🎬 Presidio Event (San Francisco - Late September)

• Venue confirmed at a co-working space.
• Capacity: Capped at 20 participants; 9 spots already filled.
• Next steps: Finalize schedule and application form.
• Planning doc to be shared in the conference channel.

🇨🇿 BTC Prague

• Six content blocks finalized; aim for 3–4 more.
• Design Foundation to sponsor furniture.
• Idea: Demo booths for user testing (e.g., Bitcoin Core app).
• Need volunteers to help organize activities and take ownership.
• Goal: Final plan by next Thursday.

🇳🇴 Oslo Freedom Forum

• UX research ongoing with teams White Noise & Dana Wallat.
• Concern: Ensuring their apps are functional and test-ready.
• 3 research plans in total to be shared publicly.

🌍 Design-a-thon (Main Global Event)

• 57 participants; project submission phase underway.
• Website updates to include project joining options.
• Articles published; social media activity ongoing.
• Sponsors: In talks with Blockstream, Plan B, and others.
• Workshops:
• • Accessibility intro, resource sessions, deep dives (esp. May 4, 6, 9, and 15).
• • Designer support for teams (Sahil involved).
• • Accessibility likely the most detailed ever for a Bitcoin event.

🎯 Judging & Follow-up

• Plans to create criteria, judge lists, and scoring spreadsheets.
• Target date for project submissions: May 17.
• Judging planned for May 18.
• Additional tracks (e.g., accessibility) to have their own criteria and sponsors.

🛠️ Bitcoin++ / DevPost Hackathon (Austin)

• Design track sponsored by Bitcoin Design Foundation.
• Not much Discord activity yet; may proactively schedule workshops.
• Potential accessibility-related workshops to be added.
• 🔧 To-Do Items
• • Add workshops to the community calendar.
• • Finalize judging process and panel.
• • Reach out to participants via Discord and email (~last week of April).
• • Promote project ideas, encourage pitch sessions at kickoff.
• • Encourage creative, fun, unexpected projects (e.g., AI chatbots, onboarding for Nigeria).

🗣️ Community Input & Localized Projects

• Call for hyper-local, region-specific solutions (e.g., Nigeria onboarding).
• Mi Primer Bitcoin and Blockstream local packages recommended as starting points.
• Pitch sessions and collaborative momentum encouraged.