Open Data Day 2020 - Louisville
Event Information
About this event
International Open Data Day is here again, and Louisville is hosting an event for the 10th year in a row!
Come celebrate all things 'open data', and learn what's available and how to make use of this free, public information in your community, projects, business, organizations, news stories, and research projects.
Agenda
8:30am - Doors open and coffee and light breakfast (courtesy Microsoft)
9:00 - Welcome and Intros
- Michael Schnuerle - Louisville Metro's Data Officer - Civic Innovation and Technology
- Ben Reno-Weber - Director - Microsoft AI Hub
- Grace Simrall - Louisville's Chief of Civic Innovation and Technology
- Rob Wiederstien - KY Open Data website bill
- Matt Dobson - towards a Kentucky Digital Service
- Code for Kentuckiana - Overview and projects
- Larry Horn - Louisville LEAP - Entrepreneurship
9:30 - Louisville's Open Data
- City website
- LOJIC website
- Louisville Data Commons
- New open datasets overview (see below for list)
- Form project groups around datasets/initiatives
10 :00 - Group project work starts
10:30 - Breakout Session - Power BI training - Rebecca Hollenbach from Louisville Metro's Data Academy
12:00pm - Lunch arrives (courtesy Microsoft)
1:00 - Breakout Session - Workshop on House Bill 88 - an open data website for Kentucky w/ KY CDO Krishna Mupparaju and bill author Rob Wiederstien
4:00 - Presentations from groups on progress and roadblocks
4:30 - Event ends
New Featured Open Datasets
- Dockless Vehicles
- Short Term Rentals Map - Open Data
- PARC - meter locations - Open Data (plus citations)
- Fire Incidents and Property Damage
- Paving Projects
- Potential new datasets from our Open Data Census
- See our other new datasets in our Open Data Annual Report
How to Prepare and What To Bring
- Take a look at Louisville's Open Data Website for datasets
- Ideas for projects around open data
- Bring your laptop + charger + mouse
- Install Power BI Desktop on Windows if you want to do the training
Sponsors, Organizers, Speakers
Louisville Metro's Office of Civic Innovation and Technology
Louisville's Open Data Program
Story Louisville
Microsoft
Code for Kentuckiana
Kentucky's Commonwealth Office of Technology
Louisville Data Commons
Louisville LEAP
Open Knowledge Foundation
Open Data Day
Future of Work Initiative
Transportation
Bike, ebike, scoot, bus, walk, carpool or drive your way to Story on Main.
If you need car storage, there is a free lot to the side or behind the building.
Organizer Data Officer in Louisville Metro's Office of Civic Innovation and Technology
Organizer of Open Data Day 2020 - Louisville
Hosted by Michael Schnuerle, Data Officer for Louisville Metro, in the Office of Civic Innovation.
Innovation is the foundation of Louisville Metro Government, and so is the belief in the problem-solving power of collaboration among citizens, businesses and their government. The Office of Civic Innovation is the manifestation of our commitment to these principles.
The Office of Civic Innovation builds data and technology platforms to ready our government for our community’s digital future. Our vision is that Louisville Metro is prepared for emerging technologies to ensure our entire community reaches its full potential.
