The will bring 91̽»¨researchers from many fields together with public officials, corporate practitioners and others to discuss how the rise in exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data and Blockchain help build a healthy and ethical society.

The event will be from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Global Innovation Exchange (GIX), in the Steve Ballmer Building, 12280 NE District Way in Bellevue.

The event is co-hosted by the and GIX. Several Evans School  faculty will attend and discuss their research, including , , and . of the Information School, co-creator of the iSchool’s popular “Calling BS” class and website, also will speak.

Giving an opening keynote will be , professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and the , as well as co-executive director of GIX. , also of the Allen School, the eScience Institute and director of the Taskar Center for Accessible Technology, will speak as well.

Badshah of the Evans School, who is organizing the event, said the summit is already over capacity with 280 expected attendees. He said while other universities have convened such conversations among academics, companies or policyholders, this is the first such dialogue across multiple sectors.

The summit will feature sessions on social justice and equity, exponential technology and entrepreneurship and financial services, data mapping, health and societal transformation and more.

Also attending will be U.S. Rep. Susan DelBene, D-Wash., State Senator Manka Dhingra and members of the Bellevue City Council.

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For more information or for press access, contact Badshah at akhtarb@uw.edu.

Also participating will be members of the , a joint venture between the Evans School and Washington State University that acts as a neutral resource for collaborative problem-solving in the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest.

The conference, being held at the Westin Hotel and other area locations, is expected to draw as many as 1,300 participants from 50 nations. The overall theme will be “New Traditions in Public Administration: Reflecting on Challenges, Harnessing Opportunities.”

Its many events will feature scores of presentations and panel discussions, many featuring Evans School faculty and staff.

• will lead discussions on the future role of public service in American universities and on the .
• will lead a talk on public-private partnerships.
• Tamara Schaps, director of , will lead a discussion of integrating millennials into the public sector workforce.
• , associate professor, will discuss expectations in collaborative governance, and , professor, will talk on the choices and trade-offs public managers must make to solve complex political problems.

The Ruckelshaus Center will also be well represented. , center director, will present on fostering collaborative solutions to public policy challenges in the Pacific Northwest, and , associate director, will present on using collaboration to solve complex political problems.

More than 150 other sessions and workshops, many by visiting scholars, will take up matters as diverse as strategies for reducing unemployment of minority and low-income workers, public policy challenges in disaster management, 21^st century infrastructure challenges, and the role of nonprofits in fostering civil society.

Yet more sessions will focus on administrative and management practices, budgeting and accountability, diversity in public service, employment perceptions and practices, public records law, reducing Medicaid costs for states — and, perhaps unsurprisingly, even “emotional labor and burnout for civil servants.”

Formed in 1939, the American Society for Public Administration works to advance the “art, science, teaching and practice of public and nonprofit administration,” its website states, keeping in mind four core values: accountability and performance, professionalism, ethics and social equity.

Visit for a full schedule of conference events.

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To learn more about Evans School participation in the conference, contact J. Paul Blake, director of media and external relations, at 206-543-3958 or jpblake@uw.edu; for more on Ruckelshaus Center participants, contact Kern at 206-428-3021 or m.kern@wsu.edu.