Civic hacknight #384 - How does Toronto use open data? (IN-PERSON)

*This is the in-person registration for this event. To attend virtually via Zoom, please RSVP here.

Topic: How does Toronto use open data?

• The team from Toronto Open Data will discuss how the city's data portal has been used over the past two years. Mackenzie and Reza will share insights about what people are searching for, and which open data sets are being used and downloaded by residents.

Speakers: Reza Ghasemzadeh and Mackenzie Nichols

• Reza is a software developer at the City of Toronto's open data team. He holds a Master's degree from the University of Toronto, where he studied autonomous vehicles. Over the past three years, he has developed and implemented machine learning models and data science projects.
• Mackenzie is a software developer on the City of Toronto's open data team.

Join us in person:

• We're meeting in Room 480 of the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Toronto (55 St. George Street, north of College St.). There will be signs!

Agenda:

• 7:00-7:20 = Welcome and Introductions
• 7:20-7:50 = Presentation and Q&A/discussion
• 7:50-9:00 = Breakout groups

Code of Conduct:

• http://civictech.ca/about-us

Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack:

• https://link.civictech.ca/chat

Accessibility:

• We're exploring ways to make our hybrid hacknights more accessible. At the moment we provide video and audio of the presentation through Zoom and automated closed captioning.

About Us:

• Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data. Come and be part of it!

For more info:

• http://civictech.ca