Explore our past events to see how leading thinkers and changemakers are tackling today’s most complex challenges and preparing leaders with insights for the future.
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Thursday, February 22, 2024 – Friday, February 23, 2024
On Campus
This conference brought together scholars from across campus and elsewhere who have done work illuminating human thinking and action related to the environment and sustainability.
Monday, December 11, 2023
12:00am – 11:59pm
On Campus
US
The Watershed Restoration Conference showcased cutting-edge research associated with watershed research, presented by some of the leading researchers on restoration in California, but with global relevance. The conference aimed to synthesize biological, geological, hydrological, and most importantly, Indigenous sciences on watershed restoration toward a socially and environmentally sustainable future.
Thursday, November 30, 2023 – Friday, December 01, 2023
On Campus
US
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.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
9:00am – 5:00pm
On Campus
Stanford
CA
US
The purpose of this conference is to identify promising ideas that support on-the-ground disruption and outstanding challenges for AI researchers seeking to advance the operational needs of businesses and organizations, to explain the state of the art, and to distinguish fantasy from reality. An important goal is to foster meaningful engagement between scholars and practitioners in AI for operations, such as customer service, marketing, sales, logistics, healthcare, workflows, and human resources, and operations for AI, such as risk assessment and governance for the ecosystem of software, hardware, and human-generated content.
Monday, November 13, 2023 – Tuesday, November 14, 2023
On Campus
Stanford
CA
US
At this conference, we convened sessions to address carbon capture and storage challenges and solutions.
Thursday, November 02, 2023
4:30pm – 6:00pm
On Campus
Stanford
CA
US
This event was co-hosted by Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
Monday, October 23, 2023 – Tuesday, October 24, 2023
On Campus
Stanford
CA
US
This conference focused on the politics and the economics of environmental problems and regulation.
Thursday, May 25, 2023 – Friday, May 26, 2023
On Campus
US
This conference investigated the roles of civil society actors, such as nonprofits, activists, community organizations, and philanthropists, in sustainability.
Saturday, April 29, 2023 – Sunday, April 30, 2023
On Campus
US
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.
Friday, April 28, 2023 – Saturday, April 29, 2023
On Campus
US
This conference brought together leading academic scholars working on climate science.
Friday, April 14, 2023 – Saturday, April 15, 2023
On Campus
US
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.
Friday, March 10, 2023 – Saturday, March 11, 2023
On Campus
US
We highlighted research on the topic of Sustainability Reporting and Control.
Monday, February 13, 2023 – Tuesday, February 14, 2023
On Campus
US
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.
Friday, January 20, 2023 – Saturday, January 21, 2023
On Campus
US
We featured research on organizations, and their role in bringing about a more sustainable future.
Saturday, January 07, 2023 – Sunday, January 08, 2023
On Campus
US
We highlighted the role of marketing in encouraging behavioral change to better align with sustainability goals.
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 – Thursday, December 15, 2022
On Campus
US
We focused on the emerging practice of global corporations to disclose their current and/or intended future greenhouse gas emissions. This conference focused on the emerging practice of global corporations to disclose their current and/or intended future greenhouse gas emissions.
Friday, November 18, 2022 – Saturday, November 19, 2022
On Campus
US
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.
Friday, November 11, 2022 – Saturday, November 12, 2022
On Campus
US
We explored the roles that corporations, financial markets, and innovations in finance might play in meeting sustainability challenges. Meeting the major sustainability goals that have been put forward will require substantial levels of new investment and significant changes in how capital is allocated in economies across the globe.
Friday, October 14, 2022 – Saturday, October 15, 2022
On Campus
US
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.
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