BARI Conference 2026: Greater Boston’s 10th Annual Insight-to-Impact Summit

Conference Mission

BARI Conference is a unique forum for community leaders, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers to share how they advance data-driven research and policy in Greater Boston—and how we could do even more through collective action. To accomplish this, we prioritize the following values in the work we highlight and the design of sessions:

• Grounded in multiple forms of expertise, from generational knowledge to lived experience to formal training and everything in between.
• Innovations that use data and research to advance knowledge, policy, and practice in greater Boston. 
• Collaboration, showcasing the power of collective action: the felt and meaningful impact we can accomplish when we combine our specialized knowledge and skills across individuals, organizations, institutions, or any combination thereof.
• Directly relevant and actionable for our communities.

More Information

• Conference Mission
• Schedule
• Venue Location & Parking Information
• Conference Committee

• 8:30 AM – 9 AM: Register
• 9 AM – 10:15 AM: Keynote Panel
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM: Coffee Break
• 10:30 AM – 12 PM: Session I
• 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM: Lunch/Poster Session and Showcases

• 1:30 PM – 3 PM: Session II
• 3 PM – 3:15 PM: Break
• 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM: Session III
• 4:45 PM – 6 PM: Reception

Conference Committee

• Kathryn Carlson, Executive Director, Rappaport Institute, Harvard University
• Joshua S. Cetron, Data Science Specialist & Research Methodologist, Institute for Quantitative Social Science
• Philip Giffee, Executive Director, Neighborhood of Affordable Housing
• Eric Gordon, Director, Center on Media Innovation for Social Impact, Boston University
• Peter Ciurczak, Senior Research Analyst, Boston Indicators
• Michael Johnson, Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston
• Jenny LaFleur, Director of Research & Policy, Embrace Boston
• Ted Landsmark, Director, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University
• Loretta Lees, Faculty Director, Initiative on Cities, Boston University
• Kim Lucas, Associate Director for Civic Research, Boston Area Research Initiative, Northeastern University
• Esteban Moro, Professor, Northeastern University
• Rory Neuner, Senior Learning Officer, BARR Foundation
• Will Pfeffer, Civic Technologist, Metropolitan Area Planning Council
• Aimee Sprung, Civic Engagement Manager, Microsoft New England
• Samantha Teixeira, Associate Professor, Boston College of Social Work
• Shin-pei Tsay, Director, City of Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics
• Lawrence Weissbach, Scientific Director, Harvard Data Science Initiative

Conference Venue & Parking Information

Northeastern University Curry Student Center