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The Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance, a unified advocacy voice for the business-events industry, has announced that the 2025 Legislative Action Day will take place in Washington, D.C., on May 29.
ECA’s 2025 Legislative Action Day will bring leaders and advocates from across the events industry to Capitol Hill to meet with their elected officials in support of ECA’s top public policy priorities.
“From tax reform to workforce development, 2025 is already shaping up to be a pivotal year for the industry in our nation’s capital,” said Tommy Goodwin, ECA’s vice president. “That’s why it’s critical that everyone in the industry makes plans to be part of ECA Legislative Action Day this May.”
Co-locating with other executive events
ECA Legislative Action Day will be held in conjunction with two other industry events taking place that week in Washington, D.C.
Lippman Connects Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum is scheduled for May 28. Lippman Connects is one of the ECA's 2025 Legislative Action Day platinum sponsors.
MDG, a Freeman Company Executive Roundtable, will take place May 27.
"Every one of the 200-plus leaders at ECEF have an enormous stake in the success of Legislative Action Day,” said Sam Lippman, president of Lippman Connects.
“We’re excited to kick off such an important week with a facilitated conversation on the essential role vision plays in guiding long-range event and portfolio planning,” said Kimberly Hardcastle, MDG president. “Legislative Advocacy Day will then serve as a perfect complement to this conversation, as industry professionals will be much more likely to realize their vision if their elected officials are working to enhance the business environment in which we operate.”
Engaging students in advocacy
As part of ongoing efforts to support the advocacy engagement of the industry’s future leaders, ECA is partnering with the George Washington University School of Business to welcome MBA students from Stuart Levy’s “The Art and Practice of Business-Government Relations: Advocacy in the Events Industry” course to Legislative Action Day this year.
“Our students and I are tremendously appreciative of the opportunity to participate in ECA’s Legislative Action Day, and we look forward to contributing to its success,” said Levy, an associate teaching professor of management at the school. “This course highlight will benefit students by having them intimately engage in the advocacy process while enhancing their communication and networking skills.”
Interested industry leaders and advocates can register for free by visiting ECALegislativeActionDay.com.