CDFA - 2025 National Development Finance Summit - Agenda

Agenda

This year, we are inviting CDFA Members to participate in agenda planning by submitting a session proposal. This is a great opportunity to showcase your organization and expertise, share best practices, and engage with peers across the development finance community.

Session ideas should align with the CDFA National Development Finance Summit’s mission to explore innovative, practical, and impactful development finance strategies. A list of potential agenda topics can be found below. Each breakout session is scheduled to run between 45 and 60 minutes.

Please submit proposals in the form of a one-pager that includes the following:


Please submit your one-page session proposal to info@cdfa.net by Wednesday, June 4, 2025.

We encourage proposals that reflect diverse perspectives and creative formats. Thank you for helping us shape a dynamic and impactful Summit. We can’t wait to see you in San Juan.
The 2025 CDFA National Summit will cover dozens of important and timely topics and tools. Sessions will include discussion about:
 

  • The development finance landscape
  • Bond finance and the capital markets
  • Tax increment finance and special assessment
  • Small business lending, access to capital, and revolving loan funds
  • New Markets Tax Credits
  • Housing finance
  • Financing strategies for reshoring manufacturing
  • Property assessed clean energy (PACE) finance
  • Transportation and infrastructure finance
  • Federal legislative updates and insight
  • Disaster recover financing
  • Opportunity Zones 2.0
  • Financing innovation and entrepreneurship
  • Puerto Rico’s development finance landscape and approach
  • And much more….
The agenda will be developed in the coming months with the potential for additional topics to be added. Check back for periodic updates. The agenda and topics are subject to change.