2020 MIT Policy Hackathon Info Packet (Preliminary)

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MIT Policy Hackathon 2020 equity & engagement a virtual event october 23-25, 2020

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THANK YOU to our sponsors

and our challenge partners

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AGENDA All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

Monday, Oct 19 1:00 PM 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Slack Workspace Opens & Team Formation Begins (Optional) Zoom/Slack Office Hours (IT Support Session)

Thursday, Oct 22 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

(Optional) Speed Networking Event

Friday, Oct 23 10:00AM - 11:00AM 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM 9:30 PM - 10:00 PM 10:00 PM - TBD

(Optional) Speed Networking Event Research to Policy Engagement Event (Optional) Speed Networking Event Hackathon Introduction Opening Keynote Address Challenge Introductions Challenge Sponsor Q&A Team Challenge Registration Challenge Allotment Hacking

Saturday, Oct 24 All Day 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Hacking & Mentor Office Hours Workshop: Data Analysis with Brattle Panel: Science Communication Workshop: How to Write a Policy Memo

Sunday, Oct 25 Morning 10:00 AM 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Hacking Submissions Due Judging: Round 1 Lunch & Judging Break Closing Keynote Address Judging: Final Round Final Ceremony

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SPEAKERS Opening Keynote | Shobita Parthasarathy Friday, Oct. 23rd 6:30PM ET Shobita Parthasarathy is Professor of Public Policy and Women's Studies and Director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at the University of Michigan. She is the author of two books and many articles on innovation politics and policy, in comparative and international perspective, and often advises policymakers on these topics. She has also written for The New York Times, Nature, Issues in Science and Technology, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. She co-hosts The Received Wisdom podcast on science, technology, policy, and society.

Closing Keynote | Nnenna Nwakanma Sunday, Oct. 25th 2:00PM ET She describes herself as "Nnenna from the Internet" and globally shares her passion for connecting the unconnected, especially women. Recognized as one of the World's 100 Most Influential Persons on Digital Governance, Nnenna lives and breathes digital equality, gender equality, open data, open government and women technology leadership. With over 20 years of experience across international organisations, she daily invests her energy towards meaningful connectivity, digital cooperation and social justice. Nnenna is a respected voice and a renowned speaker and mentor in the global technology scene. She speaks five different languages and has lived in more than eight countries.

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EVENTS Discussion Panel Communicating about Science & Technology Saturday, Oct. 24th 12:00PM ET

As technologists and policy makers, we know that the ability to communicate technology related issues to a general audience is vital. This panel brings together experts in science communication, all of whom also have policy backgrounds, to discuss their experience in making science accessible and interesting to a diverse set of people.

Emily Calandrelli

Emily Calandrelli is an MIT engineer turned science communicator. She is the host and co-Executive Producer of Netlfix’s Emily’s Wonder Lab. Executive Producer and Emmynominated host of FOX’s Xploration Outer Space and a correspondent on Netflix’s Bill Nye Saves the World. Emily is the author of the children’s STEM chapter book series the Ada Lace Adventures, which was the first chapter book to be read in full on the International Space Station as part of the prestigious Storytime from Space Program. Emily has given three TEDx talks and travels the world to speak on the topics of effective science communication, space exploration, and women in STEM.

Farah Qaiser

Farah Qaiser is a genomics researcher and science writer. She recently completed a Master of Science degree at the University of Toronto’s Department of Molecular Genetics, where she used DNA sequencing to better understand complex neurological disorders. Outside the lab, Farah takes part in various science outreach, policy and communication efforts to help build an engaging and inclusive science culture. Of note, Farah writes stories about science and scientists for various media outlets, has led Wikipedia Edit-A-Thons to address the encyclopedia’s gender biases, and currently serves on the Canada Chief Science Advisor’s Youth Council. Farah is also one of the cofounders of the Toronto Science Policy Network, where she spearheaded the group’s involvement in the #VoteScience campaign and led a recent COVID-19 Graduate Student Survey.

