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NYC School of Data 2019

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).

9:00am EST

Breakfast Union Square Reception Area

10:00am EST

Morning Keynote Plenary RoomNoel Hidalgo • Fatima Sarah Khalid • Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer • City Council Member Peter Koo • City Council Member Ben Kallos • Kelly Jin • NYC's Chief Technology Officer Alby Bocanegra • John Paul Farmer

11:30am EST

Office Hours with the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission Freeman PlazaElizabeth Major • Stephan Schmidt Office Hours: An Overview of New York City's Comptroller Open Data Sets Prospect ParkRonald Bliss Building Anti-racist Solidarity Networks in Tech Plenary RoomKyla Massey • Jessie Daniels • Natarajan Krishnaswami • Mutale Nkonde • rigoberto A Survey of Unique Identifiers in NYC Open Data: Joins, Sorrows, and Surprises facilitated by Jonathan Pichot Radio CityCindy Nicklin • Jonathan Pichot Digital transparency in the public realm workshop by Sidewalk Labs Hudson SquareAriel Kennan • Ananta Pandey • Marie Buckingham • Jacqueline Lu Follow The Money: Introduction to NYC Campaign Finance Data by the NYC Campaign Finance Data Sunset ParkJaime Anno • Amanda Melillo Introduction to NYC Open Data via Data Journeys and BetaNYC’s BoardStat Game RoomEmily Goldman • Ahnaf Tazwar • BetaNYC Town hall with the NYC Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics & NYC Chief Analytics Officer Carnegie HallMolly Dillon • Kelly Jin • Adrienne Schmoeker

12:30pm EST

Lunch Union Square Reception Area

1:45pm EST

Neighborhood Challenge: Using Innovative Technology to Help Commercial Corridors Thrive with NYC Small Business Services Carnegie HallLara Birnback • James Ellis • Melanie Lavelle • Star Childs • Alec Turnbull • Yin Mei • Sean Dennihy-Bailey Parole Denied: One Man's Fight Against COMPAS and Algorithmic Decision Making facilitated by Legal-Aid Society Hudson SquareCynthia Conti-Cook • Glenn Rodriguez Office Hours: NYC Department of Environmental Protection Datasets Prospect ParkEddie Wan • William Morris Smart city, public spaces: privacy and open data in the public realm Plenary RoomShin-pei Tsay • Georgia Bullen • Stephen Larrick • Jennifer Ding Data For Humanity Game, learn about open data though a board game facilitated by Meag Doherty Game RoomMeah Doherty • Kate Nicholson FPWA's Federal Funds Tracker - An Open Data and Advocacy Tool for NYC Sunset ParkDerek Thomas • Gaurav Gupta-Casale Reported: Making it easy to report drivers blocking the bike lanes Freeman PlazaJeff Novich • Joseph Frazier Scaling Comprehensive Public Benefits Screening Via API facilitated by NYC Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity Radio CitySong Hia • Kimberly Peng Community Wireless Demo (Check out the tools to be featured in the Community Networks panel!) Union Square Reception AreaGreta Byrum • Terrill Moore • Houman Saberi • Anna Larsson

3:00pm EST

Using Data to Improve the Laws of New York City facilitated by New York City Council's Data Team Carnegie HallAlaa Moussawi • Julia Fredenburg • Brook Frye • Rose Martinez • Irene Byhovsky • Yulin Shen CANCELED DUE TO ILLNESS - The Data Disparity: Using Data to Inform Public Policy with the NYC Dept of Health & Mental Hygiene Prospect ParkAlecia Kipping, MSW Fighting Tenant Harassment with Open Data with JustFix.NYC, Mayor's Public Engagement Unit - Tenant Support Unit, ANHD, and CAMBA Plenary RoomDan Kass • Carly Fleming Getting started with ArcGIS and NYC's Open Data by ESRI Game RoomKerry Gathers NYC Planning Labs - Showcasing In-house Progressive Government Tech Hudson SquareChris Whong • Andy Cochran • Matt Gardner • Hannah Kates • Jonathan Pichot • Taylor McGinnis • Julia Hogan Open data and beyond: charting the wide world of data access Radio CityVicky Hallam Presenting MyGov.NYC: Data-Driven Profiles for NYC Government Agencies facilitated by Devin Balkind & Kate Nicholson Sunset ParkDevin Balkind • Kate Nicholson Truth and Consequences: Data Quality and Data-Driven Street Parking in New York City Freeman PlazaJames Christie • Timothy McDermott

4:15pm EST

Can open contracting hold smart cities accountable? With NYC Mayor's Office of Chief Technology Officer, Sunlight Foundation, & Reboot Carnegie HallZack Brisson • Katya Abazajian • Paul Rothman • Greg Jordan-Detamore Community Networks in New York City: Data, Tech, and Organizing for Self-Determination with Manhattan Borough President, the Things Network, Digital Equity Lab, NYC Mesh, New America's Resilient Communities Radio CityHouman Saberi • Greta Byrum • Scott Rasmussen • Terrill Moore • Daniel Alam Office Hours: NYC Department of Transportation's Bike Program Prospect ParkAmber Knee • Michael Pedron Teaching Civics through Open Data and Computer Science with NYC Department of Education's Computer Science for All & BetaNYC Plenary RoomBrooke Wallace • Elana Shneyer • Aankit Patel Introduction to the Open Transit Data Toolkit by Ray Cha Freeman PlazaRaymond Cha Metadata for All Workshop Hudson SquareJulia Marden • Jo Polanco • sharon lintz Seeing Data: Visualization with NYC 311 Requests facilitated by TWO-N Game RoomAlec Barrett • Aucher Serr Spreadsheets are Dead. Long Live DIY Databases! Facilitated by Sarapis Sunset ParkDevin Balkind

5:30pm EST

Civic Pechakucha Union Square Reception AreaMatt Stempeck • Wendy E Brawer • Greg Bloom • Brendan O'Brien • Fryda Guedes • Sam Addeo • Michael Hassin • Melissa De la Cruz