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solution (Clark et al. 2019). Although the hackathon format is not so popular outside
the computing and technology community, according Clark et al. (2019), who organized a hackathon in history education, it was applied in the cultural heritage sector
(Coding da Vinci 2014), business development and marketing (Calco and Veeck
2015; Spaulding and Caimi 2016), medical and public health education (Kienzler
and Fontanesi 2017), legal education (Kessel 2019). In 2013, British Airways and
Ideo launched the “Ungrounded” hackathon, when 130 top innovators (mainly from
Silicon Valley) had to prototype, within three days, and in a flight from San Francisco
to London, innovative solutions to increase the productivity that drives the global
economy (Tsering 2013).
The idea of the Sustainability Hackathon was born at the end of May 2019,
with the objectives of generating enthusiasm and awareness about sustainability
issues, bringing together students with different background, skills and interests,
empowering them to carry out original research and promoting collaborative work
for innovation. It was considered an opportunity for reinforcing sustainability at
Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR) mainly in the course of Industrial and Systems Engineering, which has only one discipline on the subject in the
curriculum.
3 Method
The hackathon was prepared from June to September 2019, by three teachers, two
graduate and two undergraduate students from the Center for Sociotechnical Practices
and Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development (SEEDS) of the Industrial and
Systems Engineering Graduate Program (PPGEPS)/PUCPR. Their main tasks were
to plan the format and goals of the hackathon, get authorization from academic
authorities for hosting the event in the campus, set the event place and catering, map
companies/organizations as potential collaborative partners, define guest speakers
for the event, announce the event, give technical and academic support during the
event, evaluate the event.
3.1 Defining Rules and Objectives
The event program and regulation were submitted to the Teachers Chamber in August
2019 and, after approval, published in the SEEDS website (https://www.nucleoseeds.
org/hackathon-2019) were candidates could register, for free, from 1 to 15 October
2019. After individual registration, the candidate should register his/her team, which
has to be composed of a minimum of three and a maximum of six people. The event
was announced via site (www.nucleoseeds.org), Facebook (https://www.facebook.
com/seedsnucleo/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nucleo.seeds/), through
L. B. de Macedo Guimarães et al.
solution (Clark et al. 2019). Although the hackathon format is not so popular outside
the computing and technology community, according Clark et al. (2019), who organized a hackathon in history education, it was applied in the cultural heritage sector
(Coding da Vinci 2014), business development and marketing (Calco and Veeck
2015; Spaulding and Caimi 2016), medical and public health education (Kienzler
and Fontanesi 2017), legal education (Kessel 2019). In 2013, British Airways and
Ideo launched the “Ungrounded” hackathon, when 130 top innovators (mainly from
Silicon Valley) had to prototype, within three days, and in a flight from San Francisco
to London, innovative solutions to increase the productivity that drives the global
economy (Tsering 2013).
The idea of the Sustainability Hackathon was born at the end of May 2019,
with the objectives of generating enthusiasm and awareness about sustainability
issues, bringing together students with different background, skills and interests,
empowering them to carry out original research and promoting collaborative work
for innovation. It was considered an opportunity for reinforcing sustainability at
Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR) mainly in the course of Industrial and Systems Engineering, which has only one discipline on the subject in the
curriculum.
3 Method
The hackathon was prepared from June to September 2019, by three teachers, two
graduate and two undergraduate students from the Center for Sociotechnical Practices
and Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development (SEEDS) of the Industrial and
Systems Engineering Graduate Program (PPGEPS)/PUCPR. Their main tasks were
to plan the format and goals of the hackathon, get authorization from academic
authorities for hosting the event in the campus, set the event place and catering, map
companies/organizations as potential collaborative partners, define guest speakers
for the event, announce the event, give technical and academic support during the
event, evaluate the event.
3.1 Defining Rules and Objectives
The event program and regulation were submitted to the Teachers Chamber in August
2019 and, after approval, published in the SEEDS website (https://www.nucleoseeds.
org/hackathon-2019) were candidates could register, for free, from 1 to 15 October
2019. After individual registration, the candidate should register his/her team, which
has to be composed of a minimum of three and a maximum of six people. The event
was announced via site (www.nucleoseeds.org), Facebook (https://www.facebook.
com/seedsnucleo/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nucleo.seeds/), through