UPEN Conference 2025
This years conference theme is 'evaluation and impact in academic policy engagement', with an exciting line up of speakers and workshops.
Date and time
Location
University Of Surrey
Stag Hill University Campus GU2 7XH United KingdomAgenda
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Arrivals and coffees
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Welcome talk
University of Surrey
UPEN Co-Chairs
10:35 AM - 11:45 AM
Keynote Speaker
To be announced
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Showcase Exhibition & Networking Break
To be announced
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Workshops (Parallel) & Seminars
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Panel
To be announced
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
Closing talk
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Optional Session - To be announced
TBA
About this event
- Event lasts 8 hours
Please note this is registration for the CONFERENCE day only. For the Members Meeting registration, please keep an eye on our newsletter or website.
We are pleased to open registration for our 2025 conference, on evaluation and impact in academic-policy engagement.
How do we evaluate the impact of academic evidence on public policy? What methods can we use to gather impact? How do we measure the impact of knowledge mobilisation and knowledge brokers within the public policy making process? This conference will explore these questions from a practice-perspective, and showcase work currently engaging in this discourse in the sector.
This year, we have an exciting line up of speakers, workshops, seminars and panels. Stay tuned for more details on the agenda as we release it.
This conference is in person only. We will not be able to accommodate hybrid attendance. However, we are aiming to record the keynote and panel discussions.
Please note the following:
- We are allowing only two members (including institutional leads) max per university or organisation on a first come first serve basis to attend this conference to ensure there is space for everybody. We will organise a waiting list for tickets to be offered randomly should we have space.
- Please sign up using your institutional email address. Registrations without an institutional or organisation email without justification will be deleted.
- Tickets for this years UPEN Conference will be free. However, if you are a university and not currently a member of UPEN, there will be a charge of £250. Please get in touch for any questions.
Frequently asked questions
This conference is in person only. We will not be able to accommodate hybrid attendance. However, we are aiming to record the keynote and panel discussions. We are however exploring a potential online only session for members who cannot join in person, but this is not guaranteed.
Tickets for this years UPEN Conference will be free for all members and non university colleagues. However, if you are a university and not currently a member of UPEN, there will be a charge of £250. Please get in touch for any questions.
At the time of registration, no. We will open a waiting list if we have space for further people to join after everybody has been given a chance to register. After this, those who do not have representatives from their organisations already attending will be given priority.
Yes please! Your ticket will include you as a attendee as well as a facilitator, and the two person-per organisation rule will apply to you, unless discussed on a case-by-case basis with the conference organisers.
We are currently exploring a block booking with the University of Surrey. We will update this page with further information and our website.