Are you interested in leading a life of social impact? Do you believe in social impact through global health? Do you want to generate solutions to health challenges, both local and global? Do you believe in meeting of minds to hack solutions to chronic health problems? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, then join us at our first MiddHackathon this January 23rd at Middlebury College where students, with support from locally and internationally recognized mentors, will meet to present challenges, share ideas, and propose possible solutions to tackle some of the pressing health problems of our time. A panel of leading experts in the field will select the best solutions in the fields of HIV AIDS, Ebola, and Collage Sexual and Drug Abuse.
Dates: January 23-24, 2015
Locations: Wilson Hall
Schedule
Friday 01/23 – Wilson Hall
2:00 PM -Kickoff, keynote speaker
2:15 PM – Challenge Pitches
2:30 PM – Mixer and Team Assembling Networking
3:00 PM – Hacking Begins
3:30 PM – Sanity Check (Mentors circle around teams)
4:30 PM – Hacking Continues
5:30 PM – Teams Spread to Continue Hacking
9:30 PM – Live Skype line Sanity Check
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Saturday 01/24 – Wilson Hall
9:30 AM – Students gather to continue working on their challenges
10:30 AM – Live Skype Line Sanity Check
1:00 PM – Solution Presentations
1:30 PM – Judges’ Deliberation
2:00 PM – Prizes and Closing Remarks