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Ready to solve the Galveston/Houston Innovation Corridor’s most pressing challenges?

Sep 14, 2022, 14:24 PM by Lanette Harris

Ready to solve the Galveston/Houston Innovation Corridor’s most pressing challenges? Come and join us for our second annual Hackathon!

About this event

What is a hackathon?

A hackathon is a social design sprint that brings together the community to work in teams creating innovative solutions. Basically, it’s a party, and a 48-hour race between teams competing to develop solutions to problem-sets for cash prizes. Participants will work in small teams that have a collection of experts, entrepreneurs, students, and community members to tackle the below identified challenges:

  • Increase food access in urban core neighborhoods
  • Create opportunities for green initiatives, including environmental education, coastal resilience, and conservation
  • Propose home refurbishment programs and housing
  • Develop capacity for education and workforce skills development
  • Offer creative solutions

We encourage all participants to use their creative thinking to develop innovative new concepts, ideas, or prototypes. Please make sure to complete our PARTICIPANT INFORMATION FORM form PRIOR to the Hackathon. This helps us understand, roughly, how many individuals we will have per team.

Friday, October 14th

  • 2:00 PM- 4:30 PM| Kick Off, Welcome Remarks, Problem Set Presentation, and Tips and Tricks Presentation, snacks provided
  • 4:30 PM| Happy Hour and Formation of teams. Let the hacking begin!

Saturday, October 15th

  • 9:30 AM- 6:00 PM| Hacking, food, snacks, and mentorship provided on-site

Sunday, October 16th

  • 9 AM - 12:00 PM| Final Pitch Presentation

*The hackathon is hosted by Incubate Galveston and the Ion.

WHAT is Incubate Galveston?

Incubate Galveston is a collaborative model backed by Galveston’s pillars of entrepreneurship, technology, innovation, and business. The initiative’s mission is to accelerate the journey of an entrepreneur by providing awareness of and equitable access to opportunities to connect and collaborate across the Galveston-Houston region. More information here: https://www.visiongalveston.com/initiatives/incubate-galveston

WHAT is the Ion?

The Ion anchors Houston’s Ion 16-acre Ion District. Located in the heart of Midtown, Houston, the Ion District invites residents, start-ups, and corporate, academic, and civic leaders to unite, explore, and create opportunities together. More information here: https://iondistrict.com/

Please use the Event Brite link to register for the event. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/incubate-galveston-the-ion-hackathon-2022-tickets-380308842987

For More information http://utmb.startuptree.co/event/s/WEZLg7ndvwrns63nTLoiJj/Incubate-Galveston-%252B-the-Ion-Hackathon-2022 or email @ innovate@utmb.edu