At a time when states, local governments, and other public agencies face infrastructure needs that far outstrip available resources, The Bond Buyer’s 13th Midwest Public Finance conference will focus on how strategies for identifying the projects that represent the best use of public dollars, as well as financing tools to stretch each dollar as far as it can go. Targeting the Region's Central Concerns:

• Who is promoting future economic growth?
• What can governments do to encourage manufacturing?
• Where will cities and states find the money for OPEBs?
• When will the privatization wave peak?
• How have bankruptcies changed the airport-financing landscape?

The 13th Annual Midwest Public Finance Conference provides the only forum for all participants in the region’s municipal bond markets to come together to discuss the shared fiscal challenges facing the public sector – and how innovative solutions from the debt markets can help meet them.