Schedule for OpenScienceKE Hackathon 2018

Date: Thursday, August 30- Friday, August 31, 2018

Time: 9 AM to 5 PM

Venue: KENET Training Lab, Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library, University of Nairobi

Hashtag: #OpenScienceKE

Day 1 (August 30, 9:00AM - 5:00PM)

9:00AM - 9:30AM: Welcome (Caleb and Pauline)

Registration
Welcome
Introductions
set-up
Forming teams

9:30AM - 10:15AM: Presentations (Caleb)

What is a hackathon
- How to make the best of the hackathon days
- How to create a roadmap
How to use GitHub for collaboration: GitHub Flow
Expected outcomes

10:15:00AM - 10:30AM

Tea Break

10:30 - 12:30 AM: Break into teams and begin working (Team Leaders)

Develop a roadmap and strategy
Define the scope
Gather required resources
Divide responsibilities

12:30PM - 1:30PM

LUNCH

1:30PM - 2:00PM: Discussions and Interactions (Rosaline)

Presentation: Introduction to writing techniques (Victoria Nduta)
How is it going so far?
Challenges?
Skill requirement review

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Break into teams and continue working (Team Leaders)

Refine your approach
Keep working

4:00PM - 4:15PM

BREAK

4:15PM - 5:00PM: Wrapping up the day (Team Leaders)

Daily summary by teams and wrap-up
Requirements review: what would improve the process the next day?

5:00PM - 5:30PM

Break for the day

Day 2 (August 31, 9:00AM - 5:30PM)

9:00AM - 9:30AM: Welcome (Caleb and Rosaline)

Define the objectives for the day
Team leaders distribute tasks

9:30 - 10:30 AM: Break into teams and begin working

Hack away

10:30:00AM - 10:45AM: Tea Break

10:45 PM - 12:30 PM: Break into teams and continue working

12:30PM - 1:30PM

LUNCH

1:30PM - 2:00PM: Discussions and Interactions (Caleb and Rosaline)

How is it going so far?
Challenges?

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Break into teams and continue working (Team Leaders)

Prepare quick presentation
Start wrapping up

4:00PM - 4:15PM

BREAK

4:15PM - 5:00PM: Review (caleb)

Summary of progress by teams and wrap-up
Objectives met?
What could have been done better?
Vote of thanks