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Digital Democracy Podcast | Episode 3: Building Bridges with Algorithms — Standards for a Strong and Equitable Digital Democracy

on December 22, 2023

A panel with Ulrike Hahn and Michael Mäs, moderated by Andreas Nitsche at the National Coalition for Equity Impact (NCEI) Summit #2: Innovations in Equity — Contextualizing U.S. and International Perspectives. The summit was organized by RAND Center to Advance Racial Equity Policy in cooperation with the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany – Los Angeles, Interaktive Demokratie – Association for Interactive Democracy, Brasfield and Associates, Tangible Development, Fair Count, and Magic Soup Games. It was held in Santa Monica, California.

Episode 3 on YouTube

Digital Democracy Podcast | Episode 2: Using Deliberative Conversation Methods to Bridge Divides

on October 11, 2023

A conversation between Michael Mäs and Andreas Nitsche at the National Coalition for Equity Impact (NCEI) Summit #2: Innovations in Equity — Contextualizing U.S. and International Perspectives. The summit was organized by RAND Center to Advance Racial Equity Policy in cooperation with the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany – Los Angeles, Interaktive Demokratie – Association for Interactive Democracy, Brasfield and Associates, Tangible Development, Fair Count, and Magic Soup Games. It was held in Santa Monica, California.

Episode 2 on YouTube

Digital Democracy Podcast | Episode 1: LiquidFeedback ‧ Public Trust ‧ Equitable Deliberation ‧ Empowerment ‧ Citizen Consultation

on August 08, 2023

Statement by Andreas Nitsche at National Coalition for Equity Impact (NCEI) Summit #3: Centering Innovations in Equity — Developing Green and Smart Infrastructure Solutions in Communities, Municipalities, and Global Contexts. This event was organized by the RAND Center to Advance Racial Equity Policy in cooperation with the Consulate General of Finland – Los Angeles and the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany – Los Angeles. It was held at Cal Endowment in Los Angeles, California.

Episode 1 on YouTube

Innovations in Equity — Contextualizing U.S. and International Perspectives | Germany and Europe

by Ulrike Hahn, Michael Mäs, Andreas Nitsche
on July 24, 2023

National Coalition for Equity Impact (NCEI) Summit #2
in Santa Monica, California

This is the transcript of the debate on Using Deliberative Conversation Methods to Bridge Divides and the panel on Building Bridges with Algorithms — Standards for a Strong and Equitable Digital Democracy, presenting German and European experiences and perspectives.

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National Coalition for Equity Impact (NCEI) Summit #3:
Centering Innovations in Equity — Developing Green and Smart Infrastructure Solutions in Communities, Municipalities, and Global Contexts | Los Angeles, California

on May 22, 2023

Los Angeles Green New Deal is one of the most ambitious and comprehensive programs for greening a metropolitan area. Aiming at carbon neutrality and sustainability generally requires utilizing extensive digital networks, efficient and inclusive data economy applications, and smart city solutions.

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National Coalition for Equity Impact (NCEI) Summit #2:
Innovations in Equity — Contextualizing U.S. and International Perspectives | Santa Monica, California

on April 26, 2023

A discussion about ‘Innovations in Equity - Contextualizing US and International Perspectives’ and the many promises and perils of inclusive practices across spaces, including, standards development, neurodiversity, digital equity, algorithms/machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The goal of this summit is to articulate ways that we might co-create responses to inequities in these spaces in order to support the inclusion of marginalized populations equitably in public policy decisions.

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