Final Day: The Opportunity Project Summit 2023

Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau brings together cross-sector collaborators during The Opportunity Project (TOP) Summit to solve some of the world’s major data and technology challenges.

Here’s what is coming up on the final day of the TOP Summit:

12pm ET

Opening Keynote with Natalie Evans Harris

Natalie Evans Harris, Executive Director, Black Wealth Data Center

12:30pm ET

Student Takeover: University Team Product Demos & Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) Spotlight

Join us as all things students take the stage! This jam-packed super session will feature chats with students who participated in 2022 TOP sprints, and highlights how cross-sector partners co-created a Minority-Serving Institution Engagement to help MSO students thrive in their sprints.

1:50pm ET

Launch of the TOPx Toolkit

Join us for a live demo of the game-changing new TOPx Toolkit for federal agencies, which opens the TOP playbook to innovators government-wide. We’ll also announce the themes for TOP this year and how to get involved.

2:20pm ET

Interactive Session: Live Q&A on the TOPx Toolkit and Introducing the TOP Collective (RSVP required)

Get a first-ever look at the game-changing new TOPx Toolkit. Learn how to use it and how to join a new community of practice – The TOP Collective – to run a sprint in 2023.

3:45pm ET

Masterclass: Unlocking the Power of Data for Storytelling (RSVP Required)

Learn from the leading experts in journalism, grant writing, and more. Learn how they create compelling stories with data. Leave with critical skills to apply in your own work.

WHAT: TOP Summit 2023 is a multiday virtual conference that will showcase new products created during TOP’s 2022 sprints, featuring innovative technology and other solutions (using federal open data) built by some of the nation’s leading data experts and leaders. The sessions will offer learning opportunities, collaboration, and inspiration for thousands of federal and local government innovators, tech pioneers, community advocates, students, and emerging leaders.

RSVP: The event will be fully virtual. To attend, please RSVP and view the full agenda at TOP Summit 2023. For additional questions, contact COIL. 

ACCESS: Access TOP Summit 2023 at https://topsummit2023.splashthat.com/.

Watch live on the Census Bureau’s Census Live page.

About The Opportunity Project

TOP is led by the Census Bureau’s Census Open Innovation Labs (COIL). The program engages government, technologists, and communities to create digital products using federal open data that serve the public. To date, thousands of people, hundreds of organizations and 30 federal agencies have participated in TOP sprints, resulting in over 200 new open data tools including apps, websites, mapping tools, data visualizations, games and more.