Coding da Vinci – Kick-Off weekend

The Coding da Vinci cultural hackathon is the first event of its kind in Germany. It gives a unique opportunity for cultural institutions such as libraries, museums, archives or galleries to offer their data to programmers, coders or others interested in digital technologies, and thus participate in the creation of innovative projects. These can be websites or applications, as well as data visualizations, virtual exhibitions or games. More than 300 cultural institutions are involved in the Coding da Vinci.

Because Coding da Vinci is an international event, you can get to know and connect with other tech-enthusiasts from Poland, Germany or other countries. So if you are interested in the field of culture, and you are looking for an interesting use for your knowledge or ideas, do not hesitate to register!

Program

What can you expect during Kick-Off Weekend?

Saturday, 19.3.

• One Minute Madness: 42 data donors from Czech, German and Polish cultural institutions present their data files in one minute
• Data dialogue: Participants and data providers engage in a conversation, clarify questions and exchange first ideas
• Submission of ideas
• Teambuilding and coding

Sunday, 20.3.

• Status-Quo ideas and teams / Invitation to participate
• Work in project teams
• Inpu Sessions, eg on the topic of AI in the cultural sector, IIIF meets Coding da Vinci, inspiration from project representatives who with their projects won Coding da Vinci grants at the Kulturhackathon Schleswig-Holstein 2021: Historical cabinet and Shovel and sweat, more are planned

If you want to participate in the project, you should:

• take part in the opening event 19./20.3.2022 (online)
• use open cultural data, including at least one dataset from the Coding da Vinci
• register your project on Hackdash (you will receive more information later)
• present your project at the awards ceremony on Saturday 30.4.2022 (on the spot in the border triangle)
• Publish your project under a free license (eg Open Source or Open Definition - you will receive more information later).