About
Come hang out for our last signature hackathon of 2015!
Follow and add to the conversation on Twitter with #SustyHack2015 and #SOYP15
Find us @CodeforPhilly
What and Why
Apps for Philly Sustainability is part hackathon and part unconference. We’re excited to be included in this year’s State of Young Philadelphia organized by Young Involved Philadelphia. Though often convoluted, in this context sustainability is thought of broadly.
Whether it’s physical, social, political, economic, or otherwise ours is a city of legacy infrastructures. To thrive in the 21st century, Philadelphia must adapt and evolve. We believe that the best solutions are collaborative and sustainable.
The unconference begins to unpack some of the complexities of these topics. Multiple sessions will run concurrently broken down by track.
Tracks
Elevating: builds on areas of practice where Philadelphia is a leader in sustainability. Examples include open data, civic technology, green infrastructure, trails and parks, the arts, higher education, entrepreneurship and business resources, etc.
Discovery: brings new, uncommon voices to the table to re-think standard definitions and approaches to sustainability (or areas related to sustainability where we can improve). Examples include issues of poverty, crime and violence, the education system
Goals
Code itself might have a limited ability to directly impact these issues, but code can help collect, organize, distribute, and present knowledge. The right knowledge, the right place, and the right time can change everything. Let’s bring technologists and engaged citizens together to build the tools for Philly’s 21st century sustainability infrastructure.
This signature Code for Philly hackathon brings together technologists, community organizers, entrepreneurs/innovators and sustainability enthusiasts/experts/activists for a weekend-long rapid prototyping session. Ideas are expected to reach the proof-of-concept stage, but more than a end-product the hackathon is concerned with the process. Our goals are to:
bring diverse perspectives to tackle the complexity of issues in sustainability to share knowledge and resources
start a constructive dialogue on how we might advance sustainability in Philadelphia and improve our city as a whole
work collaboratively to make a proof-of-concept that can live on in the civic tech ecosystem
have fun and meet new people!
When and Where
See the full schedule of sessions here
Friday, October 16th-Sunday October 18th
10/16 9am-4:30pm Unconference
Innovation Lab, Municipal Services Building, 1401 JFK blvd 19107
6:00pm-9:00pm Community Needs Assessment
WHYY, 150 6th St 19106
10/17 9:30am-10:30pm Hackathon Day 01
City CoHo, 2401 Walnut 19103
10/18 10am-5pm Hackathon Day 02
City CoHo, 2401 Walnut 19103
Expert Panelists
Morgan Berman, Founder and CEO of My Milkcrate @MyMilkCrateApp @morganberman
Kathryn Killebrew of CyclePhilly and Azavea @CyclePhilly @Banderkat
Mo Manklang, Community Manager of Generocity @Generocity @MoManklang
Elise Wei, Chapter Leader of Girl Develop It @GDIPhilly @Not_Pele
Who
This event is organized by Code for Philly volunteers. You can be one of them!
Event Partners
- Jarvus Innovations @wearejarvus
- City CoHo @co[underscore]nexus
- Sustainability Nexus @sustain[underscore]nexus
- Young Involved Philadelphia @yiphilly
Collaborators
- Philadelphia Water Department @phillyH2O
- SEPTA+Sustainability @septa_social @iseptaphilly
- School District of Philadelphia @SDPGreenFutures
- Sustainable Business Network-Green Stormwater Infrastructure @sbnphila
- City of Philadelphia: Office of Innovation and Technology, Streets Department, Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, and the Innovation Lab of the Managing Director’s Office @PhillyMDO @PHLInnovation @PhilaStreets @GreenworksPhila @PhilaGovData
- Clean Air Council @Go[underscore]Philly[underscore]Go and @cleanaircouncil
- SPARC/Forsei @SPARCGreen @ForseiCo
Sponsors
Believe in what we’re doing? See our prospectus and Contact us to contribute through donations and/or sponsorship.
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