Date(s) – 16/07/2021 – 19/07/2021

Flexible working hours

12 July (Pre-event): Detailed explanation of the event, along with the platforms we will use, materials to be reviewed and challenges to be worked on.

16 July (Day 1) → Presentation of the event + Ideation 

•  Presentation of the event: The event will be presented, as well as the sponsors who have helped to make it happen.
• Team communication.
• Dynamics for ideation to devise the solution to the challenge and for participants to enter into a working and collaborative environment.

17 July (Day 2) → Idea development + Team mentoring

• Teams will start developing the idea
• They will have access to a platform to book mentoring slots with different experts from different areas (Technology, Education, Business). Each team will be free to choose the mentor they need.
• Facilitators will go into each working group to help the teams.

18 July (Day 3) → Delivery of the prototype

• During the morning the teams will have time to further develop the idea.
• In the afternoon they will have to pitch their idea to a jury (2 minutes). 
• A jury will evaluate the ideas and decide on the three winning ideas.

19 July (Day 4) → Awards ceremony

• Closing ceremony, where participants will be thanked for their efforts.
• A tribute will be paid to Federico and his career.
• Finally, prizes will be awarded to the three winning teams.

Location

The Hackathon Hack For Education is a Mexico - Spain challenge (The challenge is focused on these countries where participants must develop a project and propose a solution to a problem that is presented to them. This year the challenge will be within the framework of the education sector.

The process is divided in THREE MOMENTS:

• Discovery: studying the topic and understanding the challenge.
• Ideation and Prototyping: discussion and prototyping of the solution. During this phase, which will be the longest, they will also have access to training through mentors.
• Presentation: recording of a video presentation of the prototype, with a maximum of 2 minutes.

Participantes

Participation is free and open to the general public. We are looking for three profiles to create multidisciplinary teams;

1. Technological profile

1. Business Profile
2. Education profile

The event will have 51 participants organised in 17 teams of 3 persons.

Challenges

The challenges to be worked on are around Education, the challenges that Hack For Education will propose are the following;

1. Inclusive education: 
2. Classroom technology
3. Customised education

Participants will receive different kinds of news and information before the event so that they can research about these challenges, we don't want to close them too much in order not to put limits to creativity and innovation. The first day will be focused on them finding their own motivation.

However, if a participant has a challenge on another education-related topic that they want to solve, no problem, they will have to discuss it with their team and validate it with one of our facilitators to make sure it follows the values of Hack For Education.

Sponsors

To ensure the success of the event we will rely on two main actors;

1. Universities → Will provide participants
2. Companies in the EDTECH sector → Will provide prizes