Hackathon#2 | AustrianStartups

What is the Hackathon about?

AustrianStartups is proud to present our first-ever in-house hackathon! A hackathon is an event where, over a short but intense period of time, people come together to work on projects that address set challenges – or simply to build something cool. There are no rules as such on what makes a successful hackathon project; you are welcome to use the time and the opportunity to collaborate however you want. We just love to see what you will do with it!

Who am I working with? And on which project?

You can enter alongside people you already plan to work with, or as an in individual who wants to join in on a given challenge. We already have some great project suggestions on offer so far. The following projects have been suggested by the people below, and they will be acting as coordinators for the teams that will work on them. Click on the project titles to display more infos!

List of Projects

(click to see the description)

1. Health

Home-based rehabiliatation tool (app) for stroke and TBI patients

[detailed description]

Home test for tracking your health and fitness status

[detailed description]

2. Management

Use Data Science for leadership challenges

[detailed description]

[goal for the hackathon]

[what I am looking for]

Training program for young corporate leaders

[detailed description]

[goal for the hackathon]

[what I am looking for]

3. Rural

Building the hard- and software for fully automated grow and maintaining of all kind of crops

[detailed description]

Structural development in rural areas and climate impact

[detailed description]

Why?

Our Mentors & Speakers

Hannah Wundsam

MENTOR | Managing Director AustrianStartups

Manuel Gahn

MENTOR | Co-Founder/CEO Sparcs

Michael Ionita

MENTOR | CTO walls.io

Silvia Weber

SPEAKER www.strategyworkshop.com

Can Ertugrul

PITCH WORKSHOP | Founder Triplestory

When?

The hackathon is an intense two-day event on the weekend of Friday June 11th to Sunday June 13th 2021. The following schedule shows what we plan to do:

DAY 1 — Business Model & Creative Coding

09:00 Wake up call / onboarding
– Introduction
– Room for reflection and expectations
10:00 Groups get to know each other and their mentors
– Introduction of Challenge Leads and their business ideas
– Introduction of the team participants – how can they contribute?
– Introduction of the mentor
10:30 Workshop on Design thinking
11:00 Teams start the innovation process
– Setting clear goals
– Innovating a business model
12:30 BREAK (Lunch)
13:30 Meeting in the main call
13:35 Reflecting on open questions and topics
14:30 Connect with other teams
– Presentation & Feedback
15:30 BREAK / 10 minutes sport session with Ipek and Kathi (optional)
16:00 Integrating feedback from other groups
16:30 Q&A with mentors
– Integrate Feedback & Reflection into the business model
18:00 Closing call & feedback
19:00 Submit your team`s progress on Notion

DAY 2 — Accelerate & Pitch

10:00 Wake up call
10:30 Pitch Workshop
11:15 Meeting within the groups for reflection and open topics
12:00 BREAK (Lunch)
13:00 Back to main call
13:15 Self work – preparation of the pitch
14:30 Connecting to team mentors
15:00 BREAK
15:30 Final pitch preparation
16:15 Submission of business model + pitch + team photo
16:30 Final presentations of the pitches
– Presentation of the creative pitches (3min + Feedback from other groups)
18:15 Closing ceremony & networking

Where?

Based on the current coronavirus restrictions, we will operate this hackathon in a fully online format. You will connect with your group and the other participants via video chat and other online tools.