Event
Data & Digital Summit

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Kauffman Foundation Conference Center, 4801 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110

Join colleagues from around the region to:

  • Learn how to encourage a culture of innovation in your organization.
  • Understand how to tell better stories with data.
  • Share thoughts and ideas with fellow public sector professionals on the future of data and AI in our work.
  • Come away with new ideas to create an innovative environment.
  • Learn how to integrate AI in your data work in a way that is useful and reliable.
  • Make new and renewed connections with other data leaders across our region.

Registration is free but required.

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Who should attend?

Anyone with a role or interest in data, technology, AI, and organizational leadership, including analysts, department directors, city managers, elected officials, and others, are encouraged to attend!

Schedule

9–9:45 a.m. — Opening keynote
9:45–10 a.m. — Break
10–10:50 a.m. — Breakout session 1
11–11:50 a.m. — Breakout session 2
 

Opening keynote

Encouraging and supporting innovation in public sector environments

 

Julie Lorenz
Julie Lorenz, Principal Consultant, 1898 & Co.

Breakout sessions

Leadership track: Building a culture of innovation and information in public sector organizations

This track is intended for leaders and managers in organizations responsible for building cultures of innovation with data.

  • Session 1: Data storytelling for local government decision-makers
    • Amanda Graor, director of Data and Digital Services, Mid-America Regional Council
  • Session 2: The emerging landscape of data for economic mobility for city leaders
    Panel discussion including:
    • Julie Lorenz, principal consultant, 1898 & Co.
    • Josh Akers, director of research, Kauffman Foundation
    • Todd Jordan, vice president, community impact and executive director, 211, United Way of Greater Kansas City

Technical track: AI reality check: Turning data into decisions you can trust

This track is intended for those with more technical roles responsible for making decisions on governance in their organizations.

  • Session 1: What's possible - AI in plain English: What it can do today, what it can't, and where governments are already finding value
    • Facilitated by the UMKC Data Science and Analytics Innovation Center
  • Session 2: What's practical - moving from exploration to application
    • Facilitated by the UMKC Data Science and Analytics Innovation Center

Focus Area: Data & Maps