Celebrating the First Global ISPE Hackathon
On 26–27 October 2019, the first Global Student & Young Professional Hackathon was held at the 2019 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo. Thirty-six ISPE Young Professional and Student members came from around the world to participate in the two-day event that demonstrated innovative thinking, collaboration, and project management.
This event was designed by an amazing group of task team volunteers
About the Global Hackathon
Young Professionals and students were split into six multidisciplinary teams. All teams were given one of two Facility of the Future presentations paired with a unique challenge to solve. All teams were also given access to resources including Pharmaceutical Engineering Magazine and the ISPE Communities of Practice. At the end of the two days, each team pitched to a group of judges and industry leaders.
These were the topics tackled by each team:
- Team 1: future expansion
- Team 2: resiliency against environmental event
- Team 3: supply chain
- Team 4: future flexibility
- Team 5: environmental impact
- Team 6: serialization and resource usage.
Team coaches
The ISPE Staff Membership Liaison: Debbie Kaufmann, Manager, Professional Communities.
All teams gave stellar presentations and demonstrated leadership, delegation, collaboration, and innovation with their presentations and problem-solving skills.
Judges
All teams gave stellar presentations and demonstrated leadership, delegation, collaboration, and innovation with their presentations and problem-solving skills. Because all teams did an outstanding job presenting creative, useful, and realistic solutions to difficult real-world challenges, the judges had a hard time deciding on the overall winner. Ultimately, Team 4, Project Mini Zoom, was selected for that honor.
