Formerly known as the Chicago R Unconference, the Chicago R Collaborative is part of an R Consortium-funded grant that supports community-led, locally-organized R development events around the world, otherwise known as R Community Collaboratives.

At the Chicago R Collab, you’ll team up with other R users and developers to contribute to open source packages, work on data tools, pursue projects you wish you had time for in your day-to-day work, and learn from others in the R community. Our event is open to a wide range of experience levels and attendee backgrounds (see last year’s attendee list!), and we seek to encourage diverse groups to contribute to the larger R community.

If you’re interested in what you’ll be doing at the event, take a look at last year’s schedule, proposed and completed projects or Twitter recap, peruse our Code of Conduct, or reach out to chircollab [at] gmail.com if you have questions!

The event will be hosted at the Center for Spatial Data Science at the University of Chicago (5735 S Ellis Ave, Rooms 240 and 236). Please note that the research center is located within Searle Chemical Laboratory.

Street parking can be found on Ellis Ave or 59th St just south of the venue. Paid parking can be found at Campus North Garage and Young Parking Lot. See more about travel information on the event wiki.