The technology company Sigma Software will organize, in October, a marathon dedicated to the development of technological solutions in the context of war, called “Hack for Peace”. The company’s initiative to create this “hackathon” at the European level will reach five countries – Portugal, United Kingdom, Sweden, Poland and also Ukraine.
In a statement, Sigma explains that the challenge will be launched programmers, entrepreneurs, mentors, investors and anyone who wants to share ideas about “innovative products to promote peace on the European continent.”
This digital marathon will take place from October 21 to 23, spread over the five countries. The logistics are explained by the company: the participants will be meet in person at different locations and, in turn, connected by videoconference to participants from other countries. In this way, Sigma explains, they can “exchange ideas personally and in various countries as well.”
As usual in these technological challenges, this “hackathon” will also have different themes to promote ideas – cybersecurity, information hygiene and media wars; mental health; childhood education and even logistics in terms of war.
The event will be free and you can participate individually or as a team. The organization, which will also include Tech Nation UK, a British entity, will give preference to participants who already have some kind of idea.
The full list of partners includes Founder Institute, Startup Grind Nordics, Startup Poland, SID Venture Partners, LACS, Nutty Ventures AB, Techfugees, Blue Lake, TechUkraine, Sigma Software Labs, and Sigma Software University. Startup Lisboa is also part of the list of partners of this hackathon. “Startup Lisboa believes in the potential of technology to solve the humanitarian problems that are felt today in different parts of the world. Combining technology and the power of our entrepreneurs to create solutions, we have the perfect match to create an impactful solution. The future lies in diversity and in the ability to create solutions together, in all corners of the world”, says a source from Startup Lisboa, quoted in this statement.
The Ukrainian Start-up Fund and also the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation will support this initiative, as will the Swedish Embassy in Poland and the Ukrainian Embassy in the UK.
The registration deadline for both the participant and the mentor, ends September 30. Three winning ideas will be chosen, who will have the opportunity to put these ideas into practice and develop them with the guidance of investors and mentors.
“Our company contributes once again to the development of a technological ecosystem. ‘Hack for Peace’ is a unique European project that will bring together programmers, product managers, startup founders and investors to create transformative solutions to make the world a better and safer place”, says Valery Krasovsky, CEO and co-founder of Sigma Software . Cluster.
The Ukrainian technology company, which provides technology consulting services, opened two offices in Portugal this year.
Ukrainian technology company Sigma Software opens a second office in Portugal and is hiring
Source: Observadora
