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SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2014

DETAILED AGENDA

10:55 AM – 11:40 AM

Building a Healthy and Inclusive Society Policy Council
Breakout Series
YEOs should divide by level of office to discuss the priority issues from this session, and to create
the annual YEO agenda for this Policy Council.
• State Level (Malibu & Santa Monica Rooms)
• Local Level (Promenade Room)
• Local Level (Palisades Room)
• School Board (Catalina Room)

11:55 AM – 1:10 PM

Skills Workshop Series
Technology as a Tool for Public Service
Promenade Room
A session outlining innovative ways that technology, new media, and social networks can be
used by elected officials to engage constituents and improve services.

HIBAH HUSSAIN
Google
Hibah Hussain is a public policy analyst at Google. She supports Google’s
mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally
accessible and useful by managing partnerships with a variety of groups
in DC. Previously, Hussain worked as a policy researcher at the New
America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute and an account optimizer
at Google. Hussain also spent time at the Berkman Center for Internet and
Society and the BBC’s Washington Bureau. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Carleton College,
where she was heavily involved in campus radio and independent music. She also holds a MS
with Distinction from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

NICOLE NEDITCH

Code for America
Nicole Neditch directs the fellowship program at Code for America.
This fellowship pairs civic-minded developers, designers, and product
managers with local governments to collaborate on civic issues. Fellows
and government staff work together to build apps, foster new approaches
to problem solving, and tackle social issues that have a significant impact
the community. Fellows and cities have worked on issues such as providing
better access to social services, finding alternatives to incarceration, and paving new ways for
public input. Prior to joining Code for America, Neditch worked for the city of Oakland in the
Office of the City Administrator. There, she helped launch initiatives related to open government,
online engagement, service design, and public participation.
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