R U Ready - Hackathon

    Are you ready to HACK?

    Developers, designers, media enthusiasts and hackathon junkies: We want you for our R U Ready Hackathon!
    Together with Germany’s top media companies we will offer exciting challenges aiming to disrupt the media industry. Join us for a 3-day hackathon at the R U Ready Summit @ Medientage Munich and build the future of media!


    Why you should join:

    • Meet like-minded media innovators & win cool prices
    • Get a free conference pass for the first day of Medientage Munich
    • Get access to Germany’s top media companies


    When & Where:
    October 23-25, 2019 @ Medientage München | ICM - Munich


    Challenges:

    LET'S GET PERSONAL (AND STAY RELIABLE)
    n-tv will launch an alternative startpage of their iOS app in three weeks. How could personalization or new features involving personalization be a part of this new experience without creating a news filter bubble? Our goal would be to increase the clicks, the loyalty, the retention period of our existing and new users
    by N-TV

    SEEDING MACHINE
    BR24 produces digital content about a vast variety of topics and aims to reach as many people as possible, for example by seeding. We post our content in social groups centered around that certain topic. How might we automate the way we spread the word about our content on social platforms?
    by BR24

    DIGITAL MEDIA MAP
    How can a digital map look like and work, which shows the Bavarian media industry’s diversity?
    by XPLR:MEDIA

    POLITICS FORMAT FOR MILLENIALS
    How can an exciting digital policy format for millennials look like?
    by DIE ZEIT


    RELEVANCE OF READER'S KNOWLEDGE
    How can content automatically adapt to the reader's knowledge about a certain topic? What data does it need? How could that look like?
    by MEDIA LAB BAYERN

    Schedule:
    (preliminary agenda)

    Wednesday, October 23rd
    09.00  |  Registration open & Opportunity to Join Medientage München Conference (Food included)
    18.00  |  Welcome by Media Lab Bayern, Hackerstolz & Hacks Hackers
    18.15  |  Challenge Presentation by Partners
    19.00  |  Teambuilding
    24.00  |  See you tomorrow

    Thursday, October 24th
    08.30  |  Breakfast
    09.30  |  Welcome Back
    10.00  |  Final Teambuilding
    10.15  |  CODE!
    10.15  |  Workshops according to Challenge
    12.15  |  Working Lunch
    13.30  |  CODE!
    18.00  |  Recap Validation & Pitch-Input
    19.00  |  Dinner
    open End  |  CODE!

    Friday, October 25th
    08.30  |  Breakfast
    08.30  |  CODE!
    12.00  |  Hacking Deadline & Lunch
    12.00  |  Pitch Preperation
    13.00  |  Pitches on R U Ready Stage @ Medientage München
    15.15  |  Award Ceremony on Main Stage @ Medientage München
    16.30  |  Goodbye



    More information: https://www.media-lab.de/events/r-u-ready-summit/hackathon


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    Location

    ICM – Internationales Congress Center München
    MünchenGermany

    Dates

    From 23rd October 2019 - 04:00 PM
    to 25th October 2019 - 05:00 PM