Policy Crunch
Welcome to the IOG Policy Crunch! Our evening speakers series transports the audience across a spectrum of important public policy issues. Season two's theme, Disruption and Convergence in Public Policy and Governance, will include session on:
- Digital governance
- Innovation policy
- Diversity
- Engagement
- Science policy
- Civil society
- Ethics
- Indigenous Governance and Self-Determination
The IOG Policy Crunch is hosted monthly at the Institute on Governance in the Byward Market, Ottawa.
Keep visiting this page to learn more about upcoming dates and speaker announcements.
Policy Crunch Format
Our ASPIRE Lab doors open at 5:30PM for networking and snacks.
Panels run from 6:00PM to 7:00PM with a combination of opening remarks and Q&A.
Panelists stick around from 7:00PM to 7:30PM for continued networking and one-on-one conversation with attendees. Join us for the last half an hour to ask your questions and continue networking.
Thank you to Season Two's Policy Crunch Sponsor, Bell.
We want your feedback! Take a moment and complete the Policy Crunch Season 2 Survey!
Policy Crunch Season 2 is Here
- Cybersecurity - October 15th, 2019 - watch the livestream
- Renegotiating the Social Contract between Science and Society - November 12th, 2019 - watch the livestream
- The Future of Work: Beyond the Hype - December 10th, 2019 - watch the livestream
- Ethics in a Digital Age - January 14th, 2020 - watch the livestream
- First Nations Institutions and New Federal Machinery of Government - February 11th, 2020
- Navigating the "Wild West" of the Internet from Social Media to Digital Governance - March 3rd, 2020
- VIRTUAL CRUNCH: The future of digital governance in a post-pandemic world - watch it here
- VIRTUAL CRUNCH: Energy Transition: Does a Sweet Spot Exist - June 2, 2020
Watch Season 1 Crunches Here:
- Agile Regulation: Embracing Disruptive Technology with Policy Leadership - September 19th, 2018 National Security and Exponential Technologies: Preparing for Disruption - October 10th, 2018
- Inclusive Innovation: Progress, Disruption and the Role of Government - November 6th, 2018
- Emerging Digital Policy Issues: Augmented Reality and its Implications for Government - December 5th, 2018
- Making Ottawa be a Global Leader in Gov-tech: Roles for Industry, Government and Research - January 16th, 2019
- Microentrepreneurship and Innovation: Digital Technologies, the Gig Economy and the Evolving Role of Policy - February 13th, 2019
- Governing AI: The Role of Industry, Transparency and Government Intervention - March 6th, 2019
- The Global Race in Digital Governance - April 3rd, 2019
- Open Government: Leadership, Learning and Government Adaptation - May 1st, 2019
