Lightning Talks: Jan. 11 Open Gov & Civic Tech Meetup Recap

For Open Austin’s first meetup of the year, six members of our community presented rapid fire lightning talks showcasing the group’s diversity of skill and knowledge.

The subjects ranged from introductory to technical. Presentations covered everything from online legal resources, web mapping, satellite imagery APIs, problem framing, City of Austin open datasets, and updates to Open Records Policy from the 84th Texas Legislative Session.

• Matt Carey, OA Policy Lead - Free Law on the Web
• Preston Pham - Leaflet Primer: Developing with Open Source Web Maps
• Gus Ireland - Mapping with Urthecast
• Angela Hanson, Innovation Office - Productive Brainstorming and Issue Framing
• John Clary - Austin Code
• Chris McConnell - Open Records In Texas
• Open Austin Announcements & Upcoming Events Deck

Highlights from Twitter. Give us a follow to stay up to date.

Meeting is starting now! #CfaBrigade #opendata #civictech #atx pic.twitter.com/fyjxiUIYsj

— Open Austin (@openaustin) January 12, 2016

Our new Policy Lead, Matt Carey gives a presentation on Free Law for Civic Apps. #CfaBrigade #atx #opengov pic.twitter.com/HdjzwOv04O — Open Austin (@openaustin) January 12, 2016

"We ask why until we get to the root cause of problems." -@atx_innovation #atx #CfaBrigade

— Open Austin (@openaustin) January 12, 2016

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