The NYC Preparedness & Recovery Institute (PRI), in partnership with Columbia Engineering, invites you to attend the 2026 PRI Innovation Forum: Empowering Hyperlocal Response. Building on the momentum of the 2024 Innovation Forum and the 2025 Innovation Showcase, the 2026 Innovation Forum advances PRI’s commitment to generating, refining, and scaling practical innovations in public health preparedness and response.
This one-day conference will bring together researchers, government officials, industry leaders, community-based organizations, technologists, funders, and social entrepreneurs to move from exploration to execution. The focus for 2026 is clear: strengthening sustainable partnerships and advancing solutions that can scale to support New York City’s long-term public health resilience.
This year’s theme, Empowering Hyperlocal Response, addresses a central challenge in public health preparedness: emergencies are felt first at the neighborhood level, yet resources and decision-making are often centralized. This theme is informed by PRI’s COVID-19 Review. A draft of the Review will be available for public comment during the Forum.
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