Asia's 1st Future of Sex SexTech Hackathon

*The event price includes goodies, food and drinks and your entry to SPARK Fest during the hackathon* (Note: if you register after COB Thursday, May 17 - we can't promise we'll be able to feed you Friday evening!)

Calling Creatives, Marketers, Business Peeps, Techies & Those Who Want to Change the World

Join us for a weekend of intensive creativity, out-of-the-box thinking and team work to solve the many challenges that currently exist in the sexual wellness world.

Sextech goes beyond VR porn, sex bots or toys. Cindy Gallop said it best when she defined it as: "Technology, and technology-driven ventures, designed to enhance, innovate and disrupt in every area of human sexuality and human sexual experience.”

In other words, sextech is technology-enabled innovations that tackle the evolving social challenges around sex and sexual well-being.

Want the low-down? See our FAQs.

Prizes

Winner (~16K in value)

• Prize money ($1000)
• Mentorship from Pocket Sun, Co-Founder of SoGal Ventures & SoGal Foundations (3hrs)
• 6 months of full-time Hot Desk membership from The Hive Lavender (valued at $2280)
• Start Up Tickets to Echelon Asia Summit 2018 - APAC's leading tech, startup and investment platform organised by e27 (valued for $300 each)
• Future of Sex/Disruptor's Handbook Marketing Accelerator (5 workshops over 10 weeks - valued at $10,000)
• Hubspot's Platform, Tools @ 90% discount for the first year, 50% discount on the 2nd year and 20% in perpetuity
• $1000 AWS promotional credit, valid up to 2 years. AWS Business essentials online training ($600 value), AWS technical essentials online traiing ($600 value), 80 credits for self-paced labs ($80 value)

Runner Up

• Prize money ($500)
• 3 months of full-time Hot Desk membership from The Hive Lavender (valued at $1140)
• Delegate Tickets to Echelon Asia Summit 2018 - APAC's leading tech, startup and investment platform organised by e27 (valued for $300)
• $1000 AWS promotional credit, valid up to 2 years. AWS Business essentials online training ($600 value), AWS technical essentials online traiing ($600 value), 80 credits for self-paced labs ($80 value)Third Place

Third Place

• $1000 AWS promotional credit, valid up to 2 years. AWS Business essentials online training ($600 value), AWS technical essentials online traiing ($600 value), 80 credits for self-paced labs ($80 value)

** Registrants must be at least 18 years or older.

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A $30 Billion Industry

We are at a time where technology is adding to the speed of disruption and transformation across all industries and areas of life. At such a time, we have an opportunity and need to find creative and innovative ways to use technology to proactively shape how the world of sexual wellness will change. This could mean addressing challenges from:

> access to quality sex ed

> long distance relationships

> disability + sex

> closing the pleasure gap

... the human sexual experience is broad and diverse!

As an industry, SexTech is estimated to be a $30 billion USD industry by 2020 and grow at an annual rate of 30% (faster than the drone industry!).

This is your chance to get involved in a quickly advancing industry and join a movement that can change the world.

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How does a Sextech Hackathon work?

Unlike other hackathons, this is not a techy hackathon. If you code, great! If you don't know how to code, that's ok too! This is about coming together to solve challenges in the world of sexual wellness. "Hacking" will take place over a weekend where participants will collaborate intensively on creating sextech products - this might look like a prototype, a design, a campaign or a concept.

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Who can Participate?

We welcome people of all job descriptions, whether you’re a designer, developer, marketer, entrepreneur, project manager, therapist or sexologist. Diverse groups often work incredibly well together to produce the best results.

In particular, if you identify with any of the below - WE WANT YOU!

• You have an opinion/idea on sexual wellness
• You consider yourself to be inclusive and open to new perspectives
• You are ready to shake things up
• You are passionate about making change

Format & Schedule

We kick off Friday evening May 18 with talks from a diverse group of mentors. That evening, you will also be forming your teams.

On day 2 (Sat. May 19), participants have bonus access to attend SPARK Fest happening at the same venue to get more inspiration, test their ideas and work to bring their idea to life. Hacking and meeting with mentors will take place at the same venue. Pretty sweet.

We complete the hackathon on Sunday with a pitch competition to a panel of judges.

Schedule:

May 18 FRIDAY 7-9:30PM:  Sextech talks, Team formation

May 19 SATURDAY 9am - 4pm: Hack day, work as teams, visit SPARK Fest, receive mentoring from industry leaders

May 20 SUNDAY 9am - 5pm: Hack day, Pitching. Winner!

Categories you can work on at the Sextech hackathon:

• Health
• Education
• Pleasure
• Consent
• Relationships
• Dating

Our Speakers, Mentors & Judges

MOHAN BELANI, CEO of e27 (SG), Asia's largest Tech media platform, covering the latest news on emerging and disruptive businesses across the region. e27 also organizes world-class events like Echelon.

ARNAUD BONZOM, Co-Founder of Map of Money (SG), an organization that helps entrepreneurs to raise funds in Southeast Asia

KANIKA AGARWAL, Founder of Fempeers (SG) One of the youngest serial entrepreneur of her generation who runs three start-ups stemming out of her personal passion in women health and digital. She has been honored by Global Women Economic Forum as an Exceptional Women of Excellence and also won the BERG Women Icon Award 2017.

DEMA TIO, Founder of Vibease (SG) Founder of Vibease, the world’s first smart vibrator. Vibease has gained recognition from the tech industry including Crunchies Awards 2013 nomination and Best luxury toys of 2015 nomination. His vision is to make the world a better place through sex-positive and technology.

SAM ZHAO, Founder of Yummy (China) Sam founded Yummy based on one simple idea: for all of us, every woman, to feel comfortable about our own life, to feel confident about our desires. A community of over 2 million people, Yummy has been covered by media including, the Southern Weekly, CCTV, Wall Street Journal, among others.

MATTIAS HULTING, Founder of Ramblin's Brands (SG) With 10+ years of experience in the beauty care business across Scandinavia and Asia, Mattias found Ramblin' Brands to revolutionize consumer categories that have room to grow. Smile Makers, the company’s first brand, is doing that in the sexual wellness industry, being awarded some of the most prestigious design awards and beating brands like Nike, Coca-Cola, and Apple.

SANDERIJN VAN DER DOEF, Psychologist & Sexologist (Netherlands) Sanderijn is an international expert and leading authority in the field of sexual development and sexuality education of children and young people. Since 2008, she has worked regularly in China to train trainers and teachers in sexuality education.

POCKET SUN, Co Founder of SoGal Foundation (SG & USA), SoGal Foundation is a global non-profit organization dedicated to redefine the next generation of diverse entrepreneurs and investors

For further inquiries or sponsorship, please contact partnerships@sparkfest.asia