Open Data Week Events (2017–Present)

NYC Open Data 101 – Jackson Heights Library

2020

LYLAS Labs: Open Data Hack on Pay Parity

2020

Localize Open Data Happy Hour

Come learn how Localize, a for-profit real estate startup, uses open data to produce clear consumer facing insights. Localize's New York City research team, comprised of urban planners and data scientists, comb through the vast amounts of public data to reveal the full story of every NYC address using billions of open data points. Extracting valuable insights from open data is a difficult process, the research team will share some of the successful methodologies and tips for navigating and synthesizing open data. Join us for a short showcase and hear firsthand from the unique researchers on our team. The showcase will be followed by a reception, with the opportunity to experience the environment of a home-grown NYC startup. All are welcome! Showcase 6:45 to 7:15, reception to follow.

Localize.city

2020

In-Person

Networking

Curator-led Tour of Who We Are: Visualizing NYC by the Numbers

Join Kubi Ackerman, Guest Curator of Who We Are: Visualizing NYC by the Numbers, as he guides you through the exhibition that anticipates the 2020 census and showcases work not just by data analysts and demographers, but also by cutting-edge contemporary artists and designers who use these tools to enliven and humanize statistics and to shed new light on how we understand our urban environment and ourselves. Together, these intriguing and varied works demonstrate the power and importance of numbers in helping us understand who we are.

Kubi Ackerman

2020

Hybrid

Tour

Scavenger Hunt: DATA2GOHEALTH & OurHome.NYC

2020

Can Data Start a Movement?

2020

Labby Hour: Open Data Week Edition

2020

Open Data for the Taxi & FHV Industry

2020

Designing The 100 Questions NYC

2020

NYC Open Data 101 – Broadway Library

2020

Public Benefits Awareness and Screening: An Introduction to the NYC Benefits Platform

2020

In-Person

Workshop

Using Open Data to Empower Mission-Driven Organizations: Lessons from AidData & DataKind

2020

Australian Open Data Webinar

2020

Squirrels, Parks & the City: A (Very Serious) Data-Gathering Expedition

2020

Visualizing NYC's Open Data

2020

Open Earth Happy Hour

2020

Make Your Own Zine: Open Data Journeys

In this workshop you’ll get to spend time with a dataset of your choice from the NYC Open Data portal and make a zine (a short hand-made magazine) so other people can easily learn about it too. This session builds off the NYC Open Data 101 workshops (although having gone to that one is not at all required or necessary!) that cover accessing, filtering and analyzing public datasets.
 
Speaking from our experience as designers and technologists, we will share our process for making a zine about the 311 dataset. We’ll do some activities together to pick our own datasets, learn about them and put this information into zine format. At the end of the workshop, you’ll get to take home your own zine that documents a public dataset’s data journey: how it is collected, how it can be accessed and how it can be used.
 
Questions we might ask and show in our zine are: What is public data? Who is collecting the information, how is it collected and why? What biases could the data set contain or information could it be missing?
 
Our dream is that this will be the start of an Open Data zine collection that could be printed and available at public libraries!

Lydia Jessup

2020

In-Person

Workshop

NaN - Not a Number — Data Through Design Opening Reception

Data Through Design is an annual exhibition celebrating creative tangible and multimedia expressions of New York City's Open Data. DTD 2019 includes an opening event on March 1st, scheduled exhibit visits through March 11th, and a closing panel on March 11th. The exhibit enables curious makers such as technologists, artists, and designers to create novel methods of data representation, present new narrative perspectives, and develop a deeper understanding of life in the city using data as a medium. In computing, NaN, standing for not a number, is a numeric data type value representing an undefined or unrepresentable value. Our theme this year is “Not a Number” to speak to the ways in which space and place are being transformed and shaped by numbers meant to represent (sometimes unrepresentable) complexity in the everyday. We ask our artists to reflect on the stories within our city’s open data that speak to the undefined or unrepresentable value of the things that the data may be hiding. Exhibiting artists include: Crystal Penalosa & Melissa De La Cruz, Karl Munstedt, Itay Niv, Ana Mengote, Eric Forman, Mollie Ruskin & Xena Ni, Achim Koh & Wonyoung So, Stephanie Luu & Andrew Lin, and Nicolas Grefenstette & Pierre Depaz.

Jessie Braden, Data Through Design

2019

In-Person

Exhibition

New York City Building Details: Finding what you need

Imagine that you are creating an interactive tool where you can find all of a certain type of building in New York City. Maybe you’re creating a tool for tourists to find public restrooms, or for people with disabilities to check if elevators are working at their destination before they leave home. What data elements would you need to include in each building profile? Where would you get the data behind those elements? Come to this workshop and we’ll work through these questions together. Bring your knowledge of other public data sources. Representatives from the NYC Department of Buildings, NYC Department of City Planning, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and NYC Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications will be on hand to answer questions about city data.

