2025 Winnipeg Open Data Datathon

In celebration of International Open Data Day, on Saturday, March 1, 2025, City Of Winnipeg Open Data, Canada Computing and Launch Coworking, are hosting the 2025 Winnipeg Open Data Datathon .

Join us on this educational, day-long event to learn about the wide variety of useful and interesting datasets freely accessible from the City of Winnipeg Open Data Portal.

There will be presentations by the City of Winnipeg Open Data managers and Data Scientists showcasing new & interesting datasets, and innovative ways to access, analyze and transform Open Data into value-added data products.

Learn how to programmatically access Open Data via API's, and see live demonstrations of using LLM-powered chatbots to analyze and summarize Open Data.

Stay tuned for additional event information and event registration details.

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Datathon Time Schedule

• 9:30 am to 10:30 am - Registration / Brunch / Networking
• 10:30 am to 10:45 am - Introductions & Welcome from Event Sponsors
• 10:45 am to 12:15 pm - Presentations & Demos by City of Winnipeg and Government of Canada
• 12:15 pm to 12:30 pm - Team Formation & Datathon Instructions
• 12:30 pm - Datathon Start
• 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm - Red Bull Energy Break
• 4:30 pm - Datathon Stop
• 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm - Team Presentations (Recorded)
• 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm - Prize Draws & Giveaways by Canada Computing
• 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm - Post-Event Drinks & Networking

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Important to know:

• You may attend event either as an observer, or as a Datathon competitor.

• For Datathon competitors, please let us know whether you are planning to compete in the Datathon in a team, who your team members are, or competing solo (by Thursday, February 27, 2025) - by filling in this form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3adq88qvNMVirRkBhDn7BpPoG2MyASiKtFvgOsdLB93SXEw/viewform?usp=header

• Datathon participants must participate in-person onsite.

• There are no fees to attend this event as an observer or Datathon participant.

• Each Datathon team may include a single participant or up to 4 team members.

• On-site food service & drinks will be provided at the venue (Launch Coworking - Exchange).

• Datathon participants must supply their own computer system.

• All Datathon team participants are eligible for random draws to win valuable prizes donated by Canada Computing and Launch Coworking.

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