Poushali Maji | Moderator

Poushali is a Postdoctoral Associate at IDSS and works at the intersection of three major energy challenges facing emerging economies – clean energy access, air pollution and climate action. Her research focuses on using energy systems models to inform policy decisions, at both national and regional scales, that can simultaneously address multiple energy issues in an integrated manner. Poushali received her Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, and before that an M.Sc. (Sustainable Energy) from the University of Edinburgh and B.Sc. (Physics) from St. Stephen’s College (University of Delhi). In the past, she worked with the City of Vancouver, WWF’s Climate Change & Energy programme and as a wind energy consultant.

Read more about our speakers and events at mitpolicyhackathon.org.

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EVENTS Team Formation | Speed Networking Sessions Monday, Oct. 22nd 6:00 PM ET; Friday, Oct 23rd 10:00AM ET & 5:00PM ET Sometimes it is useful to put a voice and face to that bio you just read, and to have actual conversations with potential teammates to see whether you might be a good fit. With that in mind, we are hosting three 45-minute speed networking events. These sessions are completely optional. More detail is available in the Team Formation section below.

Discussion | Research to Policy Engagement Initiative Friday, Oct. 23rd 3:00PM ET The Research to Policy Engagement Initiative, sponsored by MIT's Technology & Policy Program aims to bridge knowledge to action on major societal challenges and connect policymakers, stakeholders, and researchers from diverse disciplines. This month's discussion is open to all Hackathon participants. External information is available, here.

Workshop | Data Analysis with the Brattle Group Saturday, Oct. 25th 9:00AM ET The Brattle Group answers complex economic, regulatory, and financial questions for corporations, law firms, and governments around the world. Brattle will be hosting a presentation on one of their recent projects. Find more information on the following page. A short recruitment talk will follow; learn more about the company, here.

Workshop | How to Write a Policy Memo Saturday, Oct. 25th 6:00PM ET This workshop, conducted by our own Chair, Nina Peluso, will outline basic principles of policy writing and expectations for your submitted policy memo. The presentation will focus on format, concision, and messaging. This event is optional but highly recommended for those with less experience in policy writing.

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EVENTS With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Big Data Pitfalls Using Nurses Health Data | The Brattle Group Saturday, Oct. 25th 9:00AM ET The Nurses Health Study is the most influential longitudinal epidemiological data set ever collected, used by researchers over the last 40 years to motivate thousands of academic papers and large swaths of policy on public health. Our presentation focuses on the second cohort of this study, NHSII, which in 1989 enrolled 116,686 female nurses throughout the country and tracked the health of these women over time. Data was collected every few years on many different dimensions, including weight, food consumption, physical activity, and disease/mortality experience, to name a few. Working with a data set this large comes with many pitfalls that researchers need to be aware

of

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recommendations. In this presentation, we first give an overview of the dataset and some basic trends we find on caloric consumption and body mass index (BMI, a generally accepted screen for body size and weight). Then we examine two potential pitfalls when working with large datasets. The first is to make sure that observed statistical relationships are robust by testing several models to ensure the consistency of that relationship across different model specifications. The second is to confirm that statistically significant p-values are not just a construct of the sheer volume of the sample size. Our motivation with this presentation is to help the science of big data evolve so that the great recent advances in computer processing power to work with large data sets such as NHSII can come with more responsible, scientifically proven guidelines to rely on what this data can tell us.

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CHALLENGE SPONSORS Transportation | Southern California Association of Governments The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) undertakes a variety of planning and policy initiatives to encourage a more sustainable Southern California now and in the future. Founded in 1965 as an association of local governments and agencies that voluntarily convene as a forum to address regional issues, SCAG develops long-range regional transportation plans including sustainable communities strategy and growth forecast components, regional transportation improvement programs, regional housing needs allocations, and a portion of the South Coast Air Quality management plans. The 86 members of SCAG’s Regional Council have the key responsibility of representing the Southern California region on a wide range of issues such as transportation investments, growth strategies, and the allocation of future housing needs. Although 191 cities and six counties are situated within SCAG’s borders, their individual boundaries provide no barrier to the issues and problems associated with such a large metropolitan area. As a forum for local leaders to discuss common problems and develop solutions to shared regional challenges, SCAG facilitates and encourages coordination and cooperation among multiple levels of government for the benefit of all that call Southern California home. For more information about SCAG’s regional efforts, please visit www.scag.ca.gov.

