OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIA STUDENTS
Students are invited to join this Hackathon organized by the UN Youth Envoy: Reboot the Earth Hackathon, which will take place in Hudson Yards on Sept 19 – 20.
Students from all disciplines encouraged to apply.
More information about the challenge can be found at this registration link. Some highlights below:
RULES
- All the inputs and outputs of this challenge must be covered by recognized open source and creative commons licensing.
- Teams can have maximum of 5 members.
PRIZES
One person from the selected willing team from each challenge location will win a trip to New York City to the “Reboot the Earth” Award ceremony taking place on 21 September, 2019 at the side event of the United Nations Climate Action Summit 2019.
The winning solution has a chance to be incubated at one of the global United Nations Technology Innovation Labs.
Final solutions will stand a chance to be showcased during the week of the World Economic Forum at Davos in January 2020.
Additionally, the staff who manage World Leaders Forum are also preparing for a Columbia event with the UN Youth Envoy on Sept. 17.