The Anchor
Washington, D.C.
The inaugural Summit is intentionally anchored in Washington, D.C., one of the world's most consequential centres of diplomacy, policy and international decision-making.
Where decisions travel
Washington concentrates, within a few square miles, the institutions through which a great deal of the world's economic and diplomatic activity is mediated: the federal government, some 175 diplomatic missions, the international financial institutions, and the research community that supplies all of them with argument.
For a Summit about the relationship between business and diplomacy, the setting is not incidental. It places the conversation where its consequences are already being worked out.
Capitol Hill
The United States Capitol at sunset. The Summit convenes a few hundred metres east of it.
Arrival and access
The venue is on Capitol Hill, served by Washington's Capitol South and Union Station transit connections, and reachable from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) and Washington Dulles International (IAD) airports.
Detailed arrival, accreditation and protocol information is issued directly to confirmed participants ahead of the Summit.
Washington, D.C.
The Capitol dome at dusk, from the north-west.
Arrival
The Capitol and its grounds. Union Station is a ten-minute walk to the north.