COVID-19 | UCLA Law COVID19 Behind Bars Data Project The UCLA Covid-19 Behind Bars Data Project tracks the spread and impact of Covid-19 in American carceral facilities and compiles key resources relating to this fast-unfolding situation. The project collects Covid-19related data on releases from jails, prisons, and detention centers; conditions in youth facilities and immigration detention; and infection rates and deaths inside every prison system and many jails. We also maintain a database of legal filings and court orders related to Covid-19 in jails and prisons; grassroots organizing campaigns; official responses of all kinds to demands for releases; fundraisers; and additional resources developed by others. The primary goal of the project is to provide this data to the advocates, journalists, and community members who are pushing for the release of incarcerated people, because the best way to protect people inside is to facilitate releases and reduce overcrowding. The project also seeks to make data about testing and sanitation accessible and easy to interpret so that carceral institutions can be held accountable for their approaches to handling the pandemic. Over the long term, the project aims to catalogue and preserve as much data about the pandemic as possible for future study and analysis, since understanding what happened during this crisis will be vital to the urgent project of shrinking our country’s massive carceral footprint.

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CHALLENGE SPONSORS Internet Policy | The Atlantic Council The Atlantic Council promotes constructive leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the Atlantic Community’s central role in meeting global challenges. The Council provides an essential forum for navigating the dramatic economic and political changes defining the twenty-first century by informing and galvanizing its uniquely influential network of global leaders. The Atlantic Council—through the papers it publishes, the ideas it generates, the future leaders it develops, and the communities it builds—shapes policy choices and strategies to create a more free, secure, and prosperous world.

Planning | Puget Sound Regional Council PSRC develops policies and coordinates decisions about regional growth, transportation and economic development planning within King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties in Washington State. PSRC is composed of over 80 jurisdictions, including all four counties, cities and towns, ports, state and local transportation agencies and tribal governments within the region. PSRC works to ensure a bright future for the region through long-range planning to foster environmentally focused growth and a vibrant economy. To achieve these goals PSRC uses data and smart planning to foster development of affordable housing, convenient access to jobs, education and recreation, a multimodal and accessible transportation system, and economic development strategies. For more information, please visit: https://www.psrc.org/

Environmental Justice | The Global Center for Climate Justice The Center’s mission is to broaden the public's understanding of climate justice, illustrate why systemic change is necessary, and show the sustainable future that is possible and already being built in communities across the globe. In order to build just and sustainable communities, we need to unearth the root causes of our current climate crisis. The Center exists to illuminate the strong links between unjust political-economic systems and institutions and the inequitable outcomes they create. We know that in order to be effective, the disparate groups that make up this movement for global climate justice need resources to help them reach across issue boundaries and geographic borders to navigate siloes and build coalitions. The Center’s aim is to synthesize, elevate and popularize climate justice perspectives and help build movement solidarity. We believe that providing popular-discourse materials on climate justice and supporting the development of a globally networked movement are critical next steps to solving the climate crisis.

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AWARDS Prize Money Each team that wins their challenge area will receive a $1,000 prize, divided equally among teammates! All winners will be asked to submit a prize payment form to the Hackathon Organizing Team upon winning on October 25th, 2020 for processing.

MIT Science Policy Review This year, the MIT Policy Hackathon is collaborating with the MIT Science Policy Review (SPR). The MIT Science Policy Review is a researcher-run publication founded in 2019 whose primary purpose is to publish accessible and authoritative science policy reviews authored by members of the broader MIT community for dissemination to the wider public. Additionally, the MIT Science Policy Review aims to be a resource for local, state, federal, and international policymakers who are involved in the creation and funding of science policies, especially those that are highly technical in subject matter. The MIT Science Policy Review will automatically invite all winning teams to author a paper. This opportunity will provide the winning teams to either expand their policy memo further into a formal peer-reviewed paper or to explore a related topic in the science policy sphere. All other Hackathon participants are also invited to apply for consideration as invited authors. The Science Policy Review will extend its October 23rd deadline slightly to consider any Policy Hackathon participants who may be interested in author positions. You can find the full solicitation and application form at sciencepolicyreview.org/vol-iisolicitations/.

