Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.

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RHOK Hacking for Humanity


 

December 2-4, 2011

OPEN MiKE – Grand Avenue Mall

Bucketworks – 706 S. 5th Street

Registration Deadline: 
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Reception Date: 
Friday, December 2, 2011
Reception Location: 
OPEN MiKE - Grand Avenue Mall
Reception details: 
5:30 – 6:00pm: Event Overview 6:00 – 8:00pm: Reception Free Beer from Big Bay Brewing Company Free tasting from Great Lakes Distillery
Hackathon Location: 
BucketWorks
Hackathon Details: 

 


 

RHOK Hacking for Humanity + Made in MiKEMade in MiKE: Location OPEN MiKE, Grand Avenue MallFriday, December 2nd

Reception for Hacking for Humanity + Made in MiKE participants and supporters

  • 5:30 – 6:00pm: Event Overview

  • 6:00 – 8:00pm: Reception

  • Beer courtesy of Big Bay Brewing Company

  • Tasting from Great Lakes Distillery

Saturday, December 3

Mobile App Training at OPEN MiKE

  • 9:30 – 10:00am: Meet the Speakers, Networking 

  • 10:00 – 10:55am: Session 1

  • Mobile Development: Developing and Launching in 90 Days - Romke de Haan

  • Mobile Business: Strategy and ROI - Matt Friedel

  • Mobile Design: Front End Design and DevelopmentMike Massie
  • 11:05 – 12:00pm: Session 2

    • Mobile Design: Mobile Design is for Mobile Users - Gretchen Thomas

    • Mobile Development: Mobile Web and Native Apps - Brennan Stehling

    • Mobile Business: Mobile Considerations for Nonprofit, Arts & Culture - Christine Harris & Matt Friedel



Hacking for Humanity: Location Bucketworks, 706 S. 5th St.

Saturday, December 3rd

12:30 – 2:00pm: Lunch, Problem Definitions, Team Formation

  • Presentations by experts and prize sponsors
  • Lunch provided for all participants
  • Teams will be encouraged to form around complementary skill sets with assistance from on-site experts.

2:00pm: RHoK Hackathon teams begin working

7:00pm: Dinner provided by La Merenda

11:00pm: Snacks provided by Qdoba

Sunday, December 4

7:00am: Breakfast provided

9:00am: Progress reports and in-process reviews

12:00pm: Lunch provided

2:00 – 4:00pm: Hackathon Presentations & Awards

  • Best Water Management Related Prize – Milwaukee Water Council

    • Winning team will receive guidance and feedback from the Water Council to bring their vision to market.

  • Best Disaster Response Related Prize – Bucketworks

    • Winning team will receive 12 months of free rent at Bucketworks to continue to build and develop their concept.

  • Best Design Prize – OPEN MiKE

    • Winning team will be invited to present their design at a special event at OPEN MiKE

  • Sponsored Challenge – Watertech

    • Winning team will receive a $500 prize for the best designed data management interface allowing system managers to conserve water and reduce chemical use.

Event Updates

Midnight update!

Published by dsnopek

Nicholas from NASA wrote a great blog post about the event several hours ago:

 

http://www.rhok.org/blog/milwaukee-rhoks

 

Three of our seven projects have got code posted:

 

Bicycle Commute Mapping:

 

https://github.com/awesomefat/RHOK-Bike-App-Milwaukee

 

The Collaboration Project - this weekend at a #RHoK near you!

Published by adllewellyn

 

This post by Ron Garan and the Collaboration Project team is one amazing way NASA is partnering with innovators and world-changers at RHoK to take the perspective, insight, and technology we have from space and make the world a better, safer, more beautiful place.