[ONLINE] - COVID, Tech and Local Government

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an array of policy and service challenges for state and municipal governments across the country. Into this crisis, PIT-UN members have worked with their local governments to provide essential consulting services, demonstrating the role technology can play to improve and enable responses to COVID-19. In this webinar, hear from a panel of PIT practitioners working with city/county governments in Pittsburgh, Austin, Los Angeles and New York to make our communities more resilient and residents better informed.

This conversation will be moderated by Pete Peterson, the Braun Family Dean of Pepperdine's School of Public Policy, and Senior Fellow of the school's Davenport Institute for Public Engagement where he trains local leaders to use technology to make government more transparent and responsive.

Participants:

Andrea Christelle, PhD
Good Systems Network Relationship Manager in the Office of the Vice President for Research, The University of Texas at Austin

Professor James Featherstone
Executive Director at Homeland Security Advisory Council and Adjunct Faculty, Pepperdine's School of Public Policy

Professor Rayid Ghani
Distinguished Career Professor in the Machine Learning Department and the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University

Moderator:

Dean Pete Peterson
The Braun Family Dean of Pepperdine's School of Public Policy & Senior Fellow of the school's Davenport Institute for Public Engagement