Digital GovTech Hackathon, CA

​Innovating Digital Services for California Residents

Join us as we bring together the brightest minds to upgrade digital services and accessibility for all Californians.

Our mission? Build solutions that don't just tweak code but completely transform how we interact with government services.

​Think of it as hacking for a cause – making bureaucracy a breeze for everyone. With expert mentors on hand to guide you through any roadblocks, this ain't your average hackathon.

So, grab your boards and ride the wave of digital revolution with us!

This hackathon organized by Berkeley HaaS and Wtech in collaboration with the California Department of Technology.

Inspired by DIIA (Ukraine).

🗓️ 🗓️ Agenda:

Day 1 March 7th:

8:30 - Welcome Coffee 9.20 - Welcome word by Moderator and Organizers, Gauthier Vasseur, Ivanna Wendel 9:30 - Intro to the Hackathon by California State CTO, Johnathan Porat
9:55 - Welcome speech Dmytro Kushneruk, Consulate General of Ukraine in San Francisco
10:00 - Digital GovTech Ecosystem, UA ,  Valeriya Ionan, Deputy Minister for Eurointegration at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
10:15 - Diia Presentation Gulsanna Mamediieva (CEO Digitality.Govetech Center of Excellence Tech and Public Policy Fellow, Georgetown University, Former Director - General for EU integration, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine)10:45 - Q&A
11:15 - Break
11:00 - Design Thinking methodology (Sara Beckman, Teaching Professor at Berkeley HaaS)
11:30 - Work session in groups 
13:00 - Lunch Pizza
13:45 - Session on Data, Analytics & AI (Gauthier Vasseur) 
14:05 - Work session in groups  
15:35 - Break
16:00 - Work session in groups 
17:10 - Mentoring session pre-presentation of ideas
17:40 - Networking
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Day 2 March 8th:

8:30- Welcome Coffee
9:00 - Session on Data Privacy ( Nataliia Kozlova, ERP PM,Team Lead,IT Enterprise; Oleksandr Starodubtsev, Deputy Chief of Staff of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention, Ukraine)
9:20 - Finalizing group sessions Hackathon teams
10:50 - Break
11:05 - Final presentations and awards 
12:00 - Final word by Organizers, and  the CTO of California