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Melanie Davern

RMIT University
Senior Research Fellow Co-Director Healthy Liveable Cities Group
Melbourne, Victoria (Austalia)

10:00am CDT

Blending Data - The New Data Salad Bar Johnson Great RoomDan Quigg

11:00am CDT

Data-driven decision-making: Utilizing community indicators and performance measurements to build and measure progress towards sustainable and equitable communities in Ramsey County Minnesota RoomKristine Grill • LidiyaG • Elizabeth Tolzmann

12:00pm CDT

Lunch Memorial Hall

12:40pm CDT

Impact Awards Memorial Hall

1:00pm CDT

Keynote Address: ...Damn Lies and Statistics in a Post-Truth Era: Data and knowledge communities in the movement for a more inclusive economy Memorial HallChris Benner

2:00pm CDT

Data Viz: Lessons in patience, progress, and powerful new communication modes Johnson Great RoomKassira Absar • Andi Egbert

3:10pm CDT

MAP Dashboard: Engaging the Southern Arizona Community Ski-U-Mah RoomJennifer Pullen Rewriting the Rural Narrative: Leadership and Engagement Ski-U-Mah RoomBenjamin Winchester Powered by Pecha Kucha: Data tools From Small Areas to the World Memorial HallSteven Aviles • Melanie Davern • Dawn Helmrich • Julian Kittelson-Aldred • Geoffrey Li • Anton Prokopyev • David Van Riper

4:10pm CDT

Still Lonely in Vancouver? Troubling signs in uncertain times. Ski-U-Mah RoomTrina Prior The application of indicators in regional Victoria, Australia as a catalyst for evidence-based planning, partnership development and community engagement Ski-U-Mah RoomMelanie Davern

6:30pm CDT

Reception Campus Club of the University of Minnesota

10:10am CDT

The City Health Dashboard: City-level measures of health, health determinants and equity to foster population health improvement Johnson Great RoomShoshanna Levine Business Strategies to Achieve Sustainability Ski-U-Mah RoomChantal Stevens • Mark Abraham • Susan Brutschy • Ann Johnson • Paul Mattessich

11:10am CDT

LOCALIZING THE SDGS: Lessons Learnt on discussing, monitoring, and reporting on the SDGs using the Peg Community Indicator System Johnson Great RoomJennifer Temmer The Santa Cruz County Journey - Connecting Our County’s Youth Well-being Spotlight to the Sustainable Development Goals Johnson Great RoomSusan Brutschy

12:00pm CDT

Lunch Memorial Hall

12:40pm CDT

Impact Awards Memorial Hall

1:00pm CDT

Plenary Panel: Data and media: Getting good data into the public sphere Memorial HallCraig Helmstetter • Mark Abraham • Chris Farrell • Maggie Koerth-Baker