Description

You're invited to the Technology Summit sponsored by Kaizen on Friday, February 6th at the Golden Community Center! This event will include 3 education sessions each worth 0.1 CEUs (0.3 CEUs total). Lunch is included in the registration. There will be an optional happy hour after the event at nearby Golden City Brewery sponsored by Kaizen who will cover the 1st round of beverages!

This summit will include sessions from Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, CO Statewide Internet Portal Authority (SIPA), and Kaizen. 

Sessions:

- From Insight to Action: Using Community Feedback to Guide Parks and Recreation Decisions with Kevin Stay, Community Partnerships Leader, Kaizen

- SIPA Resources, Grants, and Digital Accessibility with Duane Tucker, Customer Success Director, and Josh Schroder, Digital Accessibility Specialist, SIPA

- Technology Innovation in Colorado Parks with Tyler Svitak, Executive Director, Colorado Smart Cities Alliance & the following panelists:

• Debra Deininger, CRO of N5 Sensors
  • N5 Sensors is protecting communities with early wildfire detection sensors and has a new project with the City of Colorado Springs
• Aaron Kennedy, CEO of Outway
  • Outway provides asset management technology designed specifically for land managers and is working with many Colorado jurisdictions
• Hunter Ray with Odin Autonomy
  • Odin Autonomy is building a drone-based emergency management and public safety use cases highly applicable to parks and open spaces

Preliminary Event Schedule:

10:00am-10:30am - Attendee Check-In

10:30am-11:45am - Session 1

11:45am-12:45pm - Lunch

12:45pm-2:00pm - Session 2

2:15pm-3:30pm - Session 3

3:45pm - Happy Hour Social at Golden City Brewery

Session Descriptions:

From Insight to Action: Using Community Feedback to Guide Parks and Recreation Decisions with Kevin Stay, Community Partnerships Leader, Kaizen

• What do your residents really think—and how can you be sure you’re asking the right questions? In this session, Kevin Stay, Community Partnerships Leader at Kaizen and former pollster, will walk through proven best practices for collecting and using community feedback. Drawing from years of experience designing surveys and analyzing sentiment in communities across the country, Kevin will explore how Parks and Recreation departments can measure public opinion with rigor, avoid common data pitfalls, and translate findings into actionable, community-driven decisions.  Whether you’re planning your next master plan or seeking stronger public support, this session offers practical guidance rooted in real-world experience.

SIPA (CO Statewide Internet Portal Authority) Resources, Grants, and Digital Accessibility with Duane Tucker, Customer Success Director, and Josh Schroder, Digital Accessibility Specialist, SIPA

• SIPA will present information about no- and low-cost resources, multiple grant programs, and digital accessibility. This session will provide awareness to all Parks and Rec Districts about the resources and grants available to them through SIPA, along with guidance to Parks and Rec Districts on how to develop the appropriate plan to become compliant with the HB21-1110 accessibility provisions, and provide awareness about SIPA accessibility solutions available to all Parks and Rec Districts.

Technology Innovation in Colorado Parks with Tyler Svitak, Executive Director, Colorado Smart Cities Alliance & select panelists

• This session will include a panel of case studies focused on technology innovation projects happening in jurisdictions across Colorado. This will include highlighting technology for park vandalism prevention, usage analysis, maintenance, and public safety communication in remote areas. Attendees will learn about technology applications for specific parks problems, innovation processes being used in Colorado, and
  public-private partnership examples