A preview of SIPAGovTech2015

We at SIPA and our partners at the Columbia Global Center are thrilled to inform you that we’re hosting the “Technology and Innovation in the Public Service” conference this week. For registered attendees, this is a chance to engage with top public sector managers from Brazil, India and other Columbia Global Center locations, as well as to watch and debate new audiovisual case studies filmed on location in New York, Rio, Mumbai and other cities. While registration for the event is already at capacity, I thought it would be nice to highlight the six case studies that will be discussed at the conference. There’s some pretty interesting content, so take a look at it and tell us what you think on social media using #SIPAGovTech2015.

 

FROM COMPSTAT TO GOV 2.0: BIG DATA IN NEW YORK CITY

With interviews with NYPD police chief Bill Bratton, Bloomberg “geek squad” chief Michael Flowers, and Deputy Mayor Goldsmith, this case explores the creation of Compstat, and the birth of what would later be called the “Big Data” movement in city government.

  • Faculty Sponsor: William B. Eimicke, Columbia University & Dennis C. Smith, New York University
  • Case Writers: Adam Stepan & Kathleen Gilsinan
  • Researcher: Nora Shannon Johnson

PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR NEW YORK CITY PARKS

This case examines the history of the world’s most famous and success privately run parks – NY’s Central park and Highline. With exclusives interviews with government officials and green space activists, it explores the controversies and policy issues surrounding the use of private funds to fund public spaces.

  • Faculty Sponsor: William B. Eimicke, Columbia University & Steven A. Cohen, Columbia University
  • Case Writers: Adam Stepan & Ted Smalley Bowen
  • Researcher: Nora Shannon Johnson

DIGITAL INDIA

A new Prime minister looks to set India on the path to sustainable growth via an ambitious new plan for digital inclusion. Filmed on location in Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai, this case explores India’s massive campaign to create a biometric database of its 1.2 billion citizens, and bring banking and other services to India’s rural masses.

  • Faculty Sponsor: William B. Eimicke, Columbia University
  • Case Writers: Adam Stepan & Ted Smalley Bowen
  • Research Coordinator: Nora Shannon Johnson
  • Researchers: Sharmishtha Maheshwari, Renu Pokharna, and Pooja Desai

SCHOOLS OF TOMORROW?

Across the globe, countries have expanded free public education, but recent studies show most systems fall short of their mark in terms of educational outcomes. Filmed on location in the South Bronx, Rio and Mumbai, this case explores global efforts to make urban schools work.

  • Faculty Sponsor: William B. Eimicke, Columbia University & Brian K. Perkins, Columbia University
  • Case Writers: Adam Stepan & Ted Smalley Bowen
  • Research Coordinator: Nora Shannon Johnson
  • Researchers: Renu Pokharna, Matheus Terentin, Bruna Santos, and Sharmishtha Maheshwari

e DOCTORS

Web based technologies offer promising opportunities to improve health services and lower costs. While here in the US, legal and bureaucratic barriers hold back the spread of “tele-medicine,” in India an exciting experiment aims to take online medicine to the masses. Filmed on location in NY, Chennai and rural Tamil Nadu.

  • Faculty Sponsor: William B. Eimicke, Columbia University & Michael S. Sparer, Columbia University
  • Case Writers: Adam Stepan & Ted Smalley Bowen
  • Research Coordinator: Nora Shannon Johnson
  • Researchers: Renu Pokharna, Pooja Desai, and Sharmishtha Maheshwari

SMART CITY TECHNOLOGY IN RIO

With an investment of over $50 million, Rio created what many call the world’s most advanced digital control center. This case explores how cop cameras, mapping of favelas and other initiatives are turning Rio’s problems into ones and zeros, and using this information to refocus city services.

  • Faculty Sponsor: William B. Eimicke, Columbia University
  • Case Writers: Adam Stepan & Ted Smalley Bowen
  • Research Coordinator: Nora Shannon Johnson
  • Researchers: Tania O’Conor, Matheus Terentin, and Bruna Santos

 

Want to learn more? Then visit www.SIPAGovTech2015.org.