WELCOME TO
DCU Hack4Change2021
March 12-19th
Student Social Innovation Hackathon
One week, 3 key themes, 600+ students, 80+ industry guests
Social challenges need innovative solutions, and engaged communities.
Social challenges need innovative solutions, and engaged communities.
Speakers
Gregor Toohey
ESB- CLIMATE Speaker 'The Green Energy Transition'
Rachael Hughes
Mental Health Speaker 'Mental Health and Self-Care'
Ejiro Ogbovoen
Mental Health Speaker 'Self Care to support Inspiration and Creativity''
Liz Leavy
ENT and INN Speaker 'Self Discovery and Team Development'
Colin Keogh
David Pollard
Sapian Innovation workshop
Peadar Donohoe
Bullying: What it is and simple ways to prevent it- Mental Health Speaker
Alba Mullen
Climate Fireside Chat- 'Trasion & Fast Fashion'
Conor Lynch
ENT and INN Speaker 'Hacking Careers'
Meghan Lattin
Mental Health Speaker 'Science of Kindness'
David Watters
Equality Fireside Chat 'Representations and how to set advocacy goals'
Daniel Kyne
OpinionX- ENT AND INN Speaker 'Customer Discovery (how to discover people's unmet needs)'
Jasmine Florentine
My journey as a mechanical design engineer, author, and illustrator.
Conor McQuillan
Mastercard: How To Communicate Ideas Effectively
Michelle Dolan
Irish Life & Health
Ronan O'Dalaigh
Thriftify
Mary O'Sullivan
Climate Speaker 'Sustainable Lifestyle''
Will Hogan
Cliamte Speaker 'Fast Fashion Dark Entrepreneurship'.
Liam Redmond
Equality Fireside Chat 'LGBTQ+ inclusion / creating equal opportunities / housing inequity '
Katie Mahon
Climater Speaker- 'Sustainability in an unsustainable industry (consumer electronics)'
Orla Farrell
Going Green for Paddys Day: EasyTreesie "Aiming to plant 1m trees in Ireland by 2023"
Peter Timlin
Climate Speaker 'Pure Clothing: Fighting Fast Fashion'
Riana Roche
Mastercard: Fight Like a Girl – Females in Tech
Sinead Griffin
"The Pillar of Sleep" Mental Health Speaker
Sarah Cunningham
Mastercard: From surviving to thriving: a closer look at the future of work.
Organisers
Roisin Lyons
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Dublin City University
Caolan Ward
Student Manager, Dublin City University
Ciara Saunders
Student Manager, Dublin City University
DLDU
Digital Learning Design Unit
About DCU Hack4Change
In 2020, we launched the first ever DCU Hack4Change with over 600 students working together to find solutions for some of society’s biggest challenges.
In 2021, we’re doing it virtually!
We will be using the platform GatherTown to focus on three extremely important themes:
Climate – including sustainability, fast fashion, smarter travel and more.
Equality – diversity & inclusivity, wealth and housing inequity, global challenges, discrimination.
Mental Health and Wellbeing – including post-covid living, cyberbullying and more.
This event will be attended by over 600 students of the Learning Innovation for Enterprise or LIFE 1st year module, as well as over 80 industry guests acting as speakers, mentors and competition judges.
During the week, students will attend live talks from expert speakers, receive mentoring, and engage in both fun and formal activities. Teams will develop viable social enterprise ideas based on the themes above, and pitch their concepts to judges at the end of the week.