Eu-Med Homer Project - Piolot a updates - Malta presentation

1. HACK4MED Pilot A
Updates
Veneto Region
Gianluigi Cogo Veneto PM
Malta, March 12th 2014

2. Outline
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Overview of activities
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Preparation activities
(Local workshops organization, Datasets and OD Portals, Datasets testing)
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Hack4Med organization activities
(Choice of venue, duration, team and sponsors; Choice of local award
committee and awards; Contribution to communication; Organization of Call
for ideas and Registration)

3. Hack4Med – Save the dates!
 17 May 2014: Hack4Med event
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Projects evaluation by local award committee and
awards assignement
 ??June 2014: Transnational awards
• During the HOMER final conference in Turin
• 5 Transnational award will be assigned by the
transnational award committee

4. Hack4Med Pilot A - activities overview
2013
July
Preparation
• Guidelines
• Local workshops
• Datasets and OD portals
• OD portals testing
• Hack4MED organisation
Hack4MED
• Competition launch – Call for Ideas
• Hackathon events (17 May 2014)
• Evaluation
Transnational Award Ceremony
(XX June 2014)
2014
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June

5. Activities covered
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Guidelines’ final version approved
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Approval of Guidelines’ final version the 8th November (7th
November was the deadline for comments by Pilot A partners)
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Submission of Guidelines’ final version the 31st October 2013 with
agreement of territories involved
February 2014: Guidelines’ updated version (date of events)
Datasets & OD Portals
• From 31December 2013 Partners participating in the Pilot A had
OD portals in order to expose their datasets opened and
federated
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Datasets testing
• February 2014: Partners, leaded by test datasets, tested
datasets, according to the technological inputs provided by CSI
Piedmont

6. Overview of Hack4Med upcoming activities

7. Partners’ upcoming activities (1)
Deadline
Activity
30 April 2014
Local workshops
Held by partners with local stakeholders, in order to present the
HOMER project and the Hack4Med objectives and to gather
suggestions for Hack4Med

8. Local workshops: local progress
Partner
Veneto Region
Pilot A local workshops already held
1 workshop in Venice (15/10/2013) with local public stakeholders
1 workshop in Padua (25/10/2013) with private stakeholders in collaboration
with Confindustria
1 workshop in Venice (11/11/2013) with ICT students at Venice University
1 workshop in Venice (03/02/2014) with local public stakeholders
Emilia Romagna Region 1 worhshop in Bologna (16/10/2013) at Smart City exibition
1 Pilot A presentation at the Open Data Day in Bologna (04/12/2013)
1 workshop in Bologna during Open Data Day in Bologna (22/02/2014)
Piedmont Region
None
Corse Region
None
Decentralized
1 workshop (04/12/2013)
Administration of Crete 1 worskshop (16/12/2013)
Future Pilot A local workshops
1 workshop (04/04/2014) during Veneto
Regione Open Data Day
1 workshop (28/03/2014) during SOD
meeting
1 workshop (10/04/2014, 15.00-18.00)
1 Barcamp (26/03/2014, 15.00-18.00)
1 Barcamp (08/05/2014, 15.00-18.00)
1 workshop (12/03/2014, 13.00 - 15.00) with
a local college of Ajaccio - 1 workshop
(13/03/2014, 10.00-12.00) with University of
Corsica
1 workshop (20-21/03/2014)
1 workshop (04/2014) to attract students, ICT
researchers, developers and companies
University of Crete
None
1 workshop (20/03/2014)
2 seminars before the Hackathon event in
University Institutions to attract students, ICT
researchers, developers and companies
2 workshops with students, ICT researchers
developers and companies
Mediterranean
University of
Montenegro
First workshop (27/01/2014) with ICT students and programmers
Second Workshop (26/02/2014) with stakeholders and PA during IT 2014
conference in Montenegro.
AGAPA - Andalusia
1 workshop in Sevilla (28/11/2013) with Public administration, Private sector, 1 workshop (15-30/03/2014) wtih University
University and research, Associations and Local media
of Seville
1 workshop (15-30/03/2014) wtih University
of Cordoba

9. Partners’ upcoming activities (2)
[Please, refer to the working group later]
New Deadlines
Activity
31 March 2014
Choice of location and duration (if more than 24 hours)
31 March 2014
Choice of sponsors
(and indications about any awards offered and other contribution)
15 March 2014
Communication activities planning (website and social
network)
15 March 2014
Call for ideas organization (web based, with polling system,
through Hack4Med portal. Choice of launch date)
31 March 2014
Choice of local Hack4Med team
31 March 2014
Choice of local award committee and local awards
15 April 214
Registration organization (web based)

10. Hack4Med organization activities
(Please, refer to the working group later)

11. Aspects to be considered:
Partners have to make choices about:
1. Location/venue for Hack4Med
2. Extension time of the event
3. Sponsors and their support to the event
4. Local team involved in Hack4Med
5. Local award committee
6. Awards to be assigned
7. Call for Idea (launch date)
Partners have also to contribute to:
- Communication of Hack4Med
- Registration

