Latinity 2015 – Conference Program

Discovering tech-driven innovative solutions to support women around the world

Latinity is happy to invite you to participate in a 6-8 hour challenge that spans across 2 days where teams will organize around the below challenges to find tech-driven innovative solutions to support women around the world through technology. The challenge will be based on a product visioning workshop that will provide some guidance on how you can approach the challenge while learning the core essence of prototyping techniques.

Each category will have a subject matter expert available to answer questions and provide more context if necessary. Moreover, within each category, a 200 USD prize will be awarded to the winning solution. Winning solutions will be selected by a panel of judges, and more information about requirements and logistics will be announced 2 months prior-to the challenge.

Twitter: #LatinityChallenge

Challenges

• A solution to unite and strengthen the voices speaking out on behalf of girls and women around the world.
• A solution to assess and enhance their career skills about a specific area such as programming, finance etc.
• A solution to track the impact of individual women leaders that can be shared with a larger global network and inspire the world around them.

Eligibility

Teams must be a maximum of 5 team members (at least 3 members should identify as female participants). Teams must be present to pitch to our judges and receive their prize at the awards ceremony.

Judging Criteria

1. Design
2. Fulfills the challenge
3. Potential for impact

Rules

• Non-transferability: #LatinityChallenge is by application only. Your invitation is non-transferrable. Please notify the event organizer if you can no longer attend so that we can accommodate wait-list attendees. Additionally, due to limited space, attendees will not be allowed to bring guests to this event.
• Team size: Maximum 5 members per team to be eligible for the prizes.
• No harassment: #LatinityChallenge is dedicated to providing a harassment-free event experience for everyone regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, race, or religion. We will not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form, including overly sexualized or demeaning comments during talks or anything that threatens personal safety. #LatinityChallenge participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference at the discretion of the conference organizers.
• Teams must be present to pitch to our judges and receive their prize at the end of the Day2 session.