Hack the Gender Gap Schedule

Friday, October 24

  • 7 pm: Registration and dinner

  • 8:30 pm: Watching Silicon Valley symposium at Google

  • 10:00 pm: End

 

Saturday, October 25

  • 8:00 – Light breakfast/gathering

  • 8:30 – Kickoff

    • Welcome from Dana Coester (WVU) and Beth Laing (PBS MediaShift)

    • Explain rules and logistics (Beth Laing)

  • 9:00 – Speaker Session 1 – Team Collaboration & Brainstorming (Human Centered Design): Umbreen Bhatti

  • 9:30 – WORK

  • 12:30 – Lunch

  • 1:00 pm: Speaker Session 2 – Challenges for Wearables in Media: Hilary Topper

  • 1:30 – WORK

  • 4:00 – Speaker Session 3 – How to Market Your Startup: Nikki Bowman

  • 4:30 – WORK

  • 7:00 – Casual Dinner

  • Facilitators & Adult team members meetup; student teams continue to work

10:00 – Night program ends

 

Sunday, October 26

  • 9:00 am: Light breakfast and talk

  • 9:30 am: Speaker session 4: How to Pitch Your Startup

  • 10:00 am: WORK on presentation

  • 11:30 am: Lunch for judges

    12 pm: Lunch for everyone with presentations

    1:30 pm: Judging in chambers

  • 2 pm Announcement of winners and end

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