Announcements 12.11.17

¹²⁄₁₂ “BREAK THE INTERNET” PROTEST: FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE
We have one last real chance to stop the FCC from killing net neutrality rules, so Fight for the Future is making a call for an online protest called “Break the Internet” on Tuesday December 12th, 48 hours before the vote—join using your website or Twitter account: http://breaktheinternetprotest.org/

HOLIDAY HOURS 
Mark your calendar: Civic Hall will close at 5pm on Friday, ¹²⁄₂₂, and reopen as usual after New Year’s Day on Tuesday, 1/2/18.

DECEMBER 11: CONQUERING DATA QUICKLY & SECURELY WITH CADRE & HARRY’S  
Tackling data, regardless of scale, introduces unique challenges across different industries. Through two diverse startup stories, you’ll learn that although the businesses may be completely different, there are many common best practices shared in designing reliable, scalable, and secure data pipelines. Learn how Cadre manages sensitive financial data through their strict auditing practices, and hear from Harry’s about their open source tool Arthur which can help your team reduce development time for data analytics. If you’re starting to work with large data sets, or interested in learning ways to improve what you currently have, come learn and share with others. Register here: https://conqueringdataquicklyandsecurelywithcadreandharrys.splashthat.com/

DECEMBER 12: THE STATE OF STARTUPS & AWS LOFT HOLIDAY EVENT
You’re invited for an evening of holiday celebrations and a look forward into the New Year! The startup ecosystem in 2017 has been filled with massive funding rounds for late stage companies, a spotlight towards improving tech culture, diversity and behavior, the arrival of machine learning as a crucial ingredient for new businesses, and an evolving relationship between public and private markets. Join us for a fireside chat with Hayley Barna, Partner at First Round Capital, who will discuss some of the biggest startup events, moves and trends from the past year, as well as a look forward into 2018. We’ll dive into these topics and more, as well as trends every entrepreneur should keep in mind for the year to come. The event will also feature a holiday happy hour and AWS swag! Register here: https://awsholidayevent2017-ny.splashthat.com/

NYC OPEN DATA WEEK 2018 SUBMISSIONS
NYC Open Data is a platform run by the City of New York containing nearly 2,000 data assets published by City Agencies - from street tree data, to 311 service requests to traffic speeds - we’re putting information on how the City runs back in the hands of New Yorkers. To raise awareness about this free resource the NYC Open Data Team partnered with the civic technology community to produce Open Data Week 2017 which engaged over 900 New Yorkers! We’re now asking for submissions of ideas for Open Data Week 2018 and hope you’ll share an idea. The deadline for submissions is December 15th. Email: aschmoeker@analytics.nyc.gov with any questions, you can also learn more via our coverage in StateScoop a few weeks ago!