Current Collaboration: Science for Policy Conference
ADDSTEAM, UC Riverside Science to Policy (S2P)program, and UCR School of Public Policy are collaborating to host the 2026 Science for Policy Conference.
We will be welcoming early career researchers from all over the country to campus on May 15 & 16, 2026 to explore the theme: Future NOW! Energizing Abundance and Resilience.
Friday and Saturday, May 15-16, 2026
May 15: Science for Policy Conference (Doors open at 8:30)
May 16: Policy Engagement Training Workshop (Doors open at 8:30)
UC Riverside School of Medicine, Building II, Room 205
(Saturday: Student Success Center 121, MPR 3)
This conference brings together leaders in science and policy to explore how we can create a more abundant and resilient future.
Through wide-ranging conversations on energy and health, participants will share ideas, build connections, and identify solutions that improve people's lives while protecting our planet.
Future NOW! Energizing Abundance and Resilience will discuss factors that enable abundance and explore strategies for cultivating resilience.
Too often, the discourse surrounding these two concepts focuses on their idealization at the expense of the means through which they can be achieved. Future NOW! calls on us to attend to those means—to the stakeholders that need to be engaged; the partnerships that must be built; the mobilizations required for their actualization.
In this one-day conference:
The morning sessions focus on health
The afternoon sessions focus on energy
In every era, each of these sectors is driven by a complex of forces. However, the political volatility of our current era renders strategic planning in these key domains particularly important now! Join us and contribute as our speakers and panelists consider risks the future will force us to navigate and opportunities our mobilizations can enable us to pursue.