Design Sprint and Hackathon for the 2017 D4SD Civic Design Challenge

Calling all entrepreneurs, designers, engineers and problem solvers!

In a combined effort to solve complex city problems through human-centered design and crowdsourcing, the University of California San Diego Design Lab has launched a city-wide civic design challenge called Design for San Diego (D4SD.org) with support from the City of San Diego, the National Science Foundation, the Design Forward Alliance, and SCALE SD.

This year’s D4SD challenge focuses on urban mobility. We all have places to go and people to see. So whether you’re traveling by car, bike, train, bus, boat or foot for work or play, mobility significantly affects millions of city goers everyday. Join D4SD for an unique opportunity to compete and collaborate with other city innovators to help solve some of the most pressing mobility-related issues facing our city. Participants will have opportunities to work and learn from UC San Diego Design Lab educators and the City of San Diego data science team to use their Open Data portal (data.sandiego.gov). The best solutions will earn cash prizes and private one-on-one meetings with city leaders and startup investors.

On Sept 22-23, join fellow innovators to participate in design sprints, find teammates, build prototypes, and win prizes. Schedule for the Sept 22-23 Design Sprint and Hackathon:

Friday Sept 22:

• 5:30-6:30p:  Doors Open, Registration and Networking
• 6:30-6:40p:  Welcome by Daniel Obodovski of SCALE San Diego
  
• 6:40-7:00p:  Introduction of D4SD Civic Design Challenge by Steven Dow of the UC San Diego Design Lab
• 7:00-8:00p:  Challenge brainstorming and team formation
• 8:00-all night:  Let the hacking begin! Work with a team to build a prototype. Teams can stay all night!

Saturday Sept 23:

• all day:  Teams work on prototypes and prepare to pitch
• 4:00-6:00p:  Juror arrive to mingle with teams
  
• 6:00-7:00p:  Teams verball pitch their ideas
• 7:00-7:30p:  Prizes given to best prototypes; details on challenge deadline and final award ceremony
• 7:30-9:00p:  Party with drinks and DJ 

The D4SD civic design challenge deadline is October 24th. All teams must register at D4SD.org by October 1st.

To join for the Sept 21st Kickoff and Information Session with Mayor Faulconer, please register at this Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kickoff-for-the-2017-d4sd-civic-design-challenge-tickets-37543424393