Transparency Camp 2012
April 28 - 29
Washington, DC
A big thank-you from the TCamp team!
On April 28 and 29th, 2012, over 400 attendees from 27 countries and 26 states came together in Arlington, Virginia to build the community and share ideas that will shape the the open government movement for next years to come. It was an incredible experience and we’re committed to blogging about the results from this event as they happen. Follow along on the Sunlight Foundation blog.
TransparencyCamp is an “unconference” for opengov: an event where, each year, journalists, developers, technologists, policy-makers, government officials, students, academics, wonks, and everyone in between gather to share their knowledge about how to use new technologies and policies to make our government really work for the people -- and to help our people work smarter with our government.
As an "unconference," TransparencyCamp emphasizes the important contributions that each and every attendee brings with them into the sessions, workshops, and conversations associated with this event. In fact, attendees (yes, all of them) are brought into the process of making the schedule for the conference with the organizers and are encouraged to step up and lead sessions themselves. (Check out our 2011 Recap video below to get a better sense of what we mean.)
We've seen a lot of productive, amazing results from TCamp in years past: US-based TCamp attendees have started unique, globally recognized initiatives, including CityCamp and CrisisCommons, and our international guests have gone on to organize TCamps in their own countries. As the year 2012 is bursting with major questions about government transparency, openness, and accountability, we hope that participants take the opportunity to use TransparencyCamp as a platform for to get (or at least get close to) answers.
Join the TransparencyCamp 2012 Flickr group.
TransparencyCamp 2010 Recap
Updates from @TCampDC
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Going to our sister event: The VIP Hackathon? We'll see you back at "The Lodge" at 9! #TCamp12 #VIPHack
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Etherpad links for sessions here: http://t.co/nbhf1txc Saturday and Sunday back up. When you're done resting, add your notes! #tcamp12
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RT @elle_mccann: Going to the #VIPHack today? I'll see you there! The day kicks off at 9AM runs till 5. Breakfast n' lunch included. #tcamp12
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@patrick_mj yep, full schedule will be back tomorrow.
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RT @skimmerhat: .@TCampDC was like drinking a red bull for government accountability. #tcamp12