The Opportunity Project Summit: Open Innovation for All
The Opportunity Project Summit: Open Innovation for All
A Virtual Event
Hosted by Census Open Innovation Labs at the U.S. Census Bureau
The U.S. Census Bureau and partners are thrilled to invite you to The Opportunity Project Summit, a second annual virtual innovation conference showcasing technology built with open data, and creating space for conversations on government innovation, effective collaboration, the power of open data, and including all voices.
Open innovation is for everyone, so we invite leaders and learners representing all backgrounds and expertise to join us for three days of interactive, inclusive and enlightening sessions.
Much of the Summit will showcase the work of hundreds of participants in this year’s The Opportunity Project (TOP) sprints. TOP is a leading federal innovation model that brings cross-sector partners together to solve problems for people nationwide, using federal open data.
This year, 7 federal agencies (the U.S. Census Bureau, HHS, NOAA, MBDA, Treasury, CFPB, and HUD) and 2 cities (New York and Coral Gables, FL) led TOP sprints focused on the World Post-COVID-19. We’ll feature the resulting new products and announce more than $300,000 in awards to the winners of the Open Data for Good Grand Challenge.
We hope you’ll join us virtually for as many of the sessions as you can, and share your ideas with the community.
Register
Free
General Ticket
Schedule
Monday, December 13, 2021
Welcoming Keynote: Census Bureau Acting Director Ron Jarmin
Ron Jarmin
U.S. Census Bureau, Acting Director
Technology Lightning Talks: Data Tools Helping to Illuminate New Economic Patterns
Victoria Brown
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Deputy Chief of Staff
Trevor Nederlof
CARTO, Solutions Engineer
Meghan Kluth
University of Kansas, Research Project Coordinator, Center for Public Partnerships and Research
Sara Gardner
University of Kansas, Assistant Director, Center for Public Partnerships & Research
Joshua Curry
Morehouse College, Computer Science Student
Pamela Cohen
WerkLabs/The Mom Project, Chief Research & Analytics Officer
David Helene
Edquity, Founder
Steven Zapart
National Fair Housing, DevOps Engineer/DevOps Team Lead
Sweta Hagar
Google, Federal Account Executive
Raj Kadiyala
Amazon Web Services, Senior AI/ML Specialist
Nicholas Smith
Precisely, Federal Account Executive
Dominica Zhu
Census Open Innovation Labs, Head of Human Centered Innovation
Brandon Reyes
City of Laredo, Texas, Data Officer
Student Lightning Talks: Leveraging Technology & Design to Address Critical Challenges
Ross Dakin
New Jersey Office of Innovation
Jamie Magruder
General Assembly, Student
Jonah Conlin
Carnegie Mellon University, Masters Student, Design & Applied Arts
Darren Butler
Philander Smith College, Computer Science Student
Jennifer Chua
Suffolk University, Masters Student, Marketing
Anna Valuev
Census Open Innovation Labs, Acting Deputy Director, The Opportunity Project
Joe Fernandez
General Assembly, Student
Ilena Peng
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Student
Filip Wodnicki
Harvard University, Student
Co-Creating Meaningful Partnerships with Minority-Serving Institutions
Susan Anwar
Philander Smith College, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Richard Smith
HBCU Alumni Associations Foundation, Vice President, Strategic Development
Ben Melano
Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities, Acting Senior Executive Director of Federal Relations and HNIP
Quincy Kissiedu-Brown
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Senior Policy Advisor
Rachel Roundtree
Elizabeth City State University, Student
TED-Style Talks: Data Art and Non-traditional Tech Education
Shahier Rahman
General Assembly, Senior Partnership Specialist
Jaime Mears
Innovation Specialist, Library of Congress
A Data- and Human-Centered Conversation on Addressing Homelessness
Elizabeth Softky
Social Science Researcher
William Snow
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Senior Program Specialist
