America’s criminal justice system reflects and reinforces structural racism, with minorities arrested, incarcerated, and executed disproportionally to their population numbers. While better data and technology on its own cannot fix the system, there are specific points and interventions where such enhancements can help. This panel showcases how local governments employ different data collection methods as well as improved analytical frameworks to create better outcomes for those caught in various stages of the criminal justice lifecycle.

Time: 13:15-14:05 PDT

The connection between global warming, air pollution, and negative health outcomes is well-established, and these effects are most pronounced for disadvantaged communities. This panel showcases how regulators, academic institutions, and private organizations merge then analyze unexpected data sets such as customs registries/freight manifests and asthma inhaler usage with traditional air quality measures to understand public health and inform strategic investments with a goal to advance environmental justice.

Time: 10:15-11:45 PDT

Evictions destabilize lives. In addition to depriving families of their home, they entail major lasting financial, social, and health costs.. This panel of non-profit researchers, government operators, and private sector technologists showcases how experts harness various data sources to trace and anticipate eviction trends, as well as the impact of experimental interventions intended to mitigate this epidemic. Learn how tax assessor, rental registration, demographic, court case macros, and police calls for service can be used as eviction risk indicators providing key insights for policy makers and program managers to stabilize housing.

Time: 8:35-10:05 PDT