THE Port Humanitarian Hackathons at CERN for Diversity and Inclusion

We believe diversity can accelerate showing the value and impact of fundamental HEP research to the world

4 :: outreach ::

1. Invite Society to our comfort zone 2. Explain our needs and solutions 3. Connect it to benefits of society

5 :: co-creation ::

1. Leave our comfort zone to other domains 2. Bring our methods to society’s needs 3. Connect them to our world without need to explain

6 :: outreach :: :: together :: :: co-creation ::

From Supporters to Challengers From our comfort zone to that of stakeholders From understanding to experiencing

Co-creation builds bridges across domains and allows direct interaction with society

7 :: THE Port :: a not-for-profit association ::

We demonstrate the value of 8 fundamental science to society :: Purpose and vision ::

We combine creative minds from CERN and non-profit organisations in interdisciplinary teams to work on Unite Innovators Interdisciplinary teams of handpicked individuals humanitarian technology related chosen for their field-leading expertise and innovative benefits to society minds combine humanitarian questions with state- of-the-art science, cutting-edge technology and endless fantasy. Impact Future The fusion of today’s real life problems analysis and a vision of scientific evolution of the next decades forces us to develop concepts and solutions for the future – hungry to use our expertise in challenges in new fields. Act Today Why not? There are no excuses – there is no better place than here – no better time than now – nobody more creative than you. If you just want to!

9 Hack-A-What ? A hackathon (hacking marathon) is a design sprint-like event;

often, in which computer programmers and others involved in software development, including graphic designers, interface designers, project managers, domain experts, and others collaborate intensively on software projects.

The concept can be extended to handle all kinds of problems, in all kinds of contexts.

One doesn’t even need to be a computer programmer to join some hackathons! 10 :: challenge-based innovation :: > 20 events > 70 challenges >1200 participants

11 THE Port Hackathons :: Inclusive and Diverse Diverse pool of participants from all over the world with varied backgrounds and skill sets

We budget for travel grants for participants from far away to join us at CERN IdeaSquare

12 12 :: Curated Hackathon :: Methodology

Humanitarian Hackathon (October)

60-hour event

13 Note: timeline reflects typical year :: Example outcome :: the Better Body Bag ::

Keeping semiconductor detectors dry

Allowing ICRC Forensic teams to longer visually identify dead bodies have very similar needs

http://socialsolutionsresearch.com/

Helping to reach every child, however difficult the journey is

15 :: THE Port 2019 :: October 10-13, 2019

https://theport.ch/home/the-port-2019/

https://indico.cern.ch/e/theport2019

16 :: THE Port 2019 :: Off-Grid Cooking ::

17 :: THE Port 2019 :: Green Remote Collaboration ::

Even before COVID-19 forcing us to work remotely, several motivated people (driven by particle physicists) got together during THE Port 2019 Humanitarian Hackathon to improve remote collaboration: remotely.green was born.

Making remote collaboration the obvious choice

18 https://remotely.green Online vs in-person

2-5x 10x More 96% faster cheaper inclusive greener Problem How can you get to know people at a virtual event?

Surveyed 333 people, the biggest downside is: 80% of the reason “ my clients join my Limited events is to meet in-person interaction other people ” Organiser of Exec Hack Guided virtual encounters

remaining < 3 minutes

Business vector created by freepik - www.freepik.com Social interactions are crucial

Automatically facilitated encounters, based on:

Coincidence Request Commonality Contrast

AI-driven matching https://youtu.be/Iupq_qb6kMc

23 24 https://www.facebook.com/lecuisinelab/ :: Other Events ::

25 :: Human Rights Diplo Hack 2016 ::

With hackathons, you think about all the things that exist already and then you think about those that you would want to exist but strangely don't exist yet. This is the whole fun of the hackathon. You group a bunch of intelligent people from a a lot of domains and different backgrounds, with a lot of different mentalities, who think differently and they collide together and make these really really cool ideas that are workable. They provide a foundation for any future products. https://vimeo.com/157105819

http://theport.ch/home/diplohack-2016-impact-hub/

26 Dublin Delft Geneva 5-6 November 2019 Padua Paris Sarajevo

27 https://indico.cern.ch/e/quantum 28 29 :: Online Hackathons ::

48h fully online hackathon to find solutions to the COVID-19 crisis: https://versusvirus.ch

Swiss-wide, incl. government and parliament

31 32 Second hackathon to tackle additional challenges, with a focus on economic recovery and after the crisis solutions

33 :: #VersusVirus :: post-hackathon

Ensuring projects are sustained after the hackathons - 250 kCHF in prizes and grants - 25-week incubation programme to bring the ideas to market

34 :: Example Outcome ::

- #VersusVirus Highlight and grant recipient - 1st place of TheGlobalHack.com in the governance area

35 :: together, we can do more ::

36 - 48 hours hackathon during the CERN summer student programme - First edition fully online due to COVID-19 pandemic - Opportunity to go global and attract participants from all over the world - Theme for 2020 : ‘working together apart: accelerating collaboration’

- 440 registrations from 82 countries - 15 mentors & 12 jury members - 27 project submissions (see https://webfest.cern/projects)

37 :: connecting people and ideas ::

When facing critical decisions, we empower to overcome limits of personal networks & information overflow

gluoNNet, founded by HEP scientists uses visual analytics and machine learning tools to connect diverse people and ideas to empower people and allow for successful collaborations

38 Technology Applications, Industrial Opportunities and Sustainability Session hacking

Hackathon Hack

39 40 http://hackforinclusion.com/ THE Port 2020 Humanitarian Hackathon - Registration: https://indico.cern.ch/e/theport2020

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