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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).

Ariel Jensen-Vargas, MPA

Recent Grad. from Marxe School of International Affairs. Hire Me!
Sr. Digital Strategist
Greater New York City Area

https://linkedin.com/in/ajensenvargas/

15 Years experience in Digital Marketing Communications in the Nonprofit sector. Recent MPA from CUNY Baruch College, Marxe School of International Affairs

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

Building Anti-racist Solidarity Networks in Tech Plenary RoomKyla Massey • Jessie Daniels • Natarajan Krishnaswami • Mutale Nkonde • rigoberto Digital transparency in the public realm workshop by Sidewalk Labs Hudson SquareAriel Kennan • Ananta Pandey • Marie Buckingham • Jacqueline Lu

12:30pm EST

Lunch Union Square Reception Area

1:45pm EST

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 FPWA's Federal Funds Tracker - An Open Data and Advocacy Tool for NYC Sunset ParkDerek Thomas • Gaurav Gupta-Casale

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 Open data and beyond: charting the wide world of data access Radio CityVicky Hallam

4:15pm EST

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 Seeing Data: Visualization with NYC 311 Requests facilitated by TWO-N Game RoomAlec Barrett • Aucher Serr