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Climathon: Climate Change hackathon

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  • Wednesday, 24 August 2022 12:10
Climathon: Climate Change hackathon

 

Starting from the 28th of August till the 29th of September 2022

 

MSA University welcomes all students to join the BIGGEST competition of the year!

 

Egypt University of Informatics (EUI) is collaboratively inviting all students from all universities across Egypt, Arab Countries, and Africa to join the “Climathon: Climate Change hackathon” powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to compete and participate with innovative ideas using technology to support the globe in defying climate change under the patronage of H.E President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT).

 

Themes (details):
 

  • Sustainable Cities
  • Clean Energy
  • Empowering Communities
  • Water Stewardship

 

Eligibility:
 

  • Students must be enrolled at any higher education university or higher education institute across all universities and institutions in Egypt, Arab Countries, and Africa.
  • Each team should have one academic mentor or more (preferably from their institution - however it is not a must).
  • Each team must be a minimum of 2 students and cannot exceed 4 students.

 

Phases (details):
 

  • Registration
  • Awareness and Learning
  • Submission of Initial Ideas
  • Technical Enablement (Virtual)
     - 1st Filtration (40 teams)
  • Submission of Final Proposals
     - 2nd Filtration (12 teams)
  • Advanced Technical Enablement
  • Prototypes
  • Final Evaluation
  • Closing Ceremony

 

Awards (details):

1st Winning Team (Per Theme)

  • Cash Award: USD 5000
  • AWS Credits: USD 3000
  • Trophy
  • Certificates

2nd Winning Team (Per Theme)

  • Cash Award: USD 3000
  • AWS Credits: USD 2000
  • Trophy
  • Certificates

3rd Winning Team (Per Theme)

  • Cash Award: USD 2000
  • AWS Credits: USD 1000
  • Trophy
  • Certificates

 

Register Now
 

(Hurry up and register before Sunday 28th of August, 2022)
 

More details can be found here: https://eui.edu.eg/en/climathon2022/