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ACM-W Europe Celebration of Women in Computing: womENcourage Hackathon 2018 – 3 October 2018

What problem can you solve with your coding skills? What about that app you always wanted to develop? We are kick-starting the womENcourage 2018 conference with a one-day-long hackathon, where you can use your coding skills to bring your ideas to life.

We are now seeking project proposals related to design and development (e.g. a mobile app, website or a hardware prototype) in areas of your interest or social problems (e.g. poverty, democracy) that you wish to solve using latest technologies (e.g. Blockchain, IoT, machine learning).

Please use this form to propose your ideas by 20th July 2018: https://goo.gl/forms/TPMBDvnOSmyAapZk1.

During the event, participants will be supported by mentors from Belgrade Institute of Technology.

If you would like to participate as a mentor or become a sponsor for the hackathon, or have any project proposal related questions, please feel free to contact dorota@ecs.soton.ac.uk.

Information for supporters:

We are starting the womENcourage 2018 conference with a one-day long hackathon, where approximately 200 young women from different parts of Europe will get together to work on tech projects. We invite academic and industrial partners to participate and support us in the event in the following ways:

Supporters – You could provide swag for all participants (e.g. stickers) and prizes for the winners. Supporters will be advertised on the womENcourage website and all marketing materials. Supporters will also be eligible to receive contact information of all participants who have agreed for their details to be shared. See the supporters webpage.
Project Leaders – During the event, industry and community representatives can lead participant teams working on pre-defined projects. The project details can be defined by the project leader. It could either be a contribution to a well-established open-source initiative or new project from scratch. You can decide a problem for the teams and help them design and code the solution. The participants can select projects at the time of conference registration.
Technical Mentors – You can provide programming support to the participants and solve their coding related problems faced during the project execution.

We look forward to you support and help us in this endeavour by dropping an email at acm_w_europe_hackathon@acm.org by the 20th July 2018.