# **NEBULA:FOG:PRIME PLANNING**
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## **Hackathon Vision and Plan**

### **Background**
Inspired by the numerous AI hackathons happening around the Bay Area, we want to create an event focused on the intersection of AI and Security. The goals are to:
- **Inspire, educate, and help participants find their community.**
- **Keep the event local to the Bay Area.**
- **Make this the first of many events if it goes well.**

Planned events include:
- **Nebula Fog Prime** (this inaugural event)
- **Nebula Fog Nova** (around RSA Conference)
- **Nebula Fog Echo**

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## **Event Vision**

- **Encourage participants to embrace building with AI.**
- **Promote 2025 as the “Year of Agents.”**
- **Foster collaboration on blue team and red team challenges, as well as complementary infrastructure challenges.**
- **Showcase our collective passion for automation.**

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## **Event Details**

- **Date**: January 25, 2025
- **Venue**: Future House, 1405 Minnesota St, San Francisco, CA 94107
- **Participants**: Local AI and security enthusiasts.
- **Open to**: Anyone passionate about AI, security, and automation.
- **Sponsors**:
- [Straiker.ai](https://www.straiker.ai)
- Charles ([e-mail])
- Sinan (Opnova)
- **Provisions**: Meals, refreshments, prizes, and event resources.

**Team Formation:**
- Participants can form teams on-site or beforehand.
- Options to join existing teams or start new ones based on curated ideas.

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## **Agenda Overview**

- **8:00 AM – 9:00 AM**: Arrival and Breakfast
- Breakfast, refreshments, and coffee provided by sponsors.
- **9:15 AM**: Welcome and Vision Setting
- Kick-off with a welcome address and outline of the event vision.
- **9:30 AM – 10:30 AM**: Workshops
- *“How to Code with AI”* workshop.
- Emphasis on how English alone can be used to build with AI.
- Presentation of curated ideas.
- Participants without a project can join a team or pick an idea from the pre-curated list.
- **10:30 AM – 12:30 PM**: Hacking Session
- Teams begin building their projects.
- **12:30 PM – 1:30 PM**: Lunch Break & Panel
- Lunch provided by sponsors.
- **1:30 PM – 5:00 PM**: Resume Hacking and Additional Workshops
- Continue building and hacking.
- Potential for a couple of other talks or workshops.
- **5:00 PM – 6:30 PM**: Lightning Presentations
- 15-minute presentations by each team showcasing their projects.
- **6:30 PM – 7:00 PM**: Awards Ceremony
- Technology prizes awarded to the best hackathon projects.
- Prizes include Apple AVP, AR glasses, GPUs, all sponsored.
- **7:00 PM – 9:00 PM**: Dinner & Panel
- **9:30 PM Onwards**: After-Party
- After-party featuring a DJ and lasers (Estimate: ~$4K).

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## **Goals and Objectives**

### **Innovation and Learning**
- Encourage hands-on experience in building AI solutions for security challenges.

### **Embrace Automation**
- Promote the development of tools and applications that advance automation in security.

### **Community Building**
- Help participants find like-minded people and build a supportive network.

### **Future Growth**
- Establish a foundation for subsequent events (*Nebula Fog Nova, Nebula Fog Echo*).

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## **Key Highlights**

- Workshops designed for all skill levels—no prior coding experience required.
- Emphasis on collaboration and teamwork.
- Exciting prizes and the opportunity to showcase projects.
- A fun and engaging after-party to celebrate the day’s achievements.