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CALLING ALL CMU STUDENTS!
CALLING ALL CMU STUDENTS!
Join us for a one-day, multidisciplinary challenge as we Question the Quo in a post-COVID world. Teams will put on their design-thinking caps to complete a systems-level and solutions-focused exercise focused on how we – as individuals and a collective – can use COVID 19 as an opportunity for a better tomorrow. Participants may sign up in groups as large as 4, or take the chance to be teamed up with other students from across campus!
Join us for a one-day, multidisciplinary challenge as we Question the Quo in a post-COVID world. Teams will put on their design-thinking caps to complete a systems-level and solutions-focused exercise focused on how we – as individuals and a collective – can use COVID 19 as an opportunity for a better tomorrow. Participants may sign up in groups as large as 4, or take the chance to be teamed up with other students from across campus!
Quick links – Code of Conduct • FAQs • Schedule • Challenge Brief • Awards
Prompt:
Prompt:
The year is 2023. COVID is no longer a threat, and humanity has seized upon the opportunity to make vital changes to the status quo of how we conduct daily life as society. What is one of these changes and how did we make it happen?
The year is 2023. COVID is no longer a threat, and humanity has seized upon the opportunity to make vital changes to the status quo of how we conduct daily life as society. What is one of these changes and how did we make it happen?
FUTURE-THON SCHEDULE
FUTURE-THON SCHEDULE
Jamming on Saturday! Showcase and winners announced on Sunday.
Jamming on Saturday! Showcase and winners announced on Sunday.
1 —
Kickoff & Design Workshop
1 —
Kickoff & Design Workshop
Saturday, September 12:
10:30 AM
Saturday, September 12:
10:30 AM
2—
The Team Sprint
2—
The Team Sprint
Saturday, September 12:
12:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Saturday, September 12:
12:30 PM - 6:00 PM
3—
Submit your entry
3—
Submit your entry
Saturday, September 12:
Entries in by 6:00 PM
Saturday, September 12:
Entries in by 6:00 PM
4 —
Awards Ceremony
4 —
Awards Ceremony
Sunday, September 13: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Sunday, September 13: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
How it Works
How it Works
- Sign up your team: Teams of 2 - 4 student participants are welcome to join. If you don't have a team, or would like to use this as an opportunity to meet students across campus, sign up as a party of 1 and we'll find one for you! Sign up for FUTURE-THON by Thursday, September 10 at 11:59 AM EDT.
- Attend Saturday's Future-thon Kickoff & Design Workshop between 10:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT.
Zoom id: 998 3672 5421
- Submit your team project by Saturday evening at 6 PM EDT.
Your Design Workshop Hosts
Your Design Workshop Hosts
Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon's Human-Computer Interaction Institute.
Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon's Human-Computer Interaction Institute.
AWARDS – $3,000 in prizes!
AWARDS – $3,000 in prizes!
First Penguin Award
First Penguin Award
To the project which took the biggest risk. This award will go to the team that dreamed the biggest, or approached the prompt from an impressively unique vantage point, and which shows creativity, thoughtfulness, non-linear thinking, and a penchant for risk.
$1,000
Ready-To-Go Award
Ready-To-Go Award
To the project which is most actionable, today. This award will go to the team whose project is most rooted in realism, with clear steps for achieving the desired outcome that are most realistic given the constraints our society faces today.
$1,000
Why So Serious? Award
Why So Serious? Award
To the project which most evocatively confronts the challenges we face in society today. This award will go to the team that best toggles the line between provocative and solution-oriented, meaning that thoughtful commentary on society's ability to change will be most heavily weighed in determining the winner. We're looking to create reactions in our audience! This could mean humor, nostalgia, excitement or otherwise. . .
$1,000
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