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Hackathon Learning Workshops

Explore proposed learning sessions designed to help participants prepare for their civic technology projects.

Civic Problem Discovery & Design Thinking
Planned session

Civic Problem Discovery & Design Thinking

Identify real problems in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, and local communities, understand who is affected, and turn observations into clear problem statements.

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Speaker announcement pending
Generative AI for Civic Good
Planned session

Generative AI for Civic Good

Learn how AI can support public-service information, citizen queries, complaint categorization, and community support through prompt engineering and a hands-on mini-demo.

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Speaker announcement pending
Open Data for Public Impact
Planned session

Open Data for Public Impact

Find, clean, and interpret public datasets to create useful insights about education, transport, sanitation, and public services.

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Speaker announcement pending
Build Your First Civic Tech Prototype
Planned session

Build Your First Civic Tech Prototype

Build a simple responsive web application for a real civic problem, covering UI basics, forms, dashboards, and user testing.

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Speaker announcement pending
Build AI Chatbots for Citizens
Planned session

Build AI Chatbots for Citizens

Create a basic chatbot for public information, education opportunities, or community services while exploring Urdu and English support and inaccurate answers.

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Speaker announcement pending
Maps, Geospatial Data & Smart Cities
Planned session

Maps, Geospatial Data & Smart Cities

Explore how digital maps can identify potholes, waste collection issues, inaccessible facilities, and areas vulnerable to flooding.

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Speaker announcement pending
Responsible AI, Privacy & Digital Trust
Planned session

Responsible AI, Privacy & Digital Trust

Understand bias, hallucinations, personal-data protection, cybersecurity, and responsible AI practices for tools that may affect citizens.

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Speaker announcement pending
GitHub, Deployment & Open-Source Collaboration
Planned session

GitHub, Deployment & Open-Source Collaboration

Learn repositories, README files, basic version control, and how to deploy a working prototype using accessible free hosting options.

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Speaker announcement pending
Civic Innovation: Pitching, Impact & Sustainability
Planned session

Civic Innovation: Pitching, Impact & Sustainability

Present the problem, beneficiaries, proposed solution, measurable impact, and long-term sustainability without exaggerating what the product can do.

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Speaker announcement pending
Build with AI: Rapid Prototyping & Hackathon Preparation
Planned session

Build with AI: Rapid Prototyping & Hackathon Preparation

Use AI coding tools to develop a small feature, test it, fix errors, and prepare a demo through a mini-project clinic and Q&A.

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Speaker announcement pending
All workshops are free to attend for registered participants

Workshop announcements

Session dates, joining instructions, speakers, and participant eligibility will be updated after confirmation. Do not treat the placeholder dates as a published schedule.