NYC School of Data 2026: UnSchool of Data

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!

Register for tickets: < https://ti.to/betanyc/nycsodata26 >

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] >.

UnSchool of Data is an open space unconference for networking, co-creating, and learning. Taking place on Sunday, March 29, Day 2 brings together city residents, technologists, civic leaders, students, advocates, policy nerds, government staff, elected officials, journalists, designers, and more to leverage open data to tackle some of the most pressing issues in NYC and beyond.

UnSchool of Data has three Underlying Goals:

Convene community members to share civic insights and ideas.
Create processes/projects that people will use for further action.
Foster formal and informal communities of practice and action.

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Admission included for registered School of Data Weekend Pass holders.
Not registered? Get your UnSchool of Data tickets on tito: https://ti.to/betanyc/nycsodata26

NYC School of Data 2026

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