BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130826T183054Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130914 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130912 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130826T183054Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130911T045840Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250464766 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Thursday\, September 12\, 2013 at 4pm th rough Friday\, September 13\, 2013 at 5pm.\n\nDescription:\nCalling all designers\, programmers and eco-warriors: \;\nthis hackathon is for t he birds. \;\n \;\nRSVP to hold your spot at www.squawkathon.org&# 13\;\n \;\nTop 5 reasons to attend: \;\n \;\n1. Apply your skil ls to an important environmental challenge \;\n \;\n2. Meet and wo rk with some seriously smart and creative Portlanders \;\n \;\n3. Showcase your talents to international marine bird scientists and the Pa ckard Foundation\, who have pioneered environmental work in sustainable seafood and beyond \;\n \;\n4. A monetary prize will be awarded to the winning team \;\n \;\n5. There'll be free food\, beer and oth er surprises for all participants \;\n \;\n \;\nTHE PROBLEM \;\nSeabird bycatch is when birds are unintentionally captured and kille d in fishing activities. Bycatch is always bad\, but for endangered spec ies with already vulnerable populations\, it’s devastating. In order to address this critical environmental challenge\, we need to find an ingen ious way to track this bycatch. Better data collection could lead to bet ter long-term management and protection protocols. \;\n \;\nWHY ME ? \;\nIf you have design\, programming\, or project management chops\ , you can prevent the accidental death \;\nof marine birds. A monetar y prize will be awarded to the winning team. Plus\, there will be plenty of free food and beer. \;\n \;\nWAIT\, HOLD ON... WHAT’S A HACKAT HON? \;\nA hackathon is an event where creative and tech-savvy people collaborate to build solutions for hard-to-solve problems. You’ll fit r ight in. \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nFAQs \;\n \;\nWhere can I contact the organizer with any questions? \;\n \;\nPlease direct your questions to packardx [at] contextpartners [dot] com. \;\n \; \nWhere can I find some more background on the issue? \;\n \;\nRel evant background materials will be shared to the Squawkathon wiki as the y become available: wiki.squawkathon.org \;\n \;\nWill the David a nd Lucile Packard Foundation provide funding to further develop concepts ? \;\n \;\nThrough this Squawkathon\, the Packard Foundation is in terested in surfacing ideas for efficiently monitoring marine bird bycat ch. The ideas that come out of the Squawkathon will be all of ours to de velop further and build on. At this point in time\, the Foundation is no t committing resources to the development of any particular idea\, but w ill continue to assess whether our support could have significant impact in the protection of marine birds species. A monetary prize will be awa rded to the winning team. \;\n \;\nDo I need to come to both days? \;\n \;\nBecause we have a lot to do in a short amount of time\, we are asking participants to attend both the kick-off and the day of th e hackathon itself. \;\n \;\nIs there a dress code? \;\n \;\ nVery informal. Wear whatever you work best in. \;\n \;\nWill free food and drinks be involved? \;\n \;\nLocal beer and local food. Duh. It's Portland.\n\nTags: design\, data\, squawkathon\, context partn ers\, lucky lab\, isite\, seabirds\, bycatch\, birds\, marine birds\, pa ckard foundation\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/125046476 6 URL:http://www.squawkathon.org SUMMARY:Squawkathon LOCATION:Quimby Lucky Lab / ISITE Design: false SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR