1. Open Helsinki
Hack at Home

2. •Hack at Home is an online platform that drives the creation of quality
apps solving real life challenges.
•Hack at Home has successfully connected organizations and developers
worldwide, creating open innovation success stories.
•Already existing initiating organizations include the World Bank, InfoJobs
and City of Barcelona. more at: appcircus.com
Open Helsinki - Hack at Home organized by Forum Virium
Helsinki & City of Helsinki starts in June 2013
Discover the problems
presented and start
developing your app
Develop at home your
app with our mentors
and experts help
Participate on the
online competition
and win prizes
DISCOVER THE
PROBLEMS HACK AT HOME
ONLINE
COMPETITION
What is Hack at Home?

3. Introducing: Hack at Home
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Help to solve Helsinki specific challenges
–Transparency (using City of Helsinki Open Ahjo API)
–Citizen feedback (using City of Helsinki Issue reporting API)
–Tourism (using City of Helsinki events and tourism related open data)
OH-HAH is a 4 month program starting from 14.6. produced in
collaboration with Apps4 Finland2013

5. Hack at Home
the flow
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Experts give support for:
•Problem/Needs assessment
•Design & User Experience
•Business Model
•Technology
App Makers
•Build teams
•Submit ideas
•Create apps
•Get expert support
Hack@Home Online Platform
Cities
Organizations
Brands
•Define problems
•Set up prizes
Ecosystem of apps
•App-solutions to the initial
problem
•Best apps receive prizes
•Apps are promoted globally
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Hack at Home - Introduction

6. Defining the right problems
The problem statements are at the heart of the Hack at Home.
Problems need to be carefully crafted to make sure they are aligned
with business objectives, “app-ish” and inspiring.
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Strategic Alignment
Problem Statements are
aligned with the client’s
business and strategic
objectives
App size
Problem Statements break
big, systemic problems into
sizable problems that inspire
app solutions

7. Creating collaboration
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App Makers get:
•Other talent to build teams
•Feedback for their ideas
•Feedback for their apps
•Troubleshooting help
Experts give support for:
•Problem/Needs assessment
•Design & User Experience
•Business Model
•Technology
! !! Briefing | Prizes | Mentors | Forum
Hack at Home
Ask the experts!Online Support
for App Makers
Sarah Bennet Dave Risher Tom Hague Tom Hague
The Hack@Home is a 3 - 4 months process in which app makers get
online support from mentors to help them build viable, usable and
sustainable apps in high quality

8. • Collaboration with city and business partners on a
facilitated platform.
• Support from mentors in theme specific issues as
well as user experience, business models,
technology during the 4 month process
• All apps from OH - HAH enter the Apps4Finland
competition
• Prize EUR 1000 for the winner of each problem
statement
• OH-HAH networking event organized in November
can open further collaboration possibilities
For developers

9. • As a mentor you support the app makers, helping
them to turn their ideas into great apps
• Intensive collaboration with developers on a
facilitated platform
• You will be involved with the following tasks: initial
idea & project proposal feedback, hack support,
app validation depending on your expertise
• Estimated workload 1 hour / week during the 4
month process – some weeks may be more time
consuming
• OH-HAH closing networking event organized in
November
For mentors

10. • Open Helsinki – Hack at Home –program is part of City
of Helsinki’s support for developers in 2013
• Open Helsinki - Hack at Home opens for developers
14.6. together with Apps4Finland2013 competition
• Looking for partners & mentors for Open Helsinki –
Hack at Home –program
Contact us: ville.meloni@forumvirium.fi and dev.hel.fi
Join the program!

11. • World Bank case study
Liitteet

12. Improving Transportation in Cairo
Name Cairo Transport Hack at Home
Location Cairo, Egypt (open to global participation)
Dates September - November 2012
Website http://cairo.hackathome.com
Client World Bank
Sponsors EgyptInnovate, Google, Orange,
Vodafone, TA Telecom
Target
audience
AppMakers (Developers, Designers and
people with app ideas)
Objective engage local and global AppMakers to
create apps to improve the transportation
problem of the city of Cairo.
Results Finished (over 300 participants)
Apps +300 participants, +30 app ideas
+20 apps
Casestudy - World Bank Hack at Home