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Wednesday, August 19
 

10:00am EDT

AI Ethics in the Civic Sector: How to Stay Smart, Skeptical, and Grounded in Community
Wednesday August 19, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
AI is powerful—and deeply imperfect. We’ll walk through real examples of misinformation, bias, and inequity in AI tools used in the public and nonprofit sectors, and learn how to assess ethical risks and adopt a human-centered mindset when deploying or experimenting with AI for civic outcomes.

Key Takeaways:
• What AI ethics means in real-world civic applications
• Key questions to ask before using AI in your work
• How to center people and community values over convenience or hype
Speakers
avatar for Amy Neumann

Amy Neumann

Executive Director and Founder, Resourceful Nonprofit
Amy Neumann is a social impact entrepreneur, keynote speaker, author, trainer, technology strategist, consultant, artist, and Reiki Master.  She strives to inspire World Changers to leverage technology and engagement to do more of their mission work faster and easier, while also... Read More →
Wednesday August 19, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
Auditorium (Basement) 525 Superior Ave, Cleveland, OH 44114, USA

11:00am EDT

How public sector data can better support immigrant and multilingual communities
Wednesday August 19, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
Public data systems affect all of us every day, including immigrants. What happens when the data doesn't speak your language? Greater Cleveland is home to dozens of immigrant communities and hundreds of thousands of people who speak languages other than English at home, according to Census estimates. Are data geeks serving them? Panelists from local multilingual publications and organizations that serve immigrant communities will talk about problems their communities have accessing and interacting with data; how data systems could work better for them; and what solutions are working.
Speakers
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Pierre Bejjani

Profile News Ohio
avatar for Ronaldo Rodriguez Jr.

Ronaldo Rodriguez Jr.

Publisher, La Villa CLE
I am Ronaldo Rodriguez Jr., a REALTOR® and community journalist based in Cleveland with a passion for history, culture, and neighborhood storytelling. Whether through real estate, writing, or local projects, I work to connect people to place and help to build thriving, inclusive... Read More →
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Deepa Rao

Editor-in-Chief, The Lotus
I live in Olmsted Township, OH, with my husband, Arun Rao, my mother-in-law, Pramila Rao, and my 12-year-old daughter, Anika Rao. I have been in the software industry for over 21 years. We moved to Cleveland from San Antonio, Texas, 11 years ago. In my free time, I enjoy volunteering... Read More →
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Anne Pu Ying

Erie Chinese Journal
Wednesday August 19, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
Conference Room B (2nd Floor) 525 Superior Ave, Cleveland, OH 44114, USA

12:00pm EDT

Lunch and Unconference
Wednesday August 19, 2026 12:00pm - 1:10pm EDT
Data Days CLE hosts an "unconference."  Conference attendees can host conversations about what's important to them. Anyone can host a conversation! Conversations are organized around questions, and are meant to be participatory, not lecture or sales-pitch time.

Use the virtual conference board to propose a conversation question. If you see a question you're really interested in, add a dot to show your interested in it.

We'll bring the questions from the virtual board to a live board at the event. At the start of lunch, we'll announce what conversations are happening and where. Then, conference attendees connect, and anything can happen!
Wednesday August 19, 2026 12:00pm - 1:10pm EDT
Auditorium (Basement) 525 Superior Ave, Cleveland, OH 44114, USA

2:30pm EDT

Data Curious? Data Care is possible
Wednesday August 19, 2026 2:30pm - 3:20pm EDT
A deeper understanding of data issues are necessary to understand how to protect your data. From multiple angles to protect data, each angle results in a breach. Learn how Aronetics properly defeats attempts to breach data.
Speakers
avatar for John Aron

John Aron

Founder and CEO, Aronetics
Hi, I'm John Aron. I had a near death incident and 18 months after was an idea to defend data to protect our identities across the nation. This is Thor, a Red Hat certified technology that operates to close the gaps in zero trust ideologies in a tamper-proof form so you have truth... Read More →
Wednesday August 19, 2026 2:30pm - 3:20pm EDT
Legacy Room (1st Floor) 525 Superior Ave, Cleveland, OH 44114, USA

2:30pm EDT

Demographic Data Categories - who are we missing?
Wednesday August 19, 2026 2:30pm - 3:20pm EDT
This session will explore the demographic categories common in data collection as well as the impacts of limiting options or not collecting certain categories. For instance, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) demographics and Race/Ethnicity are not always representative of the full spectrum of options. Do people see themselves in the data researchers collect? What does it mean for how we identify communities?
Speakers
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Emily Mutillo

Director of Research, The Center for Community Solutions
Wednesday August 19, 2026 2:30pm - 3:20pm EDT
Conference Room C (2nd Floor)

3:30pm EDT

Guiding Data Collaborations with Community Engagement Studios: Insights from The Digital Twin Neighborhood Study
Wednesday August 19, 2026 3:30pm - 4:20pm EDT
The Community Engagement Studio (CES) adds local perspectives into data projects. The Digital Twin Neighborhoods (DTN) project conducted 6 CES sessions with 80 neighborhood representatives to better understand neighborhood health issues. We co-designed aspects of a digital twin simulation model. Participants expressed community pride and described their priorities including mental health, trauma and neighborhood stressors. Participants were enthusiastic about using DTN data resources.
Speakers
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Kristen Berg

Case Western Reserve University
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Jarrod Dalton

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Population health, cardiovascular disease outcomes, aging, socioeconomic disparities, risk modeling, electronic medical records
avatar for Adam Perzynski

Adam Perzynski

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Sociology, MetroHealth and CWRU
Dr. Perzynski is Assistant Professor of Medicine and Sociology in the Center for Health Care Research and Policy at MetroHealth and Case Western Reserve University. His research methods expertise ranges from focus groups and ethnography to psychometrics and structural equation modelling... Read More →
Wednesday August 19, 2026 3:30pm - 4:20pm EDT
Auditorium (Basement) 525 Superior Ave, Cleveland, OH 44114, USA

4:30pm EDT

Happy Hour
Wednesday August 19, 2026 4:30pm - 7:00pm EDT
Join us for happy hour at Butcher and the Brewer. We'll have food and some limited drinks.
Wednesday August 19, 2026 4:30pm - 7:00pm EDT
Butcher and the Brewer 2043 East 4th Street, Cleveland, OH 44115
 
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