COVID-19 is still spreading exponentially throughout the world. Current statistics indicate that 15-20% of people who get it require hospitalization for respiratory failure for multiple weeks. The hardship falls on elderly people, medical personnel as well as the healthcare system in general.

Identifying the main pain points in the current health crisis situation, Data Natives is activating its 78000+ community of data scientists, healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs, researchers, designers, and tech professionals to come up with solutions for:

- Protecting the elderly and medical workers

- Offloading the healthcare system with faster diagnosis options and medical equipment delivery and/or assembly

- Assisting with daily responsibilities for the ones who need it the most (e.g childcare, grocery shopping and medication etc.)

This Friday, March 20th, we are kicking off an online hackathon #HackCorona to find creative solutions for given problems within a short period of time. We’re encouraging data scientists, entrepreneurs, social workers, designers, engineers (and everyone!) to join us.

Join the conversation from our slack group!

To participate, apply here.

Agenda:

FRIDAY - 20th March

17:00-18:45 Kick-off session

Explaning the structure of the online hackathon, the challenges, the resources and the online tools , introducing the mentoring system & pitching the ideas

19:00-20:45 Hacking time

Assistance for the attendees by #HackCorona team

21:00 Hacking through the night

SATURDAY - 21th March

08:30-09:00 Kick-off session

09:00-09:45 Desing thinking session

How to work remotely and structure your weekend

09:45-15:00 Hacking time

15:00-18:00 Mentoring session

18:00 Hacking through the night

SUNDAY - 22nd March

08:30 -09:00 Kick-off session

09:00-13:00 Hacking time

13:00-14:30 Pitching session

14:45 -Submissions deadline

15:30 - 17:30 Project Pitches

18:00 - Winner Ceremony

Let’s #HACKCORONA together!