Events

The Center for American Progress hosts a diverse range of events with progressive leaders and policy experts that highlight bold, innovative ideas to address our nation’s most pressing problems.

We are continually monitoring the development and impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The safety and well-being of our panelists and audiences is of the utmost importance to us.

At this time, all public events at the Center for American Progress are only available via an online livestream. Please RSVP for specific events to receive a reminder to watch live. Viewers are welcome to submit questions for each event and will be notified of individual event hashtags after they RSVP. As always, we will continue to live caption our livestreams.

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Toward a More Balanced Foreign Policy for Japan: A Conversation With Opposition Leader Kenta Izumi
Kenta Izumi (C) reacts with party members after he was elected as the new leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in a party vote during the party's extraordinary convention in Tokyo on November 30, 2021. - - Japan OUT (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo by STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images)

Toward a More Balanced Foreign Policy for Japan: A Conversation With Opposition Leader Kenta Izumi

On Tuesday, March 22, please join the Center for American Progress for a public address by Kenta Izumi, the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), Japan’s leading opposition party, on his vision for Japan’s place in a rapidly changing world.

Online only
9:00 - 10:00 AM EDT

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South Korea Chooses a New President
This picture taken on February 12, 2022 shows South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung (C) of the ruling Democratic Party waving to supporters during an election campaign at a market in Sejong ahead of the March 9 presidential election. - Lee, a school dropout maimed in an industrial accident as a teen, is the ruling Democratic Party's maverick candidate in the March 9 election.

South Korea Chooses a New President

Please join the Center for American Progress the day after South Korea's presidential election for a discussion of what the results mean for South Korea, its people, and the country's relationship with its neighbors and the United States.

Online only
10:00 - 11:00 AM EST

A Look Back on the Biden Administration’s First Year on Religious Liberty
People protest the Muslim travel ban outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, USA on June 26, 2018.

A Look Back on the Biden Administration’s First Year on Religious Liberty

Please join the Center for American Progress for a discussion of the Biden administration's efforts to protect the rights and safety of religious minorities and the nonreligious, here and around the world, and to safeguard the nation’s separation of church and state.

Online exclusive
2:00 - 3:00 PM EST

Building a Diverse, Equitable Infrastructure Workforce

Building a Diverse, Equitable Infrastructure Workforce

Join the Center for American Progress, North America's Building Trades Union, and a distinguished panel of innovative policymakers and leading labor voices to discuss efforts to ensure equity in the infrastructure workforce.

Online Only
1:00 - 2:00 PM EST

The Biden Administration’s Progress to Economic Recovery
Image of Bharat Ramamurti speaking at a press conference.

The Biden Administration’s Progress to Economic Recovery

Join CAP for a conversation with Bharat Ramamurti, deputy director of the National Economic Council, and CAP President and CEO Patrick Gaspard on the economic progress the United States has made over the past year, and the opportunities and challenges that lay ahead in building a strong and inclusive economy.

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST

The Pro-Democracy Faith Movement

The Pro-Democracy Faith Movement

Join us on December 15 to hear from prominent faith leaders about America’s pro-democracy faith movement. They will share their vision for what it takes to build a more inclusive democracy based on their wisdom traditions rooted in hope, resilience, and systemic transformation.

1:00 - 2:00 PM EST

Wall Street’s Carbon Bubble
Photo of Wall Street Bronze Bull

Wall Street’s Carbon Bubble

Please join the Center for American Progress and Sierra Club for the launch of important new research revealing the enormous size of carbon emissions financed by the largest banks and asset managers in the United States and a discussion of actions the Biden administration can take to curtail this problem before the carbon bubble bursts.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Bill of Rights for an Automated Society: The Health Care System

Bill of Rights for an Automated Society: The Health Care System

Please join CAP and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) for a discussion on the current and emergent uses of technology in the health care system as well as consumer products related to health.

12:00 - 1:30 PM EST

Paying for a Green and Just Transition To Tackle Climate
Attendees in the action zone at COP26

Paying for a Green and Just Transition To Tackle Climate

Please join CAP and the Rockefeller Foundation for a virtual discussion on how to pay for a just, green transition around the world. The panelists will also discuss how the United States will take climate action post-COP26, both at home and abroad.

10:30 - 11:30 AM EST

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