The Sixth National Hackathon Program*

Monday, April 3, 2023 (Times are CET+1)

8:00 – 9:00 Reception, registration, team and work-space assignments, sponsors exhibit and displays,hackathon space opening .
9:00 – 9:45

Opening Session:

  • Prof. Ehud Menipaz, Founding Chairman, The National Hackathon
  • Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli, President, Shenkar Engineering.Design.Art

  • Prof. Eduard Yakubov, President, HIT Holon Institute of Technology

  • HE  Meir Shitrit, The Ira Foundation for Business, Technology and Society
  • Prof. Rann Smorodinsky, Dean, Faculty of IE&M, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, President, The 6th National Hackathon
9:45 – 10:00

Wingee Sampaio, Global Program Director, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Ambassador

Cartier Women’s Initiative, Paris
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

Tuesday, April  4, 2023

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 through Zoom

** The prizes and trophies will be presented to the winning teams during the 23rd National IE&M Conference, April 27, 2023.