Overview
With rapid advances in technology and data infrastructure, new applications and approaches to responsibly and ethically use data to improve our society are ready for adoption. The legal framework established by the Evidence Act in the federal government and maturing leadership roles for chief data officers, evaluation officers, and statistical officials suggest a realm of new abilities, possibilities, and uses of government data. Data capabilities can align with and encourage effective policy implementation, including for national strategies for addressing social equity, reducing disparities in economic mobility, improving public health, and more.
During the Data Foundation’s four day virtual symposium, May 18-21, in partnership with George Washington University’s Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, participants engaged with peers and colleagues in the data community on timely, relevant topics facing our country’s use of data for an equitable, data-informed society.
Agenda & Speakers
Each day will run from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EDT. Agenda will update periodically and subject to change.
Day 1: Social Equity and Civil Rights (May 18)
Opening Remarks
Nick Hart, President, Data Foundation
Sarah Cunningham, CGFM, Director, Summit LLC
Monitoring Federal Covid-19 Relief Spending for Equity: Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Brandon I. Brockmyer, Director of Research, Project on Government Oversight (POGO)
Sean Moulton, Senior Policy Analyst, POGO
Leslie Garvey, Creative Director, POGO
Responsibly Imputing a New Race and Ethnicity Variable
Alena Stern, Senior Data Scientist, Urban Institute
Steven Brown, Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute
Why Federal Surveys Can't Capture Measures of the Economic Consequences of Systemic Racism, and What Might We Do About It
Randall Akee, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Public Policy and American Indian Studies, Nonresident Fellow, Brookings Institution
Lucia Foster, Chief of the Center for Economic Studies and Chief Economist, U.S. Bureau of the Census
John Haltiwanger, Professor of Economics, University of Maryland, Chair, AEA Committee on Economic Statistics, Research Associate, NBER (Discussant)
Linwood Tauheed, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Department of Economics, and Past President, National Economic Association
Erica L. Groshen, Senior Labor Economics Advisor at Cornell University ILR School
Day 2: Public Health (May 19)
Opening Remarks
Kathy Newcomer, Board Member, Data Foundation and Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration, George Washington University
Corinna Turbes, Managing Director, Data Coalition Initiative
Advance the Mission of Public Health with Data Intelligence
Charles Gabrial, IT Project Manager, Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM)
Helen Xing, Head of Public Sector Channel and Alliances, Collibra
Alexis Bonnell, Emerging Technology Evangelist, GCP and former Chief Innovation Officer, USAID
Terry Hemken, Global Managing Director, Accenture
Growing Impacts of Uneven Access to Data on the Social and Public Health of Underserved Communities
Julia Knox, Data Scientist, Rotunda Solutions, Inc.
Steven Lee, Director of Research and Analytics, Rotunda Solutions, Inc.
The COVID Impact Survey
Abigail Wozniak, Ph.D., Fellow, Data Foundation and Director, Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute and Senior Research Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Day 3: Economic Mobility (May 20)
Opening Remarks
Nick Hart, President, Data Foundation
Taquisha Cherry, Partner and Head of Civilian Practice, Kearney & Co.
Using Data to Drive Economic Mobility: A View from the States
Nichole Dunn, Senior Advisor, Federal Policy, Results for America (moderator)
Leila Al-Hamoodah, Operations Advisor, Operations and Cabinet Affairs, State of Colorado
Pete Bernardy, Results Management Director, State of Minnesota
Adam Leonard, Director of Operational Insight, Texas Workforce Commission
Working Together to Use Data to Improve Outcomes
Richard Hendra, Director, Center for Data Insights, MDRC
Economic Mobility - Getting Federal Government to Real Time Decision Making
Ali Bandukwalla, Principal, Deloitte Consulting
Kevin Harlen, Senior Consultant, Analytics & Cognitive Government & Public Services, Deloitte Consulting
Aleks Ontman, Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting
Day 4: Data Innovation (May 21)
Opening Remarks
Dean Ritz, Chair of the Data Foundation Board of Directors and Senior Director, Structured Data Initiatives, Workiva
Improving Morbidity and Mortality Reporting for Large Scale Epidemics and Natural Disasters
Charles Rothwell, former Director of the National Center for Health Statistics
Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH, Dean Graduate School of Public Health and Jonas Salk Chair in Population Health, University of Pittsburgh
Michael A. Stoto, PhD, Professor of Health Systems Administration and Population Health, Georgetown University
WC (Craig) Vanderwagen, MD, Former Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), Department of Health of Human Services
Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH Director of the University of Colorado Center for Bioethics and Humanities
Innovations in Data Integration
Lisa Mirel, Chief of the Special Projects Branch, Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Supporting Equitable and Effective Policymaking Through Strategic Evidence Planning
Kelly Fitzsimmons, Founder and Chief Executive, Project Evident
Carrie Cihak, Chief of Policy, King County Metro
Betina Jean-Louis, Principal Consultant, Arc of Evidence
Diana Epstein, Evidence Team Lead, Office of Management and Budget
Sam Schaeffer, Chief Executive Officer, Center for Employment Opportunities