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THE Port Humanitarian Online Hackathon 2020

→ Europe/Zurich
Online, moderated from CERN

Online, moderated from CERN
Agnes Reka Jakab (CERN), Benjamin Krikler (University of Bristol (GB)), Daniel Dobos, Hans Baechle (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)), Ines Knaepper, Karolos Potamianos (University of Oxford)
Description

Organised by THE Port Association, hosted virtually this year at CERN, with partners from other non-governmental organisations, a three-day problem solving workshop hackathon will be devoted to humanitarian, social and public interest topics. Interdisciplinary teams of selected participants will work together in the fields of: communication - transport - health - science - learning  - culture - data.

Preliminary timetable: 
Friday, 2nd October:
Kick-off meeting & hacking

Saturday, 3rd October:
Midterm review & more hacking

Sunday, 4th October:
even more hacking and Closing Ceremony
 

THEPort2020_schedule.pdf
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  • Friday, 2 October
    • 16:30 → 18:30
      Virtual visit of CERN (optional) 2h
    • 18:30 → 19:30
      Opening Ceremony 1h

      You can follow the live-stream on YouTube here:
      https://youtu.be/KI0UZ4l4R_s

      • Welcome words by THE Port 5m
        Speakers: Karolos Potamianos (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US)), Dr Lorena Freitas (EPFL)
      • Live music with hackathon animations 15m
        Speaker: Agnes Reka Jakab (CERN)
      • Opening speech from Sonia Panzani (UN SUN) 10m
        Speaker: Sonia Panzani (UN Scaling Up Nutrition Movement)
      • Team pitches 20m

        For each team: 2 minutes pitch + 1 minute

      • Practical info and Q&A 20m
        Speakers: Karolos Potamianos (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US)), Dr Lorena Freitas (EPFL)
    • 19:30 → 20:10
      Participant mixer on RemotelyGreen 40m
  • Saturday, 3 October
    • 18:00 → 19:00
      Mid-term reviews 1h
  • Sunday, 4 October
    • 18:00 → 20:00
      Closing Ceremony 2h

      You can follow the live-stream on YouTube here:
      https://youtu.be/nA6qdSLcoeY

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