Hack for Healthcare was a one-day coding event, hosted by Kal Academy, in partnership with Microsoft's LEAP Program, for anyone with a passion in software engineering, UI/UX, data science, and healthcare.
We had over 100 participants, mentors, judges and speakers and we raised nearly $600 through donation-based ticket sales for Kal Academy Expansion Fund. THANK YOU!Â
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 Check out this list of problem statements from Kal Academy, Elevar and our partners, and explore what you can do with the 500 datasets John Snow Labs donated!
Projects will be assessed based on value proposition, potential impact, creativity, and feasibility.
Prizes include $125k in Azure credits, corporation formation package from Clerky ($500 value), exclusive #HackForHealthcare swag, 1-year premium Github accounts for all members of winning teams, and private consultation with Elevar.
9:30am: Doors open, check-in begins!
10:00am: Welcome remarks, meet your teammates!
10:30am: Keynote presentations - what's the problem in healthcare and what can we do about it?
11:30am: Hacking commences! Organize into teams, get set up with your very own Azure account!Â
12pm: Lunch is here and so are the mentors! Sign up for office hours to get help on solution development, technical design, and more
5pm: We recommend teams start working on their pitch and demo
6pm: Dinner is served
7pm-9pm: Show time! Each team gets 3-4 minutes of demo and pitch, and then our panel of judges will deliberate to pick 3 winning teams
We're a non-profit coding academy, dedicated to making high-quality tech education accessible to everyone, especially women and minorities. That's why our classes are only $25/session. The average cost for each student to get fully trained for an engineering role is $350-500.Â
If you've met our students or alumni (most of whom are at Microsoft), you'll see that we don't sacrifice quality for affordability. Kal Academy was started by tech industry veterans, with 20 years of experience in software development, data science, and engineering management.
In the past six months, we've tripled the number of our active students. Want to help us bring tech education to even more people? Explore ways to partner on kalacademy.org.