12. 1. Choice of the location/venue
Deadline: 31 March 2014
Choose a venue
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with the right size and style
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located somewhere accessible for most of the
attendees
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with a solid Internet connection, preferably with
both wired and wireless networking
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with enough tables, chairs, power outlet and other
facilities, and a food area (best in a separate area)

13. 2. Extension time
Deadline: 31 march 2014
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Hack4Med will last 24 hours at least (from 3 pm of
Saturday 17th, May to 3 pm of Sunday 18, May).
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Partners may decide to extend the hackathon
length over one day (ref. Agapa local workshop).
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Allow additional time in order to present the
results to the jury is to be evaluated (ref. Agapa
local workshop)

14. 3. Involvment of sponsors (1)
Deadline: 31 March 2014
Aims:
Cover event costs, support the Hack4Med running, increase the event reputation
Possible sponsors:
Information Technology vendors, local governments , local businesses, software
development firms, trade associations, educational institutions, etc.

15. 3. Involvment of sponsors (2)
Possible sponsors’ contributions:
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Venue, food and beverage, wi-fi infrastructures,
Web structure (hosting) for the development of
applications, Basic material such as notebooks,
pens, etc., Rest area (armchairs, etc.), other
facilities for the event and “gadgets” (e.g. t-shirts)
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National awards (e.g.: technology-based awards,
service-based awards, training or job-based awards)
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People to support the event (Hack4Med team)
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Sponsors can also take part to the evaluation
process, depending on their expertise.
On the other hand, sponsors’ visibility has to be ensured!

16. 4. Assembling a local team for the event
Deadline: 31 march 2014
Main roles to be covered:
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Facilitator - The person who manages the Hackathon process and general management
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Social Media Manager - This person will Tweet and update Facebook and Google+
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Room Manager -The room manager is someone that people can go to when they are
status for your event. They can manage the social media tools for the event.
not sure what to do and would like some direction. People who attend may have little or
no experience with Hackathons. The room manager is the go-to person for those who do
not know what to do or how they can help.
Attendees have to be informed about the ways of participating (competing, as a jury or as an
expert helping participants).

17. 5. Choice of the local award committee
Deadline: 31 March 2014
Each partner has to select a local award committee formed by 5
members (included a representative of each partner involved in the project), that
will assign awards at the national level, immediately at the end of the Hackathon
day or 1 week after, in order to allow the jury better evaluate the projects (ref.
Agapa local workshop).
Profiles of the members:
 representatives with different backgrounds
. (economic, technological, legal, communication
backgrounds);
 representatives of different organizations
(research and university, public institutions,
NGOs, firm association).

18. 6. Choice of local awards (1)
Deadline: 31 March 2014
• Each local award committee chooses the local award categories, but one
category is mandatory for all territories: BEST HOMER Federation Open
Data Reuse App (App developed reusing federated OD sets).
• The local winner of BEST HOMER Federation OD reuse APP will
participate to final transnational awards assignment.
• Evaluation criteria for Best HOMER Federation OD reuse APP are the same for
all local committees.

19. 6. Choice of local awards (2)
Evaluation criteria
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Evaluation criteria for BEST HOMER Federation OD Reuse App are:
1. Number of federated Open Data sets reused
2. Level of development (idea, prototype or fully working solution)
3. Technological dimension (sub-criteria to evaluate: scalability,
accessibility, interoperability)
4. Innovativeness in the local contest

20. 6. Choice of local awards (3)
• Other possible award categories at local level:
• “Best OD reuse APP”
• “Best solution for a PA identified problem”
• “Best thematic digital application (agriculture, energy,
tourism, environment, culture)”
• “Best under 21’ solution”
• “Best Sponsor addressed solution”
• ……
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Evaluation criteria for local categories will be defined by
local award committees.

21. 6. Choice of local awards (4)
Possible awards
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Awards can consist in:
 Official project recognition (Homer plaque or medallion)
 A trip to Turin for the final Homer conference and transnational awards assignment
(for maximum 2 person of a winning team). Depend by local budget availability.
 Technology-based or service-based awards (role of sponsors required)
 Training or job-based award (e.g. internship contracts) (role of sponsors required)
 Help the development of the application, enabling contact with experts or groups of
users in the rest of public administrations
 University credits (role of sponsors required)
 Promotion in partners’ websites, or in specialized media, etc. (role of sponsors
required)

22. 7. Call for Ideas organization
Deadline: 15 March 2014
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The web-based “Call for ideas” will precede Hackathons.
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There will be a single call for each local event.
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Deadline for the launch of the call is 7 April 2014 (40 days before
the official Hackathon day). Each partner has to choose the
launch date (if 7 April 2014 or before).

23. The contribution to Hack4Med Local Communication
Deadline: 15 March 2014 (planning)
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Each partner will have to disseminate locally Hack4Med through
its website and the social networks.

24. The contribution to Registration
Deadline: 15 April 2014
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The Hack4Med website will manage the registration of the
participants to the Hackathon (Eventbrite is raccomended).
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Registrations will be closed when the maximum number of
participants will be reached.