Get Involved! Water Hackathon 10/22

August 31, 2011 · 2 comments

WASHplus resource partner, SecondMuse, inspires innovation. Their process is a unique approach that focuses on the development of innovation through collaborative methods rather than the simple brainstorms of one or two brilliant creatives.  SecondMuse alongside World Bank Water present:

The global WaterHackathon event will take place October 21st thru 23rd, 2011. The WaterHackathon is a two-day marathon hacking event with multiple global locations bringing together software developers from all over to hack on real-world water problems.

New ideas, better data and innovative instruments are needed to respond to this global water crisis. In search of just that, The World Bank and its partners aims to seed a new community that brings together software engineers and water experts to (1) identify critical global challenges and project specific problems in order to (2) develop software to respond to them.  Towards this, end the WaterHackathon was conceived as venue for co-creation.

Prior to the actual event, the team works together with water experts from around the world to define and refine water problems, turning them from abstract challenges into concrete problem definitions that could actually be ‘hacked’ in one crazy weekend.They’re  also looking for partners and open to suggestions for event locations!  Specific sites will be announced in early September!

A  hackathon  event  is  an  intensive  marathon  of  brainstorming  and  programming,  drawing together the  talent  and  initiative  of  software  developers.  These  events  are  typically  between  several days  and  a  week in  length  and  some  are commercially  oriented.  The  barrier  to  entry  in  the creation  of  mobile  and  web  applications  is  very  low,  enabling  innovation  and the  creation  of  quite  full  solutions under  the  time  constrains  of  a  hackathon. Recognizing  the  potential for   co‐creation   of   knowledge,   an increasing   number   of   hackathon   events   aim   to   pair   technology expertise  with  real  world  development  problems.

Until then, SecondMuse and its partners invite you to get involved.  They need water experts from around the world to define, refine and submit problem definitions on the wide-range of water issues facing developing countries today, including access to clean water and sanitation, flood management and agricultural water management and environmental pollution.

Check out the problem definition ideas and learn how to submit a water problem.

World Bank Water BugLabs SecondMuse NASA RHoKUCL WSPIIHSiHubAUC

 

 

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Elizabeth September 13, 2011 at 3:22 pm

Thanks WASHplus for publicizing WaterHackathon and encouraging your readers to submit problems that may have technical solutions and can be worked on by the community at WaterHackathon in October. We will share with you some of the innovative ideas that result from the hackathon.

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Mike October 21, 2011 at 11:16 am

This is going to be an awesome event. I will be following closely and look forward to what actions and solutions the Hackathon comes up with.

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