Biweekly Civic Hack Night

It always goes the same way: short introductory presentations and updates on new and running open projects (30 min) followed by action (2 h).

AGENDA

18:30 - 19:00

• Welcome + introduction to the idea of 'Civic Labs' and Open Knowledge Belgium (http://www.openknowledge.be/)
• Presentations - new and ongoing projects:

I. Air quality measurements by Irceline (http://www.irceline.be/en)

II. The Open Patent Office (http://openpatentoffice.org): stimulating innovation by providing an open, free & social alternative to the traditional patent offices

III. Prisma (https://prisma.care/): app for families to cherish the colorful lives of their elderly loved ones

IV. Fine dust sensors to measure air quality in Brussels: Instructions (http://luftdaten.info/feinstaubsensor-bauen/) & map (http://deutschland.maps.luftdaten.info/) - project initiated by OK Lab Stuttgart (https://codefor.de/stuttgart/)

V. Be Badges (http://www.bebadges.be/)will have a look at outcomes of the #oSoc17 project on badges (http://escobadges.eu/) and define next steps

• Discussion: Any other open projects you want to work on?

19:00 - 21:00

• Time for action: contribute to one of the projects
  Bring your own computer
• Onboarding new volunteers
• Grab a beer and meet other civic innovators