The MIT Humanitarian Hackathon

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Welcome to the MIT Humanitarian Hackathon site!

Hackathon Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mit-fintech-and-design-hackathon-tickets-41403861063

Hackathon Challenge

We worked with various representative from IFRC, Red Cross Climate Center and developed the challenge statement. We invite participants to hack a project that solves our challenge, available at: [https://github.com/mitmedialab/MIT-Humanitarian-Hack/blob/master/MITHack_HumanitarianFinancing_Challenge%20Statement.docx] (Future Financing) [https://github.com/mitmedialab/MIT-Humanitarian-Hack/blob/master/MITHack_HumanitarianFinancing_Challenge%20Statement2.docx] (Identity and Consent Management)

Hackathon Overview

The Hackathon will happen on Apr 20, 21 and 22 held at Bartos Theater, MIT Media Lab and we look forward to you joining us.

Here is tentative schedule with dates and subject to change:

Kickoff Hackathon – Apr 20th at 6:00pm
Introduction of Hackathon and Problem Statements between Apr 20th 6:00 – 7:00pm
Networking event with Dinner / Formation of Teams / Selection of Projects – Apr 20th between 8:00 – 10:00pm
Keynote speaker Event with Breakfast : TBD / Legatum / IFRC between Apr 21st 8:00 – 9:00am
Design Thinking Workshop hosted by Design Club – Apr 21st between 9:00 – 10:00am
Hackathon: 24hrs from Apr 21st 10:00am to Apr 22nd 10:00am
Pitching Presentation and Judging Apr 22nd between 11:00am – 12:00pm
Awarding Apr 22nd between 12:00 to 1:00pm
Closing Apr 22nd at 1:00pm