'Open Data Day' começa nesta sexta com palestras, oficinas e hackathon — Universidade Federal de Alagoas

From Google Translate: "The local edition of Open Data Day, which will be held on 10 and 11 March, is supported by the Federal University of Alagoas. The event takes place in Estácio Fal, in the neighborhood of Jatiúca, and should promote broad discussion and present experiences of using Open Data to promote transparency, through innovation using open data.

Open Data Day editions seek to present the concept and broad ecosystem around open data; Engage society to develop applications, create open data visualizations and analyzes that enable the creation of innovative business and services as well as better monitoring of government activities.

For the Maceió edition, researchers, students, activists, journalists, professionals from diverse areas such as technology, administration, economics, geography, entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs and representatives of the local public sector are expected. The event will feature lectures, workshops and hackathon .

On the first day the participants will know the concepts of Open Data and existing projects. All lectures will be given by experts with extensive experience in the field. The following speakers have already been confirmed: State Representative Rodrigo Cunha, Professor Ufal Ig Ibert Bittencourt, Professor Armando Barbosa Sobrinho and professionals from the State Secretariat for Planning, Management and Heritage.

On the second day there will be a hackathon with a focus on promoting transparency. To assist the competition teams, the data publishers will provide technical and business mentorship. The solutions developed will be presented to an assessment bank and the best solutions will be awarded. During the hackathon there will also be free prize draws."