Each year at Bloomberg CityLab, hundreds of mayors, city planners, urban innovators, and activists from across the world gather to discuss t

Bloomberg CityLab, the preeminent global cities summit, was founded on the principle that the most important innovation is happening at the

MARCH 16, 2021 - This program explores upcoming federal funding, policy, and regulatory changes that affect cities, how to use these tools for equity, what lessons can be learned from the CARES Act, and how we align federal resources to local inclusion efforts. 

Local government purchasing, including how a jurisdiction decides what to buy, and how they decide who to buy from, makes a huge difference in how innovative and equitable that government will be.

NOVEMBER 19, 2020 - Local governments are big buyers. But for too long, how and with whom our local governments spend their money has reinforced economic inequities in our country.

In the US, state and city governments collectively spend $1.6 trillion per year. But for too long, how and with whom local governments spend their money has reinforced economic inequities.

8 recommendations for what city governments can do to increase the number of “smart cities,” “civic tech,” or “urban tech” procurements awarded to companies led by women and people of color.

AUGUST 7, 2020 - This expert panel of city leaders, technologists, and innovators discuss why it is usually so hard to learn from failure in government and what governments and their allies can do about it.

Imagine if, with the coronavirus tearing through our country and demands for racial justice ringing in our ears, we could not use the word “failure.” How could we ever begin to fix what is broken if we couldn’t be honest about the brokenness in the first place?