Hack for Puerto Rico Hackathon

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Have you ever envisioned a #technology that could improve the lives of millions of Puerto Ricans? Students, developers, designers, entrepreneurs, and fellow Puerto Ricans, this next October 27-28 @ 9:00 AM, for the first time in the University of Puerto Rico at Ponce, it’s your chance to create the technologies that will solve the challenges of the modern #PuertoRico and transform the “Isla del Encanto” into a worldwide technology and innovation leader. Together with Restart Week, the University of Puerto Rico at Ponce, Genmoji, EOS Liberty Block, and many more sponsors and speakers join us at the Pearl of the South for the first edition of the #HackForPuertoRico 24-hour hackathon with over $10,000 in prizes, free technology workshops, and special guests. Let's improve Puerto Rico’s infrastructure, agriculture, transportation, energy, economy, government, and as a country overall through the power of technology! 
The Hack for Puerto Rico Hackathon is a 24-hour event organized by Link Puerto Rico and Restart Week at the University of Puerto Rico at Ponce that will be open to anyone, from local developers to entrepreneurs, to create technological solutions for Puerto Rico’s infrastructure, agriculture, transportation, energy, economy, government, and any other field that you can improve with technology. The participants will be divided into teams of maximum five people. Participants will have the freedom to choose on what technological solution to work on as long as it impacts Puerto Rico positively.
The Hackathon will run under the following schedule: 
• October 27th, 2018 @ 9:00 AM: Registration Open • October 27th, 2018 @ 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM: Opening Remarks by Fabián Vélez, Dra. Eva Cabán García, and Adam Krim • October 27th, 2018 @ 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM: Hackathon 101 Workshop by Fabián Vélez • October 27th, 2018 @ 11:30AM – 12:00PM: Team Building Exercise • October 27th, 2018 @ 12:00 PM - Lunch • October 27th, 2018 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Business Model Canvas Workshop by Jahannie Torres • October 27th, 2018 @ 1:00 PM: Start of Hackathon • October 27th, 2018 @ 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Web Development 101 Workshop by Fabián Vélez • October 27th, 2018 @ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Dinner • October 27th, 2018 @ 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Blockchain 101 Workshop by Fabián Vélez • October 28th, 2018 @ 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM: Midnight Surprise • October 28th, 2018 @ 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Breakfast • October 28th, 2018 @ 1:00 PM: End of Hackathon • October 28th, 2018 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM: Lunch and End of Hackathon • October 28th, 2018 @ 2:00 PM - 3:00PM: Participants Project Presentations • October 28th, 2018 @ 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM: Design Thinking Talk by Dr. José Lugo • October 28th, 2018 @ 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM: Transformation Efforts Talk Jennifer Hopp • October 28th, 2018 @ 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM: Media Dev Lab Talk by Alex Herrero • October 28th, 2018 @ 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM: PROne Talk by José Ortíz • October 28th, 2018 @ 4:20 PM - 4:45 PM: Prizes Ceremony • October 28th, 2018 @ 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM Next Event, Special Announcements, and Closing
Prize details and challenges will be announced at the hackathon. if you have any questions or feedback please contact us at info@linkpr.org

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