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Last year's Democracy hackathon in city council chambers
Last year's Democracy hackathon in city council chambers

As with all our events, we require attendees to follow our Code of Conduct.

Friday (Community Needs Assessment)

@ City Council Chambers, 5:30pm-8:30 *

*this event is free but does require an RSVP

This Friday night event is open to all Philadelphians to come discuss how technology can improve democracy in our city, generating project ideas for the Apps for Philly Democracy: Hackathon taking place over the following Saturday and Sunday

Teams will be free to choose to work on whatever they want over the hackathon, but the posted ideas and votes they accumulate provide an easy starting point for building teams.

5:30pm Check-in opens

7pm Welcome remarks

Dawn McDougall, Executive Director, Code for Philly

Councilwoman Helen Gym, Philadelphia City Council

Mayor James Kenney, City of Philadelphia

Tim Wisniewski, Chief Data Officer, City of Philadelphia

8pm Project Pitches

Community members share and contribute to ideas for projects before pitches
Community members share and contribute to ideas for projects before pitches

Saturday (Hackathon)

@ Municipal Services Building, Innovation Lab, 9:30am-10:30pm *

*The weekend hackathon is a ticketed event

09:30am Doors and registration open, breakfast and coffee served

Walk around and look through the idea placards posted during last night’s community needs assessment and think about what you want to work on

10:30am Opening remarks

Commissioner Al Schmidt, City of Philadelphia

Mark Headd, Developer Evangelist, Accela

Hear an overview of the event, an introduction to civic hacking and hackathons, about the democratic process in the City, and why you should hack democracy this weekend!

11am Team formation

Hang out next to the placard for your favorite project idea and discover who shares your interest

11:30am Hacking begins!

Find a spot to setup shop with your team and get started. Visit the mentor lounge at any time if you need guidance

1pm Lunch served and workshops

6pm Dinner served and hacking crunch time

10:30pm Doors closed for the night

Get some sleep!

City Data Scientist Lauren Ancona gives open remarks on her rapid journey from hackathon to City Hall
City Data Scientist Lauren Ancona gives open remarks on her rapid journey from hackathon to City Hall
Teams getting started putting their ideas together
Teams getting started putting their ideas together

Sunday (Hackathon and presentations)

@TBD, 10am-5pm

10am Doors open, breakfast and coffee served

1pm Snacks and presentation wrap up

3pm Presentations begin

Present and/or demo your project to the experts and your co-hackers

5:00pm Doors closed

Expert Panelists

David Thornburgh @committeeof70 @davidthornburgh

CEO, Committee of 70

Gabriel Farrell @gsf___

Civic Technology Engineer, City of Philadelphia

Paul Wright @chead95 @everyblock

Director, Local Media Development, Comcast

Stephanie Monahon @smonahon @SERVEPhila

Chief Service Officer , City of Philadelphia

Philly Vote Check demoing before last year's panel of experts ask questions and lend advice
Philly Vote Check demoing before last year's panel of experts ask questions and lend advice