As with all our events, we require attendees to follow our Code of Conduct.
Friday (Community Needs Assessment)
@ City Council Chambers, 5:30pm-8:30 *
*this event is free but does require an RSVP
This Friday night event is open to all Philadelphians to come discuss how technology can improve democracy in our city, generating project ideas for the Apps for Philly Democracy: Hackathon taking place over the following Saturday and Sunday
Teams will be free to choose to work on whatever they want over the hackathon, but the posted ideas and votes they accumulate provide an easy starting point for building teams.
5:30pm Check-in opens
7pm Welcome remarks
Dawn McDougall, Executive Director, Code for Philly
Councilwoman Helen Gym, Philadelphia City Council
Mayor James Kenney, City of Philadelphia
Tim Wisniewski, Chief Data Officer, City of Philadelphia
8pm Project Pitches
Saturday (Hackathon)
@ Municipal Services Building, Innovation Lab, 9:30am-10:30pm *
*The weekend hackathon is a ticketed event
09:30am Doors and registration open, breakfast and coffee served
Walk around and look through the idea placards posted during last night’s community needs assessment and think about what you want to work on
10:30am Opening remarks
Commissioner Al Schmidt, City of Philadelphia
Mark Headd, Developer Evangelist, Accela
Hear an overview of the event, an introduction to civic hacking and hackathons, about the democratic process in the City, and why you should hack democracy this weekend!
11am Team formation
Hang out next to the placard for your favorite project idea and discover who shares your interest
11:30am Hacking begins!
Find a spot to setup shop with your team and get started. Visit the mentor lounge at any time if you need guidance
1pm Lunch served and workshops
6pm Dinner served and hacking crunch time
10:30pm Doors closed for the night
Get some sleep!
Sunday (Hackathon and presentations)
@TBD, 10am-5pm
10am Doors open, breakfast and coffee served
1pm Snacks and presentation wrap up
3pm Presentations begin
Present and/or demo your project to the experts and your co-hackers
5:00pm Doors closed
Expert Panelists
David Thornburgh @committeeof70 @davidthornburgh
CEO, Committee of 70
Gabriel Farrell @gsf___
Civic Technology Engineer, City of Philadelphia
Paul Wright @chead95 @everyblock
Director, Local Media Development, Comcast
Stephanie Monahon @smonahon @SERVEPhila
Chief Service Officer , City of Philadelphia
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