Hexagon NYC is excited to invite you to HexHacks, a design jam event focused on bringing our minds together to create solutions that can promote underrepresented communities in tech and uplift our community of women and non-binary individuals!

Design Challenges:

• Unconscious Bias: Create unique, technology-driven tools that can help anyone learn about how to identify, understand and improve the influence of unconscious bias in the workplace
• Powered by Perspective: Create a tool that helps allies learn ways to support women in the workplace and the tech community
• Access to opportunities: Build technology that helps women in tech find resources, events, mentorship
• Celebrating Role Models: Develop a solution that highlights senior women leaders in tech and tells their stories, with the goal of inspiring girls and younger women to pursue tech careers

Schedule:

9:30 am Doors Open & Breakfast
10:00 am Introduction & Overview of Schedule
10:30 am Team Formation
11:00 am Working Morning Session
12:00 pm Skill Building Workshops (optional)
1:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Working Afternoon Session
5:30 pm Recap & Presentations
6:30 pm Awards Ceremony & Doors Close
7:00 pm Happy Hour @ Local Bar (21+)