As the chief executive of Los Angeles – the most diverse city in the world and home to the third-largest metropolitan economy on the planet – Mayor Eric Garcetti will address why Los Angeles is engaging with counterparts beyond the city's borders, how his administration is using international partnerships to advance local priorities, and where cities can and should lead on the great global challenges of our time.

In an era when core issues transcend municipal and national boundaries — from climate change to security to innovation to economic anxiety, inequality, and opportunity — cities have a vested interest in addressing them, drawing from the best expertise available worldwide, and exchanging the most effective ideas, policies, and practices with counterparts on distant shores. Cities have earned an essential role on the global stage, and Mayor Garcetti will lay out his vision for how they can play it.

(Mayor Garcetti's talk and Q/A will be moderated by Victor Mallet of the Financial Times)