May 12–15, 2026
Pace, Scale, and Durability
You’re invited! Our popular week-long conference will take place from May 12-15, 2026 in San Francisco, online, and all around the Bay Area. Practitioners, learners, and professionals working towards climate resilience and equity are invited to join us for this regional gathering with keynote speakers, deep-dive breakouts, field trips, and abundant opportunities to connect with your peers.
This year’s conference theme will center on Pace, Scale, and Durability. We are going to get tactical and practical about how we move at the appropriate speed, right-size the scope and scale of our work, and build the relationships and interconnections for resilience and transformation. Anytime we’re working in service of healthy lands and people, there are a lot of dynamics to juggle from deadlines to trust-building, change at systemic levels to change in the weeds (literally), and sustainability for years to come. We’re excited to dive in, and can’t wait to see you there.
SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
Day One: Tuesday, May 12 | Virtual kickoff from 9:00–10:30 am
Day Two: Wednesday, May 13 | All-day, in-person conference at the Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Days Three & Four: Thursday and Friday, May 14–15 | Field trips co-hosted by TOGETHER Bay Area members, times vary
PROGRAM
Check out speakers’ biographies, main stage highlights, and breakout session descriptions on the registration website.
Day 1: Online Kickoff, May 12 from 9:00-10:00am
Urgent and Enduring: Understanding Our Present to Strategize for the Future
- Amanda Kochanek from GreenInfo Network
- Tanvi Dutta Gupta from Bay Nature Institute
- Brian O’Donnell from the Campaign for Nature
Day 2: Fort Mason Center, May 13 from 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Our emcees will be Taylor Pennewell and Annie Burke
8:00 am – Doors Open + First Timer Breakfast
Come early to check in, grab a coffee and some light breakfast bites, and start mingling with the 500 experts and learners we get to share this day with.
Is this your first TOGETHER Conference? Welcome! You’re invited to a special breakfast meetup just for you! Grab your breakfast and meet us at the spot indicated on our venue map, which you’ll receive upon arrival when checking in.
9:00 am – Opening Session, Defining and Aligning our Worldviews on Pace, Scale, and Durability
- Taylor Pennewell (Berry Creek Rancheria Band of Maidu Indians) from Redbud Resource Group
- Annie Burke from TOGETHER Bay Area
10:00 am – Structured Networking
11:00 am – Morning Session, Shifting Perspectives: The Personal and Generational
- Tiśina Ta-till-ium Parker (Yosemite Southern Sierra Miwuk/Kutzadika’a Mono Lake Paiute and Kashia Pomo & Coast Miwuk)
- Alexii Sigona (Amah Mutsun)
12:00 pm – Lunch!
Lunch will be provided! Pick up your meal upstairs, grab a friend, and enjoy a great meal in great company. You can explore the Exhibitor Village, take a walk by the water, meet new and old colleagues around the building, or whatever else you’d like during this time.
1:30 pm – Breakouts
Concurrent breakout sessions will take place throughout the building twice! That means that (almost) all the sessions will be identically available and repeated in this Round 1, and again during Round 2. Descriptions of the breakouts are here.
3:30 pm – Closing Session, All Together Now: Unlikely Partnerships for Enduring Progress
- Secretary of Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot
- Jun Bando from CA Native Plant Society
- Cassaundra Pino from Native American Lands Conservancy
- Joel Weltzien from Backcountry Hunters and Anglers,
- Kirk Wilbur from CA Cattleman’s Association.
4:30 pm – Reception
Meet us upstairs for drinks, bites, and celebrations after a full day of conferencing! Swing by the Exhibitor Village, cheers with colleagues new and old, and wrap up the day in cheery spirits.
6:30 pm – Homeward bound
FIELD TRIPS
Want to get practical and tangible? The field trips on Thursday-Friday are great opportunities for connections about specific projects, questions about implementation, one-on-one conversations, and other tangibles. With between 20-40 people attending each field trip, it’s a good sized group for that kind of learning and connection.
Select a field trip from among nine offerings hosted by TOGETHER Bay Area members. Learn about on-the-ground experiences navigating pace, scale, and durability of a range of climate resilience projects, and the partnerships that make them possible.
TICKETS
Your conference ticket includes all four days including the online kickoff, the in-person conference at the Fort Mason Center, and one field trip (on either May 14 or 15).
TOGETHER Bay Area member tickets
Early bird tickets: $300
Regular tickets: $350
General admission
Early bird tickets: $400
Regular tickets: $450
Group discounts are available for groups of 5–11 (10%) and 12 or more (15%). Email us at [email protected]
We welcome all who are interested in attending, and if ticket pricing is a barrier to participation, please complete this request form for a complimentary or discounted ticket. Submit requests by April 21.
Ticket sales end on May 5, or whenever we sell out. May 5 is also the last day to register for a field trip.
SPONSOR
Join us! Sponsoring the TOGETHER Conference strengthens our region’s ability to respond, steward, and collaborate in service of healthy lands and people. And it puts your organization in front of hundreds of professionals and practitioners!
Contact Annie Burke at [email protected] to become a sponsor.
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EXHIBITOR VILLAGE
Host a table in our exhibitor hall on May 13 at the Fort Mason Center! Meet current and future colleagues, clients, funders, and partners in person while elevating awareness of your organization’s work.
Contact Annie Burke at [email protected] to join the Exhibitor Village.
Meet the following organizations in this year’s Exhibitor Village:
- Bay Nature
- Bay Tree Design
- Biswell Forestry
- CAL FIRE
- California All-Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (CalATBI)
- California High-Speed Rail Authority
- California Natural Resources Agency
- California State Coastal Conservancy
- California Wildlife Conservation Board
- Cloudbreak Collective
- Ethix Merch
- GreenInfo Network
- Hispanic Access Foundation
- Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
- Mark Thomas
- Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
- Outdoor360Tours
- PlaceWorks
- Potrero Group
- San Francisco Estuary Institute
- San Mateo Resource Conservation District
- Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
- Sequoia Ecological Consulting
- Stillwater Sciences
- Tamien Nation
- Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance
- TOPO Collective
- WRA
PAST CONFERENCES
Check out past conferences for examples of schedules, programs, speakers, and, of course, photos that capture the joy!
