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THE Port - Hackathon at CERN - e-News 8/2016

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THE Port Hackathon 2016: Your Amazing Challenge Ideas

We have received your contributions and ideas for THE Port humanitarian hackathon 2016. We are really excited about the topics submitted, and can't wait to share them with you! Our team is now fully occupied with reviewing and evaluating the challenges. We will release the short list soon, so stay tuned on theport.ch.

...Don't forget to keep an eye on your inbox!

We have received many strong applications to participate to the October event and we are currently reviewing all of them. If you are selected, you will receive a notification with detailed info regarding the next step in few days.

Forward

#YourHackathonStory - And the winner is...Ideabatic!

Ideabatic won the Imperial Business School-HEC Paris Joint Startup Pitch event on 21st June 2016! This project consists of a portable vaccine refrigerator with precise temperature control and unlimited cooling capabilities. Our former participant Kitty Liao further developed it from the prototype created with her team during THE Port Hackathon 2014. Follow the hashtags #Ideabatic #IBHECpitch on social media to learn more about it!

Short News

This summer, THE Port goes to the US!

On 3-10 August, we will be speaking at the International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP) in Chicago. Wanna meet us in person? Drop us a line! info@theport.ch

THE Port @ CERN IT Lightning Talk

Hugo Day spoke at CERN 10th IT Lightning Talk about "Humanitarian Hackathons. A short story about problem solving, frustration, 3D printing houses and hopefully getting something right". You can listen to the full recording of the talk here.

THE Port @ Union Swiss Summer

Estel Perez spoke at the Union Swiss Summer about "Love, Hate, Bliss, Fear: THE Port's approach to engage volunteers in humanitarian innovation". See the slides of the presentation here.

Geneva's Humanitarian Big Data training

THE Port and Wild Tree Tech delivered an introduction to the power of big data analysis at Impact Hub Geneva, on June 27^th.

THE Port presents @ Lunch Lab

Ines spoke about THE Port challenges and participants during the "Perception Change Programme" Lunch Lab. See photos on Twitter.

Call for participants @ Curious Mornings

To begin the day with the right spirit, we shared our call for participants also during IdeaSquare's "Curious Mornings" breakfast meetings! See photos on Twitter.

Join us on LinkedIn!

Visit our LinkedIn page and follow our updates, events and opportunities from the sector. For more info, see here.

Still not an Ambassador? Join the community!

Spread the good news, and share THE Port incredible stories with other amazing people, open the path to other enterprising youth by telling your hackathon story! Ambassadors are officially members of THE Port network.
Intrigued? Sign up at ambassador@theport.ch

Do you want to keep us updated on your topic? Send your story and share the progress with THE Port community!

Have an idea for a topic for the next hackathon?
Send us your suggestions ideas@theport.ch

For all inquiries, you can touch base at info@theport.ch

THE Port team

Disclaimer: THE Port Association is a non-profit association under Article 60 of the Swiss civil code. THE Port does not represent CERN in any way, even if some of its members work or have worked at CERN. Communications and activities by its members are carried out in their spare time and constitute private initiatives. All rights reserved.

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