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Learn about BetaNYC, what we do, the history and fundamentals of NYC Open Data, and Excel functions in this Lunch-and-Learn presentation to Interns at the Office of the Manhattan Borough President.
BetaNYC invites the Community Board District Managers to learn how to use the Meeting Owl Camera.
Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez, North Brooklyn Parks Alliance (NBPA), and BetaNYC are excited to launch a new way to map NYC’s public realm!
You’re invited to catch up with fellow BetaNYC alums and explore the Newtown Creek Nature Walk!
BetaNYC’s Kate Nicholson and Vaishali Talwar presented to NYU CUSP students in their Digital Civics class.
You’re invited to catch up with fellow BetaNYC alums over delicious Turkish food in Astoria!
BetaNYC’s Jazzy Smith and Ashley Louie presented on who BetaNYC is, what we do, the history and fundamentals of NYC Open Data and did a breakdown of the various projects we’re working on in the Civic Innovation Lab.
BetaNYC’s Kate Nicholson and Ashley Louie presented on who BetaNYC is, what we do, the history and fundamentals of NYC Open Data and provided an overview on how to conduct data analysis.
BetaNYC’s Dimitri Mimy presented at the Mapping USA conference and spread the word on our Mapping for Equity initiative!
Join BetaNYC on Zoom for a morning chat with NYC’s Chief Analytics Officer, Martha Norrick.
In this session, we’ll learn how NYC’s Office of Data Analytics works with City agencies and their data to help serve New Yorkers more equitably and efficiently. This includes advising City staff and working alongside them on shared projects; making government data more accessible to the public through NYC Open Data; and advancing citywide data analytics, infrastructure, integration, and sharing.
Join us for a Happy Hour at Randolph Beer, where you’ll meet the people behind the scenes at Open Data Week, learn more about our upcoming festival, and celebrate the anniversary of NYC’s Open Data Law. Feel free to bring your friends too!
Open Data Week is an annual festival of community-driven events organized and produced by the NYC Open Data Team at the Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI), BetaNYC, and Data Through Design. The 2024 Festival kicked off at the opening of Data Through Design‘s annual art exhibition. Throughout the week, participants engaged with NYC Open Data at dozens of virtual and in-person events. We closed out the week with BetaNYC’s annual civic tech conference, NYC School of Data, which took place at CUNY School of Law in Long Island City.
Spend the morning with BetaNYC Fellows mapping public realm data with field papers in McCarren Park! We’ll meet at the McCarren Park Fieldhouse. Participants will learn how to what they see in an urban environment into data that anyone can access on OpenStreetMap.
Join our team at the Greenpoint Library and learn how to turn the data collected at our field mapping event into publically accessible open data on OpenStreetMap. Our staff and Civic Innovation Fellows will guide you through the process of uploading and tagging features on OpenStreetMap. All are welcome to share their skills or learn for the first time! Please bring your own laptop, charger, and mouse.
NYC School of Data is a community conference that brings together the City’s technology, data, and design communities. It is organized by BetaNYC, with programming support from the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation. From over 182 community-suggested sessions, we are organizing 42 thought-provoking panels, workshops, office hours, and demo/usability sessions to cover a wide variety of topics: digital and data literacy, privacy, smart cities, open government, service design, civic engagement, and open data.