iamtheCODE London Global Goals Hackathon

For the first time in London, over 50 girls, aged 11 to 18 years from the most disadvantaged communities of London are invited to the Embassy of Argentine in the UK to learn about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, practice Design Thinking, explore the Kano Computer Kit, the iamtheCODE iDEA Curriculum and create with technology and code.

Our aim is to address the STEAMD (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Arts, and Design) skills shortage in the UK, to inspire the next generation of young women, as well as push for economic empowerment and inclusion through technology.

Girls must be accompanied by a teacher or an adult if under 16. All food and transportation will be provided.

Agenda: 

 9:00 - 9:15      LET’S GO! Welcome & Intros

9:15 - 9:30      Welcome Mariéme Jamme (Founder of iamtheCODE)

9:30 - 9:45      Welcome Facundo A. Santiago (Cultural Affairs)

9:45 - 12:15    Decoding the Global Goals: Sustainable Development Goals Deep Dive and Design Thinking Overview 

12:15 - 13:15 Lunch / Mentor mingling, learning and connection

13:15 - 15:15 Bringing it together - Design Thinking, Technology, and the SDGs

• Girls get into groups and pick their SDG challenges
• They apply their learnings on Design Thinking to start with empathy, defining their specific problem, and ideating around their solutions with technology
• Groups start to create their presentations

Techstars: Create, don’t just consume

• Assemble Kano Computer Kits - Why Creating and Not Just Consuming is Important
• Enter Make Art - Start Basic Challenges

15:15 - 17:00 Finish prototype & Presentation prep

Pitching & Judging

Girls share their solutions to the panel of judges.

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By the end of the day, participants will have had the opportunity to:

• Decode the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (also known as the Global Goals) and understand key indicators that could drive change
• Get hands-on with the Design Thinking framework to build technology solutions related to the SDGs: Empathy, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test
• Make technology and create with code using Kano Kits
• Work in groups in order to use technology to design a solution to raise awareness around or address specific SDGs - including Goal 4, Goal 5 and Goal 13 (Quality Education, Gender Equality, and Climate Action).
• Win a prize to take to their respective schools

The Cost

Free

Get in touch 

Please email Mariéme Jamme at marieme@iamthecode.org or Ikram Alasow ikram_a@iamthecode.org for more information about the event.