Upcoming Events
STPF Alumni Innovation Showcase
The Alumni Innovation Showcase is your opportunity to share your big ideas (ongoing work, volunteer opportunities, collaborations, proposals) with other alumni.
2025 Science Policy Networking Mixer
Join us at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston for this annual celebration of all things science policy. Mix and mingle with current and alumni STPF fellows and fellows from state programs. Chat with science policy thought leaders from all the sectors that science and policy touches: government, academia, industry, and more. Register here!
STPF Alumni Group Photo
Join other STPF alumni in the Alumni Lounge for a quick group photo!
STPF Speed Networking
For STPF fellows and alumni only, join your fellow fellows for Speed Networking before the Annual Meeting begins! RSVP here.
AAAS 2025 Annual Meeting
We hope to see you at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center
on February 13-15, 2025, for an unforgettable experience at the AAAS 2025 Annual Meeting!
Save the Date! STPF Regional Event: Chicago
Alumni in Chicago: Specific location coming soon.
Save the Date! STPF Regional Event: New York
Alumni in New York: Specific time and location coming soon.
USBG Expert Is In: Reshmina William
Drop by USBG to learn about starting your own rain garden and how plants can prevent flooding.
USBG Expert Is In: Judith Weis
Drop by USBG to learn about the power and benefits of salt marshes from alum Judith Weis!
Healthcare, Equity, and AI
The AAAS S&T Policy Fellowships (STPF) is hosting a special virtual panel discussion – Healthcare, Equity, & AI: Navigating Policy Challenges & Opportunities. This discussion continues our series of events focusing on AI policy development. We hope you can join us!
Candid Career Conversations: The New Normal
The third webinar in the Candid Career Conversations series is all about navigating your career in “the new normal” of our changing world. From managing a hybrid team, to understanding the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your work, to working on science policy during a presidential election year – let’s discuss!
Chicago Happy Hour
STPF alumni in Chicago are hosting a happy hour for other STPF alumni in the area!
Science Policy Networking Mixer
Register now for the reception that you won’t want to miss – THE annual SciPol shindig at the AAAS Annual Meeting – on Friday, February 16 from 7-8:30 p.m. MT.
AAAS 2024 Annual Meeting
Each year, the AAAS community of leading scientists, educators, policymakers, and journalists gathers to discuss cutting-edge developments in science, technology, and policy. Next AAAS Annual Meeting will convene in Denver, CO, February 15-17. To advance Toward Science Without Walls, the theme of the 2024 AAAS Annual Meeting, we shall explore a wide range of problem areas, and aspirations, and proposals for addressing them. The meeting will include Scientific Sessions, Workshops, 10-minute Lightning Talks, E-poster Sessions, international Expo, and more!
Candid Career Conversations: Starting Your Own Business
In December we launched the alumni-exclusive webinar series, “Candid Career Conversations” that feature alumni discussing career transitions post-fellowship. The second webinar in the series is all about starting your own business. If you’re planning to launch a new venture in 2024 or are simply curious about how other alumni make this entrepreneurial leap, this chat is for you.
San Francisco - STPF Regional Alumni Reception
STPF will be in San Francisco this December to host the last STPF Regional Alumni Event of the year, which will be at The University Club of San Francisco. While we're there, we'll also be at the AGU Fall Meeting, so stop by our exhibit booth to say "Hi!" and pick up a purple alumni ribbon if you're also attending.
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Webinar Series: Candid Career Conversations
Whether you are planning to change sectors, or just considering it, join this conversation with three alumni about their experience switching sectors into nonprofits, industry, and academia following their fellowship.
Don’t miss this first webinar in the alumni-only Candid Career Conversation on December 5. Register here
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Washington: What's the Latest and Who Are the Players?
STPF is hosting a special in-person panel discussion, which will be the first in a series of events focusing on AI policy development. We hope you can join us!
This panel discussion will bring together scientists, technologists and policy experts who have worked in key agencies and offices that have been instrumental in developing AI policies. Register here
Atlanta - STPF Regional Alumni Luncheon
Atlanta, we’re coming!
Join us at Rumi’s Kitchen Colony Square for an STPF Alumni Luncheon on Friday, November 10 at 12 p.m. ET. While we're there, we'll also be at the APHA Annual Meeting. If you are also attending APHA, please stop by our exhibit booth to pick up your purple alumni ribbon and send interested applicants our way!
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Portland - STPF Regional Alumni Reception
On October 25, STPF will host an alumni reception in Portland! Stay tuned for more information the reception’s location and time. While we're in Portland, we'll also be at the SACNAS conference, so if you're also attending, stop by our exhibit booth to say "Hello!" and pick up a purple alumni ribbon.
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Exploring How Carbon Credits are Evolving in the Oil and Gas Sector
The AAAS EPI Center is hosting a virtual half-day symposium on October 12th to explore the landscape of carbon credit markets with respect to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas sector. Presentations and discussions will include the relevant science, methodologies, and procedures related to quantifying, monitoring, and verifying reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector. Additional content will focus on the opportunities and risks related to carbon credits for properly decommissioning oil and gas wells. Register now!
View the agenda here.
Denver - STPF Alumni Luncheon
STPF will be traveling to Denver to host an alumni luncheon on Friday, July 14! Save the date, and look for an official invitation in mid-June. That's when we'll announce the final time and location. While we're in Denver, we'll also be at the AVMA convention, so stop by our exhibit booth to say "Hi!" and pick up a purple alumni ribbon if you're also attending.
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2023 AAAS Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C.
Join as AAAS celebrate the 50th anniversary of it’s flagship program at the 2023 annual meeting. Each year, a community of leading scientists, educators, policymakers, and journalists gathers to discuss cutting-edge developments in science, technology, and policy. This meeting will feature a science policy series spearheaded by STPF alumni, dedicated reception, and more.
November Alumni Chat with Shavonn Whiten
Join your fellow alumni Wednesday, November 16th, 6-7 p.m. ET for a candid conversation with STPF Director Rashada Alexander and Shavonn Whiten, 2019-21 Executive Branch Fellow and Lead Scientist with Booz Allen Hamilton.
In looking over her career thus far, Shavonn thinks about building bridges and breaking barriers in mentorship, STPF, hurdles and the choices that brought her to her next steps. Shavonn made the move from her graduate studies in Texas to a placement in STPF because of a similarly voiced desire, “to have a greater impact”.
With several significant successes under her belt, she is still curious about post-STPF career paths and the making of a science policy professional. Whether your STPF service was decades earlier or like Shavonn, you are just a year out of the program, this conversation promises to make you think. Bring questions for her, she has some for you.
Science & Technology Policy Forum
The annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy is a conference for people interested in public policy issues facing the science, engineering, and academic communities. Since 1976, it has been the place where insiders go to learn what is happening around the growing number of policy issues that affect researchers and their institutions.
The 47th Forum on S&T Policy will gather in-person and virtually to discuss major challenges affecting science, policy, and society, as well as their intersectionality. The Forum gives you exclusive access to participate in discussions with some of the nation’s top experts and decision-makers on the most important public policy issues and how we should build on this framework for the future,
Soup to Nuts with Amy Adams
Virtual
Description: Amy Adams. Hear how Amy is accelerating the pace of neuroscience research at NIH by leading strategic efforts that optimize operational support
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AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy
AAAS, 1200 New York Ave NW Washington, D.C. 20005
The annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy is a conference for people interested in public policy issues facing the science, engineering, and academic communities. The Forum gives you exclusive access to participate in discussions with some of the nation’s top experts and decision-makers on the most important public policy issues and how we should build on this framework for the future.