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  • Politech Hackathon

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    Politech Hackathon

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    Sep 03 2016 09:30 - Sep 04 2016 17:00
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    INTRODUCTION

    The fourth industrial revolution is fundamentally reshaping the global economy and societies, and we are shifting the way we live, work, and play. How must we respond to these changes, and how can we use the technological advancements of this age to create a new politics?

    Building upon the momentum from the ideas in our Facebook group and first meetup, we are hosting our first Politech Hackathon to bring some of the buzzing ideas being discussed to life. We want to bring together people from the political and technology sectors to create a new politics in the context of the fourth industrial revolution. These two communities will be leading the forefront in shaping the future and it only makes sense to be collaborating now.

    Over the course of a weekend, participants will ideate and prototype products, services, or platforms to improve politics using tech, data, and political ideas. Want to help change the future of politics to improve the state of the world? Join us.

    Our goal: Make politics more inclusive, transparent, open, and diverse, to ensure that it meets its original purpose of bringing people together to address societal problems.

    MAIN THEMES

    1. Automating political tasks

    What tasks of a politician can be automated? For example, could we create technologies which write speeches and/or understand what the public think about particular issues to help create laws? Could ethical decisions be informed by machine-learning?

    Technology to inspire you

    2. Creating a new political institution

    How can we create a new type of political institution using the technology available to us? The purpose of this political institution would be to bring together a global group of people who work together to tackle global issues which national governments cannot. At different points in history, the idea of the 'political party' was born, then the ideas of the European Union and United Nations were also born. What is the next evolution of these political institutions?

    3. Developing a more transparent and accountable political system

    How might politicians be held accountable for their claims? How might the process of policymaking, voting, and campaigning be more accountable? Could we create Augmented Reality technology which informs the user whether or not a politician is telling the truth or not?

    Technology to inspire you

    4. Understanding the public’s political views

    What sort of legislation does the public want political systems to introduce or reform? How can we make the political process more inclusive of a large and diverse group of people, rather than just those who vote? These insights can be used to improve governance worldwide.

    REGISTRATION

    In order to ensure we can form well-balanced product teams, we ask that you register according to the category that you have skillset in.

    Developer - You are a software developer. We will have some datasets and APIs available for you to use closer to the date.

    Designer - You can mock up digital designs, basic webpages, and/or help with design thinking processes.

    Ideator - You have bold ideas on how to create a new forward-thinking politics.

    Tickets are £5 online before the weekend, and £8 on the door.

    AGENDA

    Saturday 3rd September

    9:00-10:00

    Arrive + register

    10:00-10:05

    Introduction to the Fourth Group (Alvin Carpio)

    Who we are, what we do, why we decided to run a Politech Hackathon

    10:05-10:20

    Overview of the Politech Hackathon (Leah Bae et al)

    What’s the weekend’s agenda, expectations, challenges

    10:20-10:30

    Ice-breaker

    10:30-11:00

    Panel Discussion

    How can we use technology to create a new politics in the context of the fourth industrial revolution?

    Rapi Castillo, Founder and Executive Director of Progressive Coders Network

    Kat Hanna, Centre for London lead of the Transatlantic Innovation Districts Partnership

    Carl Miller, Research Director of the Centre for Analysis of Social media (CASM) at Demos

    [Others speakers to be announced soon]

    11:00-11:15

    Q&A

    11:15-11:30

    Break + mingle

    Start thinking about ideas

    11:30-13:00

    Ideation session

    Pitch ideas and form teams

    13:00-13:45

    Lunch

    13:45-16:00

    Solidify teams + hacks

    16:00-16:15

    Check-in

    16:15 till late

    Hack

    Sunday 4th September

    10:00

    Start

    13:00-13:45

    Lunch

    13:45-15:15

    Finalise pitches

    15:15-15:30

    Judges speak

    Matt Clifford, Co-founder and Chief Executive, Entrepreneur First

    [Other judges to be announced soon]

    15:30-16:15

    5-minute pitches

    16:15-16:30

    Judges deliberate

    16:30

    Prizes

    17:00

    End

    CONTACT

    If you have any questions of if you'd like further information, email us: join@fourth.group.

    Organiser

    We are a global community of people working together to create a new politics in the context of the fourth industrial revolution.

    Venue

    Newspeak House, 133 Bethnal Green Rd, London, E2 7DG, E2 7DG London

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