Hackathon // Background

Title: Tech For Inclusive Health
Goal: Produce software, in the form of mobile applications, that meets the needs of adult males and females who want to improve and maintain their self-care, mental health, and emotional resilience.

Description:

Hackathon in the Greater Boston area focused specifically on supporting the self-care, mental health and emotional resilience of adults.  

Scope:

Special Considerations:

• Research based - take into account existing research in cognitive behavioral therapy, emotional quotient/intelligence, and coaching methodologies
• Access to professionals - provide access to professional help as needed by the app user
• Diversity - demonstrate inclusiveness in all stages and areas of app development, from UX to content to methodology
• Privacy - protect the privacy of app users, same as doctor-patient privilege

Challenge Structure:

• The participants’ job in this challenge is to create a mobile app on either an iOS or Android platform to be hosted on either Linux, Windows, or Mac servers

Mentors & Judges:

Mentors will be floating throughout the hackathon space to advise participants as they hack as well as reviewing submissions via DevPost.

The mentors will be available to all teams.  Their functional expertise (UX, back end, database, specific language, security, etc.) will bring valuable insight and depth to the your projects.

Mentors will point your teams in directions that will enhance your solution.  They will ask open ended questions that will encourage and challenge you in developing an innovative solution. Mentors are not part of any team, so they will not be involved in the implementation of your application.

Judges will review and score all submissions for the hackathon and judge the participants via DevPost.

Hackathon // Submission Guidelines

• Business Model

1. Executive Summary - This should be a very brief summary about what the app should be able to do, how it will benefit different parties involved.
2. Target audience demographic profile
3. Business model, launch plan, and sustainability plan

1.   App Design

1. Project plan: Platform, workflow for the application, list of projected challenges, mockups, etc.
2. Architecture: This must include a mockup of the platform architecture and a mockup of the proposed user interface.  These may be sketched by hand or digitally.    
1. Upload a PNG, GIF or JPG of your system architecture
2. Upload a PNG, GIF or JPG with a sketch (or draft screenshot) of the expected user interface of the system you are building
3. All groups should also create a list of deliverables that cannot be completed within the timeframe of the competition, but should be addressed for full functionality before launch

FREE REGISTRATION is *required* at http://www.diversityITnetwork.org/hackathon

You must be part of a team to participate.  If you are not part of a team on the day of the hackathon, you will be added to a team before the competition starts. 

• Business Model Viability
  Target audience is clearly defined, needs are well identified, marketing plan addresses this audience creatively. App design matches needs of this audience, launch plan is thorough. Sustainability and monetization are realistically addressed.
• Functionality
  The idea seems extremely feasible and viable with a high probability of success.
• Technical Difficulty
  Design of application is very user friendly. Application is strongly designed and features implemented have a realistic application. Solution was creative and addressed most of the special considerations.