If you sell to local government, your conference strategy can make or break your pipeline.
We’ve compiled the top 10 U.S. local government conferences in 2025—complete with dates, locations, and links—to help you build a strategic conference calendar.
1. National Planning Conference (NPC) 2025
📍 Location: Denver, Colorado
📅 Dates: March 29 – April 1, 2025
🎯 Why Attend? Hosted by the American Planning Association, NPC 2025 brings together urban planners, policymakers, and industry professionals to discuss community development, smart city initiatives, and infrastructure investment.
2. Large City/County CIO Summit 2025
📍 Location: Seattle, Washington
📅 Dates: April 9–10, 2025
🎯 Why Attend? If local government IT and digital transformation is a key market segment for you, this summit gathers CIOs from major cities and counties to discuss cybersecurity, AI, and next-gen gov tech.
📍 Location: San Antonio, Texas
📅 Dates: May 11–14, 2025
🎯 Why Attend? Tyler Technologies is a dominant player in government software. This event focuses on ERP, public safety, and digital transformation solutions used by local agencies nationwide.
4. Digital States Annual Summit 2025
📍 Location: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
📅 Dates: June 4-5, 2025
🎯 Why Attend? The DSPI Summit highlights the best-performing states and cities in digital governance. If you’re targeting state and local tech adoption trends, this is a must-attend.
5. The Association of Public Safety Officials 2025
📍 Location: Baltimore, Maryland
📅 Dates: July 27-30, 2025
🎯 Why Attend? ACPO is the largest public safety communications conference in the U.S. The conference covers emergency response tech, 911 infrastructure, and first responder solutions.
6. International Association of Chiefs of Police 2025
📍 Location: Denver, Colorado
📅 Dates: October 18–21, 2025
🎯 Why Attend? If you're looking to find law enforcement or public safety officials, IACP (International Association of Chiefs of Police) is the go-to conference for police chiefs, IT leaders, and procurement officers.
7. Envision: Gov IT Summit 2025
📍 Location: Huntington Beach, California
📅 Dates: December 3–4, 2025
🎯 Why Attend? Gov IT Summit focuses on emerging technologies in local government, including AI, cybersecurity, and cloud adoption. This is a great conference for companies serving the public sector.
8. Local Government Reimagined
📍 Location: Milwaukee, WI
📅 Dates: April 2-4, 2025
🎯 Why Attend? A forward-thinking conference hosted by ICMA to help public administrators innovate and adapt their leadership practices, management strategies, and operations.
9. NACo Annual Conference 2025
📍 Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
📅 Dates: July 11–14, 2025
🎯 Why Attend? The National Association of Counties (NACo) brings together over 2,000 county administrators, commissioners, and procurement officials to discuss federal policies that impact counties and their residents.
10. ICMA Annual Conference 2025
📍 Location: Long Beach, California
📅 Dates: September 14–17, 2025
🎯 Why Attend? ICMA Is largest gathering of local U.S. government leaders. It's a great fit for companies that sell to local government, and there's a large exhibit hall that gets lots of traction throughout the event.
If you see any Starbridge team members at these conferences, make sure to say hello!
Starbridge monitors local gov entities for intent signals - meeting minutes, RFPs, competitor contract expirations & more - so you can target the right buyers, at the right time, with the right messaging.