Presentation of the outcomes of the 2012 Athens Green Hackathon and details for the 2013 one!

1. Athens
Green Hackathon
…Some history
And a glimpse ahead…

2. Info
• December 14th – 16th, 2012
• 60 registered hackers
• 40 registered non-hackers
• 2,5 days
• 3 different venues

3. BIOS – Urban Culture Centre
• Kick-off Creativity Session
– Data Users & Data Owners
– Pitches & Interviews
– Brainstorming
– Group discussion
– Identification of hack ideas
– Team formulation

5. Loft2work co-working space
• Hacking Marathon
– 09:00-23:00
• “Hack injections”
– Success stories
• Sandwiches, pizzas, energy bars, nuts,
fruits, coffee, juice, sodas…
• Hack Registration @ 21:00
• Working overnight @ home…

7. Athinais Cultural Centre
• Introduction – recap
• Panel of Experts
• Hack Presentation
• Evaluation
• Panel feedback
• Award ceremony
– Best hack, highest environmental
impact, people’s choice & best
educational hack

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9. Some of the Athenian hackers

10. WINNING HACKS
1.Green Fighters
mobile application that supports active
communities providing mobile awareness
2.SNORKEL
web application showing quality of swimming
waters for users to provide feedback
3.Green Navigator
iOS app that acts as a "green" navigator
informing users for high polluted areas
4.Industrial Ecology
Simulation
simulation game showing the impact of the
pollution factor on the natural environment
surrounding industrial installations

11. Athens Green Hackathon
2013
• 8th & 9th November, 2013
– Just before the
Athens Classic Marathon (Sunday –
10/11)
• Meet-ups to be used for the
1st time this year
• More data sets, made available
earlier

12. Outcomes
• Creation of a small “green
hacking community” in Athens
• Successful application of
collaboration techniques for
groups
• Documentation and guidelines as
to how to organize a Green
Hackathon

13. Spread the word
• www.greenhackathon.com
• www.facebook.com/GreenHackathon
• Twitter: @greenhackathon
• Event Location: Athens, Greece
• Event Capacity:
– 40 hackers (coders, designers, etc)
– 60 non-hackers (public)