HackforGood Hackathon

Trinity Business School CDBA

HackforGood is a one-day event where students from around Ireland join forces to generate fair, inclusive, and equitable solutions.

Trinity Business School

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EUR 1000 Prize for the winning team sponsored by Musgrave Ireland. The hackathon will take place at Trinity Business School on April 6th 2024 from 09:30 am until 19:00pm. This event is open to postgraduate student teams from all Irish Universities, regardless of domain or discipline, but it is important to note that there will be considerable data analysis involved. The theme of the hackathon is “Hack for Good” with a particular emphasis on fair and equitable solutions. The full challenge scope and problem with associated resources and data will be provided to competitors on the day, along with a keynote talk by Data Leadership of Musgrave Ireland.How do I enter?Step 1: Build your team.This is a multi-disciplinary hackathon which will require a wide variety of skills, from technical to creative, and we recommend including strong critical thinking and investigative research skills to complement the core technical data computational skills that will be necessary to win. Build your dream team, but remember that all student members must be postgraduate students in an Irish University. Each team should have a maxiumum of four students. Step 2: Register you team.Use this Eventbrite link to register and book your seats. Remember, there is a limit to the number of participants, so we encourage early registration.Step 3: Prepare for the event day.Prepare for the event day by investing time and effort into how modern data analytics can be balanced by fair and careful management practices in order to ensure that data science solutions are fair, equitable, and inclusive. Spoiler alert, responsible data science is the key theme of the day… (hmm I wonder if that is a hint about the hackathon topic) Important NoteWhen the ticket for this event is ordered, please specify the full names, university affiliation, and student number for each team member. Only ONE ticket is necessary for each team. Please provide a contact number and email as there will be some teasers and important info shared prior to event.

Agenda

Coffee and Networking

Opening address and welcome

Keynote talk by Head of Data Analytics (global) kicking off the event

Introducing the Hackathon Challenge

Competitor groups to consult with 
a)	Business Professors from the problem domain to ideate the business problem and major considerations
b)	Data Mining Professors to discuss the potential solutions and what evidence to generate
c)	Industry Partner to better understand the business problem
This will take place on a rotation with teams rotating between the consultants.

Consultations and Brainstorming with Faculty and Industry Partners

Recharge the batteries! Pizza, coffee, and networking

Competitor groups to consult with 
a)	Business Professors from the problem domain to ideate the business problem and major considerations
b)	Data Mining Professors to discuss the potential solutions and what evidence to generate
c)	Industry Partner to better understand the business problem
This will take place on a rotation with teams rotating between the consultants 


Deadline for submission of solutions to the platform, judges then convene to discuss the projects and evaluate. Judges will be from various Irish universities and from the industry partner.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION

Prizegiving and Award Ceremony

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