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Subject :

Under the auspices of his Excellency the Minister of

Industry
Dr Imad Hoballah
NCEILEBANON announce
THE ENTREPRENEUR SMART SOLUTIONS HACKATON
Commit to the Cause. Push for Change. Answer the Call for
Code.
In cooperation with:
Rafic Hariri University Hospital – OGERO TELECOM – Entrepreneurs Ventures Network
HOLDING

Time: July 8th 9th 10th 3rd 2020

ORGANIZER ; The Entrepreneur961 Combinator - NCEILEBANON
Venue : OGERO TELECOM HQ- Bir Hassan and Virtual Meetings

STATUS ; FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Dear Sir; Madam

The National Council for Entrepreneurship and Innovation – reg 2220 Lebanon is launching an open call
for its summer hackaton held under the auspices of his Excellency the Minister of Industry Dr
Imad Hoballah
THE ENTREPRENEUR961 SMART SOLUTIONS HACKATON - Commit to the Cause.
Push for Change. Answer the Call for Code will lead to manage and propose solutions to the post
COVID19 pandemic
The aim of Commit to the Cause. Push for Change. Answer the Call for Code.is to use the
collective intelligence of researchers, experts, technology specialists and fellow citizens to support the
community through developing fresh ideas and solutions for dealing with and combating the Coronavirus
Business Impact.
Further, the initiative is reaching out to individuals; NGOs, think tanks and organizations who can
contribute data, technology or support communications globally. Tech and medical talents, scientists and
health experts, tech and data driven companies and humanitarian organizations, as well as creative
individuals can sign up now to contribute solutions, challenges or mentoring.

THE ENTREPRENEUR961 SMART SOLUTIONS HACKATON – Special Focus : COVID

19-Busters; eHealth; IOT; Blockchain and Bigdata – Time: July 8th – 9th 10th 2020 – Venue
: OGERO TELECOM HEAD QUARTERS and Virtual Meetings

The initiatives which will be presented need to thematically build on each other and the results are then
jointly summarized, communicated and followed up by the Entrepreneurs961 team. The topics to work
on are constantly added on the NCEILEB website http://www.nceilebanon.com/seminars/ to avoid
duplicates and to enhance efficiency during the hackathon. All hackatons topics need to include novel
public information and rescue systems, methods of infection detection and tools for medical support,

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smart applications development favoring IOT; blockchain; big data analysis and fintech logistics with an
emphasis on operations, distancing and e-learning tools to facilitate social interactions.

The initiative comes in line with the NCEILEB COVID19 Emergency Reponse Action ( ERTF )
and the launching of its Entrepreneurs961 Combinator and its vision of the digital transformation
working plan submitted to the Lebanese government and especially the OMSAR team The goal is to
develop dozens of open-source prototypes, developed online. The prototypes and solutions should
provide innovative approaches for the most pressing health, social and economic challenges of the
current coronavirus crisis and beyond.

Winners will be awarded a six month free mentorship and a special call for funding the project with a
free of charge incubation facility – NCEILEBANON will nurture the project to success.

I stay
Yours Truly

Maan Barazy
President

#stay_safe_stay_foolish

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CLUSTER RECOMMENDATIONS
We propose SIX clusters

CLUSTER ONE EdTech Hackathon Ideas

The education system continues to face multiple challenges in terms of the quality and delivery of
education. Tech-based solutions can bridge the gap in learning and streamline the education system.

Here are a few Education-based hackathon ideas:

1. Share learning experiences

Build an app or online platform which programming students can use to capture their work-based
experiences and share these learning experiences with other students through text, photos or videos.

The focus should be to develop a platform that allows programming students to share their work
experiences and projects with other younger students.

2. Raise classroom behavior issues in real-time

Develop a referral process platform that helps teachers to raise and escalate major behavior issues in
the classroom in real-time.

The platform would work like a classroom management tool that will help teachers to share real--time
information on their student’s classroom behaviors with students, other teachers, parents, and
administrators.

The system should record all assessments made by the teachers for future reference and annual
evaluations.

3. Course and university finder

Develop a robust mobile app that allows students to search for all the necessary information pertaining
to the universities they desire, the courses they wish to learn, the admission processes, teacher profiles,
alumni information, career paths, employers have partnered with the universities, and more.

The app should have user-friendly filters to search for universities and courses based on a student’s
needs and requirements.

Students should be able to chat with representatives of universities directly from the app and should be
able to submit applications and save bookmarks of their favorite universities and courses.

4. Smart Tutor

Smart tutors are becoming more popular. These are apps designed to help students in many problem
areas. These include language, specific subjects such as math, and can even help better engage a student
in school.

Smart tutor apps are also designed for students of all ages.

Pre-K level smart tutor apps can help users learn new words and other core learning skills. These apps
are designed to make learning fun for younger students, offering activities and puzzles.

