Civic hacknight #412 - The Missing Persons Project (VIRTUAL)

*This is the virtual registration for this event. To attend in person, please RSVP here.

The team behind The Missing Persons Project will share how they automated the matching of unidentified remains with missing persons reports using RCMP data. They'll demo the tool, and discuss how they came across the problem, how they built the service and what they've learned.

Speakers:

• Erik Derohanian, Dyl Lavoie and Isaac McAuley are software professionals and contributors to Civic Tech Toronto.

Join us via Zoom (webcams and mics optional, but encouraged):

• A Zoom link will be made available to everyone who RSVPs!

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