Let's hack the future of the media!
Why MediaHack Hackathon?
Media play a very significant role in keeping everyone updated about the various events around the world. But at the same time, we are faced with the dominance of social media giants, fake news and new media formats; that is why we need brave and innovative solutions to keep media reliable, engaging and accessible to everyone.
Who creates media content? How is content distributed to audiences? How do we interact with media content? These are some of the challenging questions we will try to solve during the MediaHack Hackathon.
Within 48 hours MediaHack participants will create interdisciplinary teams to generate new, innovative ideas, build a prototype and evaluate the potential of the solutions business model.
Let's hack the future of the media!
Who creates media content? How is content distributed to audiences? How do we interact with media content? These are some of the challenging questions we will try to solve during the MediaHack Hackathon.
Within 48 hours MediaHack participants will create interdisciplinary teams to generate new, innovative ideas, build a prototype and evaluate the potential of the solutions business model.
Let's hack the future of the media!
Media Hack 2021 Side events
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More info
At this hackathon on the future of media together will work ...
Innovators
Designers
Developers
Entrepreneurs
Challenges of the Hackathon
Content Creation
Who creates the media content? Companies, individuals, community? These days everyone could be a content creator! Let's discover new approaches, new methods and tools to create content!
Content Distribution
How is content distributed to audiences? Social media platforms play a significant role in content distribution and discovery, and we see that there are various challenges whit it. What kind of channels do people use to access information? Offline, online, VR, AR, XR? If you have new ideas on how to distribute content, join this hackathon!
Content Interactivity
How do we interact with media content? We believe there could be more innovative ways how to increase engagement with content and measure it. Like, share, comment? What else?
Future of the Media
Do you have in your mind something new, that never were, and ask why not? The sky is the limit?! Well... think even beyond the sky! Join us!
What You can do at this hackathon?
Meet!
Meet new people, learn and share your knowledge. Create your dream team or join one!
Brainstorm!
Brainstorm, create, test! You will have two days and two nights to work on your idea and present it to jury.
Innovate!
Think outside the box, think in the box or invent new one! We believe you have brilliant ideas how to change this world!
Win!
Besides new friends and positive emotions, every team will have a chance to win fantastic prizes from our partners.
Partners
The project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) project no. Nr.1.1.1.3/18/A/007 «University of Latvia innovation grants for students».
Prize Pool
3000 EUR
the cash prize fund, to develop your idea further and change the world!
Meet Jury Members!
MediaHack 2021 Online Hackathon
Time zone: EEST (UTC+03:00)
Time zone: EEST (UTC+03:00)
04/10 | Online 18:00
04/10 | Online 18:00
Workshop - How to prepare for a hackathon?!
18:00 Practical info for Participants
18:30 Matchmaking and team formation
19:00 Q&A
18:30 Matchmaking and team formation
19:00 Q&A
06/10 | Online 18:00
06/10 | Online 18:00
Workshop - How to win a hackathon?!
18:00 Hackathon 2.0 flow and Idea validation
18:30 Desing thinking and prototyping
19:00 Q&A
18:30 Desing thinking and prototyping
19:00 Q&A
08/10 | Online 18:00 - 23:59
08/10 | Online 18:00 - 23:59
Friday - Define challenge and set goals
18:00 Hackathon official opening event
21:00 1st check-point
21:00 1st check-point
09/10 | Online 00:00 - 23:59
09/10 | Online 00:00 - 23:59
Saturday - Validate idea and build a prototype
9:00 2nd check-point
17:00 Masterclass - How to prepare a great video pitch!
18:00 3rd check-point
17:00 Masterclass - How to prepare a great video pitch!
18:00 3rd check-point
10/10 | Online 00:00 - 19:00
10/10 | Online 00:00 - 19:00
Sunday - Tell your story to the world
9:00 4th check-point
15:00 Final pitch submission
18:00 Award ceremony
15:00 Final pitch submission
18:00 Award ceremony
Join MediaHack 2021!
Let's build innovative solutions to keep media reliable, engaging and accessible to everyone.
Become a Participant!
We are inviting all the innovators, developers, engineers, designers, project managers & everyone to participate and show us how you would solve various media challenges.
Become a Mentor!
We're looking for mentors to help teams deliver better results! If you're an expert in any field and you are willing to share your know-how with our teams, sign-up as a mentor.
Let us know if your company is interested to help this event happen and in receiving more information about partnership/sponsorship opportunities and options.
Mentors
You will get support and advice from business, tech, creative and media experts to deliver better results!