Corinne Brennen, NYS Forum

2019

The Circluar City Public Showcase

Cait Shubick, New Lab

2019

Taking Open Data to the Streets: Soil and Air

Tatiana Morin, Urban Soils Institute

2019

Beer and Data

Daniel Crowe, General Assembly

2019

NYC Open Data for Youth Leaders

NYC Youth Leadership Councils (YLCs), in partnership with The Mayor's Office for Data Analytics (MODA), will be hosting a free interactive workshop for high school students on the NYC Open Data platform as part of NYC Open Data Week 2019. NYC Open Data is the City’s free public data program - providing access to more than 2,000 datasets published by various City agencies. As part of an initiative to improve the accessibility, transparency, and accountability of City government, the Open Data platform makes the wealth of public data generated by various New York City agencies and other City organizations available for public use. During our March 5th workshop, you'll have the chance to explore the NYC Open Data platform and all that it offers, learn more about real-world applications of public data, and begin developing your own community-improvement project that harnesses the power of Open Data! You'll also get to meet and network with staff members from NYC Service and MODA. This event is open to all NYC high school students, and YLC members are highly encouraged to attend. Refreshments will be provided. Please be sure to bring a valid ID (e.g. student ID, IDNYC, driver's license, etc.). If you are registering on behalf of multiple people, please email Tyler Rivera with a list of participants (first name, last name, school, YLC, and email) at trivera@vista.nyc.gov.

Tyler Rivera, NYC Service

2019

Future of Open Data in Regenerating Cities

Join us during NYC Open Data Week to explore how open data can help citizens to shape their city, bring equity and catalyze change. You will hear the latest thinking on what Regenerative Cities are all about and what can be the role of Open Data in shaping them. We will explore ways how people can participate, monitor its environment and influence their economy in a way that challenges current paradigms. The open panel discussion will include Sharon Sputz, Director of Strategic Programs from Columbia Data Institute, Rodrigo Bautista Co-founder of Engage by Design and 21st Century Design.

Rodrigo Bautista, Columbia Data Institute & Engage by Design

2019

LYLAS Labs Hackathon on Environmental Justice

Margaret Smiley, LYLAS

2019

NYC Department of Records – What’s New with OpenRecords and the Government Publications Portal

Please join us at Civic Hall on March 4th at 12 PM to get an update on what the Department of Records and Information Services has been working on. Learn about how you can use OpenRecords to easily submit FOIL requests to most city agencies, search for requests that have been fulfilled and released online, and learn about how the city handles FOIL. We’ll also talk about improvements that make it easier to find Government Publications on our Publications Portal.

Joel Castillo, DORIS

2019

Making Data Work For Government

Clayton Hunter, NYU Wagner School of Public Service

2019

Zahn Innovation Summit

Devin Voorsanger, Zahn Innovation Center

2019

Users of Spatial Data from the Portal

Speakers will be given up to five minutes apiece to describe their experiences using spatial data on the Portal, and to suggests improvements and enhancements.

Alan Leidner, NYC Geospatial Info Sytems and Mapping Organizations

2019

Transforming Open Data into Insights: How Open Data Can Help Us Reimagine NYC Neighborhoods

Erin Stein, Two Sigma Data Clinic

2019

Stats in Class: Teaching Open Data to Support Community Action

Citizens’ Committee for Children produces Keeping Track Online (KTO), a comprehensive database on child well-being in New York City. The data and statistics in KTO draw directly from information gathered from a variety of sources – including more than 10 NYC Open Data sets, NY State Open Data, the American Community Survey, as well as city, state, and federal agencies. As part of Open Data Week 2019, CCC is hosting an opportunity for educators to approach KTO as a tool to enhance their teaching on community needs and assets around the city. Participants will interact with research tools that they can use to map the characteristics and composition of their neighborhoods, explore how various risk factors intersect and produce vastly different outcomes for children born in one neighborhood versus another, and discuss possibilities to engage community members to address needs and advocacy efforts. This workshop is well suited for those who wish to learn about using research and data tools to engage youth and children, and how both qualitative and quantitative information can garner attention and resources for underserved communities.

Jack Mullan, Citizens' Committee for Children

2019

Datavized Workshop: Learn How to Use NYC Open Data with Geometric and TwoTone

Debra Anderson, Datavized Technologies, Inc.

2019

Making Data Accessible to People with Disabilities

Walei Sabry, Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD)

2019

Labby Hour with DCP Planning Labs

Chris Whong, DCP Planning Labs

2019

Data Privacy in an Open Data World

Derrick Stroman, The Knowledge House

2019

Open Data / Open House

Jeff Lambert, Queens Library

2019

Building a TripAdvisor for Data

Julia Lane
Bryant Renaud, NYU Wagner School of Public Service

2019

BigApps Blockchain X Open Data Week:How can Blockchain help NYC

Quinn Robertson, BigApps and Second Muse

2019

Data for Good Tableau Viz Showcase

Darshan Desai, Berkeley College

2019

Developing HPD's Speculation Watch List

NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) will host a panel discussion focused on the Speculation Watch List, which was published as open data in November 2018. The Speculation Watch List identifies recently sold rent-regulated multifamily buildings that may be involved in predatory real estate transactions. The list measures the potential for speculation by computing a property’s capitalization rate. HPD places properties sold with capitalization rates below their borough’s median on the Speculation Watch List. The list can be used as a resource to support tenant advocacy and organizing. Join HPD’s Director of Policy Development and Special Initiatives, Sean Capperis and Senior Analyst on the Business Intelligence + Data Innovation team, Serena McIntosh for an interactive discussion of the history of the Speculation Watch List, the metrics used to select properties for the list, and best practices on utilizing the list.

