IT Days: Event Coverage
Last weekend the Hackathon Hack4Change took place, with the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Gdansk as a partner. A team of our students stood on the podium, and this is not the only accent of PJATK Gdansk at this event.
The 48-hour Hack4Change hackathon is an event created for all those who want to take matters into their own hands and instead of spinning pessimistic visions - act and use their talents to change the world. Together with participants and mentors, we searched for out-of-the-box concepts to support our planet. The hackathon resulted in prototypes of innovative solutions to support the fight against pollution, global warming, improving the quality of life in local communities and the pandemic crisis. The organizers of the event are the CODE:ME Foundation, Marek Kaminski Academy and the Marshal's Office of Pomorskie Voivodeship.
The Fast Turtles team of male and female students of PJATK Gdansk created a project called VEGETABLE - a parcel machine for fresh fruits and vegetables from local suppliers, promoting the idea of Zero Waste. They thus took third place.
Mentors included our lecturers Michal Hyla from the Department of Computer Science and Jakub Wilczynski from the Department of New Media Arts.
Two of our students: Kinga Marszałkowska and Marek Kudła led a workshop as Experts , during which they shared their experience, which they have gathered at many other hackathons.
Hack4Change in numbers:
- More than 150 people and 30 Experts and Mentors participated in the event;
- 14 hackathon teams and 14 great projects were created during the event;
- more than 30 partners.
- the event received Honorary Patronage from the Ministry of Climate and Environment, the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship and the City of Slupsk;
- 12 workshops, including a 6-hour workshop on creating a web application at the Slupsk Technology Incubator;
- cleaning up the Reda River and collecting 20 bags of waste!
We would like to congratulate and thank everyone!
Hackathon Website: Hack4Change
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