Hack for Humanity | March 20-21, 2021

Included in this Program Schedule are the zoom links for each of the activities over the course of the hackathon. 

Dr. Rebecca Katz is a Professor and Director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University Medical Center. She teaches courses on global health diplomacy, global health security, and emerging infectious diseases in the School of Foreign Service. Prior to coming to Georgetown in 2016, she spent ten years at The George Washington University as faculty in the Milken Institute School of Public Health. Since 2007, much of her work has been on the domestic and global implementation of the International Health Regulations as well as global governance of public health emergencies.

From 2004 to 2019, Dr. Katz was a consultant to the Department of State, working on issues related to the Biological Weapons Convention, pandemic influenza and disease surveillance. In 2019, Dr. Katz co-convened the first international scientific conference on global health security, bringing together over 900 participants from around the world to form a community of practice, and is working with her colleagues in Australia to plan to follow up conference in 2021. Dr. Katz received her undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College, an M.P.H. from Yale University, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University.

A key component of this event is mentorship. To help ensure that participating teams are developing relevant, culturally appropriate, and grounded ideas that could be feasibly implemented, we will have a group of experienced mentors present during the event to help guide teams and answer questions. Over the course of the hackathon, your team will have the ability to meet virtually with mentors in order to help gain a better understanding of the core issues associated with your topic. We will be selecting mentors so as to have a wide range of expertise on hand to answer questions, provide in-depth context, and help guide your ideas to “real-world” relevance. We encourage you to make use of this valuable resource! 

Mentor List and Bios  |  Mentor Sign-up Sheet

We have created a useful resource guide on humanitarian innovation to assist your teams through the entire hackathon process - from problem identification to thinking about project implementation. While these provided resource guide will be a good start and foundation to build from, we also encourage your team to conduct your own searches for resources that may be relevant to your specific projects.

A special thanks to Madison Bates '22 for compiling this resource guide!

Hack for Humanity 2021 Resource Guide

On the second day of the hackathon, all participating teams will have the opportunity to present their pitches to a panel of judges, who will evaluate each team's pitch on the basis of originality, respect to individuals and communities, context, feasibility, impact, sustainability, and partnerships. Following all presentations, the panel will announce the top teams who will then have the opportunity to submit a formal project proposal to be considered for up to $3,000 in seed funding.

Presentations will be evaluated using this Evaluation Framework

Requirements/Details

• Advance registration is required to participate in this event
• We are only accepting complete team registrations
• Teams can be made up of between 3-6 students
• Teams must present (virtually) for the duration of the hackathon
• Please only complete one registration form per team
• Registration closes on March 7, 2021.

Registration Form

Questions?

Should you have any questions about this hackathon please send a message to chrhs@brown.edu

Learn about our previously held Hack for Humanity hackathons by reading our summary reports from past years. 

Summary Reports >