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The Toxics Solutions Summit
A Gathering of Leaders Turning Evidence Into Action for a Toxic-Free Future
Wednesday, December 2
 

8:30am PST

Field Builder Awards Breakfast: Honoring the People Moving the Field
Wednesday December 2, 2026 8:30am - 10:00am PST
We open by celebrating the people whose courage, imagination and persistence have helped move the toxics field forward. Over breakfast, we will honor the 2026 Field Builder Awardees, hear the stories and hopes that animate their work, and begin the Summit grounded in gratitude, connection and possibility.
Wednesday December 2, 2026 8:30am - 10:00am PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

10:00am PST

Coffee & Transition
Wednesday December 2, 2026 10:00am - 10:20am PST
Refresh your coffee, connect with fellow participants and transition from the awards celebration into the working program.
Wednesday December 2, 2026 10:00am - 10:20am PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

10:20am PST

State of the Field: Progress, Pressure and Possibility
Wednesday December 2, 2026 10:20am - 11:00am PST
Leaders from across science, advocacy, policy, philanthropy, communities and the marketplace take stock of this pivotal moment. Where is progress accelerating? Where do harms and inequities persist? What forces are reshaping the field, and what will it take to make the field’s wins visible, funded and winning?
Wednesday December 2, 2026 10:20am - 11:00am PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

11:15am PST

Solutions in Motion: An Interactive Showcase
Wednesday December 2, 2026 11:15am - 11:30am PST
ROUND 1/4: Move through an interactive landscape of solutions already changing the system and the gaps still waiting to be filled. Facilitated stations will explore safer chemistry and materials; safer production and protection for workers and communities; transparent supply chains and the right to know; market transformation and safer products; proactive policy and regulation; and measurement and...
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Wednesday December 2, 2026 11:15am - 11:30am PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

12:00pm PST

Lunch & Connection
Wednesday December 2, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm PST
Enjoy lunch and continue the conversations sparked by the morning program.
Wednesday December 2, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

1:00pm PST

Solutions in Motion: An Interactive Showcase
Wednesday December 2, 2026 1:00pm - 4:00pm PST
ROUNDS 2-4/4: Move through an interactive landscape of solutions already changing the system and the gaps still waiting to be filled. Facilitated stations will explore safer chemistry and materials; safer production and protection for workers and communities; transparent supply chains and the right to know; market transformation and safer products; proactive policy and regulation; and measurement...
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Wednesday December 2, 2026 1:00pm - 4:00pm PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

4:00pm PST

From Possibility to Practice: Individual Reflection
Wednesday December 2, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm PST
A quiet, facilitated pause to capture the ideas, questions and relationships you want to carry forward. What has shifted in your understanding? What has implications for your own work? What might the field need to take on together?
Wednesday December 2, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

4:30pm PST

Bringing the System into View: What We’re Learning and What Comes Next
Wednesday December 2, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm PST
We reconvene to surface the strongest patterns from the Showcase, name productive tensions and connect individual insights to the Summit’s larger purpose: a field that is more coordinated, better resourced, strategically aligned and measurably more capable of advancing solutions. We will also frame the choices participants will explore in tomorrow’s Design Studios.
Wednesday December 2, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

5:30pm PST

Cocktail Reception
Wednesday December 2, 2026 5:30pm - 7:00pm PST
Relax, reconnect and continue the day’s conversations over drinks and light bites.
Wednesday December 2, 2026 5:30pm - 7:00pm PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

7:30pm PST

Opt-In Dinners
Wednesday December 2, 2026 7:30pm - 8:30pm PST
Continue the conversation in smaller groups over dinner. Sign-up details, themes and restaurant assignments will be shared in advance.
Wednesday December 2, 2026 7:30pm - 8:30pm PST
TBA
 
Thursday, December 3
 

8:00am PST

Networking Breakfast
Thursday December 3, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PST
Begin Day Two over breakfast, reconnect with colleagues and meet people whose work intersects with your own.
Thursday December 3, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

9:00am PST

Design Studio A | Getting Safer Products onto Shelves—and into Homes
Thursday December 3, 2026 9:00am - 10:45am PST
How do we make safer products the market norm rather than the promising exception? This studio will examine demand signals, procurement, standards and certifications, retailer and manufacturer commitments, investment, and the infrastructure needed to move safer alternatives to scale while guarding against regrettable substitution and greenwashing. Participants will identify high-leverage...
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Thursday December 3, 2026 9:00am - 10:45am PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

