Management Conference 2024: Public Sector Leadership and Management in the New Normal of Work From Home and Ubiquitous AI
Date & Time
Apr 11 -
12 2024
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Topics
Health
Housing, Communities, Neighborhoods
Poverty, Inequality, Opportunity
Race, Gender, Identity
Science, Technology, Innovation
Department
Graduate Career Development
Graduate Program
MPA 75
Speaker(s)
40+ Invited Speakers!
Audience
Restricted to SPIA students, faculty, and fellows
Join us for the 9th Annual Public Sector Management Conference: Leadership and Innovation in the New Normal. (the agendas from prior years’ conferences are shown below). The Conference will have sessions starting on the afternoon of Thursday, April 11th and continuing all day on Friday, April 12th (the outline for the events is shown below).
All events will be held in Robertson Hall. If you are interested in attending in person, please hold the dates on your calendar, and see the links below to register.
A final schedule will be sent to all registrants.
Thursday, April 11th:
12:00 PM - Registration Opens
12:30- 1:30 PM - Careers in Creating Public Sector Impact from the Non-Government Sector in the New Normal
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Coffee Chats with Conference Participants and Graduate Students
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM - Welcome
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM - A Conversation with Lang Dilg (OpenAI) and Jim Anderson (Bloomberg Philanthropies): AI and Urban Innovation: Shaping the Cities of Tomorrow
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM - Dinner at Shultz Dining Room (invited guest and graduate students only)
Friday, April 12th:
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM - Registration, Breakfast and Networking
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM - Welcome and Introductions
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM - Session 1: The New Normal: One Year Later
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM - Networking break
10:45 AM - 12 Noon - Sessions 2A, 2B, 2C
- Session 2A: AI and Elections Administration
- Session 2B: What is the future of Urban America in the New Normal?
- Session 2C: Leading through Uncertainty: Navigating Public Sector Challenges Beyond Management
12 Noon - 1:30 PM - Lunch Roundtable Topic Discussions
- Lunch Roundtable A: Building Resilient Regional Economies in the Digital Age
- Lunch Roundtable B: The Future of Civic Engagement: Digital Tools and Strategies
- Lunch Roundtable C: Navigating the Shift: Public Sector Leadership Technology Leadership in the New Normal
- Lunch Roundtable D: Venture Capital's Role in Shaping the New Normal
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM - Session 3
- Session A: Beyond Novelty: Practical Innovation in Government
- Session B: Preparing Tulsa for the New Normal
- Session C: Harnessing AI for Economic Growth : New Jersey's Strategic Vision
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM - Networking break
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM - Dean Amaney Jamal Remarks
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM - Alumni Panel: Will the New Normal be Good, Bad or Indifferent for Public Sector Diversity?
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM - Closing Remarks/End of Conference
REGISTRATION
SPIA Graduate Students - Register through SPIAConnect
Faculty/Staff/SPIA Alumni - Registration Link
SPIA Undergraduates - Registration Link
CONTACTS:
If you have any questions about the registration process, please contact SPIA Graduate Career Development at spiagcd@princeton.edu
Faculty Lead: Professor Steven Strauss, Ph.D.
Sponsored by: SPIA Graduate Career Development & Graduate Program Office
Agenda from Previous Years:
- MC23 Management, Innovation and Leadership in the Digital Age
- MC19 Making Government Work
- MC18 Managing Smart Cities and Innovations in Urban Government Conference
- MC17 Conference on Management in the Public Sector
- MC16 Management in the Public Sector
Speakers and Panelists
James Anderson, Head of Government Innovation Programs, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Scott Andes, Program Director, Recompete Program and Policy Advisor, Regional Tech Hubs Program, U.S. Economic Development Administration
Alex Kelly Berman, Vice President of Programs and Partnerships, Cortico
Eduardo Bhatia, John L Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professor and Visiting Lecturer in Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Tyrance Billingsley, Founder and Executive Director, Black Tech Street
Christine Blumauer, MPA '16, Executive Director of Policy, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Melisa Breda, Strategy and Public Innovation Consultant, formerly Buenos Aires City Government
Francesco Brindisi, Executive Deputy Comptroller, New York City Office of the Comptroller
Amaya Capellan, AB ’03, Chief Information Officer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Daniel Chenok, Executive Director, The IBM Center for Business of Government
Dave Cole, Chief Innovation Officer, New Jersey Office of Innovation
Martha Coven, Visiting Lecturer, Princeton University
Kathleen Coviello, Chief Economic Transformation Officer, New Jersey Economic Development Authority
Ileana Cruz-Marden, MPA '19, Deputy Director, Americas & Global Strategy, Americas at the Tent Partnership for Refugees
Joe DeLaTorre, MPA '20, Innovation Fellow – Customer Support Modernization Lead, New Jersey Office of Innovation
Lane Dilg, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Global Affairs, OpenAI
Ted Egan, Chief Economist, City and County of San Francisco
David Ehrenberg, Principal, Sterling Development P3 Advisors
Elena Fortuna, Senior Director of Client Success, Code for America
Ernesto Freire, Chief of Staff and Head of Operations, Bloomberg Associates
Santiago Garces, Chief Information Officer, City of Boston
Daniel Goetzel, Senior Advisor, Department of Commerce and Director, National Science Foundation
Gillian (Jill) Gutierrez, MPA '06, Senior Advisor/Director, Office of Unemployment Insurance Modernization, NJ Department of Labor & Workforce Development
Justin Harlan, Managing Director, Tulsa Remote
Rochelle Haynes, MPA '06, Managing Director, What Works Cities, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Lesley Hirsch, Assistant Commissioner of Research, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Xavier Hughes, Senior Advisor to the Governor’s Office and NJ Chief AI Strategist, New Jersey Office of Innovation
Nigel Jacob, Visiting Scholar, Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism - MIT
Amaney Jamal, Dean, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs
Josh Lawson, Director of AI & Democracy, Aspen Institute
Jim Loter, Chief Technology Officer, City of Seattle
Akshay Malik, Smart Cities Director, SmartCityPHL
Stacey Matlen, Senior Vice President, Innovation, Partnership for NYC
Kate Maxwell, Worldwide Education Industry Lead, Microsoft
Karen McGuinness, MPA '85, Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs
Jennifer Morrell, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, The Elections Group
Alaa Moussawi, Chief Data Scientist, New York City Council
Taylor Nelson, MPA '19, Manager, Partnerships & Internal Management, Bloomberg Associates
Lawrence Norden, Senior Director, Elections and Government Program, Brennan Center
Jeffrey Oakman, MPA/URP '03, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of NJ Governor Phil Murphy
Helaine Olen, Reporter in Residence, Omidyar Network
Ulili Onovakpuri, Managing Partner, Kapor Capital
Dustin Palmer, MPA '16, US Country Director, GiveDirectly
Amy Pszczolkowski, Associate Director, Graduate Career Development, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs
Dave Shideler, Chief Research Officer, Heartland Forward
Terrance Smith, Bloomberg Public Innovation Fellow, The John Hopkins University
Ben Stewart, Managing Director, GKFF
Steven Strauss, Lecturer and John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professor, Princeton University
Stacy Taylor, MPA '11, VP, Policy, Propel
Anthony Townsend, Urbanist In Residence, Cornell Tech
Rayna Truelove, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs
Tina J. Walha, MPA '09, Chief Partnerships Officer, U.S. Digital Response
Jennifer Widner, Professor of Politics and International Affairs; Director, Innovations for Successful Societies, Princeton University
Raylene Yung, Chief of Staff, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)