Thanks to Project IoT at the Phyrtual Innovation Gym, students learn about the importance of connections between objects through a four-hour labs with concrete experiences to learn how the Internet can be extended to everything.
The "core" of the project promoted by Cisco explained by Coach Emanuele Tarducci.
Today, the Phyrtual Innovation Gym will host a new challenge of ideas to select ten more teams, just like in the previous hackathon [see news: Ten Finalist Ideas]. About one hundred students from three schools in Lazio and Umbria will participate in the hackathon:
- Pantaleoni, Frascati, Rome
- Pertini, Genzano, Rome
- Franchetti Salviani, Città di Castello, Perugia
Students will be helped by the following coaches: Emanuele Tarducci, Fabrizio Jimenez, Emanuele Tamburlani and Mohamed Fadiga.
Internet of Things at the Phyrtual Innovation Gym
Hackathon
Phyrtual Innovation Gym, Rome
April 11, 2017 – 8:30 am
PROGRAMME
8.30 AM | TEAMS ARRIVE
9.00 AM | WELCOME
Alfonso Molina, Scientific Director, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
09.15 AM | INTERNET OF THINGS MEETS THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
Emanuele Tarducci, Coach, Phyrtual Innovation Gym
Q&A with students
10.00 AM | WORKS BEGIN
Gianna Li Calzi, Project Consultant, Cisco Italia
10.10 AM | DESIGNING IDEAS
3.30 PM | COMMUNICATING AN IDEA: THE PROJECT IN 500 CHARACTERS
Teams present their idea
4.00 PM | TEAM PITCHES
Moderator: Cecilia Stajano, School Innovation Coordinator, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
5.30 PM | AWARDS CEREMONY
Awards presented by Gianna Li Calzi, Project Consultant, Cisco Italia
6.00 PM | CONCLUSIONS
Mirta Michilli, Director General, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
