Pattern to watch
Resilience is becoming infrastructure. Across this calendar, the same shift appears in different sectors: circular materials, water systems, distributed energy, public participation, cybersecurity, food innovation, mobility, nature finance, and permaculture are all moving from “ideas” into practical operating systems.
The Calendar is updated bi-weekly. Some of the events added after the submission deadline include:
- May 13 11 AM ET: : Rethinking Protein Measurement for Next-Generation Foods In Partnership With Xylem/Gerhardt
- May 19, 10 AM ET: How AI and data are transforming transport operations and services
| Date | Event / Webinar | Sector | Location / Format | Registration link | Mobilized signal |
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| May 11 | Distributed Energy Resources Working Group | Clean + renewable energy / distributed grid | Online conference call | Event page; registration not required. (MISO Energy) | Distributed energy is becoming part of normal grid planning. |
| May 12 | Designing & Leading Public Participation | Digital + personal democracy | Online course / IAP2 USA | Register / event page. (IAP2 USA) | Public participation is becoming a design discipline, not just a meeting format. |
| May 13 | Value Chain Collaboration in Public Procurement of Textiles | Circularity / procurement | Online webinar | Register / event page. (EU Transition Pathways) | Public procurement can create demand for circular materials and supply chains. |
| May 13 | GDC Europe Pre-Forum Webinar: Cross-Border Democratic Challenges in Europe | Digital democracy / civic resilience | Webinar | Register / event page. (Global Democracy Coalition) | Democratic resilience increasingly requires cross-border coordination. |
| May 13 | From Runoff to Resilience: Rethinking Stormwater with Green Infrastructure | Community resilience / water / health | Livestream webinar | Register / event page. (ctriver.org) | Stormwater is becoming a public health, flood, and infrastructure design issue. |
| May 13 | Virtual Power Plants: The Shape of the Modern Grid | Clean energy / distributed energy | Webinar | Webinar registration. (Clean Energy States Alliance) | Virtual power plants are moving from pilot projects to grid strategy. |
| May 13 | Flexible Interconnection and Proactive Investment | Clean energy / grid modernization | Webinar | Register / event page. (SEPA) | Faster interconnection is now central to clean-energy deployment. |
| May 13 | Seismic Strength in Utilities: Global Lessons and Local Strategies | Community resilience / water infrastructure | Webinar | Register / event page. (AWWA Store) | Water utilities are preparing for compound infrastructure shocks. |
| May 14 | Closing the Loop on Circularity | Circularity / data centers / ICT infrastructure | Webinar | Register / event page. (Circularity Days 2026) | Data centers are being pushed toward reuse, lifecycle design, and lower waste. |
| May 14 | Tribal Community Resilience Webinar Series: Water | Community resilience / Indigenous knowledge | Webinar | Register / event page. (NATHPO) | Tribal resilience work is linking water, culture, land, and adaptation. |
| May 14 | Solar Valley Consortium 2026 Virtual Conference | Clean energy / regional grid planning | Virtual conference | Register / event page. (UC Riverside) | Solar, transmission, land use, and regional planning are converging. |
| May 15 | Connecting GeoHealth and Planetary Health Communities | Planetary health / public health | Webinar | Register / event page. (AGU) | Planetary health and geoscience communities are aligning around shared risks. |
| May 17–18 | Samson International Smart Mobility Summit | Mobility / transportation as a system | Tel Aviv, Israel | Register / event page. (Smart Mobility Summit 2026) | Smart mobility is moving toward integrated people-and-goods systems. |
| May 18–19 | International Conference on Democracy, Political and Civic Participation | Digital democracy / civic participation | Belgrade, Serbia | Register / event page. | Civic participation is being studied as a global governance challenge. |
| May 19 | Sustainable Finance for Small Businesses | Ethical finance / small business funding | Webinar | Register / event page. (Small Business Administration) | Sustainable finance is moving from investor language to small-business practicality. |
| May 19 | 2026 State of Corporate Sustainability Disclosure | Ethical finance / ESG reporting | Webinar | Webinar registration. (UCLA Sustainability) | Sustainability disclosure is becoming a finance, governance, and risk function.
