Reports Events Monthly Calendar - November 2025

"Reports & Events" is a monthly tip sheet for the news media that highlights selected meetings and forthcoming reports of interest from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Selected Events in November 2025

Click on each title below to access meeting details, an agenda, and registration information, or contact the Office of News and Public Information (email [email protected]). Reporters should register for all meetings. Find more National Academies events at https://www.nationalacademies.org/events.

Climate Conversations: Science Policy Crossroads

Nov. 3

Science can inform policymaking through research, data, and expert analysis. This webinar will discuss how science is incorporated into policymaking to ensure policies are grounded in the best available knowledge and insights.

Extreme Rainfall in Mountainous Terrain

Nov. 4

This workshop will consider current scientific knowledge and gaps for observing and understanding extreme warm-season rainfall in mountainous terrain and modeling such precipitation for active events and retrospective analysis.

Value-Based Payment for Care Provided to People with Serious Illness

Nov. 6

As people living with serious illness are increasingly covered by value-based insurance plans such as Medicare Advantage, there is a need to consider the ways that value-based financing arrangements impact individuals with serious illness, their families, and care partners, as well as opportunities to improve the quality and cost of care in the future. This workshop will examine value-based payment for serious illness care and how to align financing with quality.

Advancing Diagnosis of Rare Diseases

Nov. 6
Part of the Advancing Diagnostic Excellence workshop series, this webinar will explore ways to improve rare disease diagnosis as well as the journey to a timely and accurate diagnosis for the patient with rare disease.

AI, Automation, and the Future of Work

Nov. 7

As the nature of work continues to evolve, so do the skills required to succeed in an increasingly automated, technology-driven world. This event will look at the critical role of "reskilling and upskilling" - not only in terms of career paths but also in how individuals navigate shifting job markets, refocus their expertise, and adapt to new opportunities.

Communicating and Collaborating for Health Workforce Well-Being

Nov. 12

This webinar will focus on institutionalizing well-being as a long-term value. Discussions will highlight communications strategies for different health care audiences (e.g., trainees, faculty, frontline staff), institutional variations and successful practices to communicate well-being work in uncertain times and to new generations of health workers, and cross-cutting tactics for breaking silos and encouraging collaboration between well-being departments and other partners.

Beware the Funhouse Mirror: How Social Media Misleads Us about Public Opinion

Nov. 13

Jay Van Bavel, professor of psychology and neural science at New York University, will deliver the annual Henry and Bryna David Lecture in which he will discuss how modern technology interacts with human psychology to create a distorted version of public opinion. He will explain how online environments become saturated with false norms, who is misrepresented online, what happens when online opinions deviate from offline opinions, and why expressions are more extreme online.

Exploring the Shared Commitments for a Learning Health System

Nov. 17

This webinar will explore the Shared Commitments for a Learning Health System as a common-ground framework for collective action to improve health and health care. Health leaders will describe opportunities to advance the learning health system approach as well as their experiences with advancing a culture of continuous learning and improvement in their organizations and sectors.

Digital Tools for Youth Mental Health
Nov. 17
Technology is rapidly transforming how we support youth mental health. This summit will convene leaders from technology, health care, payers, philanthropy, government, education, research, and youth organizations for an interactive program that focuses on solutions, partnerships, and action.

Developing Regenerative Medicine Therapies with AI

Nov. 18
This workshop will consider the opportunities and challenges of using artificial intelligence to enhance the translation of regenerative medicine therapies. Presentations and discussions will explore the potential applications of AI as a tool in regenerative medicine throughout the product development pipeline.

Supporting Family Caregivers in STEMM

Nov. 20

This symposium will examine best practices and innovative solutions to improve support for family caregivers in the academic STEMM workforce. Building on a 2024 National Academies report, presenters will share actionable steps they and others have taken for family caregivers and answer audience questions.

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