The first-ever Cities Summit of the Americas (CSOA) will be held from April 26-28, 2023 in Denver, Colorado. It is a U.S. government-led effort to convene city, state, municipal, and regional leaders from throughout the Western Hemisphere to focus on shared challenges and opportunities alongside diverse stakeholders from the private sector, civil society, and youth. Together, these groups will ensure the Cities Summit creates new economic opportunities and drives implementation of leader-level commitments from the Ninth Summit of the Americas hosted in Los Angeles, CA in June 2022.

The Summit will offer the following

Plenary Sessions – The plenary will offer mayors and other local elected officials the opportunity to engage with counterparts from across the Americas on shared challenges and explore opportunities for collaboration, innovation, and mutual investment.

Commercial Expo – The Cities Summit will host a Commercial Expo showcasing small, medium, and large companies that provide goods and services that help communities respond to challenges and seize opportunities. The expo will also drive discussion on foreign direct investment and the conditions necessary to increase flows into cities, which will open new avenues for economic partnership throughout the region.

Stakeholder and Community Programs – The Cities Summit will host a variety of stakeholder and community programs, ranging from cultural exchanges to public exhibits to technology and innovation demonstrations, recognizing that empowering individuals from all corners of a community is vital to its development.

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