NGN Hackathon - Pitch Your App Ideas to Investors
World's Biggest Virtual Social Impact Entrepreneurship Hackathon for Youth
World's Biggest Virual Social Impact Entrepreuership Hackathon for Youth (Age 13-22)
A global online hackathon where students are pushed to become social entrepreneurs and create tech-based startups that will be pitched to various Venture Capitalists for upwards of $14,000 in prizes.
Virtually Pitch your disruptive big ideas on NGN2120 Goal 5, 7, 13, 17 to investors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, professionals and subject matter experts. Limited Entry to 50 teams. First come firs serve!
REFER TO NGN.org to learn about NGN2120 Goals.
Covid-19
Develop software solutions to tackle challenges related to Covid-19.
NGN Goal 5: Healthcare Access for All
How can we use technology to help control the spread of a pandemic? Topics could include but are not limited to helping manage volunteer shifts, creating a network to distribute hygiene products, and more.
NGN Goal 7: Improving Education Access for All
Use Technology to help underfunded schools connect with their students in these trying times, or work with your team to create a product that betters current distance learning methods.
NGN Goal 13: Heal the Air and Cleaning the Environment
Work with your team to use technology to make it easier for people to help the environment. For example, increasing recycling rates, using an app to manage a network of local farmers, and so on.
NGN Goal 17: Safely integrate A.I. and Robotics into society
How can we use the quickly developing field of AI to our advantage? How can we safely integrate Computer Vision and other topics into our homes, cars, devices and workspaces to better the human condition, all while ensuring privacy and data protection.
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April 22 - June 13: Registration
Students (ages 13-22) can form teams of up to 5 students and will work together to form a startup that aims to solve one of the 4 goals.
June 20: Finalists are Announced and Live Pitches
The top 120 teams will advance to the live pitch round, where they will give a 10-minute pitch for their product to various Tech Executives and Venture Capitalists.
Location
Dates
to 20th June 2020 - 05:00 PM