This document describes a SexTech hackathon event held in NYC on May 10th. It provides details on the schedule, speakers, mentors, partners and results of the hackathon. The event was America's first SexTech hackathon that brought together over 50 participants to form 7 hack teams to build and pitch technology-driven ventures related to human sexuality and experience. The winning team was Spinucation who received the main prize of co-working space.

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Connect, Learn & Build the Future
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www.SexTech.nyc
America's first SexTech Hackathon
held on 10th of June 2017

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Technology-driven ventures,
designed to enhance, innovate and
disrupt in every area of human
sexuality and human sexual
experience
SexTech

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The products we
shall be designing in
SexTech reflect the
level of our sexual
culture
The Future Of Sex
SEX.Prostir – TED-like event
about human sexuality

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SexTech Landscape

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▪ Media and journalists coverage
▪ With consent, the Hackathon staff will record post
photos, stories and interviews with the participants,
names and descriptions of initiatives during the
competition to social media
▪ Please let us know if you do not consent to it
Photography & Video

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10:00 am Lightning talks
11:00 am Hackathon Program
11:20 am Icebreakers
11:50 am Group Discussion
12:15 pm Team Formation
12:30 pm Work on your projects
6:00 pm Pitching and Feedback
The Schedule

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Lightning Talks

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Speakers
Bryony
Cole
The Future Of Sex
podcast
Laura
Kingsley
ThoughtWorks
Mal
Harrison
The Center for
Erotic Intelligence
Kris
Jandler
Emojibator
Irene
Ryabaya
Monarq

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Speaker
Bryony Cole
Founder, The Future of Sex podcast
Bryony is a sex futurist who currently hosts
the sex tech podcast Future of Sex and
works as a researcher and strategist in
future human and technology fields.
Originally from Melbourne, she currently
resides in Brooklyn, New York.

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Speaker
Mal Harrison
Director of Center for Erotic Intelligence
Mal Harrison is a clinical sexologist,
educator, coach, TEDx speaker, and the
founder of Center for Erotic Intelligence.
Previously, she served as resident sexologist
and advice columnist for the Museum of Sex,
where her research on the internal clitoris
went viral, heralding her a pioneer of clit-
feminism and changing the way women
understand how their bodies work.

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Speaker
Kris Jandler
Co-founder & CMO Emojibator
Kris is the co-founder and Chief Marketing
Officer of Emojibator, the original eggplant
emoji vibrator company. Since launching her
first business in 2016, Kris' work has been
featured in 100+ publications, including The
New York Times, The Guardian,
Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Buzzfeed, and
Mashable. Her professional background
includes strategic branding and marketing
operations for tech startups, nonprofits, and
millennial political movements.

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Speaker
Irene Ryabaya
Co-Founder of Monarq
Irene Ryabaya is an accidental feminist and
the co-founder of Monarq – the funding
focused incubator for gender diverse teams.
In a past life she coded risk systems on Wall
Street, traveled around the world and now
spends all her time hacking the gender ratio
in tech and startups.

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Speaker
Laura Kingsley
ThoughtWorks
Laura is a consultant software developer for
ThoughtWorks, where she builds custom
software applications for a variety of
companies and organizations. She
passionately promotes gender equality in
technology, sexuality, and the combination
of the two. Laura uses art and presentation
to facilitate conversations about sex from a
communication, pleasure, and anatomy
perspective.

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10:00 am Lightning talks
11:00 am Hackathon Program
11:20 am Icebreakers
11:50 am Group Discussion
12:15 pm Team Formation
12:30 pm Work on your projects
6:00 pm Pitching and Feedback
The Schedule

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Respectful Discussion

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One mic, one voice
Step up, step back
Use “I” statements
Avoid making generalizations
No assumptions
— except for best intentions
Respectful Discussion

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Respectful Discussion
Correct gently, but do correct
Respect confidentiality
Don’t “yuck my yum.”
Lean into discomfort
Uphold commitments
Personalize agreements!

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▪ While we recognize sexuality is a diverse field, we
will not be accepting hack teams for anything
related to pornography or entertainment
▪ Team Size: 3 to 5 participants
▪ Mentors from various fields will participate in the
event and will move between the teams offering
help and advice
▪ The teams themselves are responsible for
contacting the mentors if needed
Hackathon Rules

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▪ All presentations must be submitted to the category
folder in Google Drive before 5:55 06/10/2017
▪ Please read the Code of Conduct carefully
▪ Read FULL rules in separate presentation
«Hackathon Rules, Pitching & Judging Criteria
presentation»
Hackathon Rules

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Format:
use provided template, 10 slides MAX
2 minutes pitch
2 minutes feedback from Judges
Slides to be covered in Pitch presentation:
Problem
Market and Customer
Product
The Pitch: at 6pm

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▪ The mentors are thinking of themselves as
potential Investors
▪ The focus is the value each idea is creating
and its potential to grow
▪ Team who has met the formal criteria and
received the best scores from highest number
of mentors will win the SexTech New York
Hackathon
Overall Judging Criteria

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Overall Judging Criteria

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Main Prize
1 month / 5 people
unreserved desk space for the winning team,
co-working in Manhattan
creative bonus prize
from Panos Karas
Logo Design Proposal
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FUN: What do you like to do for fun in NY?
PLACE: Favorite place you’ve been outside of your hometown?
STATEMENT: What statement touched you during the speakers’ talks?
INTEREST: What interests you in sextech?
MEDIA: What book or movie have you read about sex that you liked?
PROFESSION: What’s the most interesting part of your work?
Icebreaker #1

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Icebreaker #2
Let’s talk!☺

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Categories Discussion

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1. Pleasure
2. Social /
Communication
3. Education
4. LGBTQ
Categories
5. Health
6. Fertility Control
7. Sexual Assault
8. STI’s
9. Menstruation

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Mentors
Bryony
Cole
Founder of
The Future Of Sex
podcast
Irene
Ryabaya
Co-founder of
Monarq
Estrella
Jaramillo
Co-Founder
and BizDev of Bwom

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Andriy
Yaroshenko
Co-founder &
CEO Fantasy App
Bryan
Stacy
Co-founder &
CEO of Biem Health
Laura
Kingsley
Developer at
ThoughtWorks
Ekaterina
Dorozhkina
Co-Founder,
Managing Partner
Starta Capital &
Accelerator

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Partners

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Partners

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Partners

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Partners

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Partners
APP

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Partners

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Partners

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Partners

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Partners

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Partners

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Panos Karas
Graphic Designer
“In the world of design ,
do not search for passing novelty,
but for enduring quality“
Visual Identity by
www.everythingis.design

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Creator
Andriy Yaroshenko
SexTech entrepreneur, SexEd activist
Co-founder of Fantasy App –
an app for dating by fantasy and lifestyle,
and SEX.Prostir - an educational TED-like
event about human sexuality.
Certified sexologist.
Professional background includes 8 years
experience in digital marketing and building
award-winning startups for Kimberly-Clark,
Johnson & Johnson, Danone.

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Hackathon Results

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50+ participants
7 hack teams
Photo report
Media:
Techcrunch
Mashable
Hackathon Results
«This hackathon
wants to help
destigmatize the sex
tech industry»

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Winner - Spinucation

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