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**
**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! [![MBandMS.png](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/195/medium/MBandMS.png)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/195/original/MBandMS.png) **Help support this event and [Donate Online!](https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/aWfk-leGd6emlWt9NvBkNw)** ##Sessions that were hosted at this event: - Hands on Public Lab tools and kits
- How does Public Lab work together
- Water Quality and artificial wetland installations
- What projects have design needs
- Midwest organizing
- Data Quality
- Chemical Ecology
- Relationship between citizen science DIY community and professional (Sci. vs. Sci)
- New tool ideas and future tool wish-lists
- Introduction to the Petcoke issue
- Smartphone aps and sensor networks
- Project Development
- Mapping from the land
- Mapping from a boat
- Map stitching
- Dust monitoring with the new dust kit
##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
###Photos from the event: _click edit on the top of the page to drop your photos in below!_ ####Event Prep: [![20150612_211317.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/363/medium/20150612_211317.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/363/original/20150612_211317.jpg) [![20150612_210238.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/376/medium/20150612_210238.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/376/original/20150612_210238.jpg) ####Proposing Sessions: [![20150613_101148.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/364/medium/20150613_101148.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/364/original/20150613_101148.jpg) [![20150613_101207.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/365/medium/20150613_101207.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/365/original/20150613_101207.jpg) [![20150613_101753.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/366/medium/20150613_101753.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/366/original/20150613_101753.jpg) [![20150613_102157.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/367/medium/20150613_102157.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/367/original/20150613_102157.jpg) ####Saturday Sessions: [![20150613_124753.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/368/medium/20150613_124753.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/368/original/20150613_124753.jpg) [![20150613_124836.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/377/medium/20150613_124836.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/377/original/20150613_124836.jpg) [![20150613_115414.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/369/medium/20150613_115414.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/369/original/20150613_115414.jpg) [![20150613_153248.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/370/medium/20150613_153248.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/370/original/20150613_153248.jpg) ####Sunday Sessions: [![20150614_111312.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/371/medium/20150614_111312.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/371/original/20150614_111312.jpg) [![20150614_162252.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/373/medium/20150614_162252.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/373/original/20150614_162252.jpg) [![20150614_154509.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/372/medium/20150614_154509.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/372/original/20150614_154509.jpg) [![20150614_173241.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/374/medium/20150614_173241.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/374/original/20150614_173241.jpg) [![20150614_173438.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/375/medium/20150614_173438.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/010/375/original/20150614_173438.jpg)