Schedule

Thursday, January 17

Day 1
Registration

Registration opens

Location: MIT Media Lab 75 Amherst Street, 6th Floor Cambridge MA 02139

Morning Workshops

The hackathon starts with a full morning of enabling workshops. Design, development, and platform talks by experts and code labs, and talks by domain experts prepare participants to compete. During the workshop day, sponsors and participants interact at sponsor tables situated in the high-traffic area

Location: MIT Media Lab 75 Amherst Street, 6th Floor Cambridge MA 02139

Lunch on your own

Local Lunch Suggestions: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/2/embed?mid=1U-pV3T0Hr827d4rg4n4Yr8Nq7bBNdYxn

Location: Cambridge

Afternoon Workshops

The hackathon continues with a full afternoon of enabling workshops. Design, development, and platform talks by experts and code labs, and talks by domain experts prepare participants to compete. During the workshop day, sponsors and participants interact at sponsor tables situated in the high-traffic area

Location: MIT Media Lab 75 Amherst Street, 6th Floor Cambridge MA 02139

Team Formation Dinner (Attendance Required)

Team formation follows dinner and inspirational talks. The unaffiliated 400 participants distill into teams of five or fewer through a process designed to expose the best project ideas and convene teams with the capabilities to create impactful demonstrations of meaningful, immersive ideas.The hackathon begins as each team coeleces on a core concept, registers with the judges, and starts implementing their idea.

Location: MIT Building 32, Stata Center 32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139

Opening ceremonies (Attendance Required)

Location: Building 26 room 100 - adjacent to building 32 (the latter is the Stata center)

Team Formation (Attendance Required)

Location: MIT Building 26 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge MA 02139 (Adjacent to Building 32

Friday January 18

Day 2
Breakfast

Fuel up!

Location: 6th floor - MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Loaner equipment checkout

Location: Hallway - MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Lunch Break

Don't forget to eat!

Location: 6th floor - MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Dinner Break

All work and no eating makes coders ...start...to...get...hazyyyyy

Location: 6th floor - MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Loaner equipment checkout

Location: Hallway - MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Media Lab Closes

You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here

Location: E15 Wiesner Building. 20 AMES ST, Cambridge, MA 02139

Saturday January 19

Day 3
Breakfast

Fuel up!

Location: 6th floor - MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Loaner equipment checkout

Location: Hallway - MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Community Day talks

Community Day talks! Check out the Community Day menu for more information

Location: Bartos Theatre, Basement floor, E15 Wiesner Building. 20 AMES ST, Cambridge, MA 02139

Lunch Break

Don't forget to eat!

Location: 6th floor - MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Dinner Break

All work and no eating makes coders ...start...to...get...hazyyyyy

Location: 6th floor - MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Loaner equipment checkout

Location: Hallway - MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Media Lab Closes

You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here

Location: E15 Wiesner Building. 20 AMES ST, Cambridge, MA 02139

Sunday January 20

Day 4
Breakfast

Fuel up!

Location: 6th floor - MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Loaner equipment checkout

Location: Hallway - MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Lunch Break

Don't forget to eat!

Location: 6th floor - MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Pencils Down!! Judging begins

Time to relax, check out everyone else's cool work

Location: Everywhere

Dinner Break

All work and no eating makes coders ...start...to...get...hazyyyyy

Location: 6th floor - MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Hackathon Reception

Relax, Rest, Revive

Location: E15 Wiesner Building. 20 AMES ST, Cambridge, MA 02139

Monday January 21

Day 5
Expo setup and Loaner equipment checkout

Location: Hallway - MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Awards Ceremony

Location: MIT Building 32, Stata Center 32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139

Exposition

Insider Expo Hackathon community expo – hackathon insider stroll through the 70 – 80 hackathon projects

Location: MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Lunch at the conclusion of the Awards Ceremony in Building 32

Location: MIT Building 32, Stata Center 32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139

Public Expo

Location: MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Loaner equipment return

Last one returned is a rotten egg!

Location: Hallway - MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02139