After a two-year hiatus, Hacks/Hackers Montreal is back! We're rebooting the local chapter with a great line-up of speakers who will make, short, lively presentations (no PowerPoint allowed, only demos)!
The next event will focus on the hottest new trend in tech today: data - getting it, finding stories in it, and presenting it in interesting ways.
Then we'll mingle to share experiences and knowledge in an informal setting. Beer and snacks will be provided.
OUR SPEAKERS
Cédric Sam
Freelance data journalist
After spending a few years studying in Hong Kong, Cédric is back in Montreal, doing impressive work for La Presse. He will talk about:
Dealing with HK departments to get government data (it's a lot like over here). Scraping data from Chinese gov websites (yes, it's possible!) Using public APIs of Chinese social media websites (like Weibo) to build real-world tools for studying the spreading of news and censorship.
Josée Plamondon
Digital content consultant
Josée is strongly involved in the open data movement, being one of the developers of the in-progress app ContratsNet, which took the top prize in last year's anti-corruption hackathon (http://quebecouvert.org/events/hackonslacorruption/). In her presentation she wants to address these points:
Telling stories with data to publish information that matters. Why the easiest data to obtain isn't the most valuable data. Why journalists and data scientists need each other.
Ted Strauss will be showing how to pick apart public data sets in a more interactive and social way. This can be used by journalists and bloggers to tell stories about open data. And it comes in handy when your buddy (or boss) says, "Show me the data". We'll look at examples with government & health data.