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| May 19–20 | Global Democracy Conference 2026 | Digital democracy / public participation | University of Notre Dame, U.S. | Register / event page. (Kellogg Institute) | Researchers and practitioners are examining why voters support anti-democratic leaders. |
| May 20 | Water Utilities Building Resilience to Natural Hazards | Community resilience / water infrastructure | Webinar | Register / event page. (US EPA) | Water systems are frontline resilience infrastructure. |
| May 20–21 | San Joaquin Valley Water Resilience Summit | Community resilience / water / climate adaptation | California, U.S. | Register / event page. (Water Resources California) | Water resilience is shifting from reports to implementation roadmaps. |
| May 20–21 | Annual European Sustainable Finance Conference | Ethical finance / sustainable markets | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Register / event page. (AFME) | Sustainable finance is being shaped by banks, regulators, investors, and data providers. |
| May 21 | Microbial Foods Conference | Food systems / precision fermentation | Stockholm, Sweden | Register / event page. (KTH) | Precision fermentation is moving into mainstream food-system research and industry. |
| May 21 | Flow of Plastic Final Conference | Circularity / plastics / retail systems | Malmö, Sweden | Register / event page. (KTH) | Plastic recovery is being linked to retail systems and leakage prevention. |
| May 21 | Cyber Resilience Under Pressure | ICT / cybersecurity | Webinar | Register / event page. (Tenable®) | Organizations are being asked to prove cyber resilience under operational pressure. |
| May 26 | Circular Business Models and Effective Strategies | Circularity / business models | Webinar / workshop | Register / event page. (Circular Economy Platform) | Circularity is becoming a competitiveness strategy, not just a sustainability claim. |
| May 26 | Conservation Finance Intensive: Leveraging Climate for Nature Finance | Ethical finance / nature funding | Melbourne, Australia | Register / event page. (Australian Land Conservation Alliance) | Nature finance is moving toward investible, measurable outcomes. |
| May 27 | Circular Supply Chain and Product Lifecycle Thinking | Circularity / supply chains | Webinar | Register / event page. (Supply Chain Movement) | Supply chains are being redesigned around lifecycle value and recovery. |
| May 27 | Regenerative Landscaper Program | Permaculture / whole-system design | Online professional program | Register / event page. (Earth Activist Training) | Regenerative design is becoming a professional service for land and community systems. |
| May 27 | National Municipal Cyber Resilience Program Masterclass | ICT / local government cybersecurity | Webinar | Register / event page. (Harvard Kennedy School) | Cities and towns need cybersecurity as core resilience capacity. |
| May 27 | Innovative Finance for Climate, People and Nature | Ethical finance / funding | Webinar series | Register / event page. (NetworkNature) | Climate and biodiversity funding tools are being translated for practitioners. |
| May 28 | Industry Pioneers on How Certified Products Thrive in a Data-Driven Market | Circularity / product data | Webinar | Register / event page. (Circular Economy Platform) | Verified product data is becoming circular-economy infrastructure. |
| May 28–29 | Community & Distributed Energy Summit | Clean energy / community energy | Washington, D.C. | Register / event page. (Coalition for Community Solar Access) | Community solar and distributed energy are becoming affordability and resilience tools. |
| May 28–29 | Global Summit on Food Science, Nutrition and Technology | Food production / distribution / nutrition | Madrid, Spain | Register / event page. (KTH) | Food science is linking nutrition, production, and distribution systems. |
| May 29 | How AI Is Reshaping Cybersecurity Infrastructure | ICT / cybersecurity / AI | Webinar | Register / event page. (NewSpace Nexus) | AI is changing threat detection, identity, infrastructure, and incident response. |
| June 1–4 | CLEANPOWER 2026 | Clean + renewable energy | Houston, Texas | Register / event page. (ACP) | Wind, solar, storage, transmission, and market deployment are converging. |
| June 1–4 | UTC Telecom & Technology Conference | ICT / utility communications / grid tech | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Register / event page. (UTC Telecom 2026 | Minneapolis, MN) | Utility communications are becoming critical infrastructure for grid resilience. |
| June 1–5 | SFi Impact Week / SFi Impact Summit | Ethical finance / impact investing | Asia-Pacific convening | Register / event page. (SFi Impact Summit 2025) | Impact capital is organizing around measurable social and environmental outcomes. |
| June 1–11 | Permaculture Design Course | Permaculture / whole-system design | Course | Register / event page. (Permaculture Association) | Permaculture remains a practical framework for food, water, energy, land, and community design. |
| June 1–11 | Terra Alta Permaculture Design Course | Permaculture / whole-system design | Portugal | Register / event page. (terra alta) | Whole-system land design is being taught through living demonstration sites. |
| June 2–4 | TechNet Cyber 2026 | ICT / cybersecurity / defense systems | Baltimore, Maryland | Register / event page. (UTC Telecom 2026 | Minneapolis, MN) | Cybersecurity is being treated as a whole-of-government operating environment. |
| June 4 | Digital Power and Democratic Futures | Digital democracy / digital governance | Berlin, Germany | Registration required. (ICANN) | Digital power is now a democracy and public-interest issue. |
| June 4 | PublicSpaces Conference 2026: Technology for Democracy | Digital democracy / public technology | Netherlands | Register / event page. (CLICKNL) | Public-interest technology is being framed as democratic infrastructure. |
| June 4 | Shared Power, Shared Futures: Global Practices for Societal Resilience | Democracy / community resilience | Webinar | Registration required. (Harvard Kennedy School) | Resilience depends on power-sharing, trust, and institutional design. |
| June 6 | Intro to Permaculture | Permaculture / urban food systems | Seattle, Washington | Register / event page. (Tilth Alliance) | Urban gardens are entry points into regenerative systems literacy. |
| June 8 | California-Nevada Drought and Climate Outlook Webinar | Community resilience / water / climate | Webinar | Register / event page. (US EPA) | Drought intelligence is becoming essential for regional planning. |
| June 9 | Tenable OT Office Hours | ICT / operational technology cybersecurity | Webinar | Register / event page. (Tenable®) | Operational technology security is now central to infrastructure resilience. |
| June 10 | Oil and Gas Security Symposium | ICT / cybersecurity / critical infrastructure | Webinar | Register / event page. (Security Industry Association) | Physical security, identity, OT, and cyber risk are merging. |
| June 11 | GovSec Summit USA | ICT / cybersecurity / public sector | Virtual summit | Registration form. (ismg.events) | Public-sector cybersecurity is moving toward continuous operational readiness. |