CSPO Events

December 10, 2024 9:00am—5:00pm

CSPO @ 25

In 1999, the Center for Science, Policy & Outcomes launched at Columbia University amidst excitement and anxiety for a new millennium, ambivalence concerning globalization’s acceleration, and renewed debates over the role of science and technology in American life. Renamed the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes when it moved to Arizona State University in 2004, CSPO operationalized now widely-used approaches to public value mapping, integrating societal perspective into innovation processes, connecting diverse publics to key issues in S&T policy, co-designing socio-technical futures, and use-inspired scientific research, even while supporting the academic study of S&T policy.

On December 10, 2024, S&T policymakers, academic thought leaders, and the next generation of policy professionals will gather to envision future outcomes. We convene at a time of enthusiasm for S&T policies that support translational research, regional innovation clusters, and domestic manufacturing, but also amidst significant domestic and planetary challenges for which effective S&T policymaking is critical. What new approaches to use-inspired and community-led research are needed in coming years? In what ways do the roles of government, philanthropy, academia, and industry need to change over the next 25 years? What problems should we be solving through S&T policy, for whom, and with whom?

1875 I (“Eye”) Street, NW, Washington, DC (lower-level conference center)

  • 8:15a – Arrival | Coffee | Connect or Reconnect
  • 9:00a – What is S&T policy and who is it for?
      • Welcome: Arthur Daemmrich, Director, ASU-CSPO
    • CSPO’s origins and argument for a different approach to science and technology policy
      • Dan Sarewitz, CSPO Director Emeritus
      • Barry Bozeman, Regents’ Professor Emeritus and Arizona Centennial Professor of Technology Policy and Public Management, Arizona State University
      • Moderator: Roger Pielke, Jr., Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
  • 10:00a – Break: informal networking and add to CSPO milestone map
  • 10:30a – Dialogues: developing new approaches to making and doing S&T policy
    • Anticipatory governance and responsible innovation
      • David Guston, Associate Vice Provost for Discovery, Engagement and Outcomes and Professor, ASU Global Futures Laboratory
      • Jack Stilgoe, Professor of Science and Technology Policy, University College London
      • Moderator: Lisa Margonelli, Editor in Chief, Issues in Science and Technology
    • Uses of evidence and science in decisionmaking
      • Angela Bednarek, Project Director, Evidence Project, The Pew Charitable Trusts
      • Ryan Meyer, Executive Director, Center for Community and Citizen Science, UC Davis
      • Moderator: Bhaven Sampat, Professor, ASU School for the Future of Innovation in Society and School of Public Affairs
    • Democratizing expertise and participatory Technology Assessment
      • Mahmud Farooque, Associate Director, CSPO
      • Amy Kaminski, Chief, Engagement Branch, Science Mission Directorate, NASA
      • Moderator: Darlene Cavalier, Professor of Practice, ASU School for the Future of Innovation in Society and Founder, SciStarter
  • 12:30p – Lunch & Panel discussion with the next generation of S&T policy (thought) leadership
      • Sam Weiss Evans, Senior Policy Advisor, National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology
      • Shalin Jyotishi, Managing Director, New America’s Future of Work and Innovation Economy Initiative
      • Genevieve Maricle, Director of Climate Security, Adaptation, and Resilience Policy at the White House National Security Council
      • Shalini Mohleji, Senior Advisor, NOAA
      • Zachary Pirtle, Engineer and Senior Policy Analyst, NASA
      • Moderator: Arthur Daemmrich, Director, CSPO
  • 2:00p – New Ideas & New Tools for a New Era: futurecasting S&T policy
      • Moderated by Cynthia Selin, Associate Fellow, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
      • Using a horizons framework, participants will deliberate the near and long-term future of S & T policy, with a goal of identifying specific actions, innovations, or policy shifts that could help move from today’s challenges to better outcomes for people, communities, and the planet. Through a process of dialogue and deliberation, the breakout groups will advance new ideas for the future of S&T policy.
      1. Reclaiming Trust: Science Policy in the Age of Disruption, Moderated by Amanda Borth
      2. Radical Inclusion: Who Gets a Voice in Science Policy? Moderated by Nicholas Weller
      3. S & T Policy Workforce: How Do We Thrive in the Next 20 Years? Moderated by Mark Neff
      4. Global Tensions, Local Impacts: The Role of Science Policy in a Fractured World, Moderated by Emily Hostetler
      5. Governing the Ungovernable: Who Controls Emerging Tech? Moderated by Walter Valdivia
      6. Funding and Accountability: Is Science Policy Delivering for Society? Moderated by Michelle Govani
      7. Social Science and the Humanities in S & T Policy, Moderated by Gretchen Gano
  • 4:00p – The Future of S&T Policy
      • Interactive talk and discussion led by Michael Crow, Distinguished Regents President, Arizona State University
  • 5:00p – Happy hour

If interested in attending, please email Arthur Daemmrich ([email protected]) or Mahmud Farooque ([email protected]).

The Happy hour is supported in part by the Association of Science and Technology Center (ASTC) and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.