On October 7-8, 2024, the Corporate Coalition of Chicago, the Harris School of Public Policy and NORC at the University of Chicago will host a first-of-its kind, national working meeting on fair chance hiring. Fair chance practitioners (employers and nonprofits), policymakers, researchers, and funders will gather in Chicago to:

• Explore the impact of recent changes in fair chance hiring practice and policy

• Catalyze new knowledge-building that will advance fair chance policy and practice

• Grow the emerging field by advancing research, by involving scholars who are still forming their research and teaching platforms, and by including in all aspect of the convening justice-impacted individuals.

Each session of the meeting will begin with a keynote address, followed by a panel and then a generative, facilitated conversations to identify research topics that could advance fair chance policy and/or practice. All attendees will participate in these generative sessions, which will make the convening a working meeting.