Global Open Data Hackathon

@sammyfung: web scraper developer @himphen: PHP & Android developer @Wendy: data sci / entrepreneur @Bill: writer/editor / knowledge management consultant @vincicat developer @nicholas IT Professor

<H2><SPAN>It's Global Open Data day again! </SPAN></H2>
<H2><SPAN><BR>http://opendataday.org/</SPAN></H2>
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<P><SPAN>Open Data Day is a gathering of citizens in cities around the world to write </SPAN><STRONG>applications</STRONG><SPAN>, </SPAN><STRONG>liberate</STRONG><SPAN> data, create </SPAN><STRONG>visualizations</STRONG><SPAN> and publish </SPAN><STRONG>analyses</STRONG><SPAN> using open public data to show support for and encourage the adoption of open data policies by the world's local, regional and national governments.</SPAN></P>
<P>Let's get together and see what interesting projects we can come up with on Hong Kong data.</P>
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<P>Ideas thus far: </P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN CLASS="author-p-240616">1) [Discussion / Coding] HK Weather Open Dataset and API: @sammyfung (This is an example)</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN CLASS="author-p-240616"></SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN CLASS="author-p-574552">2) List of vacant primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong.  It's an idea only.  I'm looking into what is possible.  I have no opendata IT skills (Bill Proudfit, bill.proudfit@gmail.com)</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN CLASS="author-p-574552">3) Impact of environmental policy on actual improvements in air quality (specifically last summer's policy on alternative fuel for ships berthed in Hong Kong) @Wendy@omnistream.io</SPAN></STRONG></P>
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<H3 CLASS="ace-line gutter-author-p-240616 emptyGutter"><SPAN CLASS="author-p-240616">Schedule</SPAN></H3>
<H3 CLASS="ace-line gutter-author-p-240616 emptyGutter"><SPAN CLASS="author-p-240616">10:00 Registration</SPAN></H3>
<H3 CLASS="ace-line gutter-author-p-240616 emptyGutter"><SPAN CLASS="author-p-240616">10:30 Opening, Idea Pitching</SPAN></H3>
<H3 CLASS="ace-line gutter-author-p-240616 emptyGutter"><SPAN CLASS="author-p-240616">11:15 Start hacking!</SPAN></H3>
<H3 CLASS="ace-line gutter-author-p-240616 emptyGutter"><SPAN CLASS="author-p-240616">18:00 Presentations, Closing.</SPAN></H3>
<H3 CLASS="ace-line gutter-author-p-240616 emptyGutter"><SPAN CLASS="author-p-240616">19:00 Networking Hour, Clean-up, Venue closed before </SPAN><SPAN CLASS="author-p-240616 autolink">8</SPAN><SPAN CLASS="author-p-240616">:00pm</SPAN></H3>

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