Civic hacknight #259 VIRTUAL - People-Driven Smart Policy

• Topic:

With the tremendous push to become data and technology driven in government policy making and service delivery, have we become too dependent on these tools to the detriment of society? Researchers from Harvard Kennedy School and IBM explore this question in the context of the pandemic. They lay the foundations for People-Driven Smart Policy (PDSP), a new framework to help put public sector leaders back in the driver's seat by maximizing the utility of data, technology and critical thinking.

Also, Matt & Rashi love cats and wicked problems.

More information on People-Driven Smart Policy can be found here: https://ksr.hkspublications.org/2020/07/25/people-driven-smart-policy-a-new-public-policy-approach-for-pandemics-and-beyond/

• Speakers:

Rashi Khilnani is a public policy, strategy and communications consultant with a passion for adding public value through ethical use of technological innovations and public-private partnerships. Rashi is a techno-optimist and has experience as an advisor to several startups in Canada and overseas. Rashi has a MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Matthew Leger is a policy analyst and researcher with experience in the fields of local government innovation, emerging technologies, and homeland security. He currently serves as a Policy Research Analyst at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School and as the Director of Strategy at CONTRACE Public Health Corps in Washington DC.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-leger-mpa
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattleger15

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• Venue Sponsor:

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• Check-in details:

Join us via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85847811289?pwd=THhwOEQvTlh5R3QvbWxha25xTWdGUT09
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• Accessibility:

We're exploring ways to make our online hacknights more accessible, but at the moment we only provide video and audio of the presentation through Zoom and automated closed captioning through Rev.com.

• About Us:

Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, and all other Torontonians who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable and equitable, through design, tech, and data. (Coders are welcome, but you don’t have to be a coder to contribute!) Come and be part of it!

• Agenda:

7:00-7:10 = Welcome and Introductions
7:10-7:45 = Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:45-9:00 = Breakout groups (go make something!)
> 9:00 = Civic Tech Toronto Virtual Hang Out

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Hope to see you Tuesday!