dlr TY STEM Entrepreneur Hackathon on 'Assisted Living'
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Public Libraries and Local Enterprise Office DLR are organizing a Transition Year Student Hackathon on the theme of Assisted Living on Friday evening 7th and Saturday 8th December in dlr LexIcon with 60 students from local schools. The facilitator is Dr Jake Rowan-Byrne from TCD. We have been running a TY STEM Entrepreneur Camp for 3 years and are very excited to host and organize our first student hackathon, which this year is kindly supported by Science Foundation Ireland. Draft Programme: F riday 7 th December 6.00pm - 8.00pm 6.00 – 7.00 Advocates from 3 specialist organisations/research areas to make presentations on specific issues and technology available to those in need of assisted living. 7.00 – 8.00 Participants to break up into teams (approx. 12 teams x 5 members) and select a theme based on the issues raised. They will then have an opportunity to discuss the issue with the advocates in more detail. Student teams