Join us for Baltimore Data Week 2022!
3 Days of Virtual Sessions and Workshops, and then an in-person Unconference to finish
July 18, 2022 – July 22, 2022
Again this year, #BaltimoreDataDay is #BaltimoreDataWeek! Our annual workshops helping neighborhoods access data for their communities will be held mostly online, over the course of a week!
At this 13th Annual Baltimore Data Day (Week), we’re hosting sessions and workshops all week, as well as a concluding Unconference, where you tell us what to talk about! Community leaders, nonprofit organizations, governmental entities and civic-minded technologists can come together to see the latest trends in community-based data and learn how other groups are using data to support and advance constructive change. Baltimore Data Week is structured around a series of “how to” interactive workshops in which people who work with data will explain what data is available, where to find and access data, and how data can be actionable for communities.
All sessions are recorded and archived on BNIA’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/bniajfi).
This Year’s Presentations (Coming Soon) | Archive of Past Data Day Presentations
Baltimore Data Week 2022 Agenda:
Monday, July 18th (VIRTUAL)
Topic: Greening and Recreation
- 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Session Details: Playgrounds are vital community assets that support the health and wellbeing of kids, but too often these spaces are missing, poorly maintained, or hard to access in communities of color and low-income communities. Learn how the national nonprofit KABOOM! uses geospatial, demographic, and qualitative data to identify and solve playspace inequity, drawing from examples in Baltimore and across the nation.
- Moderator: Coming Soon!
- Speakers Include:
- Cheryl Knott, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
- Kristin Mmari, Johns Hopkins University
- Katie Lauer, Baltimore Green Space
- Thayer Young, Gwynns Falls Leakin Park and Old Growth Forest Network
- Isaac Castillo, KABOOM!
- Colleen Coyne, KABOOM!
- Tools/resources being presented: Project VITAL, https://bniajfi.org/projectvital/
Wednesday, July 20th (VIRTUAL)
Topic: Neighborhood Retail, Commercial and Real Estate Data and Analysis
- 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Session Details: In this session, the BDC’s new analysis of “Commercial Corridor Needs Assessment” will be presented which provides key data about commercial corridors for equitable economic development and community engagement. The initial analysis is based on existing datasets using ESRI Business Analyst and Census data. An environmental and real estate assessment; and business-opinion assessment will be part of subsequent analyses. Learn more about how to stay involved in the process. The session will also feature a demonstration of the BNIA Guidepost and the Baltimore Pipeline, which helps organizations like Innovation Works better target resources for local entrepreneurs.
- Moderator: Kristina Williams, Executive Director, Charles Village Community Benefits District
- Speakers:
- Jonathan Patrick Barnett, GISP, Senior GIS Analyst, Baltimore Development Corporation
- Lamontre Randall, Neighborhood Strategy Manager, Innovation Works
- Seema D. Iyer, PhD, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
- German Paredes, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
- Tools/resources being presented: BDC Commercial District Needs Assessment, BNIA’s Guidepost, and Baltimore Pipeline
Thursday, July 21st (VIRTUAL)
Topic: Demonstrations and Applications
- 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
- Session Details: Attendees will learn about the Maryland Council on Open Data and the State Bill that formed the council and will also learn how to navigate Maryland’s Open Data Portal, search for the data they require, and download it in a useful format. We will also showcase one or two of the more popular datasets with a demonstration using them to create two visualizations (a line graph, and a map as examples). Attendees will also receive an introduction to the Data Freshness initiative, which aims to keep Maryland’s public-facing data current, accurate, and accessible.
- Speakers:
- JB Churchill – Technology Platform Manager, Maryland Department of Information Technology
- Mark Corser – Senior Data Analyst, Maryland Department of Information Technology
- Matt Smeriglio – Open Data Program Intern, Maryland Department of Information Technology
- Tools/resources being presented:
- 11:20 AM – 12:00 PM Maryland’s Access to Justice Commission’s Housing Data Dashboard
- Session Details: The Maryland Access to Justice Commission has developed the Housing Data Dashboard so that existing data related to a legal case and eviction can be at our fingertips. This Housing Data Dashboard uses data compiled by the Maryland Judiciary and visualizes it to make it easy to see monthly and year over year trends and to make it possible to compare across counties and against statewide numbers.
