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!

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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:

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Event Prep:

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