Our Berlin Edition is here!
If you are a gardener or a citizen of Berlin, but also a professional, designer, maker, service or UX designer, developer, communication expert, creative or student, and you want to contribute to support urban gardening communities in Berlin and promote the adoption of a healthier lifestyle, this is the event for you!
OpenDot - innovation hub for social impact based in Milan - in collaboration with the Berlin Community Garden Programme of the Berlin Department for Urban Mobility, Transport, Climate Action and the Environment - is organizing a new hackathon with the aim of supporting the urban garden system in the city.
The hackathon will bring together international and local partners to develop co-designed tools, innovative tech solutions or approaches that can generate positive change to improve health and promote the adoption of a healthier lifestyle.
Read more about the Challenges & Program >> here!
The event will take place on 5th and 6th of November, 2024, at Kiezkapelle Neukölln, near Prinzessinnengarten Jacobi.
The event consists of a creative marathon that takes place in a limited period of time, during which heterogeneous and multidisciplinary teams will compete to find innovative solutions to one of the proposed challenges, supported by OpenDot designers and makers, FEAST mentors, and local experts. For the participants, the hackathon will serve as an educational opportunity because it will allow them to learn new methods of collaboration and innovation as well as a professional opportuity that will allow them to meet other students and professionals and establish new collaborations.
The winning team will have access to 2 months of mentoring by OpenDot to prototype and implement the idea, to be concluded by April 2025. The mentoring consists of a weekly online meeting to receive feedback, suggestions, methods, tools, and strategies to make the idea a reality, and includes networking actions, materials, and services to implement the idea up to a total value of €5,000.
The Rules
- Participation is free after registration and selection. The criteria for selecting participants will be experience, in order to create teams with balanced skills and motivation.
- Candidates who propose themselves as singles will be grouped into teams. Groups of less than 5 people may be associated with other participants.
- At the time of registration, you can express your preference over the 3 challenges that you would like to participate in. At the start of the event, you and your team will be assigned to one challenge.
- You’ll receive a communication of acceptance via email.
- All participants will need to organise travel/accommodation themselves - it might be easiest if you are already based in Berlin
- Lunch and coffee breaks during the event will be provided.
Limited availability (max 25 people)!
Register your interest here!
Deadline to apply: 31st October 2024
(do not wait until the last moment - seats will fill fast!)
The Hackathon Partners!
Berlin Senate Department for Urban Mobility, Transport, Climate Action and Environment
Mentor: Toni Karge – Urban Gardening and Produktive City –
Community garden program
Have you registered for the Community Garden Newsletter yet? www.berlin.de/gemeinschaftsgaertnern/news
Learn more about FEAST hackathons
Hack for Food Hack for Good is a series of European hackathons organized within the FEAST project. All focus on food systems where the city-specific Hackathon Challenge is identified with local partners and reflects the most pressing needs of local populations.
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Open Dot credits >> here