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For older students, tutor apps focus on improving specific skills, offering activities and quizzes to
improve their understanding of different subjects.

As tech professionals, you can help create smart tutor apps, troubleshoot any issues, and collaborate on
inventive ways to improve learning skills.

5. Apps That Aid College Students

If you’re hosting a college hackathon, this idea will be beneficial for your students. College students
juggle many problems. This includes finding an internship or a job, organizing their life around their
schoolwork, and navigating student loan debt.

More colleges are also optimizing online schooling. Apps can help students organize their assignments,
set deadlines, and help them keep track of their grades.

Most modern college students are tech-efficient. As tech professionals, you can collaborate with other
college students to create an app that will help students improve their college experience.

CLUSTER TWO: HealthTech Hackathon Ideas

Although the level of technology in healthcare is at an all-time high, there is still immense potential to
use technology to automate daily operative processes and tasks.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) can revolutionize health-tech for the better
and an effective way to determine this is to organize health-tech hackathons.

Here are a few health-tech hackathon ideas:

6. Data processing for hospitals

Develop a secure in-house AI-based data processing solution that will help healthcare institutions and
hospitals to study and analyze a patient’s medical records.

Using Deep Neural Networks, robust computational processing, and machine learning, the data
processing solution should help medical personnel to streamline their workflows and better manage
patient care.

7. Virtual health assistant

Develop a device that can help people living with chronic medical conditions to regularly monitor their
health parameters and vitals in order to live a healthy life.

The device should monitor health conditions like diabetes and should alert family members and relatives
if the patient’s health deteriorates. The device should also send timely reminders to the patient to take
medication.

8. Remote patient examination

Build a mobile app that enables doctors to gain real-time access to a patient’s vital signs from anywhere
in the world. The mobile solution should allow doctors to gauge a patient’s condition to determine
whether hospitalization is necessary.

The solution can also provide general medical assistance and will be especially useful in cases of
emergencies.

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9. Health Technology in Rural Areas

Some patients live in rural areas or small parts of town. It may take a considerable amount of time for
these patients to receive medical treatment, especially in emergency cases.

Tech professionals can create a system specifically for those in rural areas. Whether this includes more
specialized telehealth options or a system where those in rural areas can better access emergency care,
this type of technology gives small-town folk the medical attention they need.

10. GPS Monitoring for Ambulances

What if an individual has an emergency, but an ambulance can’t reach them? If there’s no backup, an
ambulance should know the best way to reach the patient. GPS monitoring can assist the ambulance
while they’re on the field as well as the hospital tracking the ambulance’s location.

While on the road, the paramedics will navigate the best route to reach the patient, avoiding traffic and
any other hindrances. At the hospital, medical staff can track the ambulance and can be prepared for
when the patient arrives.

At the hackathon, tech professionals can create different ambulance GPS monitoring systems and find
ways to improve existing systems.

11. Improved Medical and Emergency Communication

Health technology doesn’t only benefit medical staff — it improves communication between individuals
and their family members or emergency contacts. Tech professionals can develop better ways for
individuals to report medical emergencies to their family members.

While wearable emergency devices are nothing new, there are ways to make them more efficient. In
case an elder falls down, they can quickly contact an ambulance as well as their caregiver and family
members.

Healthcare technology can also improve the healthcare communication process with emergency
contacts and family members.

An app can immediately connect medical staff to their emergency contact, immediately informing them if
there’s an emergency situation. Tech can also better disclose who can gain access to a patient’s medical
information and medical staff can inform the contact of any new diagnoses or ailments.

CLUSTER THREE : ConsumerTech Hackathon Ideas

Consumer tech devices like smartphones, drones, smart homes, etc. make for a brilliant space where AI
and machine learning-based solutions can come in handy. Hackathons that focus on developing smarter
consumer tech solutions will benefit people at large.

Here are a few consumer tech hackathon ideas:

12. Automate homes and offices

The idea is to build a fully autonomous smart energy monitoring facility for an entire building. This will
be like a smart home solution, but for an entire building.

This AI-based solution can use deep learning to recognize patterns of behavior at home or in the office
to better manage energy consumption, electricity usage, and to strengthen security, and lower operating
costs.

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The system should also be equipped to track employee attendance by using CCTV cameras for facial
recognition in addition to fingerprint scanners and RFID.

13. Autonomous Drones

Build an AI-powered drone camera, program it with object tracking data from proximity sensors, GPS
sensors and motion sensors.

With the autonomous drone, people won’t need to pilot the drone camera. This will help people to
take professional vacation photos and videos, this will especially be helpful for solo travelers.

14. Truly predictive keyboard

Develop a keyboard software or app that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing
(NLP) to predict words based on the conversation the user is having. The predictive text should be
contextually relevant to the conversation and the previous few messages to make typing emails and
casual conversations seamless.

