Name: Morning Keynote
Start: 2019-03-02T10:00:00-0500
End: 2019-03-02T11:15:00-0500

Welcome to NYC School of Data — a community conference that demystifies the policies and practices around civic data, technology, and service design. This year’s conference kicks off NYC’s annual Open Data Week & features OVER 30 sessions organized by NYC’s civic technology, data, and design community! Our conversations & workshops will feed your mind and empower you to improve your neighborhood. Follow the conversation #nycSOdata on twitter and tune into our live stream (provided by the Internet Society of New York).

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Morning Keynote

Kickoff and introduction to the day! With Galvanize, John Paul Farmer from Microsoft Cities, NYC's Chief Technology Officer Alby Bocanegra, NYC's Chief Analytics Officer Kelly Jin, NYC City Council Member Ben Kallos, Chair of the Technology Committee & NYC City Council Member Peter Koo, and Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer.

Moderators

Noel Hidalgo

Executive Director, BetaNYC

Fatima Sarah Khalid

Developer Evangelist, GitLab

Fatima is a Developer Evangelist at GitLab and the voice of the community. She loves coding challenges and storytelling. Before GitLab, she was a backend developer, Drupal core contributor, and mentoring lead. In 2018, she received the Women in Communications & Technology (WCT) Rising... Read More →

Speakers