Thank you for joining us at School of Data 2026

BetaNYC’s annual community conference invites New Yorkers to engage with the City’s technology, data and design communities during NYC Open Data Week.

The 2026 conference took place Saturday, March 28 – Sunday, March 29, 2026 at CUNY School of Law.

For the first time ever, we hosted UnSchool of Data, an unconference on day two where attendees set the agenda together. Check out the Unconference Board and learn more about UnSchool of Data.

Stay tuned for information and announcements about CityCamp NYC at the end of Summer 2026!

Stay in touch: Sign up for announcements about Open Data Week and School of Data. Also, view the 2026 sessions and past School of Data programming on YouTube. Videos from this year are being added on a rolling basis, so subscribe to the channel to get notified about the latest additions.

NYC School of Data is organized by BetaNYC, with programming support from the NYC’s Open Data Team and hosted at CUNY School of Law. Learn more about NYC Open Data Week at opendataweek.nyc.

Our Partners

Conference Announcements

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Get Ready for NYC School of Data 2026!

NYC School of Data 2026 is here!!! Join BetaNYC as we mark 10 years of learning, connecting, and building with public interest tech and open data.

Check out the 2026 Schedule and Register!

Get ready, NYC School of Data 2026 is on the horizon!!! Our tenth annual community conference brings together people who care about open data, public interest technology, and service design — and we’re excited to share that the preliminary schedule is now live. 

Get Your Early Bird Tickets For NYC School of Data

Join BetaNYC and NYC’s Open Data team for our public interest tech, data, and design conference to celebrate the end of NYC Open Data Week! NYC School of Data is a two-day community conference focused on public interest technology, open data, and service design. Join a community of data experts, public servants, technologists, and advocates […]

Volunteer for NYC School of Data 2026 & UnSchool of Data

Mark your calendars for the weekend of March 28-29, 2026, as we gear up for our biggest public interest tech events! BetaNYC is recruiting volunteers to help bring our two-day community conference to life at CUNY School of Law during NYC Open Data Week. Each year, NYC School of Data convenes New York City’s technology, […]

2026 Sponsors

Lead Partner

Reinvent Albany advocates for transparent and accountable New York government. We work to strengthen FOIL, put government information online, and are vocal advocates for open data laws and practices. We also advocate for more accountable and better-governed state authorities, including the MTA. We seek to create a state government that is responsible, responsive and above board and thus we fight for public integrity measures and against laws and practices that increase the risk of corruption and favor the few and well-connected over the public interest.

Childcare Sponsor

Nava is a public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. We're trusted by some of the largest federal and state agencies to solve complex and highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges. We guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure.

Supporting Sponsor

Hayden AI powers safer, smarter, and more efficient cities. We combine advanced vision AI with purpose-built, vehicle-mounted hardware to analyze urban environments in real time. Cities use our technology to make streets safer and improve transit performance for everyone. Our automated bus zone and bike lane enforcement system is installed on transit buses in several major U.S. cities, resulting in increased transit bus speeds and fewer collisions along routes utilizing this technology. Learn more at www.hayden.ai

Shape the future of information with the School of Visual Art’s 10‑month, in‑person MPS Data Visualization & Communication graduate program in New York City. Blend design and data, build professional connections, and graduate ready to turn insights into impact. Applications for Fall semester open until April 15th. Learn more and apply: http://www.sva.edu/mpsdataviz

The Center for Urban Science + Progress (CUSP) at NYU Tandon is dedicated to the application of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and the social sciences to create more equitable, sustainable, and resilient cities. Founded through a partnership between NYU and the City of New York, CUSP is part of the recently launched Urban Institute, which aims to pilot technology-driven solutions to urban challenges that can be adapted worldwide.

CUSP advances the science of cities through interdisciplinary research, entrepreneurship, and education. Through our master’s program and PhD track, CUSP trains the next generation of urban data science leaders, equipping them with tools to leverage data for social good.

Every city runs on infrastructure. But until now, there's been no way to truly see it: no unified, intelligent data layer connecting roads, sidewalks, hydrants, signs, and signals into a single, queryable picture of the physical world. Cyvl is changing that. We deploy AI-powered sensors across city streets to build the most comprehensive infrastructure dataset created. At School of Data, we're giving the first exclusive preview of I3 (Infrastructure Intelligence Index), our new open data layer purpose-built for developers, planners, and anyone building solutions for city infrastructure. I3 connects the physical world to the people who build for it. For the first time, NYC's infrastructure data will be accessible, structured, and ready to power the next generation of civic applications. Visit cyvl.com to learn more.