Join us for an afternoon celebrating a cohort of Colorado policy entrepreneurs as they share ideas to tackle workforce reskilling and upskilling, emerging technology, and water and land stewardship. In response to Colorado's rapid technological change, workforce disruption, climate pressures, and infrastructure demands, these policy entrepreneurs participated in the Colorado Future Systems Policy Sprint, a three-month program hosted by the Institute for Science & Policy (ISP), Federation of American Scientists (FAS), and Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) to develop short, implementation-ready memos for state leaders ahead of next year’s gubernatorial and legislative transition.
Policy memo authors include:
- Amadou Dieng: Connecting Education Pathways Through Employer-Validated Skills Maps
- Benji Xie: Building Public Trust in Data Centers through Monitoring, Reporting, and Investigating
- Casey Gibson: Modernizing Conveyance Systems for Water
- Cindy Huang, Jason Lewis-Berry, and Mike Zimmer: Meeting Critical Physician Gaps
- Elizabeth Hartman: Data Centers for Resilience
- Eric Eriksen: Building a San Luis Valley Model for Agricultural Water, Energy, and Workforce Resilience
- Jon Mertz: Building Colorado's Succession Through Apprenticeship
- Stephen Hill: Establishing the Colorado Applied AI Workforce Initiative
- Thomas Young: Modernizing Permitting for Routine Residential Projects
Meet the authors, hear about the program that shaped their work, and learn how they're already moving their proposals forward. You'll hear directly from each author about their policy memo and have the opportunity to ask questions, share your insights, and explore ways to collaborate at table discussions. Whether you're a policymaker, implementer, advocate, or funder, this is a chance to discover new policy ideas for our state, connect with others across the ecosystem, and explore concrete ways to help carry these ideas forward. Doors open at 1:30pm. Showcase begins promptly at 2:00pm. Stay after for a happy hour to keep the conversation going.
