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We are convening changemakers from Stanford and beyond with practitioners, academics, policymakers, and others who share our ambition and sense of urgency.

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Stanford Sustainability Summit

July 8, 2024 – July 9, 2024

The Stanford Sustainability Summit (S-Cubed), in its inaugural debut, is designed to increase interactions between sustainability innovators from all over the world and the Stanford community by bringing them together at the Stanford campus to share their experiences.

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Promoting Competition in AI

May 30, 2024

The Department of Justice and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research will hold a comprehensive workshop focusing on Promoting Competition in Artificial Intelligence.

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Upcoming Events

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Political Economics of Environmental Sustainability Conference
Thursday, February 06, 2025 – Friday, February 07, 2025
On Campus
This conference will showcase the research at the intersection of politics and the environment because progress on environmental sustainability requires understanding politics.
Sustainability Conference on Capital Finance
Thursday, February 27, 2025 – Friday, February 28, 2025
On Campus
A sustainability conference on Capital Finance.
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Civil Society and Sustainability
Thursday, March 13, 2025 – Friday, March 14, 2025
On Campus
In partnership with Stanford’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, this conference is designed to strengthen the community of scholars at the intersection of civil society and sustainability, and advance scholarship and insights on the roles civil society serve in sustainability efforts.
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A Resilient Pacific: Building Connections, Envisioning Solutions
Monday, March 17, 2025 – Tuesday, March 18, 2025
On Campus
The Pacific Ocean connects us and binds us to a common future as we rise to meet the challenges of climate change and provide for communities across island and coastal nations in a sustainable way. During this conference, we will explore these connections and define pathways for working together to promote resilience and shape a sustainable future for all.

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Designing Trustworthy AI in a Polarized World
Friday, March 21, 2025
8:30am – 7:00pm
On Campus
The Hoover Institution’s Center for Revitalizing American Institutions and the Stanford Graduate School of Business are convening researchers to discuss the question: how can we make AI more trustworthy to people across the political spectrum in a polarized world?
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Taking the Pulse of the Planet: From Sensors to Solutions
Monday, April 07, 2025 – Tuesday, April 08, 2025
On Campus
Sensors - deployed using satellite, airborne, land/water-based systems - can transform the approach to addressing critical issues related to climate change and sustainability by providing the essential measurements needed, with the spatial and temporal sampling needed, to advance understanding and support the implementation of solutions at local to global scales.
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Scaling Sustainability Innovation
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
12:00am – 11:59pm
On Campus
This conference brings together leading academic scholars, sustainability-focused entrepreneurs [aka ecopreneurs] and business leaders working on and interested in scaling sustainability innovation to share their perspectives and experiences.
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Environmental Justice and Sustainability Conference
Monday, June 02, 2025 – Tuesday, June 03, 2025
On Campus
We will explore how environmental justice scholarship is needed to create just, ethical, and resilient solutions for sustainability for the world’s most challenging social-environmental problems.
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Past Events

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The Political Economy of Environmental Sustainability Conference
Friday, October 14, 2022 – Saturday, October 15, 2022
On Campus
This conference showcased research at the intersection of politics and the environment because progress on environmental sustainability requires understanding politics. Passing laws that lower emissions, creating incentives for technological innovation, and striking alliances and treaties across countries all require political agreements. Through empirical and theoretical research, we sought to understand political institutions and political actors, and how issues of sustainability evolve within political systems.

