Water challenges abound across the country. From droughts to flooding, to lead pipe removal and quality controls, issuers are finding ways to fund water infrastructure projects, including SRFs and other tools.

With funding cuts and immigration policy shifts from Washington compounding with enrollment dropping, how is the higher education sector navigating these challenges while remaining competitive globally?

As the industry grapples with the retirements and retrenchment, how does it entice talented younger individuals to enter the space? Where does the public finance industry fit into the tech evolution? How can public finance stay competitive in the financial services industry at large?

Following the devastating LA wildfires in the beginning of the year, the property insurance crisis grows wider. While challenges are large, and threats of a federal funding pullback hang over, the state is making strides to provide relief. How are the newly enacted laws helping issuers in California?

The challenge of building new housing and making it affordable is omnipresent in California. With the new threshold test for bond-financed housing credit properties lowered to 25%, allowing additional buildings financed with tax-exempt bonds to qualify for housing credits, how are issuers preparing for new housing opportunities?

How much of these cuts will now lead to even more of an increased role of state, local governments and non-profits in providing healthcare related social services and infrastructure. How can Energy as a Service help the sector?

As the confluence of AI, chip development, and shifting policies in Washington on power sources change, assess how government officials – and the muni market – are prepared to navigate the economic boom and the strain on the electric grid in the coming years.

What does the shifts in the municipal investor base, from the explosive growth of separately managed accounts and exchange-traded funds to alternative investors coming into the space, mean for the mutual fund complex, the sell-side deal strategy and the municipal market overall?

Our public finance experts will sit down for a discussion of the current state of the muni industry, including how key macroeconomic concerns and a volatile political environment are affecting the market amid another record year of issuance and the ever-increasing costs of getting infrastructure built.