- Speakers:
- Dawn Luedtke, Assistant Attorney General for Maryland, and Reena Shah, Director Access to Justice Commission
- Tools/resources being presented: Housing Data Dashboard, https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/yates.bi.consulting/viz/shared/GRTKQ2DCW
- 2:00-2:30 PM Fighting Blight in Baltimore
- Session Details: Fight Blight Bmore and the Community Development Network of Maryland are building a citywide coalition on addressing vacant properties by developing solutions that centers the voices of residents in those neighborhoods and repairs the damage done by this blight. During this session, we’ll introduce the effort to attendees and introduce our citywide survey for residents
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- Session Details: Enoch Pratt staff teaches you how to find, apply, and be competitive for grants and other philanthropic funds!
- Speakers: TBD
Tools/resources being presented:
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- Session Details: Learn about the Baltimore Data Science Corps comprised of students in the area who are gaining both academic and hands-on experience through real-world data science projects. The Fellows are using their data science training and skills to help advance social good in Baltimore.
- Speakers:
- German Paredes
- Bozkurt Karaoglan
- Charles Lac
- Jonathan Cleary
Friday, July 22nd (IN-PERSON, HYBRID MORNING SESSIONS)
Topic: Baltimore Data Week Unconference
Morning Sessions Online Registration
- 9:00AM Registration and Refreshments
- Janet Allen, Baltimore DSS
- Our Baltimore, Baltimore City Planning Department
- 9:30-10:15 AM State of Baltimore’s Neighborhoods: Introduction to Vital Signs 20 and the Baltimore Community Change Project
- Location: Reading Room (Main)
- Session Details: An update on the Vital Signs of Baltimore’s Neighborhoods. See which trends are continuing, and which changes are taking place in our communities.
- Speaker:
- Seema D. Iyer, PhD, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
- 10:15AM-12:15PM Using Data to Inform Urban Problem Solving
- 10:15 – 10:50 AM Tangled Titles in Philadelphia
- 11:00 – 11:40 AM Affordable Connectivity Plan Enrollment and Digital Equity Planning
- 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Why Are Health Disparities Everyone’s Problem?
- Session Details:
- Lisa Cooper, MD, Johns Hopkins
- 1:00PM-2:45PM The UnConference
- Session Details: This year, we are preparing an afternoon “unconference” on Friday, July 22 where YOU get to choose what topics you want to discuss. If you are interested in “Leading a Data Discussion”, fill in this form now!: https://forms.office.com/r/htf7fkWkfw.
- 1:00 – 1:45 PM Session #1 (Topics will be voted on by in-person attendees)
- 2:00 – 2:45 PM Session #2 (Topics will be voted on by in-person attendees)
Media Coverage
Watch: The Scott administration talked open data and digital equity at Baltimore Data Week 2021
Technical.ly Baltimore
July 26, 2021 – “It is now an expectation that data is apart of every conversation and every decision that we’re making in Baltimore City,” Mayor Brandon Scott said…
What is Data Day?
Baltimore Data Day is an annual workshop to help communities expand
their capacity to use technology and data to advance their goals. At the 13th Annual Baltimore Data Week, community leaders, nonprofit organizations, governmental entities, and civic-minded “hackers” came together to see the latest trends in community-based data, technology, and tools and learn how other groups are using data to support and advance constructive change. Baltimore Data Day is structured around a series of “how-to” interactive workshops in which people who work with data will explain what data is available, how to access data, and why data can be actionable for communities.
For more information about Data Day please email [email protected]. For details on how to support BNIA-JFI, visit our Donation page.
Baltimore Data Week 2022 is made possible by our sponsors:
