The 2015 Regional Barnraising was held in Chicago IL! 

##The Public Lab Regional Barnraising 2015: Chicago, Illinois
###**June 13th and 14th**
**6/13: @ Civic Lab, 114 N. Aberdeen Street** </br>
**6/14: @ Crowbar , 4001 E. 106th Street** 

We'd like to say THANK YOU to our 2015 regional Barnraising sponsors, Microsoft and MapBox, for making this event possible!


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##Sessions that were hosted at this event:
- Hands on Public Lab tools and kits</br>
- How does Public Lab work together</br>
- Water Quality and artificial wetland installations </br>
- What projects have design needs</br>
- Midwest organizing </br>
- Data Quality</br>
- Chemical Ecology</br>
- Relationship between citizen science DIY community and professional (Sci. vs. Sci) </br>
- New tool ideas and future tool wish-lists</br>
- Introduction to the Petcoke issue</br>
- Smartphone aps and sensor networks </br>
- Project Development</br>
- Mapping from the land</br>
- Mapping from a boat</br>
- Map stitching  </br>
- Dust monitoring with the new dust kit </br>

##Attendees included people from:
- University of Chicago
- UNCC
- NPS
- USGS
- Chicago State University + Argonne National Lab
- Civic Lab 
- MIT/Southeast Chicago resident/researcher
- Chicago Academy of Sciences | Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
- Analytics Lounge NFP
- SSEHRI
- ThoughtWorks
- PhotosynQ 
- University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine
- CartoDB
- Pumping Station One
- The Naru Project
- Southeast Environmental Action Network
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###Photos from the event: 
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####Event Prep:
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####Proposing Sessions: 
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####Saturday Sessions:
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####Sunday Sessions:
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