Main Agenda
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Welcome Luncheon: Perspectives from the Press Gallery
The Willard Intercontinental Hotel
Grand Ballroom
1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Panelists:
- Katherine Faulders, Senior Reporter, ABC News
- Jackie Kucinich, Washington Bureau Chief, The Boston Globe
- Mica Soellner, Congressional Reporter, Punchbowl News
2:00 – 5:00 – Committee Meetings
See below for more details on individual committee meetings
5:30 P.M. – 7:30 P.M. – Capitol Hill Reception
U.S. Senate
902 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
Thursday, May 15, 2025
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Congressional Breakfast
Hilton Capitol Hill
Atrium Ballroom
525 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Confirmed Speakers:
- Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Senator Angus King (I-ME)
- Representative Maggie Goodlander (D-NH)
- Representative Richard Neal (D-MA)
10:00 – 2:00 p.m. Committee Meetings
See below for more details on individual committee meetings
Committee Meetings
Conference attendees are also invited to participate in the following Committee Meetings. Please note that you must register individually for each Committee Meeting you would like to attend, and these meetings are for Council members and Conference registrants ONLY.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Financial Services Committee Meeting
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
534 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Meeting with Senate Banking Committee Minority Staff – Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Please contact Emily Heisig for more information.
Financial Services Committee Meeting
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
534 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Meeting with Catherine Fuchs, Staff Director, Senate Banking Committee Majority Staff – Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC). Please contact Emily Heisig for more information.
Healthcare Committee Meeting
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Capitol Visitors Center, Room SVC-200
Meeting with Senator Maggie Hassan’s Deputy Legislative Director Jasmine Masand. Please contact Sean Malone for more information.
Trade Working Group Meeting
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Senate Finance Committee, 219 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Meeting with Virginia Lenahan, Senate Finance Committee Chief International Trade Counsel (Minority). Please contact Peter Phipps with any questions.
Higher Education Committee Meeting
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Senate Hart Building, Room 902
Meeting with Sara Garcia, Senior Policy Advisor for the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions for Ranking Member Bernie Sanders. Please contact Mariah Healy for more information.
Energy & Environment Committee Meeting
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Office, 888 First Street, NE
Meeting with FERC Commissioner Judy W. Chang. Please contact Sean Malone for more information.
thursday, May 15, 2025
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Meeting
10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
U.S. DOT Headquarters, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, DC
Meeting with senior officials from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Please contact Peter Phipps with any questions.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Meeting
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
2253 Rayburn House Office Building
Meeting with Ms. Abby Camp Wenk, Deputy Staff Director and Mr. Jimmy Ballard, Director of Coalitions House of Representatives’ Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Please contact Peter Phipps with any questions.
Technology and Innovation Working Group Meeting
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
1416 Longworth House Office Building
Meeting with Caroline Jones, National Security Advisory to Rep. Seth Moulton, a member of the U.S. House China Select Committee. Please contact Mariah Healy for more information.