Representatives from the Office of the Secretary of State, the State Demographer’s Office, MN.IT, Minnesota City Council, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Open Twin Cities will be on site to share information about the data they’ll be providing for Capitol Code Open Data Jam on February 22.

This is your chance to:

• Meet fellow Capitol Code participants
• Learn about the data you’ll be working with
• Begin brainstorming ideas for the main event

If you haven’t already, you can register now.

Capitol Code Ideation Jam
Wednesday, February 12 / 5:30-7:30 PM
SoMakers at DevJam Studios
818 46th St. W
Minneapolis, MN 55419

Street and lot parking available. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

See you Wednesday!

Capitol Code: An Open Data Jam • February 22, 2014

The Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State and its partners are proud to invite you to Capitol Code: An Open Data Jam, to help build the Minnesota of the 21st century using public data — and your ideas.

All citizens are welcome to generate ideas and solutions alongside analysts, business and community leaders, designers, government officials, media, software innovators and others.

What:

Capitol Code: An Open Data Jam is a one-day event driven by passionate and engaged citizens given the opportunity to explore and drive solutions using public data from the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. Participants are called on to apply existing technologies or build new applications using public data.

The Capitol Code public data sets available are related to voting and elections, such as polling place data and election results, as well as information from the office’s Business Services Division.

“Public data is a tremendous resource for Minnesotans, and I’m excited to see the innovation, new business and employment opportunities that can be generated by using this information.” – Secretary of State Mark Ritchie

When:

9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Saturday, February 22.

Where:

CoCo Uptown
1010 W. Lake St., Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55408
(612) 345 – 4201

Parking

CoCo recommends participants use the Calhoun Square Ramp, located 2.5 blocks west on Lake Street. Limited, free street parking can also be found around CoCo.

Why:

Minnesota needs your ideas, energy, diverse perspectives and skills to ignite innovation that can result in great solutions for our communities.