(Reading) -- Mayors and government experts will meet in Philadelphia today to talk about ways to help the commonwealth's financially struggling cities. Representatives from at least six cities including Lancaster, Reading and Harrisburg are slated to attend. Reading'S new mayor, Vaughn Spencer, says he expects a lot of discussion about Act 47, the state's program for financially distressed communities. "Any time you get a group of mayors together, you have an opportunity to talk to one another about how you're handling this situation or that. It's very valuable," he says. Reading has been working under Act 47 since 2010, while Harrisburg entered the program last year. The meeting at the University of Pennsylvania's Fels School of Government also includes academics like pollster Terry Madonna of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster.