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-                    Join us for this 2-day virtual event where you will have the chance to use your technical skills and
+                    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.
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                   <b>Where do I start?</b>
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-                  If you are interested in participating in this year's Hackathon, please <a href="#social">
+                  If you are interested in participating in the 2025 Hackathon, please <a href="#social">
                     <font style="bold" color="white"><u>contact us</u></font>
                   </a> so that we can get you registered! 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.
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                   <b>How do I prepare?</b>
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-                  We will provide training sessions so that you are armed with the skills needed for success! The
-                  training will cover key technologies (Cloud, Github, IoT, Machine Learning, AI, etc.). We will also
+                  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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+                  <b>How was 2024?</b>
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+                  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.
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