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Humanitarian Hackathon 2017

by THE Port Association, Christina Andreou, and Ines

Meyrin and Geneva

THE Port Humanitarian Hackathon aims to demonstrate how fundamental science can benefit to society through the creation of tangible and cost-efficient technological solutions to humanitarian issues.

CHF 15’030

100% of CHF 15’000

100 %
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The «all or nothing» principle applies: The project only receives the funds if the funding target is reached or exceeded.

47 backers

Successfully concluded on 11/10/2017

Take a sneak peek at what happened during the hacking!By THE Port Association, on 10/10/2017

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See our hackers in action!

http://cds.cern.ch/record/2287588

We are making it! Day 1By THE Port Association, on 06/10/2017

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  • Team - Waste management in refugee camps
    Team - Waste management in refugee camps
  • Team - Wearable for Parkinson Development Monitoring
    Team - Wearable for Parkinson Development Monitoring
  • Team - Cheap Sonic Wobble-Board for Lower-Limb Amputees
    Team - Cheap Sonic Wobble-Board for Lower-Limb Amputees
  • Team - Renewable Energy App for Rural Electrification
    Team - Renewable Energy App for Rural Electrification
  • Team - Age Assessment for Migrant Children
    Team - Age Assessment for Migrant Children

After eight months of intensive preparation, the big day has finally arrived!

All 50 participants, 12 mentors, 10 coaches and 10 volunteers together at CERN IdeaSquare to ideate, co-create and prototype during the next 60 hours.

Thank you for your suppport! And come watch the final presentations on Sunday 8 from 18h live at: https://webcast.web.cern.ch/event/i669276

Final Agenda released!By THE Port Association, on 03/10/2017

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All you need to know about the agenda of the Humanitarian Hackathon from 6 to 8 October!

You can still get your tickets @ http://bit.ly/2xWNha0

We are looking forward to meeting you this Sunday!

3'000! Thank you!By THE Port Association, on 03/10/2017

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Thanks to your support we’re getting a little bit closer to our goal!

Please continue to share, tweet, like our campaign on social media and by spreading the word.

Take a look at this interactive 360 degrees video during last year’s hacking at IdeaSquare!

CERN live webcast on Sunday 8By THE Port Association, on 29/09/2017

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Not able to join us on Sunday 8?

Watch the final presentations on CERN webcast at:

https://webcast.web.cern.ch/event/i669276

Get your tickets for the final presentations now!By THE Port Association, on 28/09/2017

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Final Presentations at the Globe of Science & Innovation
Final Presentations at the Globe of Science & Innovation

Care to join and to see the hackathon’s results?

Tickets still available at Eventbrite, register now!

Free entrance @: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-port-2017-hackathon-final-presentations-cern-tickets-38103640013?aff=es2

2'000 ! Thank you all for supporting our innovators!By THE Port Association, on 26/09/2017

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Ines Knäpper @TEDx Lausanne

Get an insight on how everything started at THE Port. Here’s Ines Knäpper, co-founder and President, during a TEDx talk in Lausanne, describing the creative innovation process behind one of our most successful challenges.

Thank you for continuing to share our campaign and what we do throughout your personal and professional networks!

Our community of partners, friends and supportersBy THE Port Association, on 26/09/2017

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  • Kindly hosted by
    Kindly hosted by
  • Age Assessment for Migrant Children
    Age Assessment for Migrant Children
  • Renewable Energy App for Rural Electrification
    Renewable Energy App for Rural Electrification
  • Wearable for Parkinson Development Monitoring
    Wearable for Parkinson Development Monitoring
  • Supporting one of this year's «X challenge» - Saveurs Migrantes
    Supporting one of this year's «X challenge» - Saveurs Migrantes
  • Special particpation of Cuisine Lab on Saturday 7 @Cern
    Special particpation of Cuisine Lab on Saturday 7 @Cern

Join our Community of partners, supporters and friends by supporting our hackers in creating innovative humanitarian solutions for people in need!

1'000 ! --- Thank you for your invaluable support! ---By THE Port Association, on 15/09/2017

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Thank you for your contributions!

Thank you as well for spreading the word and to share/like/tweet the campaign throughout your professional networks, family and friends:

https://wemakeit.com/projects/humanitarian-hackathon-2017

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/10429835/

Twitter - @theportatcern

THE Port team

Time lapse video of IdeaSquare during last year's hackathonBy THE Port Association, on 13/09/2017

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Watch our hackers in action!

Our particularityBy THE Port Association, on 12/09/2017

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  • Professional Background of our participants
    Professional Background of our participants
  • THE Port Hackathon recipe
    THE Port Hackathon recipe

Our trademark

What makes our hackathons unique and successful is the variety of participants that we assemble into well-balanced teams in terms of gender, age, origin and professional background.

We believe that interdisciplinarity combined with endless creativity is key to achieve innovation. We do not restrict participation solely to scientists, programmers and engineers, but on the contrary, promote the participation of any creative mind from various backgrounds.

In this sense it is not rare among the teams, to see an astrophysicist working with a mecanical engineer, a doctor and a creative writer together on the same challenge.