Tech and data jam. Ending period poverty

Calling all current and future web developers / web designers / UX designers / data scientists...

Help us use digital and data to help Bristol eradicate Period Poverty.
Bristol City Office, Bristol City Councils Sustainability and Innovation team and One City Partners from across the city are collaborating to host a unique event.

On Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th September we will work together to create a digital solution in support of the Period Friendly Initiative.

The ‘App’ will let those who are in need of sanitary products know where to pick them up, and those who want to/are able to donate know where they can deliver products to.

A team of experts will be leading the development process, facilitate learning and support people to get involved. Through the weekend we will organise into task based development groups covering:
-Front end
-UI and UX
-Backend
-Data science
-Testing and deployment

This is a great way to share and develop your skills as well as build your portfolio

All participants will be offered a certificate of attendance and a number of prizes and awards will be issued, including two awards of circa £1.5k for ongoing development.

Food and refreshments will be provided throughout the weekend.
Please get in touch if you have any accessibility needs and we will do our best to accommodate.

Running order as follows:
Saturday
9-9.30 > Light breakfast on arrival
9.30 > Opening presentation: Councillor Godwin, inc One City and Strategic goals
9.45 > Overview of how the weekend will function
9.50 > Period Friendly Bristol: Understanding what is needed
10.05 > Second topical in depth presentation
10.20 > Collaborative work process explained in more depth
10.25 > Whole group introductions
10.40 > Task group leads describe key activities with time for questions from groups
11.25 > Tea break
11.45 > Task groups convene and spend 1 hour on clarifying subset tasks and completing planning documentation template *provided
12.45 > Whole group group check-ins from task groups
1-2 > Lunch
2-4.30 > Facilitated task based work
4.30 > Reconvening whole group

Sunday
9.30-10 > Light breakfast provided
10> Outline of state of dev from each task group focaliser
10.15 >Project task team scrums
10.15-2>Task groups continue work (With key needs / offers facilitated shout outs roughly every couple of hours) - with lunch and refreshments available for people to have when suits
2-2.30 > 10 min Task group presentations with 5 mins for questions
2.30-4 > User testing and debugging and next steps planning / documentation
4 >Closing presentation with participants invited to share key learnings; prize awarding
4.30 > close

Feel free to get in touch to discuss further.
city.office@bristol.gov.uk; or
opendata@bristol.gov.uk ; or
Ajara I. Pfannenschmidt - ip@nagare.eu | 0744995116
John Kellas - john@thisequals.net | 07800606974