The County of Riverside's Information Technology Department and SmartRiverside are teaming up to put on RivCodes, our first Hack-A-Thon, to show the County's commitment to technology, increase awareness about open data, reach out to citizens and allow for easier use of public data.

RivCodes means "Riverside County Developer Event" and refers to our application programming event (Hackathon) that we are having to create applications based on open data. App contests have become popular fueled by President Obama's Open Data policy and the need for better ways to communicate with citizens. Examples of applications that have been created at other agencies are: "Where to find services", submitting a crime tip to the Sheriff's department, reporting potholes, a checkbook showing how the County spends money, and many others. Let's see what we can come up with together!

API's:  There will be opendata API's from ESRI and Socrata that were previously unavailable. We will also have Syncano's API available for your use.  Microsoft will provide BizSpark subscriptions to all qualified attendees, for more information about BizSpark see http://bizspark.com

Technical support: ESRI, Microsoft, Syncano and Socrata will be among the technical mentors on hand to help you with your projects.

RivCodes Hack Agenda: 2014

June 28, 2014   8:00am to 9:00 pm
 8:00   Sign in and Breakfast (Provided by Cisco)
 9:00   Welcome and Overview
 9:15   Introductions and Pitches
 9:30   Form Teams
10:00  Hacking Starts
           Breakout sessions
12:00  Lunch (Lunch Provided by Dell, Snacks provided by IBM)
1:00    Hacking Continues
5:00   Dinner (Provided by Motorola)
9:00   RCIC closes for the night

June 29, 2014 7:00 am to 12:00 pm

 7:00  RCIC opens
 9:00  Hacking Stops
 9:15  Presentations (3 minutes each)
11:00* Judges Deliberate
11:30  Winners Announced
*depending on number of presentations

Visit www.code.countyofriverside.us for more details

The event, which is free, is open to programmers, product designers, media producers, software pros, and other experts who will brainstorm and collaborate to build, web and mobile apps aimed to provide a better quality of life through technology.

• Register at Eventbrite and ChallengePost
• Learn about the ESRI, Socrata and Syncano API's (ESRI  developer info https://developers.arcgis.com/en/ , Socrata developer info http://dev.socrata.com/ and Syncano's developer info  https://syncano.zendesk.com/hc/en-us )
• Form your team or join a team
• Show up and start developing
• Use at least one of the County's datasets or create data about Riverside County
• Tell your friends!

Sponsors

There are many great ways for companies to partner in the hackathon.

Go to www.code.countyofriverside.us  or for questions, email [email protected]

• Originality
  the app or concept provides an innovative or creative approach to an idea
• Usability
  the app or concept is intuitive and easy to use
• Technology
  Sophistication of technologies used in its creation.
• Usefulness
  the app or concept should enhance citizen engagement/employee experience
• Sponsor Criteria: esri - best use of esri technology
  
• Sponsor Criteria: Syncano
  Syncano Apps will be judged on: • Creativity • Use of Syncano platform • Number of Syncano features used •Functionality