#FlashHacks: August

We live in the era of transnational companies. If Panama Papers proved one thing - the world of business is complex, opaque and in critical need of transparency. Not just transparency but radical transparency, so we know who controls companies and how far their networks reach. OpenCorporates has always been a community-led initiative, and we would not have reached 100 million companies in over 100 jurisdictions worldwide without our community. You have joined the battle by writing bots, finding datasets, talking about us at events and working with us to convince governments to open up their data.

Clearly, if we are to win the battle to make a closed world open, we can only do so together. These events are a great opportunity to roll your sleeves up and get stuck into the nitty gritty of opening up data!

Drop in with your laptop, charger and enthusiasm to join us for an evening of civic activism. We're switching things up this time and will be running an API workshop as well as an investigation into

6 PM - 7PM INTRODUCTION TO OPENCORPORATES AND LEARNING ABOUT OUR NEW INVESTIGATION

6.50 PM - 7.30 PM API WORKSHOP

7.30 - 9.30 PM API exploration and mashups

In parallel to the API workshop we will be starting a fresh investigation using the UK Beneficial Ownership data (now in OpenCorporates!).

Hope to see you all there.

p.s. if you're not on Slack already, please do sign up as that will be our main port for communication and work: slack.opencorporates.com