Bridge Michigan Issues Summit

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The Bridge Michigan Issues Summit returns in 2027. Sign up for updates to be the first to hear about dates, speakers and registration:

On Oct. 21, 2026, Bridge Michigan hosted its inaugural Issues Summit at Marygrove Conservancy in Detroit. More than 375 people attended in person, online or at a watch party at Alpena Community College. Panels moderated by Bridge reporters drew from Bridge Listens, our yearlong effort that gathered more than 6,400 reader responses on the issues that matter most.

Watch the 2026 Summit

• The Talent Pipeline: Balancing Early Literacy with Postsecondary Goals
• Healthcare Affordability: Why Costs Are Rising and What It Means for Michiganders
• Political Promises and Pocketbook Realities: Housing, Wages and Affordability
• Innovation Collision: Balancing High-Tech Ambitions with Energy and Water Realities

Read the coverage

• Elections, data centers, education take center stage at Bridge Issues Summit
• To fix Michigan schools, experts urge better reading skills, less politics
• Experts predict more Michigan data center regulations amid public pushback
• Panel: Michigan healthcare costs are rising, complicated, but still fixable
• Panel: No silver bullet for housing, but Michigan policymakers have to act

Thank you to our 2026 sponsors and partners

Bridge Michigan thanks the sponsors, media partners, civic partners and philanthropic supporters who made the inaugural Issues Summit possible. 

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Executive

Leadership

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Supporter

Huntington Bank

Media Partners

Bridge Michigan is proud to recognize Detroit PBS and Michigan Public as Official Media Partners of the Issues Summit.

Civic Partners

Bridge Michigan thanks the Summit’s Official Civic Partners.

Philanthropic Support

Bridge thanks the Summit’s philanthropic supporters, including the Hudson-Webber Foundation, Joyce Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Power Foundation, Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation and Skillman Foundation.