Financial Services Hackathon for Autism

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Eight Annual

A 2-Day Hybrid Hackathon to transform autism treatment View 2025 Projects

Mission Statement

Bring financial services developers together to demonstrate how innovative Microsoft technologies can transform autism services for profound autism by tackling real world use cases provided by families and creating lasting open-source projects for the community.

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We'd love to have you join us!
The registration for the 2025 Hackathon, on 2025 April 2-3, is now OPEN.

2025 Use Cases

Therapy Delivery CoPilot Reinvention

Assist the RBT and BCBA during a session with the child

Program development design co-pilot

Assist the BCBA design a program specifically tailored for each child

Patient on-boarding co-pilot

Help BCBA onboard a new patient quickly

Friendly neighborhood Mobile Networking App

Connect parents of children with ASD with helpful resources in the community - other parents, BCBAs, organizations and more.

Job skill training using Augmented Reality

Teach basic job skills to people with autism using Augmented Reality

Empowering Social Connections Using Metaverse

Practice handling a variety of social situations through gamification

Event Info

Thank you for joining us for this 2-day hybrid event! You had the chance to use your technical skills and work as a team to make a positive impact for the Autism community.



How was 2024?
Over 200 people came in person and virtually, and participated on the 7th annual Financial Services Autism Hackathon, held in the Microsoft Garage. Contributors from many financial companies (Morgan Stanley, UBS, Willis Towers Watson, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard, Wellington Management, Deutsche Bank, State Street Bank) and technology companies (Microsoft, Accenture, Avanade) joined therapists, university professors, enthusiastic individuals, and more, to create amazing solutions, selected by a panel of experts for this year, to be tackled. We were blessed with a set of amazing panelists for the judging ceremony too - individuals from Morgan Stanley, Microsoft, Mastercard, Accenture and Avanade provided feedback on the solutions - which got infused with AI fully this year; every solution ended up using a version of AI, Copilot, etc somehow. Whether it was In-Session Copilot, Program Development Copilot, On-Boarding Copilot, Friendly Neighborhoods Copilot, Metaverse for Job Support, or Metaverse for Social Practice, we pulled all breaks and did something groundbreaking in just mere 48 hours - most of the participants never dealt with C#, AI, Azure, HoloLens, etc ever.



What is a Hackathon?
A Hackathon is an event in which people come together to solve a problem. Participants will combine creativity with problem solving in a high energy, collaborative environment. Hackathons are an opportunity for people to bring their unique skillsets, to learn, and to make a meaningful contribution.



Where do I start?
If you are interested in participating in the 2025 Hackathon, please sign up ! Sign up individually or as a group. We will align you with a use case and a team and provide training resources to prepare you for the event.



How do I prepare?
We provide training sessions so that you are armed with the skills needed for success! The training cover key technologies (Cloud, Github, IoT, Machine Learning, AI, etc.). We will also arrange Autism Awareness sessions relating to the use cases. Please check back for updates as the event gets closer!



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