December 2 & 3, 2023
This is the Second global annual NeuroTechX Hackathon. The hackathon will take place over the first weekend of December. The event is free and open to the public. The aim is to engage and bring together people from various backgrounds to speculate on possible use-cases of Neurotechnology and Brain-Computer Interfaces [BCI].
NeuroTechX Global Hackathon 23
The NeuroTechX Hackathon Is A Hybrid Online/In-person Event, Happening Globally.
Join The Party And Meet Local NTX Community! If you happen to be in any of these cities below , you're in luck! Click on a city name to access their individual event page with venue info, times, etc. These Chapters Will Be Providing In-Person Hosting:
Hackathon Tracks
Tech/Hardware/
Hands-on
For participants with prior hands-on experience working with neurotechnology, computational neuroscience, hardware, and BCI’s at any scale. Tracks are placed to make sure everyone is on the same track, this will ensure likeminded & similarly experienced participants engage in the best context possible.
Data/Algorithms
With the support of industry partners such as IDUN Technologies and other sponsors, the NTX Hackathon Team has prepared a Data Challenge for all the brave out there. This track is for everyone with a background in data procesessing, analysis, cleaning, filtering, amplifying, etc.
Design/Strategy/
Creative
This track is for everyone whether a designer, dreaming about a design for an eeg headset, or a policy-maker, or a social scientist interested in neuroethics, or an enterprenuer with a brilliant idea for the next thing neurotech. This track aims at maximum exngagement & correct allocation of skill for best outcome and outreach.
Ethics
We have added this track to make sure we cover as much landscape as possible. This is a track to speculate on the present future of neuro-ethics, how we regulate and deal with neurotechnology at the scale of data acquisision, protection, and all other sides.
Schedule (all times CET)
10.30 – Briefing Session
- Walk-through a quick background, NTX, the hackathon, last year’s experience, etc.
- Community invitation, an intoduction to NTX Chapters and Initiatives
- A crashcourse on Neurotechnology, BCIs, and whats happening around us.
11.30 – Team Setup
- Meet and Greet – Team building
- Individuals who do not manage to setup a team will be supported by the hackathon Organizing team
12.30 – Action Starts
- Ideate, discuss, and create the most awesome project.
- A line-up of amazing speakers will be on back-to-back interventions throughout the day.
NB. The night is young!
10.30 – Keep Going
You keep going, we got your back.
Constant support from Organizing team and mentors.
15.30 – Project Delivery
Project Delivery
- A Slide-deck of 5 slides ( supplied by Hackathon team )
- An optional 1-minute pitch video presenting the project.
16.30 – Jury Panel
- Jury will evaluate the projects, and select winners and other mentions.
- A Closing keynote in the meantime
17.30 – Award Ceremony
Winners, Champagne, and awards
Prize Pool
Enophones by Enophone
Unicorn Hybrid Black by Gtec
SenzeBand2 by Neeuro
Neuphony headset by Neuophony
NeuroScience Kit by UpsideDownLabs
Consulting Session by NTX Services
Consulting Session by TimeFlux
We've got hardware, software, consultancy,
and cashprizes brewing for this hackathon.
Prize pool will be announced soon.
Sponsors
Industry players, Universities, Young
startups and other companies are within our
support network. Reach out if you would like
to contribute to this event.
Judges
Frederic Simard
Re-AK Technologies
Mark Melnykowycz
IDUN Technologies
Heather Read, PhD
Elemind
Bhavya Madan
Neuphony
Deepak Khatri
Upside Down Labs
Pierre Clisson
Timeflux, Neurogate
Alex Higuera
NeuroTechX
Speakers
Alvin Chan
Enhance-Empower-Innovate with NeeuroOS
Neeuro
Ashish Srikanth
Meditation with Zenimation
York University, CAMH
Bhavya Madan
India's First Brain Wearable EEG Headband - "The Smartwatch for Your Brain"
Neuphony
Colin Rowat
The World's Cheapest BCI
ICIBICI
Guillaume Poirier
Neurotech industry and trends
NTX Services
Deepak Khatri
Building next generation HCI & BCI with open-source technologies
Upside Down Labs
Fred Simard
Applied multimodal BCI: sharing my experience from the field
Re-AK Technologies
Heather Read, PhD
Optimizing Neuromodulation with Individualized Closed-Loop Stimulation
Elemind
Jim Harper
Your health speaks: Progress and promise for harnessing vocal biomarkers as vital signs
Sonde Health
Jyoti Singh
Evolutionary computing for Motor Imagery Brain computer interfaces
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Michelle Ho
Enhance-Empower-Innovate with NeeuroOS
Neeuro
Pierre Clisson
State-of-the-Art BCI with Python
Timeflux, Neurogate
Roy Burstin
7 Lessons We Learned in Consumer Neurotech Bootcamp
Moonshot.la
Samantha Mathews
Are you lost? Dementia research, GPS
& gaming can help
LOCI
Susan Boehnke
Development and current status of the Neurotech Microcredential Program
Queens University
Bruce Hecht
Developing Neuroethics Standards
IEEE, VG2PLAY
Shobi Ahmed, Md, Phd
Building a precision neuropsychiatry AI/ML platform for clinical development, patient care, and fundamental neuroscientific discovery
Sama Therapeutics
Mark Melnykowycz
Design Methods for Neuro and Data Products
IDUN Technologies
