SDG Hackathon to create AWARENESS for Mental Health

WHAT IT'S ABOUT

How can professionals raise awareness about critical issues? 

We are coming together to raise awareness on mental health. 

Lack of mental health has become one of the most serious and costly issues of our time, especially for young people.

WHO WILL BE THERE

This inclusive hack brings together some major players in the tech and healthcare sectors. Attendees will come from a mix of disciplines like psychology, healthcare, biology, software, data, AI, UX, Blockchain, business, video, art, pharmacology and games design. Organisations represented will include universities and colleges as well as a host of other agencies and organisations.

HOW WILL WE DO IT

Participants will collaborate, explore and co-create prototype solutions to help people with mental health. 
Participants will be fully briefed before the event.

Participants will be grouped into teams, each of which will identify a problem that needs to be solved in the field of mental health, devise a solution and build a prototype. There's a prize for the best proposal focusing on underserved populations.

As an example of a potential proposal, a team might pitch an app aimed at people suffering from depression designed to reduce feelings of isolation by increasing their connections to others. Coding skills or prior experience in hackathons are not needed to participate. We encourage teams to form with a wide variety of backgrounds and skills. 

Light food and drinks will also be provided.

All in all it's a great opportunity to make a difference on a very significant issue, meet some very talented people, extend your network, get some great credentials, learn a lot, share and be part of a story that says you helped something with serious purpose happen!

JUDGING

Judges TBC. 

Speakers TBC

Mentors TBC

SOCIAL NETWORK: 

#hackmentalhealth #HacktheBrain #FightDepression

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Agenda:

8:00am-10:00am Light Breakfast and  Networking 

10:00am-10:30am Opening remarks, Annoucements

10:30am-11:30am Workshops

11:30am-12:00pm 60sec Idea Pitch, Team formation 

12pm Light Lunch

11:00am-6pm Hacking/Developing your solutions   

6:00pm Free Diner

6:00pm-7:00pm 5mn Demo Prototype/Pitch Deck Presentation,   Q&A

7:00pm-7:30pm Judging, announcement and prizes.

7:30pm-8:00pm closing remarks