Animal Health Hackathon

Ready To Go

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Text Blocks kicks off on June 24th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

Ready To Go

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Text Blocks kicks off on June 24th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

About The Event

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Quote Blocks kicks off on April 26th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Join us for a day of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

David Doe

Designer - Redshoe

The connection between animal and human well-being is steadfast, and advances in one area of health can directly impact the other. The University of Georgia and Boehringer Ingelheim have joined forces to co-host the first ever Georgia Animal Health Hackathon to explore new ideas and technologies for improving the care of pets and livestock.  Students from varied disciplines, degrees, majors and colleges will join members of the Georgia community at this weekend long event to explore advances that have the potential to improve the human animal bond, lead to more sustainable agricultural practices, and improve both human and animal health.

 

The Hackathon will begin on Friday afternoon with presentations from innovators and leaders, including clinicians, startups and academia, to provide a multifaceted view of emerging trends and the future of animal health and healthcare services. The event continues on Saturday with teams comprised of veterinary students, business students, engineers, designers and more coming together to ideate and create novel solutions in animal health.  Mentors will provide feedback and guidance to the teams, culminating in a project showcase on Sunday and final presentations to an audience of peers, industry representatives, and participants. A panel of judges will select winners and award $5,000 in cash. Four Athens is providing a 1 year Seedling membership, allowing access to members only events, resources for growing companies, and $3000 in Amazon Web Services credits. The winning team will also receive admission to the Raising Money for Startups in 2018, as well as a one-on-one session with investor Paul Singh. 

 

This is a unique opportunity to meet and work together with your peers, researchers and industry leaders to explore multi-disciplinary approaches for improving animal health and well-being.  If you'd like to attend the conference (Friday only), but can't participate in the hackathon- that's OK- click sign up and select the conference only ticket.

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UGA Student Application

This application is for any current student at the University of Georgia. (any college, school, department) students use this application. All current students are eligible to participate, this application will take approximately 3 minutes to complete. You do not have to have a team to sign up. If you do have a team, each member must complete their own application. Please keep in mind the info you enter in your application will be shared with the sponsors, mentors, and be used to create your name tag.

Student Application (for non-UGA students)

This application is for any student NOT at UGA. Welcome! We're so glad to have you join us! This application will take approximately 3 minutes to complete. You are not required to have a team to sign up. If you have a team, each member must complete an application.

Hackathon Application- for anyone not currently a college student

This application is for anyone who is not currently enrolled in college. This application will take approximately 3 minutes to complete. You do not have to have a team to sign up. If you do have a team, each member must complete their own application. Please keep in mind the info you enter in your application will be shared with the sponsors, mentors, and be used to create your name tag.

Volunteer Mentor Application
$0.00

If you would like to volunteer to be a mentor please complete this application. First preference for mentors are provided to sponsors of the event. If we have room for additional mentors we will let you know via email by accepting your application to attend. Mentors arrive at specific times on Saturday for 4 hr blocks of time. At designated times mentors arrive and immediately go into a room to hear a "PiNG" in which one member of each student team updates the group on their Progress, Needs, & Goals. This takes about 30min in total. Mentors take notes and then go around to each team to provide their feedback/guidance/advice. Signage and posters indicate which teams are in which rooms. 4 hours later a new PiNG happens with a new group of mentors. Please note that students should not be solicited/recruited for jobs and you should not approach them about such things during the hackathon. Students are not required to heed your advice. Thank you for your interest in supporting our students.

Conference Only
$0.00

Use this ticket to attend just the conference on Friday between 3pm and 5:45pm.

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