CivStart - Changing Mindset to Change Technology - June 15

We are honored to join some of the leading voices in #govtech and #smartcities at GovTech’s CivStart event. We’ll be talking about our favorite topics - change, collaboration and addressing social+civic challenges!

Panel: Changing Mindset to Change Technology

June 15

1pm PT | 2pm MT | 3pm CT | 4pm ET

Where does technology change need to come with changes in mindset? Four leading thinkers in public affairs share their thoughts on how the ecosystem needs to evolve to embrace more innovative ideas.

  • Moderator: Jay Nath, Co-CEO and Founder, City Innovate

  • Joel Carnes, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alliance for Innovation

  • Chelsea Collier, Founder, Digi.City

  • Nayeli Rodriguez, Technologist for the Public Realm at New Urban Mechanics, City of Boston, Massachusetts

  • Mitchell Weiss, Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School

About the Event

Over the last decade, the government technology (‘GovTech’) market has experienced rapid growth and acceleration driven by a perfect storm of market dynamics, including democratized technology infrastructure, reduced friction in the procurement process, increased access to funding for scaling startups, a growing set of entrepreneurs targeting government as their primary customer. The unprecedented events of 2020 further accelerated these market dynamics and increased state and local government spending to over $111 billion on information technology and related services. As we’ve entered 2021, the GovTech ecosystem has continued to experience rapid growth and innovation to meet the new needs of government and the citizens it serves - and market opportunities remain to connect this growing ecosystem around new complex public sector problems that need to be solved. In response, e.Republic and CivStart have partnered on a new market event to help governments, existing companies, investors, and entrepreneurs come together to better understand the State of GovTech and what opportunities lie ahead in 2021 and beyond. 

In this event you’ll have the opportunity to:

  • Discover the latest GovTech market trends and projections.

  • Hear first-hand from government about the new needs, challenges, and opportunities for the GovTech ecosystem to help solve.

  • See live demos of new technology and innovation from startups bringing new technology to government through the CivStart accelerator.

  • Find out the key elements of growth and innovation from GovTech companies that are rapidly growing in the market.

  • Learn directly from investors in the GovTech ecosystem about what opportunities exist for scaling companies in the market.

Chelsea McCulloughgovtech, civstart