The Opportunity Project, an innovation program founded by the Census Open Innovation Labs (COIL) at the U.S. Census Bureau, brings together government, technologists and communities to co-create digital products that use federal open data to serve the public. To date, 30 federal agencies, hundreds of organizations, and thousands of individuals have participated in technology development sprints—resulting in over 200 digital tools and products including apps, websites, interactive maps, data visualizations, games and more. 

TOP 2023 will showcase 28 of the more than 35 new sprint products built by hundreds of participants in the past year’s ten TOP sprints. This past year’s sprints focused on key national and Puerto Rico-specific challenges, and were led by 8 federal agencies (the Departments of Commerce, Health & Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Agriculture and Energy, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy), 3 Puerto Rico government agencies (PR Energy Bureau, PR Dept. of Economic Development and PR Dept of Education) and two nonprofits (New America and Instituto del Desarrollo de la Juventud). 

• Pedro Pierluisi, Governor of Puerto Rico
• Denice Ross, U.S. Chief Data Scientist at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
• Oliver Wise, Chief Data Officer, Department of Commerce
• Robert L. Santos, Director, U.S. Census Bureau 
• Dr. Ron Jarmin, Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Census Bureau
• Meghan Maury, Senior Advisor for Data Policy, U.S. Census Bureau
• Natalie Evans Harris, Executive Director, Black Wealth Data Center
• David Schneider, Acting Deputy Associate Administrator of the FTA Office

Product Demos: Equitable Access to Infrastructure Grants

Experts from government and nonprofit organizations reflect on how these new products can be deployed in their communities, their potential impact on targeted end users, and next steps.

• Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP) – Comms POC: Dede Dunham –
  Email: ddunham@rooseveltinstitute.org
• General Assembly – Comms POC: Natalia Garcia –
  Email: natalia.garcia@generalassemb.ly
• Cityfi – Comms POC: Alex Kapur –
  Email: alex@cityfi.co
• GrantVEST – Comms POC: Virginia Chau –
  Email: virginia@grantvest.com
• Xcell – Comms POC: Felix Gilbert –
  Email: felix@xcelldesigns.com

Product Demos: Developing Community-Informed, National Level Wellbeing Indicators

Experts from government and nonprofit organizations reflect on how these new products can be deployed in their communities, their potential impact on targeted end users, and next steps.

• ALICE – Comms POC: Christine Aromando –
  Email: Christine.aromando@unitedwaynnj.org
• Full Frame Initiative – Comms POC: George Rice –
  Email: george@fullframeinitiative.org
• Social Progress Imperative – Comms POC: Sophie Sutherland –
  Email: ssutherland@socialprogress.org

Product Demos: Climate Change Resilience & Transit Systems 

Experts from government and nonprofit organizations reflect on how these new products can be deployed in their communities, their potential impact on targeted end users, and next steps. 

• Esri – Comms POC: Jo Ann Pruchniewski –
  Email: jpruchniewski@esri.com
  
• GeoSolutions – Comms POC: Ryan Burley –
  Email: ryan.burley@geosolutionsgroup.com
• Forerunner – Comms POC: Susanna Pho –
  Email: susanna@withforerunner.com
• Blyncsy – Comms POC: Sofia Clark –
  Email: sofia.clark@blyncsy.com
• National League of Cities
• Grid Matrix – Comms POC: Nick D’Andre –
  Email: ndandre@gridmatrix.com
• Data Clinic – Comms POC: Eric Stein –
  Email: eric.stein@twosigma.com

Product Demos: Renewable Energy 7 Local Addressing Infrastructure in Puerto Rico

Community leaders and sprint participants share their take on the products and challenges and advantages of a tech sprint in hurricane season.

• Forever Flight – Comms POC: Madison Ede –
  Email: madison.ede@forever-flight.com
  
• Nueva Vida
• WindyFi – Comms POC: Doriyush Ubaydi –
  Email: doriyush@windyfi.com
• Orange Sparkle Ball - Comms POC: Meaghan Kennedy –
  Email: mbk@orangesparkleball.com
• Esri – Comms POC: Jo Ann Pruchniewski –
  Email: jpruchniewski@esri.com
• Social Solutions – Comms POC: Juan A. Padilla Ortiz –
  Email: j@spotery.com

Product Demos: Building Social Infrastructure in PR – Youth Resilience & Workforce Development

Federal and global experts reflect on the expansion of TOP as a problem-solving model, and what’s next for both digital and analog solutions.

• University of Puerto Rico – Comms POC: Ursula Manfredo –
  Email: umanfredo@upr.edu
• City University of New York (CUNY) – Comms POC: Victoria Preis –
  Email: victoria.preis@centropr.app
• Women’s Campaign International – Comms POC: Carnitta Winston
  Email: carnita@womenscampaigninternational.org
• Softek – Comms POC: Marisa Hernandez –
  Email: mhernandez@softekpr.com
• Cloudleap – Comms POC: Prashant Shah –
  Email: Prashant.shah@cloudleaptech.com

Join the conversation online using #OpportunityProject #TOPSummit2023. Tag @uscensusbureau in your social media posts. There will also be designated times throughout programming where we will encourage social media sharing.