BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110510T213846Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110515 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110513 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110510T213846Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110511T011336Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250460595 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Friday\, May 13\, 2011 at 8am through Sa turday\, May 14\, 2011 at 9pm.\n\nDescription:\nCONFERENCE \;\nOpen G ov West 2011 is a two-day nonprofit conference being held at the Jupiter Hotel in Portland May 13-14\, 2011. OGW '11 is designed to bring the No rthwest region together to explore opportunities to open government\, in crease civic engagement\, and coordinate projects across governments. No w is the time to move from old models and technology to finding innovati ve\, cost efficient\, and transparent methods for accomplishing governme nt’s core missions.The conference exposes attendees to new ideas\, techn ologies\, practices\, and partnerships. The conference’s goal is to help your organization build relationships and gain insights which help you build a more transparent\, engaged government. \;\n \;\nAPPS CONTE ST \;\nThe conference also includes an app development contest on Day Two\, May 14. Developers entering the Open Gov West Cross-Gov Apps Cont est have the opportunity to transform government data into useful inform ation accessible to the masses—and to win prizes like iPads\, marketing assistance\, and technology prize packs. Governments from across the Pac ific Northwest will send representatives from their own data.gov sites t o offer developers advice and support\, making this a unique opportunity for developers to interact directly with government data providers whil e building the applications. \;\n \;\nThe competition will run in the style of a code-a-thon\, in which development begins Saturday\, May 14 at 9 a.m. with a 7 p.m. deadline\, with winners announced that evenin g. Sponsor Tropo will be providing $1\,000 in developer scholarships and free development kits for participants. Developers are encouraged to pu rchase a ticket through Open Gov West or apply for developer scholarship s. For more information: http://www.opengovwest.org/events/conference/op engovwest-11/1304-2/ \;\n \;\nFor more information\, please visit opengovwest.org. To register\, please visit opengovwest.eventbrite.com.\ n\nTags: technology\, conference\, code\, open gov\, gov2.0\, civicapps\ , open source\, opengov\, plancast:plan=4j0w\n\nImported from: http://ca lagator.org/events/1250460595 URL:http://www.opengovwest.org/about/ SUMMARY:Open Gov West '11 LOCATION:Jupiter Hotel & Bossanova Ballroom: 722 E Burnside St\, Portland OR 97214 US SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR