Women Who Code #ChimeHack

IMPORTANT WE ARE NOT USING MEETUP TO MANAGE THE ATTENDEES FOR THIS EVENT. All attendees must have signed up via http://CHIMEHACK.EVENTBRITE.COM

You can connect with other participants on http://chimehack.challengepost.com/

Women Who Code (https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-SF/) has partnered with CHIME FOR CHANGE, and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/) to host a hackathon to create mobile app solutions to support girls and women around the world, and to celebrate the power of women in tech.

The hackathon will award a total of $50,000 in cash prizes to the teams that build the best solution to support girls and women through challenges created by CHIME FOR CHANGE, UN Women, UNICEF, Vital Voices and Riders for Health.

SCHEDULE:

Note: For each event, you will check in at the ground floor. #CHIMEHACK badges will be provided to all attendees. You will receive your badge on Thursday, December 5th and be required to wear it at all times while at Twitter and One Kings Lane for security purposes.

Thursday, Dec 5th @Twitter - Kickoff event coordinated with TEDWomen

7:00pm Doors open (drinks and snacks provided)
8:00pm Short program
8:30pm Team building / brainstorming
10:00pm Event close

Friday, Dec 6th @OneKingsLane - Hack Night with API talks

6:00pm Team Building (dinner provided)
7:00pm Welcome
7:15pm Work sessions and API talks
10:30pm Event close

Saturday, Dec 7th @Twitter - Hacking and Awards

9:00am Doors open (breakfast provided) and hacking begins
12:30pm Lunch*
5:00pm Judging begins*
6:30pm Awards ceremony
7:30pm Event close

*Special guest speakers and judges to be announced.

CHALLENGES:

#CHIMEHACK teams will organize around each of the below challenges. Within each challenge category, a $10,000 sponsored prize will be awarded to the winning solution. Winning solutions will be selected by a panel of judges, which will be announced prior-to the hackathon.

CHIME FOR CHANGE

Challenge: Create a mobile application to convene, unite and strengthen the voices speaking out on behalf of girls and women around the world More info (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ILww3TRdPk4C3mOJPyRurrNnbq4tylWV7YSJRifBSuo/edit?usp=sharing)...

Sponsor: Gucci

Learn more about CHIME FOR CHANGE: www.chimeforchange.org (http://www.chimeforchange.org/)

UN Women

Challenge: Configurable platform for women and girls to assess and enhance their career skills about a specific area such as programming, finance etc. More info (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tkOTJ3XCHZVvlQhQpFJfRjkzj6O5p4GN_Bc6ktddl9Y/edit?usp=sharing)...

Sponsor: Chegg

Learn more about UN Women: www.unwomen.org (http://www.unwomen.org/)

UNICEF

Challenge: Mobile app for young kids and their parents that allows for digital payments and gamified engagement as they Trick or Treat for UNICEF More info (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m44stljdNLHIRnVdDtWGPLvYvz_bvd89mq98vG05BAc/edit?usp=sharing)...Sponsor: JawboneLearn more about UNICEF: www.unicef.org (http://www.unicef.org/)

Vital Voices

Challenge: An application that tracks the impact of individual women leaders that can be shared with a larger global network and inspire the world around them More info (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GDoQaOLef72mgToAwOpm7rwlQvu1NrNJ2LezsbsFo2w/edit?usp=sharing)...

Sponsor: Hearst Magazines

Learn more about Vital Voices: www.vitalvoices.org (http://www.vitalvoices.org/)

Riders for Health

Challenge: Mapping application for last mile health delivery for remote “off the beaten path” villages to record and share accurate directions More info (https://docs.google.com/document/d/19NdVPtVOlOy4M6BJ5l_zsaj09SwAR6e66tK20SqFZLY/edit?usp=sharing)...

Sponsor: The Skoll Foundation

Learn more about Riders for Health: http://www.riders.org/

Other Sponsors include: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Riviera Partners, TechCrunch (http://techcrunch.com/), YELP (http://www.yelp.com), and PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/)

JUDGES

Megan Quinn - Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Michele Titolo - Tech Lead, Women Who Code

Debbie Sterling - CEO, GoldieBlox

Alexia Tsotsis - Co-Editor, TechCrunch

Susan Wojcicki - SVP, Ads and Commerce, Google

Andrew (Boz) Bosworth - VP, Ads Facebook

Andy Chen - Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Ohad Eder-Pressman - Head of Mobile, Chegg

Sara Haider - Staff Software Engineer, Twitter

Renee Kaplan - Chief Strategy Officer, Skoll Foundation

Aza Raskin - VP, Jawbone

Traina Trevor - Tech Entrepreneur & Investor, IfOnly/Traina Interactive

Wiser Phil - CTO, Hearst Corp

MENTORS

Kate Aronowitz - Director of Design, Facebook

Jan Chong - Android Manager, Twitter

Tom Conrad - CTO, Pandora

Amanda Hua - Engineer, PayPal (http://twitter.com/amandahua)

Angie Ruan - Head of Engineering, Paypal (http://twitter.com/angieruan)

Meghan Crosno - Jawbone Engineering/QA

Raphael D’Amico - Design, Jawbone

Rachel Myers - Engineer, Github

Trisha Quan - Engineer, Developer Productivity, Twitter

Annie Fox - Director of Programming

Barin Nahvi Rozvar - Digital Innovation, Hearst Magazines

Ibrahim Okuyucu - Engineering Manager, Twitter

Jocelyn Ross - Risk, Stripe

Jason Bobier - Mobile, One Kings Lane

Thank you to the team that is making CHIMEHACK happen:

Sam O'Keefe (https://twitter.com/samok), Rachel Katz (https://twitter.com/hazeltrack), Kelly Shalk (https://twitter.com/kellyshalk), Rachel Decker, Johanne Quiambao (https://twitter.com/johanne_q), Sarah Simmer, Ni Mu (http://twitter.com/nickelmu), Kirsten Mouritsen, Robert Schwentker (http://twitter.com/schwentker), and Alaina Percival (https://twitter.com/alaina).

This event is open to all genders.

The Chime Hack is dedicated to providing a harassment-free event experience for everyone regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, or religion. We will not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form, including overly sexualized or demeaning comments during talks or anything that threatens personal safety. Hackathon participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference at the discretion of the conference organizers.