This week is a great week for civic innovation—the Code for America Summit in San Francisco is here. Smart Chicago will be there in force. I will be there, as well as consultants Christopher Whitaker and Josh Kalov. (Along with about a dozen other representatives from Chicago’s civic hacking community)
We’ll be live tweeting the event on our @SmartChicago account, but you can also follow along using the #CfAsummit hashtag. Below the fold, we’ve all the details of the Chicago area delegation.
The full roster!
- Alaina Harkness, MacArthur Foundation
- Brett Goldstein, Code for America
- Cathy Deng, DataMade
- Christopher Whitaker, CivicWhitaker
- Dan O’Neil, Smart Chicago
- Demond Drummer, Teamwork Englewood
- Derek Eder, DataMade
- Joseph van Dyk, City of Gary
- Josh Kalov, Kalov Strategies
- Luke Stowe, City of Evanston
- Matt Gee, Data Science for Social Good
- Michael Berry, City of Gary
- Richard Leverett, City of Gary
- Stephen Konya, Illinois Department of Public Health
- Tom Plagge, Data Science for Social Good
- Tom Schenk Jr, City of Chicago
Here’s the details on the delegation:
Alaina Harkness, Program Officer at the MacArthur Foundation
- @Harknessa
- MacArthur Foundation
Brett Goldstein, Code for America Board Member
- @bjgol
- Session: It’s what you do with data
- Harris School of Public Policy
Cathy Deng, Expunge.io Developer
- @cthydng
- Session: Building a Civic Tech Ecosystem
- Expunge.io
Christopher Whitaker, Founder at CivicWhitaker
- @civicwhitaker
- Session: Brigade Training – How to Ramp Up Your Civic Event (Slides)
- Session: The Future of the Code for America Brigade
Dan O’Neil, Smart Chicago Collaborative Executive Director
- @danxoneil
- Session: Brigade Training – Institutional Brigades
Derek Eder, Founder at DataMade
- @derekeder
- Session: When Technology and Policy Work Together
- Datamade.us
Englewood Codes Director – Demond Drummer
- @citizendrummer
- Session: When Technology and Policy Work Together
- Englewood Codes
Josh Kalov, Founder of Kalov Strategies
- @shua123
- Cook County Data Portal which Josh helps manage
Joseph Van Dyk, City of Gary
- @TeamGaryIndiana
Luke Stowe, Digital Services Coordinator at the City of Evanston
- @LukeStowe
- City of Evanston Website
Matt Gee, Data Science for Social Good
- @matthewgee
- Data Science for Social Good Site
Michael Berry, City of Gary Chief Technology Officer
- @TeamGaryIndiana
- Gary Department of Information Technology
Richard Leverett, City of Gary Chief of Staff
- @levinthecity
- City of Gary, Indiana
Stephen Konya, Chief of Staff at the Illinois Department of Public Health
- @stephenkonya
- Illinois Department of Public Health
- Illinois Public Health Datapalooza
Tom Plagge, Data Science for Social Good
- @tplagge
- Data Science for Social Good
Tom Schenk Jr, City of Chicago Director of Analytics & Performance Management
- @ChicagoCDO
- Session: So you’re ready to open data, now what?
- City of Chicago Data Portal
