A practical, one-day event for people who want to build ethical alternatives to complicit tech.
Free admission•Optional 30 USD solidarity ticket
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Three back-to-back sessions to level everyone up before teams form. Come as you are; leave ready to build.
Every seat gets the same morning: three teachers, three disciplines, one hour. Then you spend the rest of the day applying it.
9:45, 20 minutes
How to use AI to supercharge your campaigns
Research, writing, outreach and assets: where AI genuinely saves a campaign time, and where it doesn't.
10:05, 20 minutes
How to be a pro designer with AI
From blank page to a brand your project deserves: layouts, identity and interface work, directed with AI.
10:25, 20 minutes
How to think about product
Who is it for, what does it replace, and why would anyone switch? The questions that decide whether your build matters.
Don't forget to bring your laptop.
One challenge, presented by Tech for Palestine. 100 people: builders, creatives, strategists, anyone who wants to take action. Boycott lists contain thousands of products, but ethical alternatives may not exist for every complicit company, and switching can feel daunting to regular users.
Two ways in. Build an ethical, privacy-preserving alternative to a complicit technology, or migrate: where good alternatives exist, help tens of thousands of users switch through automation, integrations, content and advocacy.
A working prototype or campaign, plus a full strategy for validation, go-to-market and growth. A software platform, a browser plugin, a migration guide, a data export tool, an advocacy campaign: what matters is that it addresses the challenge head on. The best projects are supported by the Tech for Palestine Incubator after the event.
Example targets. Stripe, Shopify, PayPal, WhatsApp, Spotify, Wix, Figma, Vercel, Microsoft, Instagram, Google. Five minutes per team at demo time: problem and goal, target users, working prototype, go-to-market, growth.
Builders, creatives and strategists. You can also come as an observer without joining a team.
One challenge from Tech for Palestine, aimed at a mass migration to ethical technologies.
Campaigns, design and product, taught in the morning so every team builds with what it learned.
A pitch competition at the end: prototype in hand, strategy for what comes next.
Every attendee picks a role when registering.
Software developers, data analysts, AI experts.
Designers, UI/UX professionals, copywriters.
Executives, consultants, campaigners.
Coming just to watch the day without joining a team.
General admission is free. If you're able to contribute, there's an optional 30 USD solidarity ticket. Participation is free either way.
Can't make it to Barcelona? Apply for the Tech for Palestine Incubator with your idea directly.
Special thanks to our sponsors at Thaura for helping make this hackathon possible.
An incubator for advocacy projects, rallying thousands of volunteers from across the tech world.
ThauraAn ethical AI platform, designed around privacy and independence from surveillance-driven Big Tech.
Tech for Palestine is first and foremost an incubator for advocacy projects. It supports anyone with a meaningful idea: working against media censorship, using tech to aid protests, scaling boycotts, pushing for tech divestment, supporting Palestinian entrepreneurs, and more. To date it has supported over 90 projects, each one contributing to a free Palestine in its own way.