StartupYard Partners with Accenture Digital for November Hackathon
StartupYard is pleased to announce the Accenture Digital Hackathon, November 26-27th in Prague, presented in partnership with StartupYard.
From the Accenture Digital Announcement:
“Today’s challenges are too complex to be solved by any individual person or nation. The solutions of the future will require the creativity and innovation of us all because only by working together will we be able to create a better world. This is the challenge that has been set for the upcoming Accenture Digital Hackathon, which will go beyond Czech Republic to also involve the United Arab Emirates, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Great Britain and Turkey.
Experience the unforgettable thrill of coming together, for two days in an amazing setting, with peers who share the same passion for digital technology and innovation.”
About the Accenture Digital Hackathon:
This Hackathon invites young creative designers, developers and marketing specialists – both students and recent university graduates, to collaborate on projects along the following themes:
- Opportunity: increase access to employment and reduce the digital divide
- Mobility: eliminate physical and technological barriers that impede the productive flow of goods, people and ideas and improve the handling of emergencies
- Sustainability: promote sustainable lifestyles and boost awareness of the impact of climate change.
Why Join the Hackathon?
It’s international: you compete against teams from 7 other countries
Attractive prizes:
- 15,000 CZK voucher for each single member of the winning team (Prague round)
- 1,000 EUR voucher for each single member of the winning team (international round)
- Present winning idea (international round) to the World Expo 2020 organizing committee in Dubai
Inspiring mentors: Professionals from Accenture – leader among the FORTUNE’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” in the IT services category
Who Can Join?
Participation is open to individuals (with any of the skills below) or teams of 3 to 5 people (each team having at least one member with skills below). Partipants should be junior in their professions, or recent university graduates.
- Designers
- Developers
- Marketing Specialists
Organizers will set up teams from registered individuals without teams.
What Will You Accomplish?
Generate: Prototype ideas, products and services that are able to create social and economic value.
Develop: Focus on the three themes which will be at the centre of the World Expo to be held in Dubai in 2020 (Expo 2020):
- Opportunity: increase access to employment and reduce the digital divide
- Mobility: eliminate physical and technological barriers that impede the productive flow of goods, people and ideas and improve the handling of emergencies
- Sustainability: promote sustainable lifestyles and boost awareness of the impact of climate change.
Get Mentorship: Experts from Accenture will mentor participating teams and individuals, helping to define and develop their project concepts.
Get Feedback: Projects will be assessed according to the strength of their concept, design and development, and each will be presented to a Jury
Win Prizes and Move Forward: Winning team in each city will be invited at the end of the day to compete head to head (via video conference) against the winners from the other cities in order to determine the top three teams overall.
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