Sep 23–26, 2019

Audrey Lobo-Pulo
Founder, Phoensight

Audrey Lobo-Pulo is the founder of Phoensight and has a passion for using emerging data technologies to empower individuals, governments, and organizations in creating a better society. Audrey has over 10 years’ experience working with the Australian Treasury in public policy areas including personal taxation, housing, social policy, labor markets, and population demographics. She’s an open government advocate and has a passion for open data and open models. She pioneered the concept of “government open source models,” which are government policy models open to the public to use, modify, and distribute freely. Audrey’s deeply interested in how technology enables citizens to actively participate and engage with their governments in cocreating public policy. She holds a PhD in physics and a master’s in economic policy.

Sessions

3:45pm–4:25pm Thursday, September 26, 2019

Location: 1E 14

Purposefully designing technology for civic engagement

Law and Ethics, Strata Business Summit

Secondary topics: BI, Interactive Analytics and Visualization, Ethics

Audrey Lobo-Pulo (Phoensight), Annette Hester (National Energy Board, Canada)

As new digital platforms emerge and governments look at new ways to engage with citizens, there's an increasing awareness of the role these platforms play in shaping public participation and democracy. Audrey Lobo-Pulo, Annette Hester, and Ryan Hum examine the design attributes of civic engagement technologies and their ensuing impacts and an NEB Canada case study. Read more.