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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;"><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;">What is Pakathon?</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P>Pakathon's mission is to harness the skills and vision of entrepreneurs, development professionals and technologists around the world to create long-term projects and companies that socially impact the future of Pakistan.</P>
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<P><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;">Why should you attend?</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P>Pakathon NYC will bring together some of the smartest minds in NYC all focused on tackling social issues in Pakistan. If you have a great idea, or a skill that can help bring an idea to life, Pakathon is the perfect way for you to spend your weekend and create a product that will make an impact while networking with the NYC tech community.</P>
<P><SPAN>The winning NYC team will participate in the global Pakathon event in October to compete for prizes of up to $10,000 to implement projects and receive mentorship from business leaders in North America and Pakistan.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN><SPAN>Proje<SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">cts should be formulated on the basis of one of the following tracks for 2014: </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<LI><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Education</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Health<BR></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Human Rights<BR></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Finance (Bitcoin, Mobile Banking, etc.)<BR></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Retail</SPAN></LI>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;"><STRONG>Who should attend?</STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P>Pakathon events have something for everyone. Engineers, business majors, designers, philosophers all have something to contribute. We believe interdisciplinary and global collaboration is one of our most powerful tools for change. Pakathon is for Pakistanis and non-Pakistanis alike.</P>
<P>Volunteers and Mentors are welcome! Please contact us for more information at: <STRONG><A HREF="mailto:pakathonNYC@gmail.com" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow nofollow">pakathonNYC@<SPAN>gmail</SPAN>.<SPAN>com</SPAN></A></STRONG></P>
<P>To find out more, visit our<A HREF="http://www.pakathon.org/" REL="nofollow nofollow"><SPAN STYLE="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">website</SPAN></A>.</P>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;"><STRONG>SCHEDULE: Day 1 - Friday, Sept. 26</STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">6:00 PM- Dinner and <SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">meet-and-greet</SPAN>.</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">7:00 PM - Pakathon NYC kick-off and introductions.</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">7:30 PM - Keynote speaker.</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">8:00 PM - Brainstorming and break-out sessions.</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">9:00 PM- 60 minutes of brainstorming within track break-outs. Teams will form and take the podium to pitch their ideas. Last chance to recruit team members.</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">10:00 PM<SPAN STYLE="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">- Teams meet-and-greet and register their ideas.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em;">All ideas must be registered.<BR></SPAN></LI>
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<P><STRONG STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;">SCHEDULE: Day 2 - Saturday, Sept. 27</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P>People will work on their projects throughout the day.<SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;"></SPAN></P>
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<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">9:00 AM - Teams work on their ideas (Note: Breakfast will be provided).</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">12:00 PM- Lunch.<BR></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1:00 PM - Mentor hours until 4:00 PM.</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">4:00 PM <SPAN STYLE="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">-</SPAN>Snack break.</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">6:00 PM - Dinner.</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.6em;">7:00 PM - Teams continue working on their ideas.</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.6em;">11:00 PM- Working space closes (Teams can continue work at their own locations).</SPAN></LI>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;"><STRONG>SCHEDULE: Day 3 - Sunday, Sept. 28</STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P>Teams will finalize their pitches and project videos during the day.<SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;"></SPAN></P>
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<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">10:00 AM - Teams finish working on their pitches (Note: Breakfast will be provided).</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">11:00 AM - Pitch coaches available until 1:00 PM.</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">12:00 PM- Lunch.</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">12:30 PM- Project videos and pitches due. Each team will post their blog to the Pakathon Facebook page before they can pitch to judges.</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1:00 PM <SPAN STYLE="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">-</SPAN> Intro to Judges and Speaker.</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1:30 PM- Pitches Round 1.</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3:00 PM- Pitches Round 2 for shortlisted ideas.</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">4:00 PM-Results announced and networking.<BR></SPAN></LI>
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