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DevCa Caribbean Open Data Conference + Hackathon Opens in 6 countries this Thursday May 5th!
Join us on May 5th and 6th at DevCa | Developing the Caribbean Conference & Hackathon, for one of the Caribbean’s leading gatherings on digital innovation, open data and social impact. Yes SiliconCaribe will be there.
DevCa is roll-up-your-sleeves solutions focused event that brings together innovators from the public and private sector, civil society and entrepreneurs to share how the leading teams in the region are using data and digital technologies to address social problems and transform their organizations and products.
Conference Highlights include…
-Exploring how Open Data, Big Data and Traditional Statistics be used to achieve Vision 2030?
-Building Smart Cities and Digital Government in Jamaica
-Understanding Citizen Voice in a Digital Age (Engagement, Participation & Data Science)
-Learn about the upcoming Caribbean School of Data Initiative
-Sneak peak at Jamaica’s upcoming Open Data Portal
Hackathon Highlights
-Participate in the ZikA Resilience Caribbean Challenge to help protect the region against the virus
-Join a community of innovators across the Caribbean using their powers to tackle big challenges across region
-Win Mentorship, Incubation at Startup Jamaica, Cash Prizes, and other swag from our partners for the ideas with the highest impact potential
When: When Thursday May 5th & Friday May 6th, 2016
Where: Where University of the West Indies, Faculty of Law Bldg
Time: Each Day the Conference starts at 9:00 a.m
FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC
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