Code for Hong Kong

@

Lingnan University

@vincent_lcy

Co-founder, Code4HK

Developer @ a local start-up

Drive Social Changes by Code

用程式改變香港

software is eating the world

Marc Andreessen

Tech is in the air!

Government
works well?

FAILED

95% of US gov IT Projects

Private philanthropy to the developing world surpasses the monetary contributions of all governments COMBINED

Solution Revolution, by William & Paul

the most significant impact of the spread of communication technologies is reallocating the concentration of power away from states and institutions and transfer it to individuals.

 

New Digital Age by Eric Schmidt & Jared Cohen

//Tech makes dialogues cheap

& decisions better//

Reach Consensus

Loomio

Pol.is/hk

Tech as  

a platform

 a language

 

 

Cross-sector collaboration

#UmbrellaMovement

Image: InmediaHK

//Tech promote understanding//

Facts

before rational discussion

Northeast map

新界東北地圖

http://northeast.code4.hk

Census Explorer

http://gazetteer.hk

Better Info?

Do something with it

http://71map.code4.hk

http://adoptahydrant.org/

Collaboration with Media

//Tech itself encourages sharing & easy scale up//

Open Source ecourages share

10million+ repos at github

1140B+ value/year (by Carlo Daffara) 

IT get everyone connected

Unconferences

//Code4HK itself is a sharing economy//

  • Maker Made
  • User use
  • Learner Learnt

 

  • Problems get solved

Civic Hacking

 Decentralized

10+ Events & Hackathons

10+ Projects

2000+ IT Professionals Manhours Donated 

 

Hackathons

 

Hack + Marathon

Sharings / Workshop

Ingredients

  • Community & Culture of passionate technologists
  • Open Data
  • Well-informed & partcipating General Public

Better Information
Better Collaboration
Better Economy

Better Society

Join Us!

 

 

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By Chun Yin Vincent Lau