9:00am PST

Design Studio B | The 2040 North Star: Where Should We Be in 10–15 Years?
Thursday December 3, 2026 9:00am - 10:45am PST
Step out of the immediate and work backward from the future we are trying to create: people and ecosystems thriving, free from chemical harm. What should be demonstrably different by 2040? What milestones—in exposure reduction, market transformation, right-to-know, safer alternatives, policy and accountability—would show we are on course? Participants will identify the choices and capabilities...
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Thursday December 3, 2026 9:00am - 10:45am PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

9:00am PST

Design Studio C | A Stronger Field: Building the Infrastructure for Collective Power
Thursday December 3, 2026 9:00am - 10:45am PST
What shared infrastructure would help the field act with greater coordination, resilience and power? This studio will explore durable funding, data and measurement, narrative and communications, legal and policy capacity, convening, cross-movement alliances, and other field-level supports. Participants will distinguish what individual organizations can do from what the field must build together.
Thursday December 3, 2026 9:00am - 10:45am PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

10:45am PST

Coffee & Transition
Thursday December 3, 2026 10:45am - 11:00am PST
Refresh your coffee and transition to the second Design Studio block.
Thursday December 3, 2026 10:45am - 11:00am PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

11:00am PST

Design Studio D | Centering Workers and Communities: Reducing Occupational and Fenceline Exposure
Thursday December 3, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm PST
How do we prevent toxic exposures where chemicals are produced, used and discarded—while centering the knowledge and leadership of workers and fenceline communities? This studio will explore prevention, monitoring, enforcement, worker protections, corporate accountability and community power, with particular attention to cumulative impacts and environmental justice.
Thursday December 3, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

11:00am PST

Design Studio E | From Reaction to Prevention: Building Proactive Policy
Thursday December 3, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm PST
What would it take to move from regulating chemicals one at a time, after harm occurs, to policies that prevent exposure in the first place? This studio will explore class-based approaches, transparency and disclosure, incentives and requirements for safer alternatives, implementation and enforcement, and the public capacity needed to make proactive policy both durable and equitable.
Thursday December 3, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

11:00am PST

Design Studio F | Who Will Lead in 2040? Cultivating the Next Generation
Thursday December 3, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm PST
Who will lead this field in 2040—and what will help them flourish? This studio will examine career pathways, mentorship, early-career scientists, community organizers, entrepreneurs, succession planning and the institutional homes emerging leaders need. Participants will identify practical ways to attract, support and retain a more diverse generation of leaders.
Thursday December 3, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

12:30pm PST

Lunch & Connection
Thursday December 3, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm PST
Enjoy lunch and exchange early insights from the six Design Studios.
Thursday December 3, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

1:15pm PST

From Studios to Strategy: What We Heard and What We Will Build
Thursday December 3, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm PST
Representatives from the six Design Studios bring the work back to the full group: the most consequential ideas, points of convergence, unresolved tensions and near-term opportunities. Together, we will identify the field-building priorities with the greatest potential to change understanding, relationships and action after the Summit.
Thursday December 3, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

2:15pm PST

Gallery Walk: Commitments, Questions and Connections
Thursday December 3, 2026 2:15pm - 2:45pm PST
Explore the emerging directions from all six studios. Add a question, offer a resource, name a commitment and find collaborators who want to carry the work forward.
Thursday December 3, 2026 2:15pm - 2:45pm PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

2:45pm PST

Stories That Move the Field: A Storytelling Workshop
Thursday December 3, 2026 2:45pm - 3:45pm PST
Facts establish the stakes; stories help people feel why the work matters. In this participatory workshop, learn practical tools for shaping true, memorable stories that illuminate purpose, build connection and invite action—without flattening complexity or speaking for communities whose experiences are not your own.
Thursday December 3, 2026 2:45pm - 3:45pm PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA

3:45pm PST

Honoring the Builders, Carrying the Work Forward: Hall of Fame Induction & Closing Keynote
Thursday December 3, 2026 3:45pm - 4:30pm PST
We close by honoring five leaders whose lifetime contributions helped build this field, then turn toward the work still ahead. The closing keynote will invite us to carry their courage, persistence and imagination forward—leaving with stronger relationships, sharper thinking and a clearer sense of what each of us can do next.
Thursday December 3, 2026 3:45pm - 4:30pm PST
Golden Gate Club at The Presidio 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA
 
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