Public Policy

Transportation Forum 2024: Key Takeaways

Thank you to the sponsors, speakers, staffers, and attendees who leaned in with us for BizFed Institute’s 2024 Transportation Forum: Business & the Mobility Revolution. The three-panel event delved into reimagined transportation policies, goods movement and supply chain solutions, and clean fuel alternatives to help achieve California's ambitious decarbonization goals. Our economic vitality is inextricably linked to the health of our mobility systems.

NEWS: BizFed Institute Workforce Development Forum Key Takeaways

BizFed Institute hosts jobs summit & career fair at UCLA

BizFed Institute President Kevin Harbour landed his first job working with Xerox during a career fair at UCLA when he was a senior in college. “That job offer changed the trajectory of my career and life. I can’t think of a better way to pay it forward than hosting our own jobs summit at my […]

KEY TAKEAWAYS: AI & Business Technology Forum

I want to thank the sponsors, speakers, staffers, and attendees who leaned in with us at BizFed Institute’s inaugural Artificial Intelligence & Business Technology Forum. We convened innovators, investors, employers, policymakers, and other diverse stakeholders to unpack how artificial intelligence and automation are replacing and revamping jobs across nearly every segment of the public and […]

HIGHLIGHTS: 2023 Life Science Forum

I want to thank the sponsors, speakers, staffers, and attendees who leaned in with us to continue #growingLAbio at our second annual Greater LA Life Science Forum, presented in partnership with BizFed member Biocom California. We convened diverse business leaders, elected officials, researchers, and investors to examine the massive job growth potential of the life […]

Business & biotech leaders partner to boost growth of life science jobs

Business advocates and thought leaders are partnering with California’s most powerful life science advocate to realize the Greater Los Angeles region’s potential to become a global hub for life science innovation. BizFed Institute and Biocom California are proud to co-host the second annual Greater L.A. Life Science Forum Thursday, July 13 at Luxe Sunset Boulevard […]

HIGHLIGHTS & RECORDING: Housing Forum

Our fifth annual Housing Forum, produced in partnership with Milken Institute and with the generous support of our sponsors, brought together diverse roundtables of public and private sector leaders along every segment of the development pipeline. They helped pinpoint new policy solutions, cement new partnerships, and plant buds of newfound optimism. We hope these talks […]

HIGHLIGHTS & RECORDING: Water Resiliency Forum

Water Resiliency Forum replay

HIGHLIGHTS & RECORDING: Supply Chain Forum

Our second annual Sustainable Commerce & Supply Chain Forum marked an important milestone in the state’s urgent, ongoing, and too often overlooked work to address goods movement issues, especially those that rest at the nexus of energy and transportation. I’m so grateful for the efforts of BizFed Institute staffers, Board members, partners, and programming leaders […]

Housing Forum 2022 – Highlights

BizFed Institute presented its 4th annual Housing Forum on October 21, 2022 in partnership with Milken Institute. Special thanks to California Attorney General Rob Bonta for delivering opening remarks and California State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks for delivering keynote remarks. Watch the full recorded forum here.

RECORDING: Housing Forum 2022

 

BizFed Calls for Resignations of 3 LA City Councilmembers Over Racist Comments

Words have weight. Silence is complicity. BizFed stepped up to call for accountability after hearing racist comments in a recorded conversation involving Los Angeles City Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo, and Los Angeles County Labor Federation President Ron Herrera. BizFed leaders mobilized swiftly and voted to issue a statement calling for […]

HIGHLIGHTS & RECORDING: Broadband Workshop

https://youtu.be/Bsbr8ItDOmA   Link to Freshman program below: Workshop Highlights

BROADBAND WORKSHOP: Join CENIC’s Louis Fox for this free virtual forum!

Follow-up work is what ensures follow-through success. That’s why we’re convening another installment of our Regional Broadband Workshop, hosted in partnership with LA/OCRBC. The free virtual workshop on Friday, September 16 is a reboot – but far from a repeat – of last year’s event. We’ll track the progress of public-private projects we unveiled last […]

Life Science Forum Highlights – July 15,2022

Business and Biotech Leaders Partner to Grow Los Angeles As Global Life Science Hub

Registration link to “Greater LA Life Science Forum” on Thursday, July 14, 2022 from 11AM – 7PM: Click Here

WATER & CLIMATE RESILIENCY FORUM KEY TAKEAWAYS – June 17, 2022

Sustainable Commerce & Supply Chain Forum Recap

Business Impact on Anti-Poverty & Homelessness Summit BizFed Institute’s Key Takeaways

“NextUp” Energy Forum: Green Hydrogen – Key Takeaways

COVID Policies and Protocol *Subject to change

April 8th Pre-Event Checklist COVID Policies and Protocol *Subject to change (booster requirement could be added) 1. USC Campus Event Protocols: Attendee Screening & Check in • All events are required to have a check-in process that includes: o Confirmation that attendees are not exhibiting any symptoms of COVID-19 nor are they under isolation or […]

‘NextUp’ Energy Forum on 2/11 Will Explore Green Hydrogen’s Versatility, Marketability

BizFed Institute is proud to convene energy industry leaders with diverse areas of expertise for a cutting-edge energy forum focused on better understanding green hydrogen, its potential as a reliant energy option, and its versatility across various sectors. The free virtual session is the first forum in BizFed Institute’s “NextUp: Exploring Reliant Energy Options” series. […]

Culver City Chamber of Commerce Economic Summit – Bridging the Digital Divide Breakout Session

BizFed Institute President Kevin Harbour was invited to speak on a digital equity panel during the Culver City Chamber of Commerce Economic Outlook Summit on Dec. 8, 2021. Kevin’s remarks begin at 3:20 in this recording. Many thanks to Chamber President/CEO and BizFed Board of Directors member Colin Diaz for moderating.  

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