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HopperHacks 2024 - IMPORTANT DAY OF INFORMATION

Hi there,


Thank you for registering for HopperHacks, which will be starting today at 11:00 AM (EST)! This email will contain all the information you will need to know for the event. PLEASE READ IT THOROUGHLY - IT CONTAINS PRECIOUS INFORMATION!

Event Details

Date: Saturday, February 3rd - Sunday, February 4th @ 11:00AM EST

Location: HopperHacks Discord Server & Stony Brook Alan S. deVries Center (2nd Floor)

 

Important Links

Website: hopperhacks.sbuwics.com  

Information Packet: https://bit.ly/hh24-info-packet

Schedule: https://bit.ly/hh24-schedule

FAQ: https://bit.ly/hh24-faq

Devpost: https://hopperhacks2024.devpost.com 

Discord: https://discord.gg/BcfASRb77t

 

Check-in

If you will be attending in person, check in time is from 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM at the deVries Center (2nd floor). Please try to arrive on time! We will do our best to accommodate everyone who would like to attend in person, but available seating & swag will be on a first come, first serve basis. 

  1. You will be expected to have filled out the check-in form here before getting your food tickets & T-shirt wristbands. You can expect to receive the following while supplies last. 

    1. Food Ticket Colors

      1. Pink = Breakfast

      2. Red = Lunch

      3. Blue = Dinner

    2. Blue Wristband 

  2. Please note that we only have 200 tickets & 200 wristbands to give out in order to accommodate the fire safety guidelines. These will be handed out starting from 11am and we will not be able to guarantee food/t-shirts once we are out. If we run out of seating you are still welcome to take part in HopperHacks virtually!

 

Hacker Check-List:

  1. Read the Hacker Info Packet: https://bit.ly/hh24-info-packet

    1. This packet has more information about the event: code of conduct, contests/activities, judging logistics, etc

  2. Join the HopperHacks Discord Server: https://discord.gg/BcfASRb77t

    1. Familiarize yourself with the Discord channels available.

    2. Familiarize yourself with the HopperHacks schedule to see which workshops or activities interest you. On Discord, we have an Events feature where you can mark “Interested” for the events you would like to attend and get notified when the event begins

      1. Each workshop/activity you attend (including Bootcamp Week Workshops) will give you ONE extra entry into our raffle to win a Anker Soundcore Flare 2 Bluetooth Speaker!

  3. Make sure to check out the sponsor resources document which is full of useful in-kind contributions from our amazing sponsors - https://bit.ly/hh24-sponsor-resources

  4. If you would like to know when mentors with particular skill sets are available during HopperHacks, feel free to take a look at the Mentor Time Slot spreadsheet.

 

Discord

Discord will be our main point of contact. Here you can view announcements, event links, ask questions, and get live assistance.

On our Discord server, there is also a channel for participants still looking for teams called “#find-a-team”. If you are looking for teammates, feel free to use the Message Template in the Post Guidelines and chat there! If you are not looking for a team but would still like to connect with other participants, feel free to use the channel “#socials” to share your social media links, LinkedIn profiles, etc.

 

Here we will be live streaming our Opening Ceremony and our Closing Ceremony. Viewers can expect to join via the opening/closing ceremony stage on the Discord.

 

Google Meets

Here, we will be hosting our virtual activities and workshops. Some workshops on Saturday will be held both in-person and streamed onGoogle Meets. Workshop on Sunday will be held virtually on Google Meets. If you have questions regarding workshops we encourage you to ask them in the workshop specific text-channel on discord!

 

Google Meets links will be announced on the HopperHacks Discord server. We welcome you to be active in these calls, so ask questions and interact with workshop presenters! Please remember to be respectful during these Google Meets calls. Do not share these links with people who are not attending HopperHacks.

 

Zoom

We will have a singular virtual zoom meeting for team-building workshop only.

 

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If you have any further questions or concerns, please email us at wics@stonybrook.edu or send a message into #help-and-questions. We look forward to seeing you at HopperHacks! 

 

Happy Hacking,

 

WiCS Team ✨