Exploring Open Data in Wilmington

A group of programmers, coders, and government officials are coming together to see how much we can improve Wilmington with open data.

Tuesday evening, Wilmington's Economic Development Director, Jeff Flynn, spoke to more than 30 people at 1313 Innovation about how they could work with the city to review and analyze data that could be used to better plan for the city's future.

This is a concept that's being tried around the world with great success. Here's just a few articles to check out:

How Open Data is Transforming City Life

3 Cities Using Open Data in Creative Ways to Solve Problems

5 reasons why good governments should embrace open data

Delaware can become a national leader on open data

It's exciting to see what we can accomplish by working together!

Marty

Innovation Week

Downtown Wilmington is home to a growing number of great tech companies and start ups - and starting this Friday, you'll have a chance to experience more than a week of exciting events centered around that technology.

Delaware Innovation Week presented by 1313 Innovation and organized by Technical.ly Delaware is a week-long celebration of technology and innovation, taking place November 13-21, 2015. 

Whether you would like to explore creativity, education, media, business development, and/or the impact of technology on government and civil society, then there's going to be events for you to attend and in which you can participate.

Click Here to learn more and set up your schedule.

There's also a great printed guide available at locations around the city and a digital version available by clicking here.

I look forward to seeing you at these great events.

Marty