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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] >.

Saturday, March 28
 

11:00am EDT

Exploring NYC Open Data With AI (Part 1: Civic AI Tools & Open Data MCP) 3-301-A/B CombinedNathan Storey From Connectivity to Connection, Transforming Digital Equity Into Action 2-301 - AuditoriumNoel Hidalgo • Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez • Joshua Breitbart • Paolo Balboa The Past, Present, and Future of Open Data Tools 2-119Andrew Kittredge What Communities Are Asking For: Student Insights from The People's Money Data 1-204Jennifer Griffiths

12:15pm EDT

Exploring NYC Open Data With AI (Part 2: Making charts with DataWrapper MCP) 3-301-A/B CombinedAarushi Sahejpal • Dhrumil Mehta • Ben Welsh Building the Public Interest Tech Workforce 2-301 - AuditoriumMeisha Porter • Julie Won • Lauri Goldkind • Aankit Patel • Jazzy Smith Making AI Make Sense Together: Designing a Critical AI Research Commons with NYC Open Data 2-112Kathleen Cumiskey • Anthoni Garcia • Raj Korpan • Brendon Hawkins • Jeff Tobias Revamping the NY Open Government Site to Connect Contributions, Contracts, and Lobbying 1-205Gautam Sisodia

2:30pm EDT

AI in Government: Opportunities for the Mamdani Administration 2-301 - AuditoriumGenevieve Gaudet • Alex Foard • Tayyab Walker • Ariel Kennan

3:45pm EDT

How has 10 years of civic engagement through open data changed New York? 2-301 - AuditoriumNoel Hidalgo • Zachary Feder • Adrienne Schmoeker • Lisa Mae Fiedler Building an AI-Powered Knowledge Base for NYC Community Boards 2-109Sarah Sachs • Tal Roded Why NYC Needs a Community Data Portal - The Missing Half of NYC's Open Data 3-302Joel Natividad • Steven Saylor
 

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