2017 Vancouver Open Data Day Hackathon

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Celebrate International Open Data Day (http://opendataday.org/) by participating in Vancouver’s Open Data Day Hackathon on March 4, 2017!

Hosted by the Open Data Society of BC (https://www.opendatabc.ca/).

2017 is an important year to recognize the importance of open data access, policy and transparency in Canada and worldwide.

Mashing up one or more open data sets, teams will create meaningful open data apps or visualization that help address challenges we face, creating a prototype to be demoed at the end of the day.

A competition panel will vote for the best prototypes that help address challenges on a local or global scale.

Visit 2017 VODday (https://www.opendatabc.ca/pages/2017-vodday-vancouver-open-data-day) for all the Vancouver Open Data Day information.

Details

Date: March 4, 2017

Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 pm

Location: The Tribe Space (http://www.tribespace.ca/)

Hashtag: #VODDay (https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23VODday) (Vancouver Open Data Day!)

Website: https://www.opendatabc.ca/pages/2017-vodday-vancouver-open-data-day

Join the VODDay-Hackathon Slack Channel

Join into the VODDay Hackathon Slack Channel to start chatting with participants and ensure you get important updates. We will be using the channel throughout the hackathon.

Sign up for opendatabc.slack.com (http://slack.opendatabc.ca/)

Trouble with the invite? Email @info@opendatabc.ca.

Experience

• You don't need to use only Open Data sets, but it should play an important role.

• You may want to flesh out you idea before the hackathon.

• You may want to organize a team of awesome datageeks (developers, designers, data analysts, SMEs etc) beforehand.

• You can join a team with a cool idea on arrival, or recruit datageeks to create your own team.

• You need to create a prototype of your open data app or visualization for the competition panel to review.

• You will have an awesome time celebrating International Open Data Day in Vancouver BC!

• You may receive an awesome prize!

Who should attend

• Developers - who are super talented and can make people's dreams come true

• Designers - who love making data beautiful and meaningful and help people see their dreams come true

• GIS Gurus - who just love data and maps and are awesome

• UX/UI peeps - who are awesome, love making things useable, and help people see their dreams come true

• Product Developers - who love prototyping and researching products that help people see their dreams come true

• Non profits and other organizations - with with app ideas, problems to solve, and amazing stories to tell

• Librarians - who are awesome, have ideas, and love data

• Statisticians, data scientists & data analysts - who just love working with data and see meaning where others see chaos

• Everyday peeps - with app ideas, problems to solve, efficiencies to find

• Public servants - who see challenges to address or have great ideas to bring to life

Visit 2017 VODday (https://www.opendatabc.ca/pages/2017-vodday-vancouver-open-data-day) for all the Vancouver Open Data Day information.

Sponsors

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