Join Girls in Tech San Francisco for our 6th annual hackathon! Teams will have the opportunity to partner with local companies.
About this event
HACKING FOR HUMANITY - THE GITSF HACKATHON
This year, teams will have the opportunity to partner with local organizations and solve real world problems.
Solutions will be evaluated in the following areas: innovation, impact and viability of implementation. Coding is welcomed but not required. Instead, leverage your prototyping, analytical or strategy skills to share your ideas for change.
We welcome this opportunity to anyone who is interested - coders, non-coders, designers, project managers, social entrepreneurs, public speakers etc. Hacking for Humanity is a woman-, man-, non-binary-, POC-, and LGBTQIA-friendly environment!
This event will include workshops to help give applicable problem solving skills. Mentors will also be provided to help teams think critically.
You can register with your own team (teams of 3-5 people) or get matched the week leading up to the event.
WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN?
Hustlers/Entrepreneurs:
Hackathons are great places to test ideas, build a startup, build leadership and practice your pitching skills.
Designers/Creatives:
Design for real company scenarios and expand your portfolio. This is a chance to apply design thinking methodologies from ideation to research to prototyping.
Hackers:
Create a technology toolkit that can have real impact. Challenge your coding skills and use it as an opportunity to learn new languages and tools.
Students:
Hackathons provide lots of opportunities to get startup-like work experience. It’s a great way to build your resume and demonstrate your drive, your ability to be creative, work in teams, and innovate.
Corporate Employees:
If you’re looking to break out of your current role, or are reentering the workforce, Hackathons are great for sharpening and developing new skills, experimenting with new job roles. Use this as an opportunity to network with our sponsors for potential job opportunities.
Inventors and Early Adopters:
This gives you the opportunity to stretch your creativity in a fun challenging environment. You’ll be with like minded people and you can lead the way for first other first timers.
REGISTRATION:
Individuals must obtain a ticket from eventbite to participate in the event.
Note: participants must be 16 years of age, and minors must have parental approval before attending.
(Note Times are in PST)
PRE-EVENT INFORMATION
Requirements
Please download zoom before the event. A link will be emailed to your eventbrite email the day of the event.
Register a user account at https://girlsintech2022.devpost.com(registration is free).
Please download slack before the event. An email with team formation details will be emailed to your eventbrite email.
TICKET INFORMATION
Note: Zoom link is shared via Eventbrite upon ticket purchase.
FINANCIAL AID TICKET
We would like to make sure our events are always accessible for our members. If you would like to attend the event and require financial assistance, please select email sanfrancisco@girlsintech.org
Be mindful when registering using this option because we have a limited number of tickets available.
ABOUT GIRLS IN TECH SAN FRANCISCO
Event proceeds go to supporting our financial assistance ticketing program and allow us to continuing serving our Girls in Tech community. For more information on our nonprofit, check out our website here.
To sponsor this event contact natalie.pan@girlsintech.org
JOIN THE CHAPTER'S BOARD
You can support our cause by volunteering with us. Check out the opportunities available in our chapter operations and apply to become a Committee or Board member.
SCHEDULE (Pacific Standard Time)
Friday, October 14th, 2022
6:00 - 6:10PM: Networking Kick off
6:10 - 6:30PM: Meet our Sponsors (get to know their products and find a job!)
6:30 - 7:00PM: Find a Team/Know your Team
7:00 - 7:30PM: Hacker mindset workshop by Hackathon international
7:30 - 8:00PM: Last chance to Find a Team and network!
Saturday, October 15th, 2022
9:00 AM - 9:30AM : Opening Ceremony & Program Overview
9:30 AM - 11:05AM: Design and Innovation 101: Brand New to Design Thinking
11:05-12:00PM : Know about our Sponsors
12:00 - 1:00PM: Group Brainstorming and Project Planning
1:00 - Mentor 1:1 sign up
2:00-3:00 PM - HTML & CSS Intro Course
3:00 - Build a Machine Learning Pipeline in 30 minutes Workshop
8:00-8:30 PM Evening Yoga Flow
Sunday, October 16th, 2022
8:30 - 9:00 AM Yoga
10:15 - 11:30 AM Morning Check-in with Mentor
2:00 PM - Team submission deadline
2:30 - 2:45 PM - Introduction to our Judges
3:00 – 5:00 PM - Team Presentations
5:00 – 5:30 PM - Speaker/Event TBD
5:30 - 6:00 PM - Winner Announcement + Wrap Up
*schedule is subject to change
