Milken Global Conference 2027. A car held for the whole day, ready when the next meeting moves.
Sunday to Wednesday in the first week of May, several thousand people from finance, policy and healthcare in a few square blocks of Beverly Hills, and a meeting schedule that is rewritten hourly. The car is the only fixed point in it.
The conference
Global Conference 2027 at a glance
- DatesSunday 2 to Wednesday 5 May 2027The Institute's usual pattern: opening on the Sunday, the heaviest days in the middle, finishing on the Wednesday.
- WhereLos AngelesRecent editions have been centred on Beverly Hills, using a main hotel and the properties around it. The Institute confirms the venue nearer the time.
- Arrive viaVan Nuys, Burbank or Los Angeles InternationalVan Nuys is the main business aviation field for the basin and the usual choice.
- From LondonAbout 10 to 11 hours 30 nonstopWestbound in an ultra long range aircraft. Long range types may plan a fuel stop.
Dates as published by the Milken Institute. We review this page each year.
What the week is actually like
Eight meetings a day, and four of them move
Most people who come to this conference are not there for the stage. They are there because everyone they would otherwise spend a quarter flying to see is inside the same few buildings for four days. A typical day is a panel or two, a series of half hour meetings in suites and lobbies, a lunch that runs long, and two dinners in different parts of town that overlap by forty minutes. Half of it is arranged the same morning.
That is why the ground transport question here is not about airport transfers. It is about having a car and a chauffeur held for the whole day, parked somewhere he can reach you from, ready to move the moment a meeting ends early or a dinner moves from Beverly Hills to West Hollywood. Odyssey's own cars and chauffeurs are in London and Manchester, and a trusted global network covers everywhere else. In California cars are arranged through operators we know, with one person here responsible for the itinerary end to end.
The ground reality
A security perimeter, and a very short kerb
The conference takes over a hotel campus in a residential and retail district with narrow frontage and no spare kerb space. Vehicle access is screened and controlled, the forecourt queues at the start and end of every session block, and Beverly Hills enforces its parking restrictions with enthusiasm. A driver who idles on Wilshire waiting for a call is a driver who will be moved on.
The practical answer is staging: the car waits somewhere sensible a few minutes away, you agree a physical pick up point rather than a hotel entrance that may be closed that afternoon, and the chauffeur is already moving before you reach the lobby. It is unglamorous and it is the difference between making a 6.30 dinner in Century City and not.
Journey times
Around Los Angeles in conference week
| Journey | Quiet roads | Conference week |
|---|---|---|
| Van Nuys to Beverly Hills | 25 to 40 minutes | 40 minutes to 1 hour 20 |
| Los Angeles International to Beverly Hills | 30 to 45 minutes | 45 minutes to 1 hour 30 |
| Burbank to Beverly Hills | 30 to 45 minutes | 45 minutes to 1 hour 20 |
| Beverly Hills to Century City | 10 to 15 minutes | 15 to 35 minutes |
| Beverly Hills to West Hollywood or Hollywood | 15 to 25 minutes | 25 to 45 minutes |
| Beverly Hills to Santa Monica | 20 to 35 minutes | 35 minutes to 1 hour |
Realistic planning ranges, not promises. Los Angeles traffic between four and seven in the evening is its own weather system, and the conference sits inside it.
What clients usually book
The shape of a Milken week
- A car and chauffeur held from early morning until after the last dinner, every day, rather than booked journey by journey
- A second vehicle when a team splits, which it always does by the Tuesday
- Arrival on the Saturday, so the Sunday opening is not run on an overnight flight
- A departure slot from Van Nuys booked at the same time as the arrival, because Wednesday afternoon is when everyone leaves
- Meetings scheduled with honest travel time between them, which we will map for you before the diary is fixed
- Cars at the London end to Luton, Farnborough or Biggin Hill, which are our own, with our own chauffeurs
Book early
Ramp space at Van Nuys is the first thing to go
The first week of May puts a large number of aircraft into the Los Angeles basin at once, and Van Nuys parking is finite. Settle the aircraft and the slot first, then the hotel, then the cars. If May is in the diary, tell us in the winter.
Around the week
Related pages
Getting there
For the people booking it
The conference calendar
Start planning
Tell us who is travelling
How many of you, which days you need to be in Los Angeles, whether the aircraft waits or repositions, and whether the team will split during the week. We come back with a plan for the whole trip. Nothing is booked or charged online.
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Questions people ask
About conference week travel
Do we really need a car held all day?
For this week, yes, and clients who try it the other way tell us so afterwards. Meetings move constantly and the gaps between them are too short to summon a car and wait for it to cross Beverly Hills.
Where will the car wait?
Not on the hotel forecourt. Access is screened and controlled and Beverly Hills does not tolerate idling. Your chauffeur stages a few minutes away and meets you at a point you have both agreed.
Which airport should we use?
Van Nuys for almost everyone. Burbank and Los Angeles International are the alternatives, and both are workable, but Van Nuys is the basin's business aviation field and the shortest run into Beverly Hills on a good day.
Are these your own cars in California?
Our own cars and chauffeurs are in London and Manchester, and a trusted global network covers everywhere else. In the United States cars are arranged through operators we know, with one person at Odyssey responsible for the itinerary.
Can you get us a delegate pass?
No. Attendance is by the Institute's invitation. We arrange the travel around whatever access you hold.
Are you an official partner of the Milken Institute?
No. We are an independent company arranging travel to and from the conference.
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