Civic Hacknight #498: Democracy, Decoded: How OpenPolicy.me Simplifies Laws for Everyone
We missed you this time around!
Topic: Democracy, Decoded: How OpenPolicy.me Simplifies Laws for Everyone
OpenPolicy.me is a civic engagement platform that makes laws and policies easy to read, track, and respond to. In this session, we’ll explore how AI can simplify legislative language, help citizens hold their representatives accountable, and turn passive readers into active participants in shaping democracy.
Speaker:
Ashish Tandon is a product leader, professor, and founder of OpenPolicy.me—bridging civic tech and AI to make public policy transparent, participative, and accessible. He works at the intersection of product strategy, legislative design, and citizen empowerment.
Agenda:
7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions
7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:50-9:00 Breakout groups
Code of Conduct:
Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack:
https://link.civictech.ca/chat
About Us:
Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data.
Come and be part of it!
For more info:
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We missed you this time around!
Platform Sponsors
Torc is a community-first platform bringing together remote-first software engineer and developer opportunities from across the globe. Join a network that’s all about connection, collaboration, and finding your next big move — together.
Join our community today!
Don't let broken lines of code, busted API calls, and crashes ruin your app. Join the 4M developers and 90K organizations who consider Sentry “not bad” when it comes to application monitoring. Use code “guild” for 3 free months of the team plan.
https://sentry.io
Civic Hacknight #498: Democracy, Decoded: How OpenPolicy.me Simplifies Laws for Everyone
Topic: Democracy, Decoded: How OpenPolicy.me Simplifies Laws for Everyone
OpenPolicy.me is a civic engagement platform that makes laws and policies easy to read, track, and respond to. In this session, we’ll explore how AI can simplify legislative language, help citizens hold their representatives accountable, and turn passive readers into active participants in shaping democracy.
Speaker:
Ashish Tandon is a product leader, professor, and founder of OpenPolicy.me—bridging civic tech and AI to make public policy transparent, participative, and accessible. He works at the intersection of product strategy, legislative design, and citizen empowerment.
Agenda:
7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions
7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:50-9:00 Breakout groups
Code of Conduct:
Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack:
https://link.civictech.ca/chat
About Us:
Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data.
Come and be part of it!
For more info:
Get in touch!
hi@guild.host