- André Nitzschmann (DE)K-i-E DecisionMaking & TimeBox make my Agile Transformation
Skills: Business - Simone Dogu (DE)Digital Nerd I Project Manager & Lecturer with passion of (tech) innovation, digital media and sports
Skills: Business - Dr Sangeeta Sahi (UK)Humanitarian-Focused Dr. and Keynote Speaker with over 23 Years of Success in Health, Medicine and Wellbeing
Skills: Business; Creative; Field expert - Adam Jagiello-Rusilowski (POL)President Of The Board Of Directors at International Sustainable Education Foundation
Skills: Creative; Field expert - Alberto Ciarniello (ITA)Senior Executive | Innovation Manager | Chief Product Officer
Skills: Business; Tech; Field expert - Athanasios Dimou (GR)President at Society of geoinformatics and surveyor Mentor @MIT Covid, Mentor @Nasa spaceapps
Skills: Tech; Field expert - Dimitrios Masialas (GR)Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Saving Consultant I help companies to improve a value proposition, build brands, engage audiences & drive revenue online
Skills: Business - Annesha Kar Gupta (IN)UN Delegate at Online Model United Nations
Skills: Business; Tech; Creative; Field expert - Biruta Danilevica (LV)Digital Marketing & AI-driven language technologies
Skills: Business; Creative - Aleksas Drozdovskis (NL)Strategy & Innovation Leadership | ex @Wargaming @Omnicom | THNK Alumnus
Skills: Business; Creative - Laima Zemele (LV)Managing Director at Golin Riga | Business Coach | Sustainability Expert
Skills: Business - Wilhelm Lappe (DE)Founder of Emprelab & theBizTour, mentor for startups and digital transformation. Professor and speaker. Berlin-Madrid.
Skills: Business - Sandra Golbreich (LT)New Nordic ecosystem builder, accelerator co-founder, educator, #womenintech advocate.
Skills: Business - Petri Kajander (EE)Business artist - delivering an inspiring and humane future with growth companies
Skills: Business - Julija Jegorova (UK)Founder @ Black Unicorn PR | Global PR & Comms for tech startups | 10 + years in international Public Relations | Speaker and mentor | CIPR UK Member
Skills: Business; Creative - Eelke Bakker (NL)PdEng Trainee in Data Science at Eindhoven University of Technology
Skills: Tech; Field expert - Vattan PS (EE)Start-up influencer that helps founders change lives
Skills: Business; Creative; Field expert - Suha M. Ayyash (JO)Social Marketer (behavioral change). Social Norms. Design Thinking. Change Management
Skills: Business; Creative; Field expert - Angeliki Kouka (GR)PDEng trainee in Data Science at Jheronimus Academy of Data Science
Skills: Tech; Creative - Dharmawan Santosa (ID)Strategic Operations at Garena | YLI Wave 11 by McKinsey & Co. | Revenue, Product, Business Dev., Strategy, Digital Transformation
Skills: Business - Amal El Alami (CH)Innovation enabler | Digital Transformation | Design Thinker | Brand Consultant | Community Builder | FinTech
Skills: Business; Tech; Creative - Ahmad Farhad Sarwary (AF)Social Entrepreneur, Business Mentor, Global Volunteer, SDGs Consultant, UNV, Author
Skills: Business; Creative; Field expert
The best team making it all happen
This hackathon is organised by WindHackers. We work hard to provide the best hackathon experience and make You happy! :)
- Kārlis SkujaVision and Energy, WindHackers
- Asta VasiliauskaitePR & Digital Marketing Communication, WindHackers
- Artis CicensContent and Partners, WindHackers
- Olga AverčenkoCommunication and Design, WindHackers
- Didzis AndersonsIT Technologies, WindHackers
- Anastasija TkačenkoClients, WindHackers
Frequently Asked Questions
- RobertWhat is a hackathon?Support:A sprint-like event where participants team up and create solutions to real-life challenges in an intense period of time. Using creativity, technology and mentoring, the weekend results in prototypes, fresh new concepts and innovative usages of tech.
- PēterisWhat is an online/virtual hackathon?SupportIn an online or virtual hackathon, all participants are remotely connected. Irrespective of their location, hackathon enthusiasts can participate and demonstrate their skills on an online hackathon platform using various tools.
- AnnaWho can participate?SupportWe welcome people of all job descriptions, whether you're a designer, developer, marketer, entrepreneur or project manager. Diverse groups often work incredibly well together to produce the best results.
- Miko:Do I need to be able to code?Support:You can participate with any level of IT skills, even if you haven't written a single line of code. Understanding the basics of IT is a plus.
- Heiki:During this hackathon can I work only on new ideas or on an existing product or solution?Support:It will be allowed to develop both new ideas and improve existing products and solutions. In the case of existing solutions, especially will be evaluated the work done during the hackathon. This hackathon is not intended to promote commercially available products.
- Liene:How big should be the team?SupportWe find that a team of three to five works best. It's large enough to have diverse skills, yet small enough to get to know your team members well in a short space of time.
- JohnWhat if I sign-up alone or don't have a team?SupportDon't worry if you don't know anyone attending. Teams will be formed before hackathon and during hackathon. There will be enough time to mingle and get to know other attendees and ideas.
- Olga:In what language will the event take place?Support:The main communication during the hackathon will be in English. With the organisers, it is possible to communicate in Latvian and English. Final presentations should be prepared in English.
- ZandaIs participation free of charge?SupportYes participation is free of charge.
- AlexWhat are the conditions for a team to qualify for a cash prize?SupportTo be eligible for the cash prize, the team must have at least one student from Latvia.
- AdamWhat a number 42 means?SupportIn Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy a super-intelligent race of beings builds a computer, called Deep Thought, to get an answer to the universe's ultimate question: "What is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?", and in response to this question Deep Thought gives a very simple and supposedly off the wall answer: "42". In essence, Deep Thought is saying that the meaning of life is whatever you want it to be.
PS. The ASCII code 42 is for the asterisk (*) symbol, being a wildcard for everything.
Our contacts
Feel free to send us a message. We really love to communicate! :)
info@windhackers.com
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