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HHS Challenge: Opioid Symposium & Code-a-Thon

The Code-a-Thon

On December 6 and 7, 2017, HHS held a challenge competition to find innovative solutions to the opioid epidemic using data and technology. Learn about the event and what happened.

The Symposium

On December 6, 2017, leaders on the front lines of the opioid epidemic shared promising solutions in data and technology being used to address the opioid epidemic. Learn more.

Watch the winners:

View closing ceremony

The Symposium

The purpose of the Symposium was to showcase promising practices in data and technology that have improved outcomes in communities across the country that state and local leaders can bring back to their communities. Learn more about the Symposium.

The Code-a-Thon

The purpose of the Code-a-Thon is to develop data-driven solutions to the opioid epidemic using federal, state, and local (city, county) datasets. Our plan is for solutions identified at the code-a-thon to be implemented and used to address the opioid crisis. Learn more about the Code-a-Thon.

Event Time and Location

The Symposium took place on Dec. 6, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. The Code-a-Thon took place from Dec. 6 at 1 p.m. to Dec. 7 at 6 p.m.

Both events took place in Washington, D.C. at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building.