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Cross Motion Tallinn Hackathon and Conference is a meetingplace for media and gaming industries with the health, tourism and educational sectors. The unique two-day event will aim to spark ideas how to bring innovative gaming and audiovisual solutions to the service of the mentioned sectors.

The small conference will explore the current trends in cross-innovation in the fields of virtual reality, augmented reality, 360 degree filming and gamification. It is followed by a hackathon – a one-day brainstorming session in guidance of expericenced mentors to create innovative ideas how to apply those advancements for the benefit of health, tourism and education.

We invite participants from all related sectors from all Baltic Sea countries.

The event is free, for information and registration, .

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
30 September 2016

15:00 – 16:00 Registration

16:05 - 16:10 Opening remarks by Hanno Tomberg, Enterprise Estonia Chairman of the Board

16:10 – 16:15 Welcome remarks by Alessandro Nanì, Cross Motion project manager

16:15 -16:25 Remarks by Dr. Indrek Ibrus, Cross Motion head of research

16:30 – 19:00 Keynote addresses

19:00 – 20:00 Hackathon kick-off – Teams formation

Confirmed speakers:
Gunnar Liestøl (Norway) - Professor at the University of Oslo;
Maria Alejandra Lujan Escalante (UK) - Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts;
Anders Jepsen (Denmark) - KIGOP, a Virtual Reality studio based in Aarhus, Denmark;
Andres Mellik (Estonia) - Cognuse, a company that offers software solutions for neurological disease management and rehabilitation;
Uldis Zarins (Latvia) - Anatomy Next, a software to explore a human body.
Marika Kukkasniemi (Finland) – Kokoa, a digital education agency that provides design services for edtech companies.

01 October 2016 – Hackathon

08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 09:20 Kick off speech
09:00 – 11:00 Working in own teams
11:00 – 13:00 1st Mentors’ round
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 17:00 Working in own teams
15:00 – 16:00 Possible second mentors’ round (upon team 
request)
16:30 deadline to hand in slides for pitches
16:30 - 17:30 Rehersal of pitches in own team
17:30 – 19:00 Idea pitching
19:00 - 20:00 Party - Opening with welcome drink and Buffet
20:00 – 20:30 Party. - Winners annoucement 
20:30 - Party - No better way to celebrate teams, ideas and new friends than by dancing, chilling, and enjoying a great show !