Kevin Adler
Miracle Messages, Founder & CEO
Affinity Networking Happy Hour
Victoria Fine
Census Open Innovation Labs, Lead Program Strategist
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Day 2: Opening Keynote - U.S. Chief Data Scientist Denice Ross
Denice Ross
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, U.S. Chief Data Scientist
"Equidad e inclusividad": Technology to Support Language Access and Minority Inclusion
Lorena Molina-Irizarry
Director of Operations, Census Open Innovation Labs
Meaghan Kennedy
Orange Sparkle Ball, Inc., Founder
Charles Weems
Weems Design Studio, CEO
Vicente Pimienta
Digisults, CEO
Isabelle Swiderski
Paticipant AI, Co-Founder
Igor Afanasyev
Smartcat, Senior Product Manager
John Paul Farmer
City of New York, Chief Technology Officer
Miguel Estién
Minority Business Development Agency, Acting National Director and National Deputy Director
TED-Style Talks: Technology and Justice, the New Economy and the American Dream
Sandeep Puri
Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy, Clinician
Elizabeth Garlow
New America, Director, New Practice Lab
Cassandra Robertson
New America, Senior Policy and Research Manager, New Practice Lab
What Is Data Equity? A Plain-language Discussion
Natalie Evans Harris
U.S. Department of Commerce, Senior Advisor for Delivery (Tech & Data), Secretary of Commerce
Interactive Workshop: Innovating Talent Pipelines
Jennifer Anastasoff
Tech Talent Project, Founder & Executive Director
Alejandro Roark
Hispanic Technology & Telecommunications Partnership, Executive Director
Rachel Dodell
Coding it Forward, Executive Director
Seeing Things Differently: A Discussion on Thought Diversity and Inclusion in 2021
Kamy Akhavan
USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future, Executive Director
Open Data for Good Grand Challenge Awards Ceremony: Part 1 of 2
Sarah Nicoll
CivStart, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Gene Sperling
The White House, Senior Advisor to the President
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Let’s Get “Climate Smart”: How Tech Can Boost Community Resilience to Climate Change
James Fox
FernLeaf Interactive, Senior Resilience Associate
Garry Harris
Center for Sustainable Communities, Managing Director
Carol Davis
Town of Blacksburg, VA, Sustainability Manager
Susanna Pho
Forerunner, Co-Founder
Brandon Gumm
mySidewalk, Director of Solutions Development
Jerry Johnston
Deloitte, Managing Director
Dan Pisut
Esri, Environmental Content Lead, ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World Environment
The Ins & Outs of a TOP Sprint: A Conversation with 2021 Sprint Leaders
Ann Epstein
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Assistant Director of Innovation
Justin Marsico
Bureau of Fiscal Service, U.S. Department of Treasury, Chief Data Officer / Deputy Assistant Commissioner
Sara Brenner
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Associate Director for Medical Affairs
Drew Zachary
Census Open Innovation Labs, Managing Director
Government Tech Funding 101
Meagan Metzger
DCode, Founder
Jimmy Colraine
Partner, AFVentures, AFWERX
Interactive Workshop: TOP at the State, Tribal, and Local Level
Kirsten Wyatt
ELGL, Executive Director & Co-Founder
Interactive Workshop: Learn to Pitch Your Innovation Idea
Will Cahoe
10x, Project Coordinator & the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR)
Open Data for Good Grand Challenge Awards Ceremony: Part 2 of 2, Closing Remarks, & Acknowledgements
Ron Jarmin
U.S. Census Bureau, Acting Director
Diego Perez
Orange Sparkle Ball, Innovation Strategy Consultant & Industrial Designer
Accessibility: Captioning (CART or Communication Access Real-Time Translation) will be provided for ALL sessions held via zoom or live streamed via YouTube. Sign language interpreting services will be made available as requested for individual sessions. If you would like to request ASL interpreting services or have questions concerning accommodations, please email us at [email protected]