Hack Oregon Community Summit and Project Season Kick-Off

....Pretty much your standard Sunday donuts and coffee with artists, developers, data scientists, government, and business owners casually design thinking a better Oregon.

Oh yeah, plus all the data. NBD

Hack Oregon opens its doors twice a year to assemble interdisciplinary focus teams of volunteers to build open-data resources on important themes in Oregon. Our projects take roughly three months to complete, and there are staggered start times for different roles within our build cycle.

This is a special event to brainstorm goals, build relationships, and create a shared vision for the next cycle of projects.

At the Summit we'll introduce new themes for projects, assemble teams, and collaborate with fantastic context experts and mentors through guided design thinking sessions.

We won't be coding this afternoon, but it's a exciting space for cross-pollination between disciplines while we take the afternoon to collaborate, plan, and constructively brainstorm.

Some of you will get started hacking the following week, and others we'll see 6-8 weeks later when we start the visual and storytelling phase.

Everyone is welcome, and we can't wait to meet you!

PS: Showing up to the Summit is not a commitment to volunteer, but fair warning, after you experience this you might just step through the looking glass and disappear into the data rabbit hole :)

Here's a cheat sheet for time expectations and different ways to get involved. If you're a junior looking to build new skills, you may want to check out our new course offerings that plug into the project season!

Pre-Register as a Hack Oregon Volunteer Here

View Hack University Course Offerings here