Gucci is teaming with Twitter to present chime hack, a hackathon to create mobile app solutions to support girls and women, through Gucci’s chime for change campaign. The 3-day event will kick-off during TEDWomen2013 in San Francisco with a private event at Twitter on December 5, 2013.
Chime hack was first announced through an exchange of Tweets from Adam Messinger, CTO of Twitter, and Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini. Chime hack will celebrate the power of women in tech, and will connect the tech community to issue experts and non-profit organizations to identify ways for disruptive mobile app solutions to support girls and women globally. Challenges for the hackathon will focus on Education, Health and Justice, as well as social entrepreneurship and encouraging girls and women to participate in tech fields.
Confirmed Chime hack participants include Dick Costolo, Twitter; Susan Wojcicki, Google;Juliet De Baubigny, Kleiner Perkins Caufield& Byers; Jared Morgenstern, Yub.com; Andrew (Boz) Bosworth, Facebook;Hugo Barra, Xiaomi; Tom Conrad, Pandora; Dave Morin, Path; Guy Oseary, Maverick/A-Grade Investments; Sara Haider, Twitter; Trevor Traina, IfOnly and Traina Interactive; Renee Kaplan, Skoll Foundation; Brit Morin, Brit + Co; Megan Quinn, Kleiner Perkins Caufield& Byers; Kate Aronowitz, Facebook; Phil Wiser and Annie Fox, Hearst Magazines; Jocelyn Ross, Stripe; and Alexia Tsotsis, TechCrunch.
