Schedule

TransparencyCamp is an un-conference -- sessions will be created by the participants. So come with some ideas for what you'd like to discuss! As soon as sessions are proposed on the day of the event, we will post the workshops here and in our TransparencyCamp schedule mobile site.


The Transparency Camp schedule is 8am - 5pm Saturday, March 27 and 9am - 3pm on Sunday, March 28. Happy hour will be 6pm - 8pm on Saturday evening.


Saturday, March 27, 2010

8:00am - 9:00am
  1. Registration GWU School of Political Management
9:00am - 10:30am
  1. Opening Gathering B07 Auditorium
11:00am - 12:00pm
  1. SEO Room 307
  2. Data Visualization B07 Auditorium
  3. Open Gov Room 306
  4. Beyond Apps and Contests Room 309
  5. Getting the government to hire coders Room 308
  6. Automating Conflict of Interest Reporting Room 310
12:00pm - 1:00pm
  1. Lunch Lower Level
1:00pm - 2:00pm
  1. Introducing SODA - Socrata Open Data API Room 306
  2. Name standardization, entity resolution across data sets Room 307
  3. Election Info/Data Room 308
  4. Empowering the Public MGR Room 305
  5. Finding the Money Room 309
  6. Searchable Video of Public Meetings as High Value Data Room 310
  7. Local Government Transparency Room B07
  8. Balancing the Advancement of Transparency 3rd floor lounge area
2:00pm - 3:00pm
  1. Political Donor Data Room 306
  2. Interoperable Government Data Catalogs Room 308
  3. Information Dieting Room 307
  4. Demos or Speed Geeking Room 309
  5. Internal Agency Transparency Room 310
  6. Identity for Online Gov Services Room B07
  7. Beyond Buzzwords 2.0 Room 305
3:00pm - 4:00pm
  1. What the HVD? (high value dataset) Room 306
  2. In Code We Trust Room 307
  3. MAPLight.org Room 308
  4. Measuring Transparency Success Room 309
  5. Who Else Is Afraid of Direct Democracy? Room 310
  6. Redistricting / Census Transparency / Election Reform Room 305
  7. DemocracyMap Room B07
4:00pm - 5:00pm
  1. Transparency Demos Room 306
  2. Harnessing the Fortune 500 to pressure the Gov Room 307
  3. Hacking Open Government Data with Socrata Room 308
  4. Semantic.Data.Gov Room 305
  5. Opening Health Data and Systems Room 309
  6. After Open Data: Open Policy Making? Room 310
  7. Legislation Version Control Room B07
6:00pm - 8:00pm
  1. Happy Hour at The Bottom Line 1716 I ("eye") Street NW

Sunday, March 28, 2010

8:00am - 9:00am
  1. Registration GWU School of Political Management
10:00am - 10:45am
  1. Opening Session B07
11:00am - 12:00pm
  1. Open Discussion + Open Cities API w. DC CTO Room 309
  2. Citability: How Citations Add Accountability and Findability 310
  3. Using Data for Better Reporting/Blogging B07
  4. Governments Against Openness: Challenges Overseas (Developing World) Room 307
  5. Empowering Democratic Deliberation at the Local Level with Social Media Room 308
12:15pm - 1:00pm
  1. Neighbor Networking 310
  2. Maybe PDFs are OK? Room 308
  3. Pizza for Lunch Fourth Floor
  4. Data is Not Enough - Sensemaking Examples Room 306
  5. Playbook for the Public Entrepenuer Room 309
  6. Role of Civility + Trust in Info Sharing + Transparency Room 305
1:00pm - 2:00pm
  1. Using Natural Language Processing for Transparency Room 306
  2. Intellectual Availability through Data Visualization 310
  3. What's the Connection between Transparency and Environmental Sustainability? 305
  4. Transparency for Crises: War, Disaster Relief and Treaty Enforcement 307
  5. Sharing Civic Site Usage Metrics Room 309
  6. Data publishing app management + Datacamp ETL Manager Room 308
  7. Intellectual Availability through Data Visualization Room 310
  8. Systems Thinking and Data Basement Round Tables
2:00pm - 3:00pm
  1. How Can Public Collaboration Help Policymakers? 307
  2. Avoiding Transparency Harm Room 309
  3. Open Judiciary Room 306
  4. Resurrecting Kittens - Govt/Coder "Job Fair" Room 308
  5. Design for America Room 310
  6. Digital Capital Week B07
  7. Funding and Sustainability of Projects Room 305
3:00pm - 4:00pm
  1. Closing Session B07

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