Finance and Environmental Sustainability Conference
Friday, November 11, 2022 – Saturday, November 12, 2022
On Campus
We explored the roles that corporations, financial markets, and innovations in finance might play in meeting sustainability challenges.
Harnessing Data and Tech for Ocean Health and Sustainability Conference
Friday, November 18, 2022 – Saturday, November 19, 2022
On Campus
The first Stanford Oceans conference discussed technologies that can transform management by governments and communities, engage business, and help catalyze sustainability and accountability at scale.
Corporate Carbon Disclosures Conference
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 – Thursday, December 15, 2022
On Campus
We focused on the emerging practice of global corporations to disclose their current and/or intended future greenhouse gas emissions.
Marketing for Environmental Sustainability Conference
Saturday, January 07, 2023 – Sunday, January 08, 2023
On Campus
We highlighted the role of marketing in encouraging behavioral change to better align with sustainability goals.
Organizations and Environmental Sustainability Conference
Friday, January 20, 2023 – Saturday, January 21, 2023
On Campus
We featured research on organizations, and their role in bringing about a more sustainable future.
Operations, Information Technology, and Environmental Sustainability Conference
Monday, February 13, 2023 – Tuesday, February 14, 2023
On Campus
We celebrated Hau Lee’s seminal contributions to bringing the triple bottom line of profit, people, and the planet to the forefront of the operations management research agenda.
Advancing Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Workshop
Friday, February 24, 2023 – Saturday, February 25, 2023
On Campus
We focused on the design and management of new climate-smart and climate-adaptive infrastructure systems and how to accelerate their adoption.
Nighttime birds eye view of a city with interwoven web of lines that connect the city in an energy grid. iStock/Chaay Tee
Climate Impact Summit
Wednesday, March 08, 2023
12:00am – 11:59pm
On Campus
In partnership with the Laudato Si Challenge, this conference created meaningful change in the real world — sustained, broad climate impact that would not have happened otherwise.
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Sustainability Reporting and Control Conference
Friday, March 10, 2023 – Saturday, March 11, 2023
On Campus
We highlighted research on the topic of Sustainability Reporting and Control.
Environmental Justice and Sustainability Conference
Friday, April 07, 2023 – Saturday, April 08, 2023
On Campus
We explored how environmental justice scholarship is needed to create just, ethical, and resilient solutions for sustainability for the world’s most challenging social-environmental problems.
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Climate Science in Service of Climate Solutions Conference
Friday, April 14, 2023 – Saturday, April 15, 2023
On Campus
This conference brought together climate scientists and engineers from academia, government, and the private sector, as well as scholars who use climate science to inform policy and decision-making.
Preparing for a Changing Climate Conference
Friday, April 28, 2023 – Saturday, April 29, 2023
On Campus
This conference brought together leading academic scholars working on climate science.
New Technology-Enabled Discoveries To Understand Earth’s Seafloor for Hazards and Sustainability Conference
Saturday, April 29, 2023 – Sunday, April 30, 2023
On Campus
This conference summarized the state-of-the-art in exploring Earth’s seafloor, examine the most promising future directions of these technologies, and highlight applications for understanding hazards and increasing sustainability.
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Adaptation and Innovation for Sustainable Societies Conference
Friday, May 19, 2023 – Saturday, May 20, 2023
On Campus
We designed this conference to facilitate dialogue, knowledge exchange, and collaboration to create a sustainable toolkit to cultivate positive habits for our future and a sense of shared prosperity.
Civil Society and Sustainability Conference
Thursday, May 25, 2023 – Friday, May 26, 2023
On Campus
This conference investigated the roles of civil society actors, such as nonprofits, activists, community organizations, and philanthropists, in sustainability.
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Taking the Pulse of the Planet: Sensors to Solutions for Groundwater Science and Management in California’s San Joaquin Valley
Friday, June 02, 2023 – Saturday, June 03, 2023
On Campus
We explored innovations that have the potential to significantly advance both groundwater science and the emerging field of adaptive groundwater management.
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The Political Economics of Environmental Sustainability Conference
Monday, October 23, 2023 – Tuesday, October 24, 2023
On Campus
This conference focused on the politics and the economics of environmental problems and regulation.
Lina Khan: Is Antitrust Policy Good for Innovation?
Thursday, November 02, 2023
4:30pm – 6:00pm
On Campus
This event was co-hosted by Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
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Scaling Geologic Storage of CO2 to Impact Global Emissions Sustainability Conference
Monday, November 13, 2023 – Tuesday, November 14, 2023
On Campus
At this conference, we convened sessions to address carbon capture and storage challenges and solutions.
AI and Democracy
Thursday, November 16, 2023
12:00pm – 1:00pm
On Campus
This hybrid event was co-hosted by Stanford Graduate School of Business and the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy.
Marketing for Environmental Sustainability Conference
Thursday, November 30, 2023 – Friday, December 01, 2023
On Campus
As society struggles to better align behavior with sustainability goals, there is an increased role for marketing to encourage behavioral change. This can be accomplished by influencing both public perceptions of sustainability and promoting the development and marketability of products and services that work toward social goals but reduce strong consumer preference tradeoffs that might come with some sustainability solutions.
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The Watershed Restoration Conference
Monday, December 11, 2023
12:00am – 11:59pm
On Campus
The Watershed Restoration Conference showcased cutting-edge research associated with watershed restoration, presented by some of the leading researchers on restoration in California, but with global relevance. The conference will aim to synthesize biological, geological, hydrological, and most importantly, Indigenous sciences on watershed restoration toward a socially and environmentally sustainable future.
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Organizations and Environmental Sustainability Conference
Thursday, February 08, 2024 – Friday, February 09, 2024
On Campus
We featured research on organizations, and their role in bringing about a more sustainable future.