Main purpose
What is It?
We are looking for hyperlocal media solutions - solutions serving local communities, designed to benefit local people and provide them valuable, trustworthy and attractive content.
Topics
Discovering the potential
How can we have use of new upcoming technologies to increase the engagement of different communities and facilitate independent Russian-language media sector popularity allowing more untold stories to be narrated and reach everyone in hyper-local community?
A new gadget or a new form that helps encourage the following
- participation of Russian-speakers in local/national life
- youth having access to (interest in) independent news
- sustainable hyper-local media solutions
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Challenges
Tech Challenges
Narrative visualisation:
VR/AR, inclusive video
Narrative on-demand:
Chat-bots, mobile
Personalisation of the narrative:
AI, machine learning
Gamification of the narrative:
Gamification, animation
How to succeed
What to Do
- Register for participation
- Present idea
- Form the team of 5 (follows competences covered in each team: production/development, media expertise, design and marketing)
- Spent one weekend thinking and developing a prototype, a new gadget or a new media-form.
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Schedule
18:00
Welcome & get a tea
19:00
Pitch your idea (1-minute-pitch), find your team
21:00
Hacking starts
09:00
Breakfast
10:00
Mentoring
13:00
Lunch
14:00
Hack, hack, hack
19:00
Dinner
20:00
Hack-prototype..zzz.. prototype
09:00
Breakfast
10:00
Hacking continues
12:00
Lunch
13:00
Checking prototypes & preparing presentations
14:00
Demo&Pitches
15:30
Award Ceremony
16:30
Networking
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Prizes
Prizes from our partners
The main prize
1000 euro + tickets for sTARTUP Day
Telliskivi Loomelinnak
Special prize
Digix
Incubation programme
Storytek
Acceleration programme
Elevator Startups
TOP20 fast-pass
Creative Estonia
Incubation programme PESA
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Participation
Cost of participation in Hackathon
Post-students
20€
three days of hacking with mentors and coaches + food&Beverages
Sleeping hackers
55€
three days of hacking with mentors and coaches + food&Beverages + two night in hotel
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Registration
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Partners
Our partners and mentors
