Missed The Opportunity Project 2024 Product Showcase?
Watch the recordings on YouTube, featuring 29 new products created in the 2024 TOP sprints.
Past Events
Census Open Innovation Summit (January 2024)
Featured more than 30 new technology products created through 2023 TOP sprints focused on financial inclusion, economic growth, and data quality, and highlighted sprints focused on Indigenous communities and Puerto Rico.
2022 TOP Summit (February 2023)
Featured more than 25 new technology products created through 2022 TOP sprints focused on national and Puerto Rico-specific challenges.
2021 TOP Summit: Open Innovation for All
Featured digital products envisioning the world post-COVID 19 and announced $260,000 in awards to the winners of the Open Data for Good Grand Challenge.
2020 TOP Demo Week: A Virtual Tech, Data, and Community Conference
Showcased 35+ new digital tools focused on challenges impacting the natural and built environment.
2019 December Census Demo Day + TOP Summit at Georgetown University
Featured 20+ digital tools that tackled a number of challenges — such as disaster response, local address data collection, and more.
2018 TOP Demo Day (March 2019)
Showcased 20+ digital tools that addressed issues like connecting veterans to jobs, student access to STEM fields, the opioid crisis, and more.
2017 TOP Demo Day at the Census Bureau
Featured 10 new tools that took on problems such as youth and veteran homelessness, engaging hard-to-count populations in the decennial census, and making federal grant data user-friendly.
2016 TOP Demo Day at the White House (October 2016)
Featured digital tools that promoted emotional wellbeing, connected people with job opportunities, improved transit accessibility, and helped families find affordable housing.
2016 White House Launch of The Opportunity Project (March 2016)
Featuring tools from the first-ever TOP sprint, and officially launching The Opportunity Project as an ongoing innovation program.