Serena McIntosh, HPD

2019

Stories Told by NYC Open Data

Ying Zhou, Tech Incubator at Queens College

2019

DATA2GOHEALTH Scavenger Hunt

Join us for our first-ever DATA2GOHEALTH Scavenger Hunt, part of NYC's Open Data Week 2019! You'll use a fun and interactive data tool (DATA2GOHEALTH.NYC) to find nearby locations that match the clues, and submit photo proof via Twitter. The winner will be announced at a networking happy hour at the end, and the prize will be a donation to a non-profit of your choice, along with bragging rights. Participants must register, and the event can be completed as an individual or a team, though teams are encouraged! You can come as a team or join one when you arrive. Meet at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial statue in Cadman Plaza, where introductions and orientation will begin at 3pm. You'll receive everything you need, but at least one person on each team will need a mobile device that can access the internet well outdoors and a twitter account. You will be walking around outdoors in the surrounding Brooklyn neighborhoods for up to 2 hours, plan and dress accordingly! As teams finish (or by 5pm), we will convene at a local bar/restaurant for a networking happy hour where we'll announce the winner. The happy hour is optional, you can win even if you're not present, but it's highly recommended!

Becky Ofrane, Measure of America

2019

Census Data with American FactFinder

Jeff Lambert, Queens Library

2019

NaN - Not a Number — Data Through Design Artist Panel

2019

In-Person

Panel Discussion

8 Questions for the City — Data Through Design Opening Reception

Data Through Design is an art exhibit showcasing works based on open data under the theme 8 Questions for the City. An open call was held and pieces were selected that address issues like: what consequences do our choices about zoning have for the people traveling our streets? Or, what do NYC civil servants do? Collectively, these works reveal insights from a cumulative whole and what stories can emerge from data.
Artists: Mathura Govindarajan, Jill Hubley, So Yeon Jeong, Ye Eun Jeong, David Lockard, Jeremy Neiman, Seungmin Ellen Oh, James Proctor and Pitch Interactive, Juan Francisco Saldarriaga, Steven Sanchez, and TWO-N.
http://datathroughdesign.com/index.html

Data Through Design, Carto, Enigma, Spatial Analysis and Visualization Initiative (SAVI), Made in NY Media Center

2018

In-Person

Exhibition

myPB Community Launch Party!

Please join us for the launch of myPB - a new civic engagement tool from the Participatory Budgeting Project. This mobile-first web application uses NYC Open Data to surface the status of all the projects funded through Participatory Budgeting in New York City since 2012.

Participatory Budgeting, Friends of eBay

2018

In-Person

NYC Open Data Week Event at Queens College

In this workshop, we will tackle the following question: “How might we use NYC open data and CrossCompute platform to create tools for decision-makers in business, agency or civil service non-for-profit organizations, NYC residents, and the general public.” Students from Queens College will present tools they have created that use NYC Open Data. CrossCompute is a platform that enables developers and data analysts to build tools for decision makers. Many tools have been created on the CrossCompute platform that uses open source data. Data Science professionals will provide a tutorial on how to use CrossCompute to create tools that analyze NYC Open Data.

CrossCompute, Queens College, Tech Incubator at Queens College

2018

In-Person

Workshop

2017 Smart Districts Summit

Inaugural NYC Smart Districts Summit, where community and technology leaders will collaboratively explore how emerging technologies are being leveraged to address the most pressing district-level challenges.

Department of Small Business Services (SBS)

2017

NYC Big Apps Workshop – NYC Open Data Portal & Department of City Planning Facilities Explorer Tutorials

Join members of the NYC Open Data team and Department of City Planning for a demo of the NYC Open Data Portal and new Facilities Explorer tool (launching soon) followed by a breakout session at the Tuesday March 7th NYC Big Apps Workshop. You’ll learn the basics about how to access NYC data (1600+ datasets!) and get an overview of other tools such as the Facilities Explorer powered by NYC Open Data that you can use to support your research and work for the Big Apps competition as well.

Department of City Planning

2017

NYC Parks Computer Resource Centers Open Data for All: TreesCount! Workshop

This free workshop, presented by NYC Parks and the NYC Open Data team, offers a broad introduction to the NYC Open Data Portal along with the concept of data literacy and analysis.

Using NYC TreesCount! 2015 data, the most accurate map of NYC’s street trees ever created, you will learn how to identify, download, manipulate, and visualize NYC Open Data with a focus on community engagement and awareness. Using tools such as Google Sheets and CARTO, you will be able to create your own graphs and maps from NYC Open Data. Sign up here

NYC Parks

2017