Register Today for the 2025 Southern California Demographic Workshop: Revisiting the Intergenerational Contract
Registration is now open for the 2025 Southern California Demographic Workshop, presented by SCAG and the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. This is the 36th annual Demographic Workshop and will take place at SCAG’s main office in Downtown Los Angeles, with an online attendance option, on Oct. 1. 2025.
Moving into the second quarter of the century, dramatic demographic changes are reshaping age groups and their origins—with implications for the future of Southern California. Economic partnership among different segments of the population builds the social and economic strength of communities. Workers with immigrant roots fortify businesses, health care services, and critical housing construction, but are becoming a less reliable source of growth. As the region’s population ages, Southern California will have fewer children to take on key adult roles. Looking to the future, the fundamental interdependence among all segments of the regional community is becoming more apparent.
This year’s workshop, “Revisiting the Intergenerational Contract” aims to create a deeper understanding of how groups in our society rely on one another across generations and between lifecycle stages. From immigrant workers' contributions in key jobs to evolving roles at different life stages, the workshop will explore the networks of care, labor, and shared responsibility essential to long-term prosperity. Panels will address the new demographic outlook, growing workforce needs and contributions of both immigrants and young Californians, and the fundamental lifecycle-sharing that creates mutual support across groups in different life stages.
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Register today for SCAG’s 2025 Southern California Demographic Workshop to gather with local leaders, elected officials, and regional demographic experts to discuss how changing population growth affects regional planning—from accommodating development to improving quality of life and cultivating the economy. Expert insights at the 2025 Demographic Workshop will include region-specific details from American Community Survey data and other demographic signals crucial to informed and effective planning decisions.