Open now! Submit a proposal for the 2025 City Managers Conference

By Cal Cities Education Staff

Do you have unique insight into municipal management or a penchant for improving public services? Cal Cities is seeking unique, innovative session proposals for California's biggest education event for city managers: the City Managers Conference. Taking place at the Westin, Rancho Mirage, Feb. 5-7, the conference will bring together city managers of all ranks with others in the field for three days of learning, sharing, and collaboration.

Take advantage of this opportunity to gain visibility and share your expertise by submitting a session proposal. The conference attracts leaders from around the state.

This year's conference will offer educational and innovative leadership sessions across a variety of formats. Change is constant in cities. These sessions will support city managers by equipping them with the latest knowledge, resources, and tools to advance their communities.

What we're looking for

Submissions from individuals, groups, businesses, and organizations on any topic of interest are welcome. Cal Cities encourages session proposals that are creative and modern in their programming and format.

A diverse volunteer group of Cal Cities members will review each proposal through an online survey. Proposals are evaluated on their broad appeal, topic timeliness, originality, innovation, interactivity, creativity, supporting evidence, the ability to provoke discussion or thought, and the absence of product or vendor commercialization.

The deadline to submit a proposal is Friday, June 28.

How to submit

Only proposals submitted online through the proposal form will be considered. There is a limit to the number of words for each proposal's title and description. Be sure to read the instructions carefully as requirements differ between session types.

Visit the City Managers Conference webpage for more information. For questions, please email Associate Manager, Event Program, Erin Wylder.

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