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Come talk, learn at OakX's Data-Driven City event - July 11

Published on Friday, July 06, 2012
Last updated on 11:19PM, Friday, July 6, 2012
Open data graph by justin grimes, http://www.flickr.com/photos/notbrucelee/6897137283/in/photostream/

Open data graph by justin grimes, http://www.flickr.com/photos/notbrucelee/6897137283/in/photostream/

By Oakland Local Editorial Team


What is all the data around us and what happens when we dive into it?

How can cities and communities experiment with data? What tools and skills grow our data power?

Find out all this and more at the OakX Data-Driven City event this Wednesday, July 11, in downtown Oakland.

Panelists will share their pioneering civic innovation work, discuss the intersection of data and communities and explain the potential of open data. They include:

  • Jay Nath, Chief Innovation Officer for the city and county of San Francisco
  • Jake Levitas, Research Director at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
  • Steve Spiker, Research and Technology Director at Urban Strategies Council
  • Eddie A. Tejeda, 2012 Code for America Fellow

Learn more about each panelist HERE.

What is OakX? It is about discovering and sharing what is emerging. OakX will host a short series of non-partisan, civic forum events for local and regional thinkers, leaders and entrepreneurs to present ideas and practices for innovation in the civic realm. Learn more.


If You Go

OakX - Data-Driven City event

When: Wednesday, July 11 - doors open at noon, program is from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Where: East Bay Community Foundation, 200 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland

Cost: $5 admission, lunch included

SIGN UP HERE

To volunteer at the event, please email oakxinfo@gmail.com.

Special thanks to partners:

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Thank you to OakX's media sponsor:
 
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About Susan Mernit
Susan Mernit is the co-founder of Oakland Local. She is also a circuit rider for The Community Information Challenge, a program of The John S and James L Knight Foundation, a popular speaker and facilitator, and a consultant to media, non-profit and community organizations. Susan lives in North Oakland with a rescue dog named Cazzie, a little dog named Violet, a fat grey cat named Gracie, a very cool housemate, and a yard in serious need of soil remediation. She is an aspiring gardener, a long-time blogger & entrepreneur, and a recovering journalist who's found home in Oakland.