WaterHackathon Tel Aviv

WaterHackathon is a hackathon dedicated to hacking problems related to water-related issues, such as: access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation; flooding and drought (i.e. climate change issues); irrigation and watershed management; and environmental pollution.

We invite water experts, software  developers, engineers and GIS experts interested in creating innovative solutions to solve today's water problems to register.

Yossi Vardi, the Israeli internet guru, will be a guest lecturer at WaterHackathon Tel Aviv! 

Problems

You should start checking out the problem definitions submitted so far under "Problems" section on this site (click the “water” category for problems pertaining to WaterHackathon).  If you are interested in suggesting problem definitions, we would be more than happy to review it; simply reply to this message with a title and full summary of your problem with as many details as possible (follow the format of problem definitions on the rhok.org site).
 

Logistics Updates

• WaterHackathon will begin at 8:30AM on Sunday, October 23 at the Faculty of Engineering Software Building.  Registration will take place once you arrive, and breakfast will be provided. 
• After registration, the opening ceremony will take place.  There will be an introduction to WaterHackathon, general announcements, and a keynote speaker.
• Participants will form teams based on what problems they are interested in (it is also possible to arrive as a team)
• Participants are encouraged to stay throughout the duration of the three days
  • Optional: Bring a sleeping bag if you plan on staying at the venue overnight
• The World Bank encourages participants to familiarize themselves with and use open-source coding
• Meals will be provided, and refreshments will be available throughout the event free of charge!
• Water, coffee, tea, and RedBull will also be available throughout the event
• Bring your own laptop and charger

Feel free to bring a camera; we will give you access to our Flickr account so you can upload pictures throughout the event

Getting to the University

• Map of Tel Aviv University: http://www2.tau.ac.il/map/unimaple1.asp
• The best way to get to this building is to enter the university through the following gates by foot:
  • Gate 4 (Ramniceanu) - 06:30-21:30
  • Gate 14 – 06:30-16:30
  • Gate 17 – 07:30-14:30
• ​Gate 8 (Bochner) is open 24/7, but it's a bit farther than the others
• There will be no parking available on campus, only in the parking lots surrounding it.

Agenda

Technical Issues

1. During the event, we encourage you to use Binfire – a website that does online project management and collaborations. This site is useful for keeping track of documents, status updates, and synchronizing collaborations. Binfire includes a group chat and whiteboard feature. We think this would be very useful once you form teams, and the founder of Binfire will be present at the event to answer any questions you may have.
   All you have to do is to register through the main sign-up page as a 'free' user (http://www.binfire.com/sign-up/). After confirming your registration, you can send an email to support@binfire.com and write 'Binfire_H2O' in the subject and body of the email. Upon doing this, Binfire will upgrade your account for 3 months so that you will have more features and space at your disposal during the WaterHackathon.
2. Please refer to http://www.waterhackathon.org/technology-licensing-for-water-hackathon-projects/ to read about the open-source policy of the event, and familiarize yourself with existing licenses.

Communication Channels

Stay tuned for more details!

• LinkedIn event: http://linkd.in/rlgGRu  (please invite all of your connections)
• Facebook event: http://on.fb.me/ppnMZs  (please invite all of your friends!)
• Twitter: @StarTauWH

We would like to remind you that admission to WaterHackathon Tel Aviv is free, and the event is fully sponsored!
Due to the fact many people are interested in taking part in this event, please let us know as soon as possible if you will not be participating in the event.
This will help us prepare accordingly, and allow others to participate.

Thank you for your understanding!