The Hackathon Project Dust: Creating Meaningful Impact with OpenQ with Rick Lamanna

Every year, hundreds of hackathons are organized in the blockchain space alone. Each participant takes part with different goals, while the sponsors want only one thing. Good projects that use their technology. The fact that this results in thousands of projects that are never touched again and crumble to dust on Github is hardly discussed. In my talk, I want to address how participants can improve their hackathon experience for themselves and others. I'll share some background data I mined on Github on this topic, and end with suggestions on how to consider participant retention and engagement as a crucial design aspect for organizers, sponsors, and communities. Rick Lamanna Founder OpenQ https://twitter.com/rickkdev Riccardo is the founder of OpenQ, which is a builder hub & hackathon launchpad. He has been involved with cryptocurrencies and public network tokenization since 2013. As a DeFi expert, he has spent most of the last few years working on staking mechanisms and helping projects bootstrap their DAO. His background is in computer science with strong focus on architecture design of complex payment & escrow solutions. Previous events he attended as a speaker (to mention a few): - Seamless Fintech Conference, Dubai (2019) - Hong Kong Blockchain Week (2019) - Paris Blockchain Summit (2019) - Protos Blockchain Summit, Zürich (2019) - World Digital Economic Organization Forum in Davos, Switzerland (2020) - Chainlink Berlin (2022) - DeData (2022)