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EVENT DETAILS |
Schedule:
10am - Lightning talks
11am - Team formation
11:30am to 6pm - Work on your projects
6pm - Pitching & Feedback
7pm - 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.
Speakers & Mentors
Andrea Barrica, Founder & CEO of O.school
O.school - online shame-free platform for pleasure education, especially for women & gender-diverse people, for people to unlearn shame, process trauma & own their desire. Her previous work has included co-founding YC-backed accounting technology startup, inDinero.com & serving as a venture partner & entrepreneur-in-residence at 500 Startups, where she advised technology startup founders.
Laura Kingsley, ThoughtWorks
Laura is a consultant software developer for ThoughtWorks, where she builds custom software applications for a variety of companies & organizations. She passionately promotes gender equality in technology, sexuality, & the combination of the two. Laura uses art & presentation to facilitate conversations about sex from a communication, pleasure, & anatomy perspective.
Bryony Cole, The Future Of Sex podcast
Bryony is a sex futurist who currently hosts the sex tech podcast Future of Sex & works as a researcher & strategist in future human & technology fields. Originally from Melbourne, she currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
Kris Jandler, Co-founder & CMO Emojibator
Kris is the cofounder & Chief Marketing Officer of Emojibator, the original eggplant emoji vibrator company. Since launching her first business in 2016, Kris' work has been featured in 100+ publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Buzzfeed, & Mashable. Her professional background includes strategic branding & marketing operations for tech startups, nonprofits, & millennial political movements.
Mal Harrison, Director of Center for Erotic Intelligence
Mal Harrison is a clinical sexologist, educator, coach, TEDx speaker, & the founder of Center for Erotic Intelligence. Previously, she served as resident sexologist & advice columnist for the Museum of Sex, where her research on the internal clitoris went viral, heralding her a pioneer of clit-feminism & changing the way women understand how their bodies work.
Bryan Stacy, Co-founder & CEO Biem Health
5 years ago, Bryan was diagnosed with testicular cancer & chlamydia on the same day. Since then he's talked with 100's of people about crushing the fear that causes bad sexual health behavior. He used his experience as a digital consultant to the world's top brands, to create Biem, the world's first virtual sexual healthcare clinic. With the Biem app he looks to set a new standard for sexual health expectations between partners.
Andriy Yaroshenko, Co-founder & CEO Fantasy App
Andriy is the co-founder of Fantasy - the dating by fantasy & lifestyle app, & SEX.Prostir - an educational TED-like event about human sexuality. Certified sexologist. Professional background includes 8 years experience in digital marketing & building award-winning digital products/startups for global companies like Kimberly-Clark, Johnson & Johnson, Danone.
IN THE NEXT FEW DECADES, OUR SEX LIVES WILL UNDERGO INCREDIBLE CHANGE. BY 2020 SEXTECH IS PREDICTED TO BE A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY, AND SOME WILL GO AS FAR TO SAY A 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!
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?
A "hackathon" can mean many different things. The aim of the day is to bring together a diverse group of talent to test new business ideas, and, in some cases, develop early stage technologies.
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 & experience levels. Gathering together with a group, you will innovate, & 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 & 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 & sexualities. We believe this emerging field of technology is not only driven by women-identified technologies & thinkers but also presents an opportunity to change the cultural conversation & 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, & finish the day pitching your creation to a panel of mentors.
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