Technovation, Ireland Chapter (Phase Innovate) is graciously hosting a Technovation information day to kick-off the 2019 season.

Ideation Workshop is designed to get teams thinking about what kind of app they want to build and who they want to build it for. Teams will brainstorm community issues, learn how to understand their market and their customers, and how to do paper prototypes of their apps.

Background:

Technovation is the largest technology entrepreneurship program for girls ages 10 to 18. They offer girls around the world the opportunity to learn the skills they need to emerge as tech entrepreneurs and leaders. Every year girls are invited to identify a problem in their community, and then challenge them to solve it. They work in teams to build both a mobile app and a business plan to launch that app, supported by mentors and guided by the Technovation curriculum.

For more information, visit: https://technovationchallenge.org/

Agenda

• Check-in at 9:30. The workshop will start promptly at 10:00
• Building a Successful App With Design Thinking by Dr. Ciara Heavin(Special guest)
• Introduction to technovation challenge
• Ideation session
• Prototyping
• App design

Girls and Mentors should bring:

1. Laptop / Macbook or Chromebook
2. Apple or Android phone (competition only requires 1 phone/group, but all girls who have phones should bring them)

No experience necessary; our friendly trainers will guide you.

Host: Evelyn Nomayo- Regional Ambassador, Technovation, Ireland.

Dr. Ciara Heavin is a Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems at Cork University Business School, University College Cork, Ireland. Her research focuses on opportunities for using information systems (IS) in the global healthcare ecosystem and in digital transformation. As Co-Director of the Health Information Systems Research Centre (HIRSC), Dr. Heavin has directed funded research in the investigation, development, and implementation of innovative technology solutions in the health/healthcare domain. She has published articles in several top international IS journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Heavin has coauthored two books with Daniel J. Power: Decision Support, Analytics, and Business Intelligence and Data-Based Decision Making and Digital Transformation. She earned a PhD from University College Cork