Data in the City: A conversation with LA's First Chief Data Officer

Join ZenCity, i3 Equity Partners and open-data pioneer Abhi Nemani for a deep-dive into how cities can harness the power of data to increase citizen engagement, improve internal management processes, and tackle urban challenges. Abhi will speak from his own experience growing Los Angeles into the #1 ranked US open data city and transforming data science into a policy tool.

Ps - First beer is on us!

Abhi Nemani is a writer, speaker, organizer, and technologist. As the first Chief Data Officer for the City of Los Angeles, he championed the city's efforts in building an open and data-driven LA, building a nationally-recognized Mayoral Dashboard, leading data and analytics trainings for city staff, and engaging LA’s developer community. Prior to joining LA's Mayors Office, Abhi helped build, launch, and run the national non-profit, Code for America, and served as its Co-Executive Director. During his time at Code for America, he helped to enact over 30 municipal policy reforms on topics including open data, healthcare, and procurement. Abhi's work has been featured in the New York Times, Government Technology, Government Executive, and Forbes, and he has been featured as a speaker at SxSW, the World Bank, and various universities and conferences around the world. Today, Abhi runs EthosLabs, and serves as an advisor to ZenCity.