Past CSPO Events

• April 29, 2024
  CSPO DC - New Tools for Science Policy

  Public Funding, Patents, and Technology Transfer: Learning from the Contrasting Oxford and Texas Models of COVID-19 Vaccine Production and Distribution

  

  This seminar examined how the innovation ecosystem functioned during the COVID-19 pandemic and offer insights for future challenges

  Ken Shadlen

• April 18, 2024—April 20, 2024
  Co-sponsored

  Citizens’ Assembly School

  

  Learn about CSPO and FIDE’s (Federation for Innovation in Democracy) collaborate to host a Citizen’s Assembly School.

• April 17, 2024
  CSPO DC

  North Carolina Sustainable Textiles Innovation Engine

  

  This seminar discussed the challenges in a rural region, innovation opportunities that build on regional strengths; and new approaches

  Catherine Armstrong, Jasmine Cox-Wade, Ericka Ford, John Hardin, JaLisha Richmond

• April 05, 2024
  CSPO DC

  Assessing Innovation Hubs and Regional Innovation Engines: New Methods

  

  This seminar discussed new metrics for how funds are being used, how communities support innovation, and its impact on communities.

  Maryann Feldman, Tom Guevara, David Kaiser, Isaac McCoy, Mahmud Farooque, Dr. Fallon Wilson

• March 21, 2024
  CSPO DC

  Technology Policy and Regional Innovation Engines: Baltimore Equitech

  

  This CSPO Conversations program will bring together federal policymakers in science and technology policy, innovation policy, and regional development with Baltimore-based entrepreneurs, innovators, and ecosystem builders.

  Kory Bailey , Sherrod Davis, Mark Anthony Thomas, Deborah Hemingway, Tammi Thomas, Ellington West, Christy Wyskiel, Arthur Daemmrich

• March 21, 2024
  CSPO DC - New Tools for Science Policy

  Inspirations from European Technology Assessments: Institutions, Practices and Key Debates

  

  Anja Bauer

• January 22, 2024
  CSPO DC - New Tools for Science Policy

  Reinventing Participatory Technology Assessment

  A Panel Discussion on pTA Innovations with Rising Scholars & Practitioners

  

  In this New Tools for Science Policy discussion, a panel of next-generation scholars and practitioners from ECAST will share how pTA is addressing the demands for procedural, distributional, intergenerational, and recognitional justice while advancing equity for disadvantaged and marginalized communities.

  Nicholas Weller, Amanda Borth, Emily Hostetler, Jared Owens, Arthur Daemmrich

• November 17, 2023
  CSPO DC - New Tools for Science Policy

  “Unacceptable Costs”: Managing for biological invasions and climate risks in the US Pacific Islands

  Introducing the Pacific Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change Management Network

  

  This seminar will present how the Pacific Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (Pacific RISCC) network is helping communities and decision makers build resilience to the interacting threats of climate change and invasive species.

  Laura Brewington