Polish-German online hackathon and 48-hour innovation challenge for the development of innovative and sustainable business models
FRI 25th – SUN 27th September 2020
(free online event)
Innovating regional, sustainable, and resilient business models for the common good
The economic and social effects of the corona pandemic in the Polish-German border region have highlighted the importance of local and highly networked structures. In the future, it will be even more important to develop or redesign regional public services of general interest and infrastructures in an ecologically, socially and economically sustainable manner.
In this interdisciplinary online hackathon, we aim to identify current challenges, problems and potentials in the cross-border region of Szczecin, Uecker-Randow and Uckermark. Together with dedicated people from different areas (economy & technology, art & design, ecology & sustainability as well as politics & science) we aim to develop new ideas, strategies and solutions for resilient models of public services and infrastructures.
Why?
Motivation
Under the title Re:Local we are exploring new ideas, solutions and strategies for developing innovative and sustainable business models with a focus on regional networks of added value, localizing value chains and exploring local assets.
What?
Challenges
Challenges are proposed by regional stakeholders and can be problems, needs and constraints or new or unexplored potentials and assets in the region.
How?
Format
#RegioHack is a cross-border online hackathon that centers on the development of innovative, sustainable and local business models in the polish region of Szczecin and the german regions of Uecker-Randow and Uckermark with a special focus on public services of general interest and infrastructures.
When?
Schedule
In a 48-hour innovation challenge, we invite creative practitioners, local experts and international coaches from the Polish and German part of the regional area to collaborate and create inspiring ideas, concepts and solutions based on challenges that are proposed by regional stakeholders.
Regional Stakeholders
… are regional experts and local practitioners that propose challenges ahead of the hackathon and present them to the participants at the beginning of the event.
The proposed challenges are clearly defines problems, needs and constraints – or (new) potentials – within the regional and thematic context.
During the hackathon participation of regional stakeholders / challenge owners within the teams is generally possible but not necessarily expected or mandatory.
Hackathon Participants
… are People who work on and try to solve a given challenge during the duration of the hackathon.
These “hackers” can be students, self employed, creatives and everybody with an interest in problem solving.
At the start of the hackathon, the participants assign themselves to a challenge they are interested in and typically form in groups of 3-5 individuals.
Hackers are creative problem solvers - they don't have to be able to program and results of the hackathon can be digital prototypes as well as good concepts.
Coaches and Mentors
… have either content-related or organizational expertise and support the teams during the hackathon.
These people are available to all teams for thematic or technical questions at predefined times during the hackathon.
Thematic questions can relate to specific facts of the project idea, but soft skills such as teamwork or business model development can also be part of the expertise.
University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde
Faculty of Sustainable Business
Präsenzstelle Schwedt | Uckermark WIR! region 4.0
Berliner Str. 52, D-16303 Schwedt/Oder
Polish-German online hackathon and 48-hour innovation challenge for the development of innovative and sustainable business models
FRI 25th – SUN 27th September 2020
(free online event)
Innovating regional, sustainable, and resilient business models for the common good
The economic and social effects of the corona pandemic in the Polish-German border region have highlighted the importance of local and highly networked structures. In the future, it will be even more important to develop or redesign regional public services of general interest and infrastructures in an ecologically, socially and economically sustainable manner.
In this interdisciplinary online hackathon, we aim to identify current challenges, problems and potentials in the cross-border region of Szczecin, Uecker-Randow and Uckermark. Together with dedicated people from different areas (economy & technology, art & design, ecology & sustainability as well as politics & science) we aim to develop new ideas, strategies and solutions for resilient models of public services and infrastructures.
Why?
Motivation
Under the title Re:Local we are exploring new ideas, solutions and strategies for developing innovative and sustainable business models with a focus on regional networks of added value, localizing value chains and exploring local assets.
What?
Challenges
Challenges are proposed by regional stakeholders and can be problems, needs and constraints or new or unexplored potentials and assets in the region.
How?
Format
#RegioHack is a cross-border online hackathon that centers on the development of innovative, sustainable and local business models in the polish region of Szczecin and the german regions of Uecker-Randow and Uckermark with a special focus on public services of general interest and infrastructures.
When?
Schedule
In a 48-hour innovation challenge, we invite creative practitioners, local experts and international coaches from the Polish and German part of the regional area to collaborate and create inspiring ideas, concepts and solutions based on challenges that are proposed by regional stakeholders.
Regional Stakeholders
… are regional experts and local practitioners that propose challenges ahead of the hackathon and present them to the participants at the beginning of the event.
The proposed challenges are clearly defines problems, needs and constraints – or (new) potentials – within the regional and thematic context.
During the hackathon participation of regional stakeholders / challenge owners within the teams is generally possible but not necessarily expected or mandatory.
Hackathon Participants
… are People who work on and try to solve a given challenge during the duration of the hackathon.
These “hackers” can be students, self employed, creatives and everybody with an interest in problem solving.
At the start of the hackathon, the participants assign themselves to a challenge they are interested in and typically form in groups of 3-5 individuals.
Hackers are creative problem solvers - they don't have to be able to program and results of the hackathon can be digital prototypes as well as good concepts.
Coaches and Mentors
… have either content-related or organizational expertise and support the teams during the hackathon.
These people are available to all teams for thematic or technical questions at predefined times during the hackathon.
Thematic questions can relate to specific facts of the project idea, but soft skills such as teamwork or business model development can also be part of the expertise.
Jan Lindenberg
jan.lindenberg@hnee.de
+49 (0)152 08961612
Radoslaw Mirski
r_mirski@icloud.com
University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde
Faculty of Sustainable Business
Präsenzstelle Schwedt | Uckermark WIR! region 4.0
Berliner Str. 52, D-16303 Schwedt/Oder
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#RegioHack is part of the alliance and innovation network region 4.0 funded in the program WIR! – Wandel durch Innovation in der Region (Change through innovation in the region) in the areas of Uecker-Randow - Uckermark - Barnim to promote identity and quality through regional value creation networks.
All icons by Monkik
#RegioHack is part of the alliance and innovation network region 4.0 funded in the program WIR! – Wandel durch Innovation in der Region (Change through innovation in the region) in the areas of Uecker-Randow - Uckermark - Barnim to promote identity and quality through regional value creation networks.
