Press Room

Press Release: October 1, 2012

MEDIA ALERT: First NYC Data Week Crowdsources Calendar

Sebastopol, CA, October 1, 2012—New York City just gave data geeks their very own week. Co-producers New York City Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications (DoITT) and O'Reilly Media's Strata Conference + Hadoop World announce the first NYC Data Week, a city-wide celebration of data innovation spanning October 22 to 26, 2012. DoITT and O'Reilly invite data enthusiasts to help plan the week by adding events to a crowdsourced calendar.

NYC Data Week's original line-up includes a Startup Showcase with Fred Wilson and Tim O'Reilly, Ignite NYC, a hackathon, and several meetups. An enthusiastic response from the data community continues to add to the Calendar of Events.

Tweet this:
#NYCDataWeek celebrates NYC data innovation w/ @OReillyMedia and @NYCDoITT Oct 22-26. http://oreil.ly/dataweek #strataconf

About O’Reilly

O’Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, and conferences. Since 1978, O’Reilly Media has been a chronicler and catalyst of cutting-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying “faint signals” from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.

Email a link to this press release