The National Urban League, in partnership with Digital Grass, will host TechConnect: Hack-A-Thon for Social Justice, presented by Comcast NBCUniversal. This two-day hack-a-thon will take place July 30- 31, 2015 during the National Urban League’s Annual Conference! TechConnect provides a space for innovators to design original applications to alleviate the most pressing social issues of our day, specifically those in tune with this year’s Conference theme, Save Our Cities: Education, Jobs, and Justice. The resulting application/software is to be implemented* by the Urban League for enhancing civic engagement, voting, education pipeline, housing, health, justice and job creation in urban communities. Developers, designers, civic leaders and creative thinkers are all invited to be among the first to create solutions to Save Our Cities and compete for $2,500 in cash and $25,000 in prizes!

*The grand prize winner of cash does not secure implementation of product by the National Urban League. NUL will do a post evaluation of the top 3 winners to select the possible project to implement with the advisory of Digital Grass.

WHAT
Starting July 30, you will have 24 hours to work on innovative and impactful tech solutions to address some of the nation’s biggest problems in the areas of public safety, voting, education, jobs, housing or health among others.

WHERE
Greater Fort Lauderdale / Broward County Convention Center
1950 Eisenhower Blvd. • Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316

WHEN
Intro and Information will take place July 30, 2015.
The Hackathon will take place July 31, 2015.

COST
Free Entry Fee for Competitors

SCHEDULE

Thursday, July 30th
5:00 PM Check in
5:30 PM Welcome & Remarks
6:00 PM Pitches, Team Formation and Networking
7:00 PM Finalize Teams & Hacking Starts

Friday, July 31st
8:00 AM Hacking Continues
2:00 PM Hacking Ends
3:00 PM Presentation Prep
4:59 PM Start Demos
6:15 PM Close Demos/Judges Deliberate
6:30 PM Prizes and Closing Remarks