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SUMMARY:Regional Action Summit 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Regional Action Summit is ChamberRVA's annual gathering of Greater Richmond's business and civic leadership. This year's focus is the question on every employer's desk: how do we cultivate and retain talent in a labor market being reshaped by AI and a shifting workforce landscape.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeynote and Fireside\n\nTom Barkin\, President and CEO\, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond\n\nTom Barkin will open the Summit with an economic outlook on the national and regional labor market\, followed by a moderated fireside conversation and audience Q&A. Few regional leaders have a clearer or more grounded view of what employers are actually walking into.\n\n\nBreakout Sessions\n\nThree moderated concurrent sessions will follow\, each focused on a specific dimension of the talent challenge:\n\n\n	Upskilling and Reskilling: Meeting Workers Where They Are\n	Building the Entry-Level Pipeline: Internships That Work\n	Apprenticeships and New Pathways to Employment
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span id="cke_bm_90S" style="display: none\;">&nbsp\;</span>\n<div 1.15="" _ngcontent-ng-c1201592981="" dir="ltr" google="" id="model-response-message-contentr_c8a9bfc994cf859b" inline-copy-host="" line-height:="" sans="" sans-serif="">\n<p><span id="cke_bm_91S" style="display: none\;">&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;">The Regional Action Summit is ChamberRVA&#39\;s annual gathering of Greater Richmond&#39\;s business and civic leadership. This year&#39\;s focus is the question on every employer&#39\;s desk: how do we cultivate and retain talent in a labor market being reshaped by AI and a shifting workforce landscape.</span></span></p>\n\n<div class="flex-1 flex flex-col px-4 max-w-3xl mx-auto w-full pt-1">\n<div aria-busy="false" aria-describedby="_r_ca_" aria-label="Chat messages" data-find-provider-scope="" role="feed" style="margin-bottom: 0px\;">\n<div data-rocksteady-sizer="" data-sizer-excess="0" style="position: relative\; width: 100%\;">\n<div data-index="33" data-last-message="true" data-rs-index="33" style="display: flow-root\;">\n<div aria-label="Message 34 of 34" aria-posinset="34" aria-setsize="34" role="article" tabindex="0">\n<div data-test-render-count="1">\n<div class="group group/message-row" style="height: auto\; opacity: 1\; transform: none\;">\n<div class="contents">\n<div class="group relative relative pb-[var(--msg-assistant-pb\,0.75rem)]" data-is-streaming="false" style="opacity: 1\; transform: none\;">\n<div class="font-claude-response relative leading-[1.65rem] [&amp\;_pre&gt\;div]:bg-bg-000/50 [&amp\;_pre&gt\;div]:border-0.5 [&amp\;_pre&gt\;div]:border-border-400 [&amp\;_.ignore-pre-bg&gt\;div]:bg-transparent [&amp\;_.standard-markdown_:is(p\,blockquote\,h1\,h2\,h3\,h4\,h5\,h6)]:pl-2 [&amp\;_.standard-markdown_:is(p\,blockquote\,ul\,ol\,h1\,h2\,h3\,h4\,h5\,h6)]:pr-8 [&amp\;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p\,blockquote\,h1\,h2\,h3\,h4\,h5\,h6)]:pl-2 [&amp\;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p\,blockquote\,ul\,ol\,h1\,h2\,h3\,h4\,h5\,h6)]:pr-8">\n<div class="standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [&amp\;_&gt\;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3 [&amp\;_&gt\;_*:last-child]:mb-0 print:block print:[&amp\;_&gt\;_*_+_*]:mt-3 standard-markdown">\n<hr class="border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5" />\n<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><strong>Keynote and Fireside</strong></span></span></p>\n\n<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><strong>Tom Barkin</strong>\, President and CEO\, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;">Tom Barkin will open the Summit with an economic outlook on the national and regional labor market\, followed by a moderated fireside conversation and audience Q&amp\;A. Few regional leaders have a clearer or more grounded view of what employers are actually walking into.</span></span></p>\n\n<hr class="border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5" />\n<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><strong>Breakout Sessions</strong></span></span></p>\n\n<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;">Three moderated concurrent sessions will follow\, each focused on a specific dimension of the talent challenge:</span></span></p>\n\n<ul dir="ltr">\n	<li class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><em>Upskilling and Reskilling: Meeting Workers Where They Are</em></span></span></li>\n	<li class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><em>Building the Entry-Level Pipeline: Internships That Work</em></span></span></li>\n	<li class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:verdana\;"><em>Apprenticeships and New Pathways to Employment</em></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<span id="cke_bm_90E" style="display: none\;">&nbsp\;</span>
LOCATION:Omni Hotel 100 South 12th Street Richmond\, Virginia\, 23219
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URL:https://go.chamberrva.com/events/details/regional-action-summit-2026-6328
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