Agenda

18 May 2022| TechCamp Day 0 
Participants and Trainers arrive throughout the day - Le Meridien Kochi
17:00 - 18:00 Trainers meeting
18:00 - 19:00 Trainers Dinner - Le Meridien Kochi

Emcee/Facilitator: Scott Hartman & TechCamp Team

19 May 2022| TechCamp Day 1 
8:30 - 9:00  Registration
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome Remarks - Scott Hartman, Cultural Affairs Officer, U.S. Consulate; Dr. Dhanuraj, Chairman, CPPR
9:15 - 9:30 What is TechCamp - Jenny Beth Aloys and Manny Pereira, Program Managers, TechCamp
9:30 - 10:30 What’s Your Challenge? Brainstorming Groups 

Pick a topic below and work as a group to brainstorm/discuss challenges in the field: 

  1. Preventing marine litter and pollution
  2. Economic challenges to sustainable solutions
  3. Coastlines and communities
  4. Communicating data with stakeholders
10:30 - 10:45 Speed Geeking Explanation -  JB and Manny
10:45 - 12:00 Speed Geeking
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch 
13:00 - 15:00 Interactive Training Session 1 

Choose one topic from the table below

 

 

Topic Trainers
  1. Mapping Plastic debris to prevent Marine Pollution using GIS & Remote sensing techniques for a Sustainable Future
 Lydiah Wanjiru
  1. Story Impact Lab: an interactive workshop to transform your communications
 Kate Furby
  1. Ocean Data and Marine Pollution
 Dr. R Venkatesan
  1. Coproduction of knowledge: Linking communities and the ocean to promote healthy, sustainable human-environment interactions
 Kelton McMahon
  1. Human Centered Design & Creative Project Management
 Ceylan Usaki Erali
  1. How to create an Investor-Ready Pitch Deck (& Pitching Best Practice)
 Dilnawaz Khan
  1. Train your AI sidekick to map human activity and empower communities with data
 Margot Stiles
  1. Mobile App Development: Is mobile app a magic pill for solving development issues?
 Samdy Lonh

 

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee/Tea Break
15:30 - 16:30 “Hacking Tracking to Prevent Plastic Pollution” - Virtual Session with Jenna Jambeck, Distinguished Professor, University of Georgia
16:30 - 17:00 Challenge Statement Brief - Manny and JB
17:00 - 17:30 End of Day Announcements - Scott Hartmann
19:00 - 20:00 Dinner 

 

 

20 May 2022| TechCamp Day 2
8:00 - 9:00 Travel to Boat Tour
9:00 - 11:00 Boat Tour - participants network and mingle while on boat tour
11:00 - 11:30 Return to hotel
11:30 - 12:00 Challenge Statement Read-out and Project Groups Form

One representative from each group will share what challenge statement they came up with and why it’s important
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 15:00 Interactive Training Session 2

Choose one topic from the table in Day 1
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee/Tea Break
15:30 - 16:30 Challenge Statement Development

Participants will go back to their brainstorming groups and narrow down top challenges to develop an actionable/tangible challenge statement
16:30 - 17:30 Work on mapping out solutions

Project Groups formulate solutions
17:30 - 18:00 End of Day Announcements - Manny and JB
18:00 - 19:00 Dinner

 

 

21 May 2022| TechCamp Day 3
9:00 - 9:10 Morning Announcements - Scott Hartmann
9:10 - 11:00 Interactive Training Session 3 

Choose one topic from the table on Day 1
11:00 - 12:00 Work on mapping out solutions

Project Groups formulate solutions and create presentations
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:00  Continue working on mapping out solutions and presentations

Project Groups formulate solutions and create presentations
14:00 - 15:00 Group Presentations

Participants will receive written feedback from trainers
15:00 - 15:30 Follow-on Announcement/Survey - JB and Manny
15:30 - 16:00 Closing Remarks and Certificates - Scott Hartmann