SexTech New York Hackathon

trillion dollar industry. A diverse range of voices and ideas are urgently needed to change the patriarchal dynamic of the booming sextech industry. It's time to create a more inclusive, healthy future of sexuality!

For full details, see
- https://www.sextech.nyc/

- https://www.facebook.com/events/1937459779819043

Buy tickets now to get first dibs on an RSVP to the SexTech Hackathon in NYC on June 10th 2017. Only the first 150 people who register and come to the event get to participate on the day!

• • • Volunteer registration - https://goo.gl/forms/ZnLf3Q95dV0ZmAuV2

• • • Media registration - https://goo.gl/forms/VNMPcIgHbAw17OS63

• What Is SexTech?

Most simply, SexTech is any technology designed with the intention of enhancing human sexuality and human sexual experience.

• Why Should You Care?

Innovations in sextech will allow us to experience, express, and understand our sexualities in ways we never thought possible!

• The SexTech Hackathon. What’s That?

It’s a 1-day event in which all members will collaborate intensively on creating sextech products. Unlike other hackathons that may require some coding expertise, we are open to all skills and experience levels. Gathering together with a group, you will innovate, and depending on the expertise of the team, try to create a working product. At the end of the day, you will pitch a product or simply a vision of what you are going to create - as a presentation, web-site, app, prototypes, etc.

• Who Can Participate?

SexTech Hackathon is open to all, but aimed to support new female-identified leaders to drive further innovation in the field. We welcome anyone interested in elevating the voices and perspectives of women in sextech, whether you’re a designer, developer, marketer, entrepreneur, project manager or even therapist or sexologist.

We are especially seeking to make space for women-identified people, although we support inclusion of all genders and sexualities. We believe this emerging field of technology is not only driven by women-identified technologies and thinkers but also presents an opportunity to change the cultural conversation and attitudes toward female sexuality.

• Program Format & Schedule

Kicking off on 10th of June 2017, 10am Saturday morning, with a round of lightning talks from inspiring mentors. We will form teams according to categories of interests. You’ll spend the afternoon working together to bring your project to life, and finish the day pitching your creation to a panel of mentors.

Schedule:

10am - Lightning talks

11am - Team formation

12:00am to 6pm - Work on your projects

6pm - Pitching and Feedback

7.00pm - Celebration, networking

This is a draft schedule, check back for updates!

Categories to work at the SexTech Hackathon:

- Health (awareness, treatment, prevention etc.)

- Education

- Pleasure

- Communication

- Social

- Etc.

! While we recognize sexuality is a diverse field, we will not be accepting hack teams for anything related to pornography or entertainment.

! Please read the Code of Conduct carefully - https://www.sextech.nyc/the-code-of-conduct/

• Speakers & Mentors

Bryony Cole, The Future Of Sex podcast

Laura Kingsley, ThoughtWorks

Kris Jandler, Co-founder & CMO Emojibator

Mal Harrison, Director of Center for Erotic Intelligence

Bryan Stacy, Co-founder & CEO Biem Health

Andriy Yaroshenko, Co-founder & CEO Fantasy App

If you are interested in getting involved, please contact us via the web-site.

• Partners

ThoughtWorks, www.thoughtworks.com

We're a global technology consultancy. We help you invent what's next, and bring it to life with technology

Future Of Sex Podcast, www.futureofsex.org

The Future of Sex Podcast is a podcast that explores the evolving worlds of sex and tech.

The Center for Erotic Intelligence, http://centerforeroticintelligence.org/

Reframes our collective understanding of human sexuality and human connection. Currently in colleges and universities around the world, with future expansion to membership based e-learning offerings, CEI's educational programming offers four main pillars of erotic education empowerment: sexual and reproductive health, pleasure education, consent education, and relationship education which includes social and emotional intelligence development.

Emojibator, https://emojibator.com/
Emojibator promotes good, healthy fun with high-quality sex toys for women. Inspired by the infamous eggplant emoji, Emojibator makes body safe vibrators to bring more laughter into the bedroom.

SexTechLab, http://sextechlab.com/

The first sextech hackathon in Paris! Reinvent pleasure, health, dating, love and everything in-between. Also visit Fb. event: SexTechLab : 50 heures pour innover dans le plaisir

SexTech Landscape, http://www.futureofsex.org/landscape-cover

Digital Map of the SexTech indusrty. Add your startup. Invest in SexTech

SexTech Entrepreneurs, https://www.meetup.com/SexTech-Entrepreneurs/

MeetUp group of SexTech Entrepreneurs

• Sponsors

The Pleasure Chest, https://thepleasurechest.com/

With a firm belief that everyone has a right to pursue sexual fulfillment, The Pleasure Chest creates a specialized shopping experience in a judgment-free environment both online and in their boutiques in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, and helps people discover the best sex of their lives.

If you are interested in sponsorship involved, please contact us via the web-site.

• When?

SexTech Hackathon will be held 10th of June 2017, 10am - 8pm

• Where?

ThoughtWorks office, 99 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016

• How much?

10 USD

Buy tickets now to get first dibs on an RSVP to the SexTech Hackathon in NYC on June 10th 2017. Only the first 150 people who register and come to the event get to participate on the day!

• • • Volunteer registration - https://goo.gl/forms/ZnLf3Q95dV0ZmAuV2

• • • Media registration - https://goo.gl/forms/VNMPcIgHbAw17OS63

• More TECH, Less SHAME!

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For full details, see - https://www.sextech.nyc/

Fb event page - https://www.facebook.com/events/1937459779819043

Official hashtag - #sextechnyc

Partners:

Starta Accelerator was initiated by Starta Capital VC fund formed in Moscow. Starta Capital is one of the leading VC funds in Russia. It has received prestigious awards granted by Russian Venture Capital Association, National Venture Industry Award and National Association of Business Angels award.
The Accelerator’s main mission is to introduce startups with East European R&D roots to best practices, trusted advisers and mentors, and overcome cultural differences through a customized educational program that help startups to gain traction in U.S. and become part of the local startup and investing ecosystem.