Garage48 Pärnu 2014 Women Special

When 10-12 October, 2014

Where Pärnu, Estonia

  • Agenda
  • Thursday, 11th September 14:00-17:00 
    NB! Pre-Garage48 event @ Pärnu Kutsehariduskeskus (Niidupargi tn 8/12, Pärnu)

    14:50 Registration 
    15:00 Welcoming words – Sulev Alajõe, Pärnumaa Ettevõtlus- ja Arenduskeskus  
    15:05 Garage48 format and examples – Maarika Susi 
    15:20 Examples on Industry projects – Vallo Visnapuu, Marmande OÜ juhataja, TimberDiameter 
    15:35 What does IT offer for economic sector? – Martin Veeris, TapTapSoft, Garage48 participant
    16:00 Workshops
    16:30 Discussion
    16:45 Summary



     


    Tuesday, 30th September 18:00-19:30 @ Garage48 HUB
    “Prep for Garage48 & Inspirational Women in Estonia” 
    Garage48 and Tech Sisters want to invite you to Garage48 Pärnu 2014 Women Special pre-event and chat about stereotypes of women in technology

    What are the stereotypes of women in IT?
    What are the benefits and what to know when entering the mysterious field of technology:)?
    What is Garage48? 
    What is going to happen there? 
    What kind of ideas and skills are necessary to take part? What is the worst thing that could happen and why should I take part? 
    All these questions and even more will be answered by four awesome women: 
    Aet Rahe (State Information Systems, Director of Department);
    Maarika Susi (Garage48 Pärnu 2014 event organizer); - Elise Sass (Garage48 Pärnu 2014 event organizer, Microsoft CEE startup Lead) - Karoli Hindriks (founder Jobbatical.com) - Piret-Klea Velleste (founder Heelosophy; Garage48 participant)
    Take your friend with you and spend a nice Tuesday evening with us at Garage48 Hub;) Register yourself for the event

     Wednesday, 8th October 18:00-19:30 @ Garage48 HUB
    “Tips for Garage48” Come & learn the best tips for participating and succeeding at Garage48 intensive week-end hackathon event. You will hear necessary hints & tips for different roles and skills.

    Michelle Surya - her startup experience & what to focus on in sales
    Martin Grüner - MVP & developer hints
    Helen Kokk - Design & UX hints
    Elise Sass - Pitching training & hints

    We will give a chance to 5 idea owners to pitch their idea (90 seconds) and get first feedback and tips how to present themselves and their idea better. 
    To sign up for pitching write an e-mail to maarika@garage48.org! 
    We still have 2 spots left, grab this chance….




    Garage48 Pärnu 2014 week-end event 

    Friday, 10th of October
    • 17:30 - Doors open, check-in, networking, coffee, snacks
    • 18:15 - Opening remarks by US Ambassador Jeff Levine
    • 18:45 - Pitching ideas (90 sec per idea)
    • 19:45 - Coffee Break
    • 20:00 - Pitching ideas (cont.)
    • 21:00 - Forming teams, everyone will choose their favourite idea
    • 22:00 - Teamwork begins, lets start the hard work!
    • 24:00 - Venue closes
    Saturday, 11th of October
    • 09:00 - Coffee & light breakfast.  Development continues
    • 10:00 - Checkpoint #1
    • 11:00 - Design tips&tricks to succeed by Helen Kokk
    • 11:30 - MVP, coding tips&tricks to succeed by Martin Grüner
    • 12:00 - Mentors go around
    • 13:00 - Lunch
    • 13:45 - Product development...
    • 16:00 - Inspirational Speech by Geke Rosier
    • 16:30 - Inspirational Speech by Judit Grosz
    • 19:00 - Dinner
    • 19:45 - Product development...
    • 20:00 - Checkpoint #2. Development continues...
    Sunday, 12th of October
    • 09:00 - Coffee & light breakfast. Development continues
    • 10:00 - Checkpoint #3
    • 11:00 - Demo practice #1
    • 13:00 - Lunch 
    • 14:00 - Demo practice #2 with mentors/jury (10min per team)
    • 17:00 - Coffee break with light meal/snacks
    • 17:30 - Final event: demo of the finished products/services. 
    • 20:00 - Announcing the winners, wrap-up & bye-bye...
    WHAT IS SAID

    #G48EMPOWHER #G48PARNU

    THE SUPERSTARS
    The Mentors 

    Michelle Surya
    Head of Sales at Testlio
    Geke Rosier
    President of RightBrains
    Judit Grosz
    Development Platform Evangelism Lead at Microsoft
    Helen Kokk
    Design Product Lead
    Elise Sass
    Advisor at Garage48
    Kadri Ugand
    Partner at GameFounders
    Jaana Metsamaa
    Lead Product Manager at Pipedrive
    Martin Grüner
    CTO, Tech Entrepreneur and Co-founder at Aplefly Games
    Andrei Korobeinik
    Board Member at Enterprise Estonia and EstBAN
    Indrek Ulst
    Co-founder of Mooncascade
    Alvar Lumberg
    Engineering Lead at TransferWise

    Organizers

    Maarika Truu
    Host & mentor at Garage48, Head of partnerships at Single.Earth
    Elise Sass
    CEE Startup Lead @ Microsoft
    Katrin Loodus
    Lecturer at The Estonian Information Technology College

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