Coming in March 2026 the
Active Living Conference &
Global outdoor health summit
will convene together AS the
2026 Active Living + Outdoor health summit
information coming soon!
Dates: March 8 - 13, 2026
Location: Minneapolis, MN, Co-hosted with the University of Minnesota and other Local Host partners
2026 Co-Chairs: Erica Timko Olson, Leander Lacy, and Ingrid Schneider
THANKS TO OUR 2025 SPONSORS
We are immensely grateful for the support of our 2025 Active Living Conference sponsors!
Background on The Active Living + Outdoor Health Summit
The Active Living Conference (ALC) began in 2004 in San Diego, CA as a venue for both cutting-edge research and for making findings usable by non-scientists. The conference brings together a diverse audience and provides networking and engagement opportunities for active living researchers and practitioners from many fields. Presentations and discussions focus on the importance of creating healthier communities for all people. ActivEnviro has been facilitating administration of this convening since 2020.
The Global Outdoor Health Summit (GOH Summit) began as the SHIFT Summit in 2014 in Jackson Hole, WY, then came under administration from ActivEnviro (formerly GP RED) in 2021. In 2026, these two events will be held together as the AL+OH Summit to leverage the reality that much active living occurs in the outdoors (along with indoors) and many of the same researchers, policy makers, and program providers serve all of these aspects. This is in line with our mission to connect allied disciplines and minimize duplication of efforts - to better serve our allied research, education, and practice colleagues who help communities and the people within them thrive around the world.