The New West Business and Tech Meetup group is a casual business networking group. Their meetings generally feature networking and a guest speaker. This special Innovation Week version features City of Vancouver Chief Engineer, Jerry Dobrovolny on the topic of Data driven decision making in government.  It takes place at TransLink’s head office at 400 - 287 Nelson Court, New Westminster. Register here<https://www.meetup.com/New-West-Technology-Business-Meetup/events/247087661/?_cookie-check=l4gxr7Yedt_hTDaP>.

Agenda

6:00 Pizza and Networking

6:45 Introductions and Welcome

* Patrick Johnstone - City of New Westminster Councillor

* Andrew McCurran - Translink Director Strategic Planning & Policy

7:00 Jerry Dobrovolny - City of Vancouver, Chief Engineer

Jerry will share with us how the engineering work in the City of Vancouver is aligned to advance the City's overall corporate goals with examples of how they use data to plan, design and evaluate all of their work, especially when looking at transportation projects - hello bike lanes! He will look at how essential data has become in decision making - especially at the Council table - and what’s to come.

With thanks to our partner, TransLink.