On March 8th at 5 pm PST we hosted an information session with our LA County stakeholders to provide context, answer any questions from registered participants, and most importantly, discuss our why.
This hackathon is intended to be a challenge-based learning exercise where teams will compete to develop a proof of concept that best solves the challenge LA County faces with invasive pests, within 4 weeks.
LA County is not the only region suffering from this problem where pests kill our trees, fueling wildfires. We hope our winning teams will further develop their proof of concept into an MVP and scale their operations to protect other regions around the world.
Everyone who registers will be emailed by March 17th at noon pacific if they were accepted into the challenge.
Individuals / Partial Teams
If you are an individual or have a partial team and are looking for additional team members we will do our best to help you. Please email OIS@joinai.la
’s mandatory for teams to attend 3/18 Friday’s kick-off.
’s recommended that at least one team member attends in-person Saturday and Sunday.
Teams will be allowed to stay at BioscienceLA until 10 pm each day during the kick-off weekend.
MARCH 18-20: WEEKEND WORKSHOPS ATBIOSCIENCELAINCULVERCITY
Friday, March 18: 6-9pm
Stakeholder Presentation
Introductions
Team Building
Saturday, March 19: 10am-3pm
Design Workshop
Business Strategy Workshop
Computational Analysis + Remote Sensing Workflow Workshops
Work Sessions
Sunday, March 20: 10am-3pm
Work Sessions
Presentation and Stakeholder Feedback
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20: TEAMS WORK ON THEIR PROJECT
APRIL 21: DEMO DAY
1st Place
$10,000 USD
• Featured on the ɫ Blog
• Social network amplification from our partners
• Office Hours with Starburst Aerospace
• 4 hours of free corporate services with Wilson Sonsini ($4,000 value)
• Showcase your work at the BioscienceLA Collaboration Hub for 3 months
2nd and 3rd Places
$2,500 USD
• Featured on the ɫ Blog
• Social network amplification from our partners
• Office Hours with Starburst Aerospace
• 2 hours of free corporate services with Wilson Sonsini ($2,000 value)
Winning Teams
First, second, and third-place teams will need to incorporate and have a bank account created to accept the unrestricted grant. Using a fiscal sponsor is another way teams can accept the grant.
If you have any questions, would like to mentor, or become a sponsor please contact OIS@joinai.la
Thank you!
Watch the info session here:
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