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WELCOME TO THE GLOBAL URBAN DATAFEST OF CARACAS
THIS IS OUR SMART CITIES CHALLENGE

Do you want help to you city? Do you want generate a solution for one of the biggest problems of the place where you live or work?
In Venezuela, we have many problems of security, mobility, sustainable environment, mayors citizens connection and others challenges that we can help to solve with good ideas.
Do you want to work with policy researchers, urbanism experts, business analysts, computer programmers, local non-profits,  journalists, and data scientists to solve some of these challenges, today?

Join us for Urban Datafest, where you will form teams of policy, business and tech students to brainstorm ideas, design prototypes and present your solution - a mobile app, new product, business plan, or something  else entirely- that displays your insights on urban issues.

Our theme is "Smart Cities for the Rest of Us", and will focus on how to create smart city solutions for several Venezuelan cities, no only Caracas.

At the same time, Global Urban Datafest will also be taking place in more than 20 cities and 12 countries around the world. We will connect!!

Get inspired, form a team and work for the city.
There will be food and prizes for the winning.



SCHEDULE (subject to change)

Friday 20

5:00 - 5:30 pm Registration
6:00 pm  Introduction and Welcome 
7:00 pm Coffee Breake
7:15 - 8:00 pm Team Formation 
8:00 - 1:00 pm Morning Work Session
10:00 am Coffee Break
1:00 - 2:30 Lunch
2:30pm - 5:00pm Afternoon Work Session
8:00 - 1:00 pm Morning Work Session
10:00 am Coffee Break
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 pm - 3:00pm Afternoon Work Session
5:00pm - 6:00pm Presentations
6:00pm - 6:30pm Closing Speaker 
6:30 - 7:00pm  Results and Wrap-up

SPONSORS
SDI  

LOCAL PARTNERS
Vikua
4Geeks
Runrun.es
Forum Media


LOCATION DETAILS


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LOCATION
Caracas (pending)


TIME
Start time, 20 February 2015, 5:00 pm
End time, 22 February 2015, 6:30 pm



LEADS
Yelitza Linares
Carmen Riera
Nathalie Alvaray
Marcelo Ricigliano
sdigrupo2014@gmail.com