2025 Annual Conference and Expo


Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA   Visit Website
Wednesday, October 08, 2025 - Friday, October 10, 2025   iCalendar Pacific Standard Time

Thank you for joining the League of California Cities at the 2025 Annual Conference and Expo at the Long Beach Convention Center, Oct. 8-10, 2025. The conference featured general sessions, workshops, and networking events for hundreds of leaders from all sections of city government, including mayors, council members, city managers, city clerks, city attorneys, fiscal officers, and other city staff.

This year’s conference offered educational and innovative leadership sessions across a variety of formats, with a roster of more than 100 speakers. Educational sessions and the expo supported city leaders by equipping them with the latest knowledge, resources, and tools to advance their communities and assist officials in their daily roles and operations within their city.

Mark your calendars for our 2026 Annual Conference and Expo, September 23-25 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim.

For program questions, please contact Senior Education and Events Manager, Christina George.

Keynote Speakers

Nir Bashan

Nir is a top business speaker leading innovation for high performing leaders and individuals around the globe. As founder and CEO of The Creator Mindset® LLC, he helps organizations and leaders foster a culture of innovation with his groundbreaking creativity and problem solving keynote speeches that supercharge business models to improve profitability, increase sales, and boost customer service. He speaks at conferences and events on the creative potential in every single human being on earth. He is represented by 6 speaking bureaus and is consistently ranked as a top innovation keynote speaker. As an invited guest, he regularly speaks to some of the most beloved brands on earth such as Rolex and Porsche and many, many more.

Erin Brockovich

Say the name Erin Brockovich and you think, strong, tough and stubborn. Erin is all that and more. A formerly-unknown legal researcher who became a 20th century icon overnight thanks to Julia Roberts’ Oscar-winning tour de force, Erin’s dogged persistence was the impelling force behind the largest medical settlement lawsuit in history.

 

And she’s kept fighting for the people one town at a time. In her latest book, Superman’s Not Coming, she brings to light the stark truths of America today: resources are exhausted; corruption is rampant; infrastructure is outdated; water and health issues affect us all - rich and poor, Republicans and Democrats. Erin gives permission and empowers people to take action so that they can save their families, their communities, and the planet.

 

Erin uses her life experiences to motivate and bring inspiration to audiences worldwide, providing lessons on her four steps to success, her motto for resilience and perseverance, and advocacy for the causes that matter. Her motto comes from famed biologist Rachel Carson: "We are challenged as mankind has never been challenged before to prove our maturity and our mastery, not of nature, but of ourselves."

 

Erin teaches that it will be up to us, we the people, to change our course.

Crystal Washington

Futurist, author, and Hall of Fame Speaker Crystal Washington equips organizations with the knowledge they need to become “future-proof.” As a technology strategist and certified futurist, Crystal makes complex artificial intelligence and app technology easy to understand and accessible for everyday people. 

 

Crystal’s clients include Fortune 100 companies, including Google, American Express, and Pfizer. As a sought-after keynote speaker, she has entertained and educated audiences around the globe.

 

As one of Forbes’ 50 Leading Female Futurists, she appears weekly on season two of the Emmy-nominated show Life 2.0. She’s also appeared in numerous publications, including Entrepreneur and Bloomberg Businessweek, and major television networks regularly call on her as a tech expert. 

 

Crystal is the author of One Tech Action and The Social Media Why

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