Open NY Summit Next Week in NYC

On December 11th and 12th, the Open NY Forum will hold the first Open NY Summit. Looking at the structure of the event, it appears to be similar to a ”camp”. From the announcement, “City and state are the next frontier for open government.  New York boasts many leading open government projects at the federal, state, and municipal level that touch on a range of government agencies. The Open NY Summit will be the first of many events produced by open government practitioners and volunteers.  The goal of this first event is to bring new ideas and voices into the conversation, and to inspire new initiatives and innovations.”

There is a starter schedule available and registration is free. You can also signup as a micro-sponsor or sponsor for $5 or $50 respectively. On Saturday there will also be a code-a-thon where developers will actually work on building some of the ideas that were born during the previous day.

Looking at the schedule I see that reporters from Mashable and the Observer are already registered. Should be some interesting discussions based on the starter schedule and confirmed attendees.