Hack For Global Good

MARCH

7-9

2023 HACKATHON

PRODUCED BY

ROCKY HILL
COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

2023 TOPIC: HEALTH

United Nations Goal for Sustainable Development 3 aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all.

The world needs innovative solutions to a myriad of challenges threatening the health and well-being of citizens around the globe. This year, students in grades PreK through 12 will collaborate to develop cutting-edge designs addressing health challenges in our community, our nation, and our world!

WHO?

In 2023, Hack for Global Good welcomes students in Lower, Middle, and Upper School! All working together to identify a solution to UN Goal 3: Global Health and Wellbeing. No prior Hackathon experience required.

WHERE?

Rocky Hill Country Day School.

THE PITCH

Teams have just 5 minutes to present and share on stage using PowerPoint, video, posters, art, music, a physical prototype, a working model, 3D rendering, or any other method to explain their idea/solution.

Teams must be ready to clearly articulate the following before a panel of industry Judges:

1. The Problem
2. The Solution
3. The Impact

THE AGENDA

Tuesday, March 7

1:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Kickoff Event: Opening Remarks & Keynote Speaker - Dr. Daniel Roxbury

Dr. Roxbury is currently an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Rhode Island (URI) where he leads the URI NanoBio Engineering Laboratory. Work in his laboratory focuses on the development of wearable sensing textiles with encapsulated nanosensors for the detection of wound and stress biomarkers.

1:15 PM – 3:15 PM

Groups Hack (Focus Areas: Empathize and Define)

Wednesday, March 8

1:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Introduce Mentors

1:15 PM – 3:15 PM

Teams Hack / Mentors Support (Focus Areas: Ideate and Prototype)

Thursday, March 9

1:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Pitching 101 Session with Jessica Bradley and Melissa Sardelli

Jessica Bradley is Marketing Director at Ortho Rhode Island. Melissa Sardelli is WPRI's Pinpoint Traffic Anchor and Reporter.

1:15 PM – 3:15 PM

1:15-3:15 Teams Hack (Focus Area: Testing and Pitching)

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Faculty Hack Teams Pitch Competition

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Hacking Continues

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Dinner

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Pitch Event

3 Winning Categories

Moonshot Idea

The “Moonshot Idea” award is given to the team with the most audacious and groundbreaking idea, impacting RI and the world (does not have to be possible in the immediate present). This teams shoots for the moon!

Global Impact

The “Global Impact” award is given to the team that presents a bold and broad solution, capable of impacting the most amount of people on planet earth.

Best Pitch

The “Best Pitch” award goes to the team that best articulates the problem, identifies a clear solution, and delivers a powerful presentation or “pitch” to the Judges.

3 Winning Categories

Moonshot Idea

Prizes

Winners of the Moonshot Award demonstrate the audacity to “shoot for the moon.” In recognition of their “out of this world” work, winners will get to see the moon (and stars) up close during a field trip to the Frosty Dew Observatory & Science Center in Charlestown, RI on a Friday evening of the winning team’s choosing.

Global Impact

The “Global Impact” award is given to the team that presents a bold and broad solution, capable of impacting the most amount of people on planet earth.

Prizes

Winners of the Global Impact Award develop a bold and broad solution with the potential to impact people across the globe. In recognition of their globally minded solution, winners will engage in the “How Do You See the World?” exhibit at the Mapparium in Boston, Massachusetts on a day of their choosing. The “How Do You See the World?” exhibits, “are designed to spark curiosity, raise thought-provoking questions, and inspire deep, critical thinking about how we can cultivate progress locally and globally, in our own lives and in our communities.”

Best Pitch

The “Best Pitch” award goes to the team that best articulates the problem, identifies a clear solution, and delivers a powerful presentation or “pitch” to the Judges.

Prizes

Winners of the Best Pitch Award demonstrate the ability to wow our judges with their powerful presentation. In recognition of their outstanding public speaking skills, winners will receive tickets to TEDx URI 2023: The Creative Spark on April 1, 2023. According to the TEDx URI webpage, “TEDxURI brings big ideas to the world stage through the inspirational voices of our community and beyond. Our speakers challenge us to think bigger than ourselves, participate in shaping the future, and do our part in protecting the planet. Our mission is to honor these ideas, and share powerful stories of imagination, innovation, and integrity that will inspire others to Think Big.”