Years Ahead

An opportunity for students to learn directly from practitioners who built the first generation of digital government.

Friday March 27, 2025 · 1:00–5:00pm
Ford School of Public Policy Auditorium, University of Michigan

Years Ahead brings together pioneering civic technologists - people who led digital service teams at 18F, USDS, Code for America, and state/local governments - with students entering the field. An afternoon of candid conversation about what actually happened in the first wave of government modernization and what the next generation needs to know.

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Who's coming

Veterans of 18F, US Digital Service, and early civic tech organizations
Current & former practitioners who built and scaled digital teams inside bureaucracies
Students interested in how we build for and with the public

What you'll hear

Panel discussions with practitioners about their career paths into government technology
Fireside conversations on current challenges in digital service delivery
Small group discussions: lessons learned, what people wish they'd known starting out
Student lightning talks and project presentations

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