Tech & Public Policy Ideathon 2025 Team

The Tech & Public Policy program is pleased to partner with the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and GRIPS Associate Professor Matthew Brummer to host the 2025 Ideathon in Tokyo, Japan.

 Ideathon  is a unique, multidisciplinary program that blends policy analysis with technology development in a real-world context. Graduate students from law, public policy, computer and data science, marketing and design and other disciplines, are paired with experienced policy practitioners, academic mentors and international students from diverse backgrounds and experiences to collaborate on a tech policy challenge. 

Student Participants

Andrea Dean

MLT’25

Moritz Ludwig

MPP ’25

CJ Larkin

MPP’26

Caio Mendes Siemionko

MPM ‘25

Staff & Graduate Assistants

Michelle De Mooy

Director, Tech & Public Policy

Maria Sanchez

Program Manager

Helen Nicholls

MPM’25

Amelie D’Hers

MS-DSPP ’25

Faculty Mentors

Michael Bailey

MS-DSPP Faculty Director

Jonathan T. Healey

Associate Professor of the Practice
Associate Director, Ethics Lab

Sydney Luken

Product Design and Digital Development Lead, Ethics Lab

Akshaya Narayanan

Assistant Professor of Practice, Ethics Lab