Landmark Music Festival Hackathon for The National Mall | Washington, D.C.
About this event
Join GA DC for 54 hours to help our friends at The Trust for the National Mall. The Trust is an official partner of the National Park Service – is leading the charge to restore and improve the National Mall and honor its ideals for future generations through the new Landmark Campaign.
Landmark Music Festival kicks off this monumental national campaign to bring awareness and funds to America’s Front Yard – all in a single Festival weekend unlike any other. Currently the mall receives over 29 Million visitors a year with $250M dollars in backlogged repairs to deteriorating monuments and landscapes, plus needed upgrades for a more sustainable, functional park. These problems have been accumulation over the past 40 years since the park has seen a major renovation.
The Trust is connecting hackathon attendees to experts and engaged citizens to help ideate, validate and judge finishing the evening with great music in the name of preservation. This hackathon is open to Developers,Designers, Digital Marketing and Data Professionals
FRIDAY 5:30 Registration and happy hour at GA DC
6:00 pm Networking and Ideation stages
7:30 pm Welcome talks by organizers, champions, stakeholders and community leaders
8:00 pm Group Pitches
9:00 pm Tally votes for top pitches
9:15 pm Team Formation, Developers, Designers, Product Managers, Marketers, Data Professionals
SATURDAY
9:30AM - Expert and user interviews 12:00PM - Coding Begins 1:00 PM - Lunch 6:00PM - Dinner
SUNDAY
8:00AM - Doors Open/Breakfast 12:00PM - Hackathon.io/Coding Submission Deadline 12:30PM - Lunch 2:30PM - Judging 4:30PM - Awards 5:00PM - Closing
Takeaways
- Building tools that address park use, maintenance, and facilities.
- Identifying creative ways to connect visitors to the National Mall's rich history through interactive technology.
- Building sold solutions that will educate and inspire current and future stewards of the National Mall.
- Access to to performances on 5 stages and 40+ bands with artist such as The Strokes, Drake and CHVRCHS