We are humbled and inspired by the power of technology to do good and, if unchecked, to do harm. We'd like to gather students to engage in responsible and ethical creation to foster change in our communities. Specifically, the Civic Tech Hackathon gives students the opportunity to solve problems in government, education, and policy through software engineering and coding. Any student that has an intersection of programming and social justice, may participate.
There will be three main tracks to compete under: education, election turnout, and government policy. At the end, a team will be prized as an overall winner while each category will have their own corresponding winners.
Our schedule is as follows:
February 25, 2023
Morning
8:00 Registration opens in big room
· Negative COVID test
· Name/school/registration confirmation
· Wrist band is given w/ different colors / sticker on name tag/ wristband
· Breakfast is served + socializing
· Yogurt; Packaged Pastries; Fruit; Bottled Juice?
9:00 Opening session
· What is Civic Tech and PIT-UN?
· Keynote Speaker
· Project Overview
· Prompts – education; government policy; social justice
· Featured technologies
· Overview of agenda / how to find it
· Projects deadline
· Introduce judges
· Introduce teams
11:00 Breakout session
· Team formation session! (5 students, 25 teams)
· Meet with your group
· Start developing/planning
· Each team has a mentor who will meet with the at this team
· Each team needs a table, each table needs to be marked
· Hacking begins
Afternoon
12:00 - 2:00 Lunch
· Mingling
· Prizes
1:00 Developing + Workshops
· Professional Development Workshops
1:00 - 2:00 Resume Workshop
2:00 - 3:00 AI/ML Workshop
3:00 - 4:00 Tech +DEI Workshop
4:00 - 5:00 Product Development
5:00 - 6:00 Git Workshop
6:00 - 7:00 Civic Engagement Workshop
· Recreational Activities
1:00 - 2:00 Yoga
3:00 - 4:00 VR Workshop
6:00 - 7:00 Dance
Evening
7:00 - 8:00 Evening Session
1. Rules of Hackathon
2. Reminder of events of the evening and next day / project deadline Dinner
3. Bonding activity for attendees
4. Internship panel
5. Encourages people to keep going with the projects!
8:00 - 10:00 Dinner
9:00 - 11:00 Team Tournaments
9:00-11:00 Academic bowl / Jeopardy
9:00 - 11:00 Minute to win it
11:00 Sleeping spaces open
· Accommodations (pillows and blankets)
February 26, 2023
Morning
12:00 Midnight Snacks + Karaoke
8:00 - 10:00 HOT BREAKFAST is served
9:00 Project Submission Deadline
10:30 -12:30 Demonstrations of projects (7 min per team)
Afternoon
1:00 Lunch + Judge Deliberations
2:00 Closing Ceremony
· Winners Announced
· Short Introduction of Civic Tech Hackathon mission / vision
· Judges announce winners based on rubrics
· Give out prizes
· Students dismissed
3:00 Leave
Feb. 24, 2023 - Feb. 26, 2023
Tech For Change
Lot N, 665 Commonwealth Ave n, Boston, MA 02215, USA
$5,000