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LOGISTICS Team Formation The team formation process will begin on Monday, October 19th, 2020. Please refer to the Team Formation section for more guidelines.

Hacking Once you form your team, you will register and rank your challenges preferences via a Google Form. Based on this form, the organizing team will randomly allocate teams to challenge tracks. We will do our best to ensure that each team can participate in one of the top 3 challenge tracks indicated. The challenge decisions released Friday evening will be considered final. All teams will be added to a private Slack channel for their assigned challenge. This channel will be moderated by a member of our organizing team, who will be your point of contact for any challenge-related questions. They will also moderate the judging sessions for your challenge track. The professional mentors from our challenge sponsor organizations may also post any clarification or announcements on this Slack channel. Once assigned to a challenge, you will have until 10:00AM ET on Sunday, October 25th to “hack� it. We encourage brainstorming together in real time as much as possible via the video or messaging platform of your choice. (For more guidelines on how to use Zoom and Slack, please see Zoom Guidelines and Slack Guidelines.) We also encourage using brainstorming and/or project management tools as you face the incredible challenge of virtual teamwork (ex., Miro, Mural, Trello, When2Meet). While the organizing team will not dictate how your team chooses to hack, do reach out to us if you face any issues! Mentoring As you are hacking, you might have questions for our challenge sponsors. Mentors from our sponsor organizations will hold schedule office hours on Saturday via Zoom. You will be able to book a 20-minute office hour slot using the link provided on the challenge Slack channel. Please note that every office hour slot can host a maximum of 2 teams. Mentors will also be available to answer any questions via Slack throughout the day (mentor availability to be shared later). Please be respectful and gracious to our challenge mentors, who are volunteering their time to help you hack!

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LOGISTICS Events

During the hackathon, you will have multiple opportunities to hear from professionals doing brilliant work on equity and engagement in policy (see Speakers for more detail). We encourage you to attend all the keynote addresses, workshops, and panels for the full Hackathon experience! A select number of these events are required. At least one member of your team must attend Saturday's panel discussion, Brattle workshop, and Sunday's closing keynote to be eligible for judging. The Saturday evening workshop on How to Write a Policy Memo is optional but highly recommended for those with less experience in policy writing. While this is not evaluative, we believe that it will serve as good inspiration for your hacking sessions!

Evaluation Rounds

You will be required to submit a pitch presentation (PDF) and a policy memo (PDF) by 10:00AM ET Sunday, October 25th. For each of the 5 challenges, judges will select three finalists based on a first-round 3-minute pitch sessions, conducted via Zoom. From those finalists, judges will select a challenge winner based on the finalists’ written policy memo & the final pitch + Q&A session. The Hackathon concludes with the announcement of the challenge winners and final remarks. Please read Submission Guidelines for more detail.

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TEAM FORMATION To participate in this hackathon, you must form a team with a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 members (there will be no exceptions). We suggest that you keep the following guidelines in mind, as you form teams. Find people who are interested in the same challenge areas. Find people whose skills complement your own - the more diverse, the better. E.g., if you are a skilled data analyst, you should ensure that your team also has a strong policy writer. Find people who want to hack during the same hours as you. You can gain diverse perspectives by working with people in different countries, but keep their time zone and availability in mind. Do also remember that at least one member of your team will need to attend judging sessions on Sunday. Set expectations beforehand. We encourage you to clarify your availability and goals with potential teammates before you register together. In past years, participants would meet potential team members in-person at the start of the event. Of course, owing to our virtual format, team formation will be a bit different this year. Fear not! You will still very much be forming your own teams. And we strive to provide a great platform to meet new people. For those who already have a team in mind, you are welcome to participate together. For those who do not already have teams or would like to find more members, please read the following guidelines carefully. Using the RSVP Directory The information that we collected from you and every other participant will be shared broadly with the hackathon community in what we call the RSVP Directory. This is essentially a spreadsheet, which shares select information about your fellow hackers - their names, where they are hacking from, their challenges of interest, their background and skills, and a little fun fact about them! We hope you will go through this directory with a keen eye to find other people with similar interests and complementary skills. Contacting Potential Teammates via Slack You will receive a sign-up link to the Slack workspace for the hackathon on Monday, October 19th. (Please see Slack Guidelines for more information.) Apart from serving as a space for you to contact the organizing team and vice versa, Slack will play an important part in the team formation process. Please log onto Slack as soon as you receive the link and go to the #icebreakers channel to introduce yourself. We ask you to share your name, your background, and where you are hacking from so you can get real conversation started with all the amazing people that you read about in the RSVP Directory! The quicker you log onto Slack the quicker your fellow participants can reach out to you.

