Venue: New Work City - 412 Broadway @ Canal, Manhattan

The NYC BigApps Jobs and Economic Mobility Hackathon will feature $5,000 in cash prizes for winning teams that participate and demo apps that improve underserved New Yorkers' access to work and economic opportunity.

We will also help people form teams and provide expert advisors to answer programming, design, and Jobs and Economic Mobility questions.

AGENDA & SCHEDULE

Saturday

9:30am - 10:00am: Registration, Check-In & Breakfast

10:00am - 11:00am: Welcome Message, Opening Keynote Speakers and Hackathon Introduction, Rules & Demos

• Erine A. Gray, Founder of Aunt Bertha

• Tom Hilliard, Senior Fellow in Workforce Development Policy at Center for an Urban Future

• NYC BigApps Advisors & Data Partners will be present

12:30pm: Lunch

5:00pm - 6:00pm: Dinner

6:00pm - 7:00pm: Insights Presentation (Snacks & Drinks)

Sunday

9:30am - 10:00am: Registration, Check-In & Breakfast

10:00am - 10:15am: Welcome Remarks

10:15am - 4:30pm - Hacking!

• NYC BigApps Advisors & Data Partners will be present

12:30pm: Lunch

4:30pm: Submissions Due

5:30pm - 6:00pm: Dinner & Judge Deliberation

6:00pm - 7:00pm: Awards presented, drinks and party

Special thanks to our partners, the Blue Ridge Foundation, Robin Hood Foundation, and Coatue Foundation, for co-organizing this event.

NYC BigApps is the City’s premier open data software competition. Over the last three years of the competition, over 235 free web and mobile applications have been created from over 750 City data sets, winning over $100,000 in prizes. This year we are offering $150,000 in cash prizes and many other exciting changes, including a focus on BigIssues. Read more at NYCBigApps.com