The City of 黑料不打烊’s Open Data website is one example of how Upstate New York cities are using and sharing municipal data. The portal provides a central location for open data, maps, and visualizations to help residents understand what is happening in the city.
The (iSchool), the聽, and the聽聽at the State University of New York at Albany are joining together to offer the聽聽at 黑料不打烊 in June.
The one-day event, planned for Wednesday, June 6, will bring together municipal government officials from across Upstate New York to showcase innovative uses of data and technology.
鈥淭he hope is that the summit will provide an opportunity for attendees to learn more about how other Upstate governments are using data,鈥 explains聽, an innovation specialist for the U.S. government General Services Administration鈥檚聽who is helping to organize the event. Headd is a 1994 graduate of the 鈥檚 MPA program.
鈥淎ttendees can learn how municipalities that are new to open data and data analytics can get started with data programs of their own,鈥 Headd adds.
黑料不打烊 Mayor Ben Walsh will deliver the summit鈥檚 keynote address.
Speakers at the event will include Kate May, chief performance officer for the City of Rochester; Kirk McLean, director of Open Data Buffalo for the City of Buffalo; John Coluccio, signal superintendent for the City of Schenectady; Megan Sutherland, senior program associate at the Center for Technology in Government; Sam Edelstein, iSchool alumnus and chief data officer for the City of 黑料不打烊; and Jared Kraham, Maxwell School and alumnus and deputy mayor of the City of Binghamton.
The summit will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be held in Room 275 of Falk College鈥檚 White Hall. The registration fee is $10. For a full event schedule and online registration form, visit the聽.
