RIT’s 1st Virtual and 10th Annual Election Day Hackathon Kicks off with a Panel on Civic Technology and Open Data sponsored by Open@RIT and FOSS@MAGIC on November 3.
The event will kick off We’ll kick off at 6:00 P.M. with a panel consisting of:
- Katherine May, Chief Performance Officer for the City of Rochester on DataROC, launched earlier this year
- Matthew Bernius, Principal User Researcher, Code for America’s "Clear My Record” project
- Jacob Green, Founder, Mosslabs.io, on Mosslabs’ project with the Lutece Civic CMS and the City of Baltimore
After the panel and Q&A, we will split off into breakout rooms to work on a few civic projects or hang out together and work on assignments in a social breakout room. Registration for this event is free via Eventbrite. A confirmation email with the link to log in will be sent a few hours prior to the event start time.
Since this is virtual, feel free to share with your students, communities and lists you engage with both campus-based and off campus.
Questions? email Stephen Jacobs at sj@mail.rit.edu