Urban@UW
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Agenda:
We are pleased to invite the public to join us for presentations and discussions on Tuesday, January 17th. The working session on Wednesday, January 18th will be restricted to MetroLab members and invited guests.
Monday, January 16th, 2017
- 5:30 – 7:30pm Welcome Happy Hour Hosted by
, Amazon Campus 426 Terry Avenue N, for details see parking and transportation below
Tuesday, January 17th, 2017
- 8:00am – Breakfast and Registration
- 9:00am – Welcome and Overview of Agenda
- 9:05am – UW Bringing Tech, Innovation and Social Services Together Anna Mari Cauce – President, University of Washington
- 9:15am – The City of Seattle and Smart City Technology for Social Justice Kate Joncas – Deputy Mayor, City of Seattle
- 9:25am – Keynote: The MetroLab Model Martin O’Malley – 61st Governor of Maryland and 47th Mayor of Baltimore
- 9:45am – Coffee Break
- 10:15am – Case Study: Increasing Access and Democratizing Technology Education Trish Millines Dziko – Executive Director, Technology Access Foundation
- 10:45 – Education, Technology and Cities Joanne Harrell – Senior Director, U.S. Citizenship & Public Affairs, Microsoft // Board of Regents, University of Washington // MetroLab Network Advisory Council
- 10:55am Keynote: Challenge Seattle Christine Gregoire – 22nd Governor of Washington
- 11:25am Question and Answer Panel
- Martin O’Malley – 61st Governor of Maryland and 47th Mayor of Baltimore
- Trish Millines Dziko – Executive Director, Technology Access Foundation
- Christine Gregoire – 22nd Governor of Washington
- 12:15pm – Lunch
- 1:15pm – Overview of Afternoon Ben Levine – Executive Director, MetroLab Network
- 1:30pm – Keynote: Urban Data Science and Policy Amen Ra Mashariki – Chief Analytics Officer, Office of Data and Analytics (MODA) NYC
- 2:00pm – Case Study: Predicting Homelessness in NYC Adeen Flinker – Post Doctoral Fellow, NYU
- 2:20pm – Coffee Break
- 2:50pm – Keynote: Urban Data Science and PolicyTom Schenk Jr. – Chief Data Officer, City of Chicago
- 3:20pm – Data and Human Services: A City Perspective
- Adam Petkun – Data and Policy Advisor, Mayor’s Innovation Team
- Erin Dalton – Deputy Director, Office of Data Analysis Research and Evaluation, Allegheny County
- Loren Raun – Chief Environmental Science Officer, Houston Health Department & Research Faculty, Department of Statistics, Rice University
- 4:45pm – Closing Keynote: Privacy ResponsibilityBrendon Lynch – Chief Privacy Officer, Microsoft
- 5:10pm – Conference wrap – up and next day announcements
- 6:00pm – Happy Hour Sponsored by Smith Tower, 506 2nd Ave
Wednesday, January 18th, 2017
- 8:00am – Breakfast and Registration
- 9:00am – Welcome Bill Howe – Associate Professor, UW Information School
- 9:10pm – Keynote: Privacy from Things Ryan Calo – Professor, University of Washington Law School
- 10:00am – Panel Discussion: Data Sharing and Integration: Infrastructure, Standards, and Best Practices
- Tim Kraska, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Brown University
- Matt Gee, Co-founder, Impact Lab, University of Chicago
- Nick Mader, Senior Researcher, Chapin Hall, University of Chicago
- Franklin Williams – Product Engineering Lead, Socrata
- 11:15am – Roundtable Session 1: City and county representatives will present their current human services challenges and then will brainstorm with small groups of participants about potential big data solutions to presented challenges.
- 12:30pm – Lunch
- 1:40pm – Roundtable Session 2: City and county representatives will continue small group brainstorm sessions about potential big data solutions to presented challenges.
- 3:00pm – Coffee Break
- 3:15pm – Foundation Perspectives, Data and Human Services
- Eric Miley – Center for Systems Innovation, Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Michael Shaw – Program Officer, Kresge Foundation
- David Wertheimer – Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- 4:15pm – Data Standards and Human Services
- Jon Fink – Senior Advisor, Office of the President, Portland State University
- Mark Fox – Distinguished Professor of Urban Systems Engineering, University of Toronto
- 4:25pm – Panel Discussion: Sensitive/ Data/Privacy and Ethics: Education and Best Practices for City-University Collaboration
- Justin Erlich – Special Assistant Attorney General, California Attorney General Office
- Jan Whittington – Professor, College of Built Environments, University of Washington
- 5:30pm – Next Steps and ClosingBill Fulton – Steering Committee Chair, MetroLab Network and Director of Rice Kinder Institute
- 5:45pm – Workshop Concludes
Parking & Transportation:
Workshop, 1/17 & 1/18
There is no parking at Seattle City Hall, however there are plenty of public transportation options and the garages below are just a short walk away.
- King County Metro Trip Planner
- Google Maps
- Seattle Municipal Tower garage (enter on 6th Ave between Cherry and Columbia)
- Columbia Tower garage (enter on Columbia Ave between 4th and 5th)
Amazon Welcome Reception, 1/16
The welcome reception, hosted by Amazon will take place at the Amazon campus in the Van Vorst Building at 426 Terry Ave N Seattle WA, 98109. There are two entrances to the building, on the north and south sides. Visitors are asked to enter on the south side of the building where the main reception desk is located.
- Google Maps
- Arrival Instructions.
- Visitor parking is available but limited. Guests are encouraged to arrive by transit, taxi or Uber/Lyft, but if parking is required spaces may be found in the Invictus building. The garage entrance is located on Harrison St, between Terry Ave N and Boren Ave N. Visitors may park in designated visitor parking spots. You will be required to take a ticket and pay for it upon exit. You may exit and reenter the garage through the plaza exit/entrance. The garage closes at 8:00pm.
Happy Hour at Smith tower hosted by Comcast, 1/17
Smith Tower is located at 506 2nd Ave, a short 4 minute walk from Seattle City Hall. If you go into the Provisions General Store on the bottom floor and check in, you’ll be guided to an elevator through a historical display, and will end up in the top at the Temperance bar.
Attire:
As this event takes place in Seattle, dress will be business casual.
Hotels:
For our out of town guests, any of the hotels downtown are within walking distance to the event. Below are a few of the closest:
