This program consists of a keynote address, panel on the interface of science and policy, and breakout workshops. The sessions are centered around expert guests with a diversity of experience across science and policy who will share their expertise and unique career paths, including Diane Schanzenbach (director of NU’s Institute for Policy Research and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Intitution), Daniel Biss (director of Rust Belt Rising, former IL state senator, and former professor at UChicago), and others!