Civic Engagement Launchpad 2018: Work Day

Our brainstorming event was fun, but now it’s time to get to work! Join us on Saturday, April 28th at the Innovation Lab.

This day will be filled with guest speakers, team formations, and workshops. All to get you pumped for some civic hacking! In addition, technical mentors will be on hand in helping teams to jump-start their project!

Saturday Schedule:

• 9:00am - Doors open
• 9:00am-9:45am - Participant sign-in and light breakfast. This is when we recommend participants consider the project ideas that most interest them. We'll have Friday night's easels posted throughout the room.
• 9:45am - Opening remarks
• 10:05am - Team formation
• 10:25am - ~12:30pm - Workshops - led by the City's Office of Innovation Management!
• 12:30pm - Lunch is served
• 1:30pm - Open team work and hacking!
  Late Afternoon - Snacks served
• 9pm - Doors close …. Note, teams are not required to stay until 9pm.

Please RSVP for this event on Meetup and purchase a ticket on TicketLeap. Tickets are $25. This covers the cost of meals for the day, special programming throughout the month, and an event gift!
Purchase your ticket here: https://codeforphilly.ticketleap.com/civic-engagement-launchpad-2018/

What We’re Looking for in Projects:

• Increases civic engagement
• Helps residents engage with local government or the democratic process
• Uses data or technology to improve the lives of residents

All Code for Philly projects must be civic in nature. In addition, all of the projects must use an open source license.

If you like our work, consider supporting us with a donation: https://secure.codeforamerica.org/page/contribute/donate-to-a-brigade-today?source_codes=Brigade-page&brigade=Code%20for%20Philly.

New to Code for Philly? Find out more about us here: https://codeforphilly.org/.

All attendees are expected to follow the Code for Philly Code of Conduct; which can be found at the following link: https://codeforphilly.org/pages/code_of_conduct/.

See our event announcement for more information: https://codeforphilly.org/events/launchpad-2018 .

Photography and or video will be taken at this event. Code for Philly may use these images and or recordings in future publications or other media related material not limited to social media, websites, newspapers, brochures, television, etc. If you have questions or concerns please contact us at hello@codeforphilly.org.