destination to engage in focused discussions with experts and walk away with actionable insights to navigate the challenges and opportunities ahead.
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Arizent will survey municipal finance and rating agency business leaders to examine opportunities and obstacles in three key areas of infrastructure
October 1
SOUTHEAST PUBLIC FINANCE is a brand new conference from The Bond Buyer, where the public finance issues impacting the Southeastern United States take center stage.
How is the region dealing with infrastructure projects, social services and housing amid population and business booms? What’s the status of Southeastern airports, ports and rail hubs — some of the biggest in the nation — and how are they growing? The region’s brightest minds will convene in Hollywood, Florida, to address these questions and many more.
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Kick off your day with an issuer panel discussing how the nation's governments and nonprofits use debt and cash as important strategic tools to help them move both their communities and organizations forward. Topics of discussion will include reactive treasury management vs. strategic treasury management, the impact of modernizing your organization, and more.
May 28
Navigating legislative priorities and pressure points. Addressing the challenges impacting commercial downtowns. Improving resiliency efforts in the face of severe weather. Improving transportation infrastructure amid explosive population growth.
The Texas muni community has a lot on its plate, and this is where key players in the industry explore unique issues pertaining to the Lone Star State — and what they could mean for the rest of the country.
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CPE Eligible, Join our market leaders as they present their viewpoints on the macroeconomic picture and prospects for the U.S. muni market.
June 11 -
As we continue to keep an eye out on commercial downtowns around the country, during this discussion we will focus on: Current projections: are people expected to return to offices or that is no longer in the cards?, Impact of vacancies on the property values, Addressing homelessness facing large urban centers, What efforts have been underway to address the current situation impacting commercial space in urban downtowns?
May 7
What are the expectations for market performance, bond volume and credit conditions in 2024? What’s the buy-side perspective on yield attractiveness and alternative financing products? How has the ESG landscape evolved amid both demand and pushback? These are just a few of the critical questions experts will discuss and debate at The Bond Buyer’s NATIONAL OUTLOOK. Don’t miss this chance to hear their predictions while exploring the national and regional trends driving the market.
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Attendees of The Bond Buyer National Outlook Conference 2024 will have the opportunity to vote in a live market survey at The Athletic Club in New York City on February 8th, 2024. Topics will include: Market conditions and expectations, Issuance projections, Credit conditions, Evolving investor base
February 16 -
As the municipal market navigates the world of technology and AI, we will get a sense of where things stand and specifically what tech and AI solutions are possible/being developed for issuers, underwriters, and municipal advisors.
February 16
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC FINANCE 2023. No other conference offers this kind of interactive deep dive into the most pressing issues impacting the world’s fifth largest economy and beyond: legislation, regulation, infrastructure, climate change, ESG and more. This is your chance to take part in the most important conversations and gain invaluable insights as the muni community continues to navigate change and uncertainty with shrewd resilience.
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At this year's event, we will induct late Tim Schaefer, Deputy State Treasurer for California, into The Bond Buyer's Hall of Fame. Daniel Wiles, Assistant Treasurer at the Los Angeles County, will provide a few remarks.
November 19 -
Great American traditions
November 17
At The Bond Buyer’s INFRASTRUCTURE conference, the most knowledgeable experts came together in Chicago to analyze the market conditions, issuance, refunding volume and overall pacing in 2023. Attendees engaged in focused discussions with the industry’s top minds and walked away with the tools to assess the overall health of the market and a deeper understanding of how inflation and interest rates would impact financing of infrastructure-related projects.
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Chat with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, moderated by Chicago CFO, Jill Jaworski about the infrastructure side, but the human infrastructure side and some of the things that we can be thinking about in the future as to how we bring those two things together.
September 16 -
We will look to understand where things are with P3s in the US and what the impediments are to having more of this type of an arrangement in infrastructure projects around the country.
