New York Sextech Hackathon

YouPorn:Founded in 2006,YouPorn has been at the forefront of technology in the adult entertainment space.  Constantly evolving, YouPorn continue to support and encourage the future of porn, by actively diversifying the industry and pointing the conversation toward content discovery. YouPorn prides itself on providing a clean, inclusive and personalized experience for all users, partners, and advertisers. For more information please visitwww.youporn.com/world.FUTURE OF SEXFuture of Sexexplores the merging worlds of sex and tech. From VR porn to AI-powered sex dolls, each episode of the podcast explores the connections between sex tech and cultural phenomena to better understand how we view and shape the future of sex. Will sex doll brothels one day be the norm? Will teledildonics help you endure a long distance relationship?What will prepare you for a future of fully integrated technology in our sexual and romantic lives?The top-rated podcast hasbeen voted by sex therapists as part of their top 10 listens in 2017 and dubbed by Mashable as 'the podcast proving the future of sextech is female.'At the live event recordings, we examine technology's role in human sexuality and human connections with an expert panel, offering explanations on how we've arrived at the present. There is also a chance for you to ask your own questions to foremost experts in the field of sexuality, technology, entertainment and science.ABOUT BRYONYTo date, Bryony has talked with 100+ experts and everyday people about the future of sex.Through stories with technologists, scientists, filmmakers and therapists, she has realized a largely unexplored area is the impact of how these innovations will affect intimacy and your sex life.To date, Bryony has talked with 100+ experts and everyday people about the future of sex.Her work has most recently appeared in Vice, Wired, TechCrunch and The Humanist magazine.In a past life, Bryony designed Absolut Labs, a think tank on nightlife for Absolut and worked with companies like Microsoft to help them humanize technology.

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<H2 CLASS="m_7137159239130785891gmail-">Join us for the Future of Sex x You Porn Sextech Hackathon!</H2>
<H3 CLASS="m_7137159239130785891gmail-">Our global hackathon series has been to Australia, to Asia and now we'd love you to join us to hack the future of sex in Brooklyn, New York.</H3>
<P><EM>*ticket price covers all food, drinks and goodies throughout*</EM></P>
<H3 CLASS="m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mf m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mj">Wait - what's a sextech hackathon?</H3>
<P>A weekend-long hackathon in which all members will collaborate intensively on creating sextech products. Unlike other hackathons that may require some coding expertise, we are open to all skills and experience levels. Gathering together in teams, you will innovate, and depending on the expertise of the team, generate a working prototype, whether this is a technology product, a design or a campaign.</P>
<H3 CLASS="m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mf m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mj">Who Can Participate?</H3>
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<P>We welcome people of all job descriptions, whether you’re a designer, developer, marketer, entrepreneur, project manager, therapist or sexologist. Diverse groups often work incredibly well together to produce the best results.</P>
<P>In particular, we are focused on making space for, and elevating the voices and perspectives of, women-identified people, although we support inclusion of all genders and sexualities.</P>
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<H3 CLASS="m_7137159239130785891gmail-"><SPAN>What Is Sextech?</SPAN></H3>
<P CLASS="m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mf m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mj">Most simply, sextech is any technology designed with the intention of enhancing human sexuality and human sexual experience.</P>
<P CLASS="m_3981180176155678780m_952482554860333622gmail-m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mf m_3981180176155678780m_952482554860333622gmail-m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mj">Solutions may cover any of the areas associated with sexual experience from sexual health and wellbeing, to personal safety, choice of sexual experiences, personal dignity in sex, games, entertainment and dating experiences.</P>
<H3 CLASS="m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mf m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mj"><SPAN>Why Should You Care?</SPAN></H3>
<P>Innovations in sextech will allow us to experience, express, and understand our sexualities in ways we never thought possible.</P>
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<P>The key value of sextech products and services is that they are designed around relationships, bringing new ideas of intimacy, pleasure and desire to the human experience. While there is plenty of potential in this space, it is largely untapped.</P>
<P>We believe that women-identified technologies and thinkers can influence the direction of this market, while also changing the cultural conversation and attitudes toward female sexuality. This event is designed to be open to all, but our ambition is for women's voices to be contributing elements to all projects arising from our event.</P>
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<H2 CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Program Format & Schedule</SPAN></H2>
<P CLASS="_1mf _1mj">Friday evening kicks off with talks from inspiring mentors. We will form teams according to categories of interests and problem statements.</P>
