UC Berkeley’s Health Data Hackathon

Can you imagine changing how we care for our health? Changing the things that influence our health? Come build towards that change. UC Berkeley’s first Hacking Health codeathon* – Sept 30 & Oct 1. You’ll be amazed what can be done in a day.

You’ll join change agents of all stripes – coders, builders, designers, marketeers, health experts and clinicians — from across the Cal & UCSF community. Design, build and pitch solutions in 24 hours or less. You bring the talent, the passion, the need for change. We’ll bring the rest.

Friday day: Optional inspiration & ideas from CITRIS, design firms, startups that have made it & VC’s that have watched many crash & burn (and have helped a few succeed)

Friday @6pm: Happy hour & idea pitching – teams will form Friday night

Saturday: All-day coding / designing / building

Saturday @6pm: All-star judging panel will review what you can create in a day

Food is free. Drinks provided. You will be swimming in data sets and APIs to help you on your quest to improve our healthcare.

Judging criteria:

Impact (What problem does it address? Scale of that problem?)
Product viability (Does the technology match the problem addressed?
Would people use it?)
How much team accomplished in a day
Business viability (insurmountable competitors / barriers to entry? Can it make money?
Will it find a customer base? etc)*

* note that "business viability" is the least important at this early stage.

Prizes:

$2000 Grand Prize from the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship
$1000 Prize for Best Mobile App, from Morgenthaler Ventures

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