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TEAM FORMATION Contacting Teammates via Slack continued Slack will serve as the communications platform for the entire event. So if there is anyone you read about in the RSVP directory who you would like to work with, use Slack to reach out to them personally. We understand that virtual team formation can be tough, which is why our Slack workspace opens a week before the hackathon - start those conversations early! We hope you participate in Slack conversations throughout the event as we try our best to unify our virtual community, and only ask that you are respectful and kind in all of your conversations on the workspace. Please report any concerns to our team immediately. Post all your questions on the #doubts channel and a member of the organizing team will respond to your queries. Zoom Speed Networking Sometimes it is useful to put a voice and a face to that bio you just read, and to have actual conversations with people to understand whether you might be a good fit. With that in mind, we are hosting three 45-minute long speed networking events via Zoom (Oct 22 @ 6PM ET, Oct 23 @ 10AM ET, and Oct 23 @ 5PM ET). These events are completely optional. When the speed networking event begins, the host (a member of our organizing team) will split all participants into breakout rooms for 5 minutes. While in the breakout room, we ask you to introduce yourself (background, interests, hacking location) in alphabetical order by first name. After 5 minutes, the host will split everyone into a brand new breakout room to repeat. This will be repeated 5-6 times so that you can meet as many fellow hackers as possible! Forming Your Final Team Using these three mediums, we hope team formation can be as easy (and even more informed) than last year! Of course, the organizing team is here to help you along the way, so please don’t hesitate to reach out to us with any questions. Once you have found 2-4 people who would like to work with you, we encourage you to start a group DM on Slack for your team! (See Slack Guidelines). You will be asked to register your team and your challenge preferences after the challenge introduction by 9:30 PM ET on Friday, October 23rd. Please contact the organizing team by 8:00PM ET on Friday if you still haven’t been able to form a team and we will do our best to match you with others interested in similar challenge areas. We hope that along with the knowledge you take away from your work on the challenge, this weekend helps you find a new, amazing, global community interested in tackling similar challenges around equity and engagement in policymaking!

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SUBMISSIONS Submission Deadline and Requirements The submission deadline is Sunday, October 25th by 10:00AM ET. This is one hour before the pitching sessions start. Your 3-minute pitch. All presentations must be submitted in PDF format. A maximum of 5 slides, so you can easily stick to the time limit Your policy memo. A 2-3 page (1,000-2,000 word) document in PDF format. See judging criteria below for additional guidance. Both of these should be submitted using a Google Form that will be circulated starting at 9:00AM and will strictly close at 10:00AM. The last version that you submit will be considered final. 3-Minute Pitch Logistics (Sunday, 11:00AM - 1:00PM ET) The first round will take place in Zoom meeting whose link will be shared on your challenge Slack channel. All participants are asked to stay muted until it is their team’s chance to present. Decide in advance who is going to present (it can be one or several people). Sign up for a presentation slot on the form (available upon slide and memo submission). On Sunday at 10:50AM ET, all teams should be logged into the relevant Zoom session ready to start their pitch. We will monitor time and moderate the session. A hackathon organizer will share and control the screen that has your presentation, so you will have to ask them to move to the next slide as you present. They will indicate when you have approximately 15 seconds remaining. If you go past 3 minutes, we will stop you, so make sure you stay under 3 minutes! There will be 2 minutes of Q&A following the 3-minute pitch. Anyone from the team can answer the questions posed. So, in total, each team’s presentation will last for 5 minutes. Final Round Logistics (Sunday, 2:30PM - 4:30PM ET) Finals will be held on a Zoom webinar whose link will be shared before the event. They will also be livestreamed for non-hackathon participants. Finalists will be announced challenge area by challenge area on Sunday starting at 1:00PM ET. If you are a finalist, you will be notified 6 minutes before your team is set to present to allow equal preparation time for all contestants. That is, every finalist will be notified that they are next just as the previous finalist begins their presentation. When a new finalist is announced, that team's members will be promoted to 'Presenter' status in the Zoom webinar. Every finalist is required to give a 3-minute recap pitch to be followed by a 3-minute Q&A session on both the pitch and the submitted memo. This is intended to be informal and relaxed - it’s not an oral exam!