CLUSTER FOUR : AutoTech Hackathon Ideas

With autonomous cars and electric vehicles being the talk of the town, technology in the automotive
space is breaking barriers across the globe.

Stalwart brands are heavily investing in hybrid technologies that improve the performance of vehicles
while improving their impact on the environment.

However, there are still many gaps and voids that technology can fill in the auto field. And an auto-
focused hackathon makes for a great platform to prompt innovators to flex their codes and build
promising solutions.

Here are a few auto tech hackathon ideas:

15. Find parking spots

Develop a smartphone app that detects available parking spots in a given area. The idea is to help drivers
focus on the road and reduce their fuel consumption by quickly finding available parking. The app can
also include features like speed limit warnings and speed camera warnings on highways.

16. Pedestrian safety

Develop a working prototype that helps passenger vehicles to reduce the speed of the car or bring the
car to a halt upon detecting pedestrians.

Using infrared, proximity, and motion sensors, the solution should make vehicles safer for pedestrians.

The prototype can also use AI and GPS to reduce the speed based on the location of the vehicle. For
instance, the speed can be reduced if the vehicle is in a locality where there only schools or hospitals.

17. Vehicle maintenance

Build a mobile app that allows the owner of the vehicle to fill in timely information about the services
done.

Based on the input received, the app should detect what other parameters need service, when the next
service is due, what parts need replacement, and so on.

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Furthermore, the app can also use augmented reality (AR) to help owners understand the functionality
of their vehicle by simply hovering their phone camera over the different various buttons of the interior
or the parts in the engine bay.

CLUSTER FIVE : FinancialTech (FinTech) Hackathon Ideas

Blockchain and Cryptocurrency have been in the limelight for a while now. However, FinTech is a much
larger field that aims to improve financial services by using software and emerging tech solutions. A
smart way to explore new avenues of improving FinTech is to host a hackathon.

Here are a few auto tech hackathon ideas:

18. Subscription management solution

Consumers are increasingly using monthly or annual subscription service of Netflix, The idea is to create
a mobile app or web platform to empower consumers to better manage their payments for ongoing
subscription services like Amazon, Spotify, iCloud, DropBox, and so on.

The focus of this software or app should be to help detect and manage consumers’ subscriptions once
they fall into disuse.

19. Calculate credit score

Create a more complete, data-driven, real-time credit score software that considers a borrower’s
financial and credit history from the beginning of time. Additionally, the software should also be
equipped to consider bill payments, rent, utilities, subscriptions, and more.

The idea is to make the credit score software that can be used to qualify borrowers for credit and loans
in real-time by taking into account all their financial history.

20. Cash flow management

The idea is to help people view and study their overall spend analysis by developing a mobile app to
analyze all the purchases made by scanning a receipt. Use optical character recognition (OCR) to simply
click an image of a receipt and track payments.

Using AI and machine learning, the app should be able to group items category-wise, for example, food,
clothes, fuel, etc. The app should prompt users when they overspend or make repeat purchases.

CLUSTER SIX: RetailTech Hackathon Ideas

Retail tech is booming as more brands are relying on technological platforms to attract leads and
increase sales. More retail brands are switching to an online platform, implementing apps and other
third-party software into the shopping experience.

21. Digital Shopping Performance

The shopping experience is more diverse than ever. Customers can search for products on Google, buy
products on social media, and can even shop directly on a store’s app.

But it’s the tech team’s job to know where exactly customers are finding products. The tech team can
collaborate with retail marketing professionals to test the performance of your websites and apps as
well as tracking the effectiveness of app push notifications.

22. AR/VR

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The retail landscape evolves every year. If a brand is participating in your hackathon, have your tech
team test out new retail tech for the brand.

Let’s take virtual reality and augmented reality as examples. Augmented reality (AR) pairs customers
with products before purchasing them. Customers can try on clothes, test out different hair dye colors,
and other factors that are integral to the shopping experience.

Many brands are also using virtual reality (VR). Instead of visiting the store, brands create their store in a
virtual reality world where customers get the ultimate shopping experience without leaving their homes.

The only way to know if these new tech trends are effective is by implementing and testing them. Tech
professionals can collaborate with the brand on developing AR/VR ideas and implementing them.

23. Product QR Codes

Customers are no longer shuffling around a store, trying to find the product they want.

Tech can simplify the shopping process, both in-store and online. QR codes are a perfect example.
Customers know beforehand if a store has the product in their size, in their preferred color, with the
features they desire, and other essentials.
Take QR codes as an example. In-store, customers can scan a product’s QR code on their phone and
discover more information about the product. Online, customers can find the product’s QR code and
know if a store nearby has the product or if they can order it online.

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