#NewNormalHackathon

With the increasing number of people affected by COVID-19, it is necessary to locally bring innovative solutions using the latest technology where the solution will be able to help affected and non affected people and the society to tackle the solution. Students, Young Professionals, Startups and Social Development Professionals will be invited online to participate in a week-long hackathon where they will learn, code & brainstorm together to create digital solutions for COVID-19 in Bangladesh. Organizers offered a fund of BDT 50,000 to build the first version of your product/campaign and further support. The Hackathon was focused on three core areas: Health Innovation, Business Continuity Innovation, Awareness & communication Innovation. We had 1200 participants and more than 200+ projects from this hackathon. 

 

The “New Normal Hackathon” officially started on July 11 with the Hackathon Announcement. It is being jointly organized by Preneur Lab Trust, FNF Bangladesh, Youth Academy, BRAC and Amra Notun Network. Bootcamp was held on 16th July in Session-2. The session was conducted by Dr. Nazmul Hossain (Country Representative, FNF Bangladesh), Mahdi Uz Zaman (Amazon, USA), Shahana Sharmin (BRAC Youth Platform, BRAC), Tasfiq Rahman (Winner, Facebook Online Hackathon), Hussain Rifat (Winner, BD Apps Hackathon), Nafis Kazi (Winner, Start Demo Day) and Omar Mostafiz (Program Manager, FNF Bangladesh). A mentoring session was organized on 26th July where Dr. Sheikh Moinul Khokon (Founder, Human Aid Bangladesh) and Omar Mostafiz (Program Manager, FNF Bangladesh) were present. And another mentoring session was held on 19th August and was attended by – Arif Nizami (Preneur Lab), Omar Mostafiz (Program Manager, FNF Bangladesh), Nazmul Hossain (Country Representative, FNF Bangladesh), Shahana Sharmin (BRAC Youth Platform, BRAC), Mahdi Uz Zaman (Amazon, USA), Naima Zakaria (Blockchain for Good, Norway), and Dr. Sheikh Moinul Khokon (Founder, Human Aid Bangladesh).

 

The last date of registration was till 14th August. A total of 40 teams participated in these three categories – Health Innovation, Business Continuity and Innovation in Awareness / Campaign. The Demo Day was held on 19th August on the Zoom call. There was a pitching session: all the teams got 3 minutes for their video presentation and 4 minutes for the Q&A session. 12 teams have participated. Our Jury panel was: Dr. Nazmul Hossain (Country Representative FNF Bangladesh), Shahana Sharmin (BRAC Youth Platform, BRAC), Mahdi Uz Zaman (Amazon, USA), Mansurul Aziz (Cash), Naima Zakaria (Blockchain for Good, Norway), Dr. Sheikh Moinul Khokon (Founder, Human Aid Bangladesh). The winning teams on Demo Day are:

 

Prizes For the top three winning teams –

– Top 3 Participants got to win prizes worth 50,000 BDT each from #NewNormalHackathon to build the product/campaign.

– Top 3 Participants got win mentorship support from community partners.

– Top 3 winners got 1 year’s access of OFC.AI from Preneur Lab.

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