Hacknight #53
Open Data Journey: Of Glass Ceilings & Mountain Climbing
with Keith McDonald
Recording
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Speakers
Keith McDonaldKeith is best known for his work as the first Open Data Lead with the CIty of Toronto. He was the first official blogger for the City and one of the first to use Social Media tools as an accepted part of government work. As Open Data Lead, his “unofficial Open Data National Anthem” — the Open Data Song — went viral and led to many diverse connections and relationships across the world. Connections Keith maintains to this day. In 2017, Keith was invited to speak at the International Open Data and Urban Innovation Summit in Shanghai, China. His impressions while there — and subsequent research on how fast and how far China is moving with technology — triggered an urgent passion to speak around the benefits and risks of Artificial Intelligence. In 2018, Keith founded literacyAI to house his efforts to curate, unpack, ponder and workshop the many layers around the topic. In 2019, Keith joined the GO Open Data Association as their Director of Communications keeping his hand in the Open Data arena.
The weekly civic tech hacknights bring together designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policymakers, students, communications strategists, and all other Torontonians who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable and equitable, through tech, data, and design. (Coders are welcome, but you don’t have to be a coder to contribute!)
Come and be part of it!
Agenda:
6:30-7: Welcome and intros 7-7:30: Presentation and Q&A/discussion with Keith McDonald (http://twitter.com/SherylsCrush), former Open Data Lead at the City of Toronto 7:30-9: Breakout groups (make something!)
For more info, visit civictech.ca (http://civictech.ca/).
Here’s our Code of Conduct (http://civictech.ca/about-us/).
Fifth-third hacknight; 56 participants.
Presenter: Keith McDonald
Breakout groups:
- Civic Tech 101: Alox
- Budgetpedia: Linda {comms plan/writers/designers/etc}
- Mapping (healthcare) demand & supply: Oliver {mapping / data exploration}
- Section 37 funding transparency: Abdi {data advocacy & planning}
- Policing Complaints on Carding (PCOC): Zakaria {comms, UX, webdev, outreach}
- Toronto Meshnet (community wifi): Ben {regroup!}
- Freedom of Information (FOI) sharing: Jessica {web-based doc sharing!}
- Mapping Elections Ontario data: Peter {planning & documentation}
- Councilmatic: Patcon {info / Python / UX}
- Project Lab: Gabe
Thanks to TWG for hosting us, and to Urban+Digital for food!