<P CLASS="_1mf _1mj">Following the team forming on Friday night, the remainder of the weekend will be spent working together to bring a project to life, and finish on Sunday with a Shark Tank-style pitch to a panel of judges.</P>
<H2 CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Schedule:</SPAN></H2>
<P CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>August 24 <STRONG>FRIDAY NIGHT</STRONG> 6-9pm</SPAN> - Sextech talks and team formation.</P>
<P CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>August 25 <STRONG>SATURDAY</STRONG> 9am</SPAN> - 4pm - Hack day, work as teams, receiving expert mentoring from industry leaders.</P>
<P CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>August 26 <STRONG>SUNDAY</STRONG> 9am</SPAN> - 5pm - Hack day and pitching.</P>
<P CLASS="_1mf _1mj">Afterparty!</P>
<H2 CLASS="_1mf _1mj">Speakers and Mentors</H2>
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<P CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><EM>For further enquiries or sponsorship, please contact partnerships@futureofsex.org</EM></P>
<H2 CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><EM>PRIZES</EM></H2>
<P>Winner (~15K in value)</P>
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<LI>Prize money ($1000)</LI>
<LI>2 months of full-time desk membership at The Yard, South Williamsburg</LI>
<LI>Future of Sex/Disruptor's Handbook Marketing Accelerator (5 workshops over 10 weeks - valued at $10,000)</LI>
<LI>Hubspot's Platform, Tools @ 90% discount for the first year, 50% discount on the 2nd year and 20% in perpetuity</LI>
<LI><SPAN>1 free day-room with HotelsByDay.com for each participant in the winning team</SPAN></LI>
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<P>Runner Up</P>
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<LI>Prize money ($500)</LI>
<LI>Future of Sex/Disruptor's Handbook Marketing Accelerator (5 workshops over 10 weeks - valued at $10,000)</LI>
<LI>Hubspot's Platform, Tools @ 90% discount for the first year, 50% discount on the 2nd year and 20% in perpetuity</LI>
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** Registrants must be at least 18 years or older.</DIV>
<H2 CLASS="m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mf m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mj">Judges</H2>
<H2 CLASS="m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mf m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mj">Samantha Cole, Motherboard</H2>
<P><SPAN>Sam is a Brooklyn-based technology and culture journalist. As an assistant editor at Motherboard, Vice's science and tech outlet, she covers everything from sex workers' rights to water on the moon. She and her team broke the story around "deepfakes," the AI-generated porn phenomenon that became a dystopian matter of national security.</SPAN></P>
<H2 CLASS="m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mf m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mj">Gabrielle Tuglio, Operation Manager, The Yard, and Wellness and Health Influencer</H2>
<P CLASS="m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mf m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mj">Gabriella is the Operations Manager at The Yard, a community of Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses. She lives in Long Island City where she focuses on Holistic Health Coaching, recipe development and working on being the best damn version of herself.</P>
<H2 CLASS="m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mf m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mj">Kyle Walford, YouPorn</H2>
<P><SPAN>Kyle Walford, Director of Product at YouPorn relocated from the US to Canada to help build the future of porn. He started his career in sales but quickly discovered his passion for product working in tech startups. He has a deep expertise in solving customer problems for massive content aggregators, SMB marketplaces, and building scalable growth engines. Walford is the father of two young boys and hopes to teach them that it is possible to build a better world for all.</SPAN></P>
<H2 CLASS="m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mf m_7137159239130785891gmail-_1mj">Estrella Jaramillo</H2>
<P><SPAN>Estrella is the Cofounder of </SPAN><A HREF="http://b-wom.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><SPAN>B-wom</SPAN></A><SPAN>, and a women's health advocate and international speaker. B-wom is a digital coach for women that offers users personalized self-care programs with habits, pelvic floor and core exercises, educational contents, and a tracking tool. B-wom has 220k end users in 10 countries, and helps women enhance their sexual experience and address intimate health issues from incontinence and sexual pain, to endometriosis. Estrella aims to eradicate the anxiety women suffer when it comes to their bodies and their intimate health, removing the stigma and providing a safe space for women to find solutions</SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN></P>
<H2><SPAN>Mal Harrison, Center for Erotic Intelligence</SPAN></H2>
<P><SPAN>Sexologist and human connection specialist Mal Harrison is passionate about freeing people from shame, stigma, and fear. She wants to live in a world where fluidity, compassion, and deep human connection collide, and where every human is cliterate. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN>In 2016, she founded the Center for Erotic Intelligence to broaden and reframe our collective understanding of human sexuality and human connection. She studies how the erotic mind can empower our everyday lives, and offers fresh new ways of teaching healthy relationships and healthy sexual development.</SPAN></P>
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