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Congratulations to the winning teams of the hackathon: NativeNet, Refergon and Autonomous Water supply!
The finalists that participated in the main hackathon were as follows: Autonomous Water Supply, Book On The Way, Co-Producing The Camp, Hopestarter, INTERART, Match & Teach Me For Integration, NativeNet, Radio Transit, RefWay Αpplication, Refergon.
2016-12-06 - Free localization services for participants courtesy of Transifex.
2016-12-04 - The final phase of Hack the Camp is over!
Make sure to also check the Facebook Group and #HackTheCamp on Twitter for the latest news and updates!
- Asef Farjam, Cultural Mediator, Doctors of the World
- Nadina Christopoulou, Co-Founder, Melissa Network of Migrant Women
- Dimitris Kokkinakis, Co-Founder, Impact Hub Athens
- Timos Platsas, Public Relations, Microsoft
- Ambassador Geoffrey R. Pyatt, U.S. Embassy Athens
- Panagiotis Tsanakas, Professor of Computing Engineering NTUA, Director GRNet
- Effie Tsiotsiou, General Director, Onassis Foundation
Friday 2nd December
18:00 - 18:30 Registration
18:30 Welcome from the #HackTheCamp team
18:45 Group introductions:
Teams briefly (2min max) introduce their idea to the room.
19:45 Brief introduction of mentors available
20:00 - 22:00 Code/Hack Sprint & mentoring
22:00 Close
Saturday 3rd December
10:00 Welcome, breakfast
10:30 Azure presentation
GitHub presentation
10:45 - 12:30 Code sprint & mentoring
12:30 Mini shout-out
Teams optionally update room on ideas and progress
11:00 – 17:00 Refugee focus groups (in parallel)
13:00 Lunch break
13:45 - 14:00 Re-energise activity
14:00 - 14:15 Product cycle presentation
14:00 - 18:00 Code/Hack Sprint
18:00 Close
GitHub https://github.com/HackTheCamp/wiki/wiki
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/hackthecamp
Sunday 4th December
10:00 Welcome, breakfast
10:00 - 10:30 Stand ups
2 minute update from each group, plus requests for any further help.
10:30 - 10:45 Presentation skills feedback
10:30 - 12:30 Code/Hack Sprint
12:30 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 13:30 Re-energise activity
13:30 – 17:00 Final Sprint and pitch preparation
17:00 Pitches – 3 minutes max for each team,
max 3 questions per team from judging panel.
18:00 – 18:30 Judges deliberation
18:30 – 19:00 Results and prize-giving
19:00 ––––– Closing party
Just in time before the deadline, we’re hosting two thematic “clinics” where you will be able to discuss with experts and get feedback on the development of your concept:
- “Hack the Camp business clinic”, November 9th @ 19:00 - 21:00 at Impact Hub Athens. More details and reservations at http://athens.impacthub.net/event/hack-the-camp-business-clinic/
- “Hack the Camp tech clinic”, November 12th @ 17:00-22:00 at the Onassis Cultural Centre. Reservations and more details at digital@sgt.gr
Due to time and space constrains, we unfortunately won't be able to accommodate all teams at the final Hack the Camp, therefore the information requested below is critical to your participation in the final event. Your team's complementary skills are also very important. The finalists will be announced on November 22nd.
Hack the Camp final project submission form: https://goo.gl/forms/U0EFxERJ34D27PYp1
These are the questions that we would like for you to answer and use as pointers to guide the development of your concept:
- What is the exact refugee or migrant challenge your solution will solve?
- What is your technology / media / arts / entrepreneurial based solution to the above challenge?
- Which segment of the population could benefit from your solution?
- What other organizations already address the same challenges and how is your solution different?
- What is the Minimum Viable Product that you will need to prototype in the hack?
- Will you be using technologies, for example open source or commercially available projects, datasets, libraries, APIs etc.?
- Who are your team members and what are their roles? Do you have software developers, a user experience/interface designer and a business-minded person?
- How are you going to test your solution?
- What do you expect to accomplish between now and the next hack event in December? Have you divided up and assigned tasks, and established communication mechanisms with each other?
How can we improve living conditions for refugees? How can they access reliable information on their legal status? What kind of opportunities are available or can be created for refugees? How can we tap on the many skills that moving populations bring with them? How can populations in transit and local populations come closer and develop an intercultural dialogue?
These are some of the challenges that Hack the Camp (#HackTheCamp) will attempt to address. Impact Hub Athens, the Onassis Cultural Center and the U.S. Embassy in Athens are joining forces for Hack the Camp, a two-part hackathon on refugee and integration challenges.
Two international organizations with long experience in humanitarian-related hackathons will act as consultants, facilitators and moderators at the events. Creative Associates from the U.S. and International Alert from the UK will be the main facilitators of Hack the Camp.
Microsoft actively supports Hack the Camp by contributing to the monetary prizes, offering technological and entrepreneurial mentoring services to the teams, as well as software and devices, helping towards the success of the initiative.
GFOSS – Open Technologies Alliance within the context of the ongoing collaboration with the Onassis Cultural Center in Athens, actively supports Hack the Camp with demonstrations of open hardware and software while partners of the Open Technologies Alliance will participate in both stages of Hack the Camp and support the participating teams in using collaborative design and programming tools, as well as enable them to share their creations on open collaborative platforms.