September 16
From resiliency planning and transportation to legislative and regulatory developments — these are the pivotal issues shaping Texas’s future and the country as a whole. TEXAS PUBLIC FINANCE 2023 is where leaders and experts convene to address the state’s most pressing public finance issues, and the macroeconomic impact on the nation.
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Michael Ballinger, Publisher, The Bond Buyer; Noé Hinojosa, Jr., Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Estrada Hinojosa & Co., Inc.; Janice Hofferber, MD, Head of US Public Finance., Moody's Investors Service
April 28 -
Join our market leaders as they present their viewpoints on the macroeconomic picture and prospects for the U.S. muni market.
April 28
What are the obstacles and opportunities surrounding ESG? What does new tech, crypto and AI mean for electronic trading? How will inflation and labor shortages impact the IIJA rollout? The municipal finance community is going into 2023 with a lot of questions. The Bond Buyer’s NATIONAL OUTLOOK is your destination for answers. This is where top industry experts discuss and debate their predictions, while exploring the national and regional trends driving the market.
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Michael Ballinger, Publisher, The Bond Buyer; Kevin Murphy, Partner, Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP; Tim Sullivan, Managing Director, UBS Financial Services Inc
February 9 -
Treasurer Goldberg will be introduced by Tim Sullivan, Managing Director, Head of New England Region and Housing Finance at UBS Wealth Management Americas.
February 9
As the U.S. looks to recover and rebuild, there’s one critical issue on every muni leader’s mind: infrastructure. Over the course of two days, The Bond Buyer convened experts and innovators to dive deep into all the complexities at INFRASTRUCTURE 2022. How do we close the infrastructure gap? What areas will receive the biggest investments? How does ESG factor in? These questions and so many more were addressed by the most influential minds in municipal finance. This is the essential event to explore a vital and layered issue that will define the future of our nation.
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Christine Reynolds, Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
November 30 -
The Bond Buyer's latest class of exceptional muni industry young professionals will join us for a discussion on current economic developments and the impact they are having on the U.S. infrastructure projects and the rollout of the IIJA.
November 30
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC FINANCE 2022. No other conference offers this kind of interactive deep dive into the most pressing issues impacting the world’s fifth largest economy and beyond: legislation, regulation, infrastructure, climate change, ESG and more. This is your chance to take part in the most important conversations and gain invaluable insights as the muni community continues to navigate change and uncertainty with shrewd resilience.
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Our panelists will examine some of the strategies they employ to attract and retain talent as well as how they continue to focus their efforts on having diverse talent.
October 8 -
Join our market leaders as they present their viewpoints on the macroeconomic picture and prospects for the U.S. muni market.
October 8
TEXAS PUBLIC FINANCE 2022 is thoughtfully curated for powerful networking and meaningful discussions — this is the municipal finance community’s destination for connection and collaboration. Dive deep into the most pressing issues with a level of interactivity you won’t find elsewhere.
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Join Glenn Hegar, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas for an update on the state's economic forecast.
April 15 -
The massive snowstorm that hit Texas in February 2021 brought to light the state's unique energy challenges. It also gave the rest of the country a glimpse of the trouble that climate change could bring for power grids all over the U.S. As climate change accelerates, many electric grids will experience severe weather events that are well beyond the historical conditions for which they were built, which places them at risk of catastrophic failure. In this session, we will investigate the risks and solutions that will have an impact on this sector.
April 13
NATIONAL OUTLOOK 2022 returns in person and will offer a comprehensive, hyper-relevant overview of the industry. This is your opportunity to network and interact with the full municipal finance ecosystem — issuers, institutional investors, municipal advisors, underwriters, bond purchasers, rating agencies, tech solutions providers and more.
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Michael Ballinger, Publisher The Bond Buyer, The Bond Buyer; Jay Redd, Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Finance, Public Finance, UBS Global Wealth Management; Kevin Murphy, Partner, Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP
April 7 -
Shawn Wooden, Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, State of CT
April 7