18th Canadian Science and Innovation Policy Conference

Sovereignty by Design: Mobilizing Action to Reshape Canada’s Science, Technology, and Innovation Capacity

Please enjoy revisiting CSPC 2025 via the links below:

CSPC 2026 Conference Website

Go to the 2026 Canadian Science and Innovation Policy Conference website

CSPC 2026 Theme and Tracks

CSPC 2026 Theme, Sovereignty by Design: Mobilizing Action to Reshape Canada’s Science, Technology, and Innovation Capacity, and Conference Tracks details

Panel and Short Talk Submission Criteria

CSPC 2026 Panel and Short Talk/Project Update submission criteria, ranking and formats

Submit a Panel Proposal to CSPC 2026 Here

Forms for Panel Submissions are available here. If submitting in French, you can switch the language in the top right corner of your screen to automatically translate the site into French.

Submit a Short Talk Proposal to CSPC 2026 Here

Forms for Short Talk Submissions are available here. If submitting in French, you can switch the language in the top right corner of your screen to automatically translate the site into French.

Conference Proceedings

Science Policy Awards Ceremony

Awards Ceremony 2025

Want to know more? Read their contributions and proposals and see past winners here:
Awards Page

Congratulations to the CSPC 2025 Science Policy Award Winners:

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner:
Dr. Rémi Quirion
Trailblazer Award (Policy for Science) Winner:
Dr. Shohini Ghose
Trailblazer Award (Science for Policy) Winner:
Dr. Judy Illes
Trailblazer Award (Innovation Policy) Winner:
Dr. Sandra Lapointe
Trailblazer Award (Science & Society) Winner:
Dr. Eugenia Addy
Science Policy Youth Award Winner:
Dr. Burhan Hussein

Conference Videos

CSPC 2025 Gala Speech: Remarks by CSPC CEO: Mehrdad Hariri

CSPC 2025: Opening Ceremony

Remarks by M.P. and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry, Karim Bardeesy

CSPC 2025 Interviews

We have interviews available with:

  • Markus J. PRUTSCH
  • Joy Johnson
  • Paul Hébert
    (English & French)
  • Ted Hewitt
  • Alejandro Adem
  • Dr. Shannon Quinn
  • Jan Marco Müller
  • Kristiann Allen
  • Donna Strickland
  • Prof. Françoise Baylis
  • Salvatore Aricò
  • Arthur B. McDonald
  • Sandra Lapointe
  • Ioana Craciun
  • Tim Evans
  • Soledad Quiroz Valenzuela
  • Nancy Hamzawi
  • Torsten Geisssler
  • Sébastien Charles
  • Rémi Quirion
  • Allison Sekuler
  • Lisa Kalynchuk
  • Maxime Blanchette-Joncas
  • Étienne Richer
  • Derek Craig
  • Melanie Ratnam
  • Shaarika Sarasija
  • Baljit Singh
  • Shannon Storey
  • Dominique Bérubé
  • Shohini Ghose
  • Burhan Hussein
  • Derek Newton
  • Eugenia Addy
  • Robert Luke
  • Dugan O’Neil
  • Jeffrey Crelinsten
  • Rebecca Hallett

Conference Photos

Conference Statistics

CSPC 2025 in Review

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CSPC 2025 in Review

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Conference Editorials

Read editorials by conference panelists about their CSPC 2025 topics