Ian G. WIlliams's schedule for NYC School of Data 2025

Welcome to NYC School of Data — a community conference that demystifies the policies and practices around open data, technology, and service design. This year’s conference concludes NYC’s Open Data Week & features 30+ sessions organized by NYC’s civic technology, data, and design community! Our conversations and workshops will feed your mind and inspire you to improve your neighborhood.

To attend, you need to purchase tickets. Venue is accessible and content is all ages friendly! If you have accessibility questions or needs, please email us at < schoolofdata@beta.nyc >.

If you can’t join us in person, tune into the main stage live stream < schoolofdata.nyc/live > provided by the Internet Society New York Chapter and sponsored by Reinvent Albany. Follow the conversation #nycsodata on Bluesky.

Ian G. WIlliams

CUNY Graduate Center

Doctoral Student, PhD Program in Social Welfare

Brooklyn, NY

https://gc.cuny.edu/people/ian-g-williams

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Ian G. Williams, LMSW is a student in the Ph.D. Program in Social Welfare at the CUNY Graduate Center, Ian is a Program Social Media Fellow with the Graduate Center Digital Initiatives and was a HASTAC Scholar from 2022-2024. Ian researches the intersections of technology, human service organizations, innovation diffusion, and social theory. He is interested in discourses and practices around "technology for good" and community data literacy initiatives. Ian holds an Advanced Certificate Program in Interactive Technology and Pedagogy from the CUNY Graduate Center, an MSW in Organizational Management and Leadership from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, and a BA in East Asian Studies, Cultural Studies, and World Religions from McGill University. Ian enjoys playing bass guitar, baking bread, and taking long walks around Prospect Park. He sometimes dabbles in data visualization.

NYC School of Data 2025

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