Welcome to NYC School of Data — a community conference that demystifies the practices and policies around open data, technology, and service design. Hosted by BetaNYC at CUNY School of Law, this year’s conference concludes NYC’s Open Data Week 2026 and is the TENTH edition of both SoData and Open Data Week!
2026 is bigger than ever with 40+ sessions organized by NYC’s civic technology, data, and design community!
Day 1: the classic NYC School of Data conference, with programming across 12 rooms during 4 session blocks.
Day 2: NEW in 2026 – UnSchool of Data! The unconference agenda is created together on the day, with attendee pitches at the top of the day. Select sessions have been pre-seeded by BetaNYC to kick things off.
Our venue is accessible and content is all-ages friendly! If you have accessibility questions or needs, please email us at < [email protected] >.
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New York City has over 60,000 delivery workers, more than half of whom rely on e-bikes—yet the city lacks infrastructure to support this growing mode. Building on NYC’s battery-swapping pilot program, this presentation shares a data-driven approach to sizing and siting battery-swapping cabinets in neighborhoods throughout the city using publicly available data on deliveries, restaurants, and the bike network.
In this session, Amy Boncelet of the engineering and advisory firm TYLin will demonstrate how cities can move beyond pilots to plan scalable micromobility infrastructure that reduces fire risk and supports essential delivery workers. While grounded in a New York City case study, the framework and insights are transferable to cities nationwide.
