The Fifth National Hackathon Program*

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

8:00 – 9:00 Reception, registration, team and work-space assignments, sponsors exhibit and displays,hackathon space opening .
9:00 – 9:30 Opening Session:
  • Prof. Ehud Menipaz, Founding Chairman, The National Hackathon
  • Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli, President, Shenkar Engineering.Design, Art.
  • HE  Meir Shitrit, The Ira Foundation for Business, Technology and Society
  • Prof. Hillel Bar-Gera, President,The 5th National Hackathon, Chairman, Industrial Engineering & Management Department, Ben Gurion University
  • Daniel Oleiski,CEO,Haier Israel
9:30 – 10:00

Keynote Addresses:Federico Ferretti, Head Of Design,

Haier 

The Expanding Role of the Design

10:00 – 10:20 Coffee Break
10:20 – 14:00 Start teamwork, brainstorming, mentoring by industry experts and academic faculty 
14:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 20:00 Continuing work and mentoring
20:00 – 21:00 Pizza and Soft Drinks Break
21:00 – 00:00 Continue work in teams 

* The proceedings will be conducted in both English and Hebrew and broadcasted though ZOOM

Thursday, April 14, 2022

8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 13:00 Continue work in teams
13:00 – 13:30

Lunch Break

Group picture

13:30 – 15:00  Panel of Judges, presentations, 6 minutes per presentation, three parallel judges’ panels
15:00 – 15:30 Judges’ consultation and distribution of certificate of participation to the students
15:30 – 16:00

Closing Ceremony

Appreciation certificates to the judges

Acknowledgement of sponsors

Winning teams’ announcements, prizes, certificates, trophies

*The panel of judges, presentations and closing ceremony will be conducted in English and in Hebrew and through Zoom