The 2025 Milken Institute Finance Forum brings together leaders, innovators, investors, and policymakers from the $4 trillion public-finance sector to fund, finance, and deliver critical community infrastructure projects and economic development initiatives. This year’s event will focus on addressing domestic U.S. deployment and capacity challenges while exploring emerging opportunities and key trends in international public finance.
The Forum serves as a unique platform for cross-sector networking, featuring aligned peer-to-peer events like the Investors Roundtable on Infrastructure, the Bond Investor Risk Alliance, and strategy sessions dedicated to small business and entrepreneurship growth.
Organized by the Milken Institute, the Forum highlights the 10,000 Communities Initiative and the Geo-Economics Program, in partnership with other Milken Institute experts and collaborators. Together, they are advancing best practices and driving outcomes-based community investments across the United States and internationally.
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Washington, DC
250+ Attendees
Join a curated network of over 250 attendees, featuring influential leaders from the public, private, and cross-sector sectors. This dynamic gathering focuses on financial innovation, equity, and impactful solutions.
50+ Speakers
Explore insights from 50+ expert speakers addressing critical challenges and solutions to enhance climate resilience. Topics include risk and insurance reforms, smart federalism, outcome-based budgeting, small business creation, regional innovation, bottom-up growth, and valuable lessons from international blended finance leaders.
Global Reach
Experience global reach with live-streamed public sessions, highlighted across major news outlets and social media platforms.
Multiple Opportunities
Discover multiple opportunities for small group, off-the-record conversations and private strategy sessions focused on pressing deployment challenges, engaging with peer-level participants.
Past Finance Forum Events
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