How to Organize Inclusive Hackathons?
Abstract
Public and private organizations have adopted open innovation initiatives to establish a sustainable digital transformation process, increasing efficiency and offering value to society. In this context, hackathons often appear as tools to create innovative solutions and develop specific skills, requiring strategies to make these events more inclusive and promote diversity. This short course aims to present a process for conducting inclusive hackathons, allowing participants to adopt this tool to improve their organizations' work processes, products, and services, as expected results from the perspective of innovation. The short course is divided into two parts: presentation of basic concepts and conduction of a dynamic of organizing an inclusive hackathon based on the Problem-Based Learning approach.
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