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<P STYLE="text-align: center;"><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #333333; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Let's prototype and build solutions</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #333333; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"></SPAN></STRONG><A HREF="http://greenhousestories.com/design-tinkering-club/" REL="nofollow"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Design Tinkering</SPAN></A><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #333333; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">, an NYU student club using design thinking to develop innovative solutions for social impact and the </SPAN><A HREF="http://greenhousestories.com/" REL="nofollow"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Greenhouse @ NYU School of Engineering</SPAN></A><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #333333; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"> and, with the support of the </SPAN><A HREF="http://thegovlab.org/" REL="nofollow"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">GovLab@NYU</SPAN></A><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #333333; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">, have decided to answer the call made by USAID and OpenIDEO. to bring together technologists, makers, hackers, designers, activists, and medical experts from all NYU schools and the broader NYC community to work together to come up with implementable solutions to address this issue.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #333333; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><EM STYLE="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><STRONG>The tickets are refunded on attendance. This is to ensure we plan our event for exactly the right number of people.</STRONG></EM></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: large; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #333333; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">For more information of the agenda <A HREF="https://www.hackerleague.org/hackathons/hack-ebola-at-nyu" REL="nofollow">click here</A></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">You don't have to be an expert in healthcare or infectious disease to contribute your insights and ideas. </SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: underline;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Focus:</SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Goal of this hackathon is to come up with solutions & prototypes within 2 areas of focus:</SPAN></P>
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<LI><STRONG STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; text-indent: -0.25in;"><EM><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Boosting tracking and communication</SPAN></EM></STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: to increase our understanding of the disease, better track exposure and enhance communication. Eg: map in real time locations of potential new outbreaks</SPAN></LI>
<LI><STRONG STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; text-indent: -0.25in;"><EM><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Promote Care</SPAN></EM></STRONG><STRONG STYLE="line-height: 1.6em; text-indent: -0.25in;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">-<EM>seeking</EM></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">: ensure that communities receive and respond to timely, accurate and actionable information about Ebola prevention and treatment</SPAN></LI>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Eg: SMS technology to share life saving medical information with citizens and for them to use the tool to report cases of outbreaks for faster response.</SPAN></P>
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