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When: Wed March 24, 2010 6:00 pm
Organization: MITX
Location: Microsoft NERD Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
Speaker(s): Various
Website: http://www.mitx.org/events/2160.cfm
Wednesday, March 24 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Location: Microsoft New England Research and Development Center - 1 Memorial Drive Floor 11, Cambridge MA Speakers: Brad Blake - Director, New Media & Online Strategy, Office of the Governor Chris Dempsey - Assistant Secretary, Mass Department of Transportation Anne Margulies - CIO, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Josh Robin - Performance Reporting Manager, Massachusetts Department of Transportation Jason Snyder - CTO, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Who wouldn't shell out a few dollars in exchange for an iPhone app that gives you MBTA schedules so you don't have to wait for a bus in the cold and rain? Of course you would! I would too, and that is just one of many new apps being developed using data now available through the Massachusetts Open Data Initiative. Now that may sound like a bit of a snore, but the government has a data bank that could solve all sorts of challenges, if only a developer with vision would tap into it! See a pothole? Or some graffiti? Wondering where the train is, or why it is taking so long? Developers have a new opportunity to put the power back in the hands of the people, and make a few bucks along the way. Join MITX & representatives from the Commonwealth to understand what interesting applications have been developed using this data, and more importantly, how you can use the information for developing your own mobile or Web application. Whether you're a citizen interested in how these advancements will help you or an entrepreneur interested in learning how to utilize this powerful data to develop mobile and web applications, this seminar is for you.