COVID-19 EDITION
Project of Coworkies
Participate when and however you can. Make your own schedule.
Hack Coworking is a member-driven innovation event series, bringing together professionals interested in the future of work and workspaces. After a successful first edition in London, in June 2019, Hack Coworking was supposed to return in several cities around the world, until coronavirus hit. Not making the event happen was not an option, thus we decided to adapt and take the opportunity to move Hack Coworking online.
This special edition will focus on bringing together coworking spaces and their members to discuss and co-create together coworking post-COVID-19. By entering the hackathon, each and every participating space also enters a chance to connect with many coworking operators globally, discuss and learn with industry experts, as well as win amazing prizes from our network of trusted partners.
Tickets
Participating in Hack Coworking Online costs €20 per team or €5 for solo participants who can work alone or find teammates on our Slack. What's included? Participation of 1 team of up to 5 people to the event. Access for everyone on the team to all online sessions and workshops. Chance to win one of the big prizes from our own awesome partners.
To make this hackathon possible we've partnered with some awesome companies to make this hackathon possible. Find bellow the challenges that those companies prepared for Hack Coworking.
Coworking has been turned upside down from the current COVID19 situation, globally. From thriving places with buzzing communities, nowadays coworking spaces have transformed to online support sessions through video calls and online chats. From spaces losing their members to freelancers getting their contracts put on hold, coronavirus added a lot of pressure to everyone's daily lives. Our own hackathons in Tokyo, London, Paris and New York had to be postponed too. And we worked really hard to make them happen. So, here we are, online, taking a step toward solving our own problems. Hack Coworking online is gathering a diverse global community to iterate on the problems and find new products and services together, that can help coworking spaces and their members to overcome the crisis and be ready for work-life post Covid19.
Do you have an idea, skill or just pure desire to tackle the problems? Gather a team and grab a ticket! Let's innovate together, and win some awesome prizes too!
More than ever the question of sustainability knocks on the door of coworking communities. Paying rent, paying memberships, staying together as a community. What are the services for coworking spaces that can foster collaboration, revenue sharing?
Join the Hackathon
The terms social-distancing is starting to infiltrate our daily language. We hear it from the news, our colleagues, our friends. Governments are starting to discuss measures to be implemented in the legal framework for offices and workspace. How to manage social distance at work and still feel as a community.
Yesterday we were able to call a workspace almost anything. Today it's mostly our home and the virtual world of the Internet. How are we going to go back to normal, what would be a normal workspace environment. What would be the products and services that workspaces can use to protect their members and ensure its a safe and trusted environment to work in.
Evolution for coworking and workspaces never stops. The quarantine situation we are living through now pushes companies and coworking spaces to realize that they have online communities too and need to engage and participate online. What are the ways spaces and members will stay together, blending the physical and virtual. How can coworking spaces have virtual only members. How are they going to be integrated in the community?
Join the HackathonJoin on your own terms. Participate and work when you can. Hack Coworking will be a 3 days event. We are going to be connected through Slack and a few video chats for some live discussions, Q & A's and general conversations about work & Workspaces. As the program is still being refined, here is a glimpse of what you can already expect:
28th May 2020
HACKATHON TRACK
E-CONFERENCE TRACK
COVID-19, the global impact on the coworking industry and future previsions
- Ben Tannenbaum, CEO, Coworkintel
Workplace Adaptation : 2020 and beyond
- Sombat Ngamchalermsak, Co-Founder & Director at Paperspace
The future of access systems
- Jérémy Fain, Chief Revenue Officer, Welcomr
Catching a big fish: attracting large companies to coworking spaces and how to accommodate their needs
- Adam Lis, Flexible Office Solutions Manager, JLL
COVID-19 Coworking stories
- Tania Santos, Founder CRU Cowork, Porto
- Carrie Douglass, Founder The Haven, Bend
- Rachel M-Keyser, Founder Coworker Hub, Middleburry
Adapting to the pandemic and moving forward
- Davide Dattoli, Founder and CEO, Talent Garden
Adapting to your environment
- Tara Everett, Founder Canoe Coworking
The role of the coworking industry in building the new normal.
- Nellie Hayat, Workspace Specialist
DAY WRAP UP
Recap of the day & Q&A Continue to work on your projects.
29th May 2020
HACKATHON TRACK
E-CONFERENCE TRACK
The Future of Workspaces in a post-COVID world
- Sylvia Bay,Assistant Vice President & Director (Design), JustCo
Opportunities born out of COVID-19
- Natalia Davydova, Branding Director, Gaiax
The rise of virtual coworking
- Tomokazu Morisawa, CEO at The DECK
- Manuel Zea , Founder of Coworking Spain
The Future Experience of Work
- Bertie Van Wyk, Workplace Specialist, Herman Miller
Coworking and Digital Nomadism
Mod: Sara Magnabosco, Head of Operations Hacker Paradise
Participants:
- Ruba Nemekh, Founder Porto i/o
- Mayur Sontakke, Founder Gao Cowork
- Moe Tomoe, Founder TAO HUB
SEO, shared work and coworking Spaces in 2020
- Nikola Minkov, CEO, Serpact
- Dido Grigorov, Head of Content Team, Serpact
The New Coworker, understanding members expectations
Daniela Sanhueza Gajardo, Community Manager at Engelnest
Follow-up: Live Discussion with coworkers:
- Franziska Heuschkel Co-Founder Space&Pepper, Berlin
- Gisella Casolaro Coworker and Founder MePoweredPro, Milan
Creative Tech and Creative Arts in the workplace
- Aneta Popiel, Workspace as a Service Manager, HB Reavis
The Impact of COVID-19 in Latin America, a conversation with COLATAM
Mod: Juanjo Gutiérrez, CEO Kowork. Country Manager_COLATAM
Participants:
- Airy Minor, Country Manager México_COLATAM 
- Matias Vazquez, CEO SharingE.C. Country Manager Brasil_COLATAM
- Julián Arango, Founder & CEO at Workia
- Carolina Rodas, CEO Torno Coworking
- Fanny Moral, Co-Founder at Eureka Coworking
DAY WRAP UP
Take care of your body & mind with Yogi2Me
- Live from London
30th May 2020
HACKATHON TRACK
Hackthon Work Sessions & Project Submission
Further Details Coming soon here and on the Slack.
E-CONFERENCE TRACK
What's your added value?
a conversation on how workspaces should understand their role
Participants:
- Tuukka Toivonen (PhD, Oxford), Director, MA Innovation Management, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
- Manuel Mayerhoffer, PhD Student – University of Economics, Prague | Principal Lecturer – Prague College, School of Business
Hello, we are the Hack Coworking Crew, here to build an unforgettable hackathon experience! We need more brains and arms to make it happen, interested? Email us!
For Hack Coworking Online 2020 we gathered people from all around the globe with inspirational stories. From local to global communities, each one of them tackled the corona virus situation in a different way. Join the live sessions to hear and learn from those inspirational humans.
The workplace of the future will be more than just a place to do business. It will be an essential microcosm of society that is connected, convivial, commercially viable, culturally aware and collectively responsible.
Only when a coworking space looks at itself through the eyes of its coworkers, it can build a strong community in a sustainable way.
Do you love the topic and want to get involved in any way, don’t be shy and reach out! Share questions, tips and recommendations!