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SUBMISSIONS Judging Criteria Your 3-minute pitch should be a well-rehearsed presentation on the what, how, and why of your policy recommendations. The pitch will be judged on the following criteria: Viability: Are the recommendations realistic? Can they be feasibly implemented? Does the team consider social and political readiness? Equity: Do the recommendations reasonably consider issues of equity, equality & disparate impacts on the affected population? Originality: Is the approach new, innovative, or creative? Does it provide an objectively better and more efficient way of addressing the respective challenge? Technicality: Is the underlying analysis justified by meaningful results? Presentation Quality: Was the presentation clear and compelling? Your policy memo should be a concise and informative summary of your recommendations, written for a non-expert audience. The memo should also include a short overview of any qualitative/quantitative analysis. For more detail, please attend the info session on Saturday evening or review the guidelines posted following on how to write a policy memo. The memo will be judged on the following criteria: Recommendations: Are recommendations provided actionable, applicable, novel, and informed by both the policy landscape and the analysis? Clarity: Is it easy to understand (1) what the recommendations are, (2) how they were developed, and (3) why they represent progress compared to the current state? Data Analysis: Is the analysis clearly explained? Are key assumptions and methodologies explained for a non-technical audience? Are the results replicable? Equity: Do the recommendations reasonably consider issues of equity, equality & disparate impacts on the affected population? Trade-Offs: Is the solution feasible? Did the team analyze potential pros and cons? Technical Appendix: Teams may include a short technical appendix, but it will not be formally judged. Writers should succinctly describe methods and results in the memo.

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USING SLACK Slack Guidelines We will use Slack as our messaging and communication platform for the hackathon. You can download it, here. Here are some links to help you get started with Slack, in case you haven’t used it before What is Slack? (Please ignore the call feature - we encourage you to use Zoom) How to join a Slack Workspace (We will invite you via email, on October 19th) How to update your profile (We encourage you to update your profile with your preferred name, current time zone and anything else you would like others to know!) How to send and read messages (You are required to send a message introducing yourself on the #icebreakers channel when you join - you will automatically be a member of this public channel.) How to find other workspace members on Slack How to send a Direct Message to a person or to a group of people (You can use private DMs to contact people personally and use the group DM to privately chat with your team.) How to share files over Slack How to mute notifications on Slack (A continuous stream of notifications can be exhausting. You should be able to mute your workspace if you need a break!)

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USING ZOOM Zoom Guidelines Many of you may be familiar with Zoom already! Zoom will be the platform where we hold all our events and the judging sessions. We encourage you to “hack” together by hosting your own team meetings on Zoom as well. You can download it, here. Here are some links to help you get started with Zoom, in case you haven’t used it before How to join a Zoom meeting (We will generally post links that you can use to directly join the call, but here is another way to join a Zoom meeting!) How to host and invite others to your Zoom meeting (Note that people using free Zoom accounts can only host meetings that are under 40 minutes) How to control my audio/video during a Zoom meeting (We ask you to remain muted until you are called upon in any meeting) How to share your screen (While the organizing team will share your slides during the judging sessions, you may want to use this feature as you hack together) What is a Zoom webinar? (Some events will be held as a webinar instead of the traditional Zoom meeting. The main difference is that you will no longer have to worry about your audio/video as only the hosts and panelists will be visible to the audience. For the finals, if you are a finalist, you will be promoted to a panelist role by the host, but are asked to join as a regular attendee at the beginning of the webinar.) How to change your Zoom background (To get in the spirit of things and feel more integrated with your virtual community, we will be sharing an official hackathon Zoom background! See an example of Tim the Beaver using the background below.)

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