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The Hackathon process was as follows:

Warm-up with Design Thinking challenge > Pitching ideas > Recruiting and forming teams > Building time > Presenting the solution > Judging > Celebrating.

Participants are forming the line to pitch their ideas now

Digital Inclusion Speakers

Pictured:

Margaret Käufer
Mary Lou Carolan
Mary Jane Bertram

Watch the panel on our youtube channel!

Learning new dev environment with 1C

Gerald Pallor Discussing With Participants

Great conversations were flowing at HVTechFest'21!

Engaging Conversations On Stage

Getting ready

Best Effort Hack - Owl Whistle screen shots

Best Effort Hack prize was awarded to Owl Whistle for Kare — Your Emotional Companion. Tsering Norbu, Hibatallah Kabbaj, Ayoub Rihi — three computer science students from NY and Morocco — built a wise smart coach that can help people during difficult times. Kare is not only interactive but also a proactive application that contains recommendations, menu services such as meditation and music adequate to person behavior.

Conversation Cafe About Digital Inclusion

Blended Women In Tech Panel

This year's Women In Tech panel was held both in-person and online!

Hackathon Appreciation with Flowers :-)

Bill Fioravanti from Orange County Economic Development and Anthony Grice from Newburgh City Council are celebrating the inaugural Hudson Valley developers festival and awarding the HVTechFest founder Yulia Ovchinnikova.