Speaking

An incomplete accounting of recent public speaking engagements.

2020

Michigan Legislature’s Senate Appropriations Committee
February 26, Lansing, MI
Topic: Modernizing states’ software budgeting processes
Video

2019

NCSL Legislative Fiscal Directors Pre-Conference
August 5, Nashville TN
Topic: Modernizing states’ software procurement processes

Colorado Legislature’s Joint Legislative Technology Committee
March 22, Denver, CO
Topic: Modernizing states’ software procurement processes

2018

National Governors Association’s “Smart States, Smarter Communities Learning Lab”
October 18, Chicago, IL
Topic: Modernizing states’ software procurement processes

National Conference of State Legislatures’ Fiscal Analysts Seminar
October 11, Portland, OR
Panelist
Topic: Modernizing states’ software procurement process.

National Conference of State Legislatures’ Legislative Summit
Panelist
July 31, Los Angeles, CA
Topic: Modernizing states’ software procurement processes

2016

Library and Information Technology Association’s LITA Forum
Keynote speaker
November 19, Fort Worth, TX
Topic: Open data

National Association of State Technology Directors’ Annual Conference
Keynote speaker
August 22, Washington, DC
Topic: Open data

Knight News Challenge Conference
June 24, Orlando, FL
Panelist
Topic: “Hacking institutions from the outside”

Texas GeoRodeo
May 20, Austin, TX
Keynote speaker
Topic: Open data

Virginia Transit Technology Roundtable
March 23, 2016
Topic: Open data

2015

Virginia GIS Conference
October 20, Charlottesville VA
Topic: Open data

New Jersey Open Government Data Thought Forum
February 27, Morristown NJ
Topic: Open data

National States Geographic Information Council Midyear Conference
February 24, Annapolis MD
Keynote speaker
Topic: Open data

Virginia Tech Open Data Day
February 20, Blacksburg VA
Keynote speaker
Topic: Open data

2014

Connecticut Data Collaborative’s Annual Conference
November 21, New Haven, CT
Keynote speaker
Topic: Open data

Paley Center’s “Next Big Thing in Open Government” Conference
November 6, New York, NY
Panelist
Topic: Open data

Socrata Customer Summit
October 22, Arlington, VA
Topic: Open data
Video

Shelburne Center Speakers Series
July 21, Burlington, VT
Keynote speaker
Topic: Open data

NASS’s Administrative Codes and Registers Conference
July 14, Baltimore, MD
Topic: Open data

White House / Georgetown University’s “Improving Government Performance in the Era of Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges for Federal Agencies”
June 19, Washington, DC
Panelist
Topic: Open data

U.S. Department of Transportation’s Datapalooza
June 3, Crystal City, VA
Panelist
Topic: Open data

Open Data NJ Summit
May 15, Montclair, NJ
Topic: Open data
Video

Center for Data Innovation’s “Economic Impact of Open Data”
April 8, Washington, DC
Topic: Open data

North Carolina Sunshine Day
March 17, Elon, NC
Keynote speaker
Topic: Open data

Illuminate Speakers Series
February 26, Washington, DC
Panelist
Topic: Open data

CodeAcross Hampton Roads’ Open Data Day
February 21, Norfolk, VA
Topic: Open data

Knight Foundation’s Media Learning Seminar
February 18, Miami, FL
Topic: Open data