DUBAI: The Dubai Future Council for Humanitarian Aid Initiative in collaboration with the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development Conference and Exhibition- DIHAD, will host the first-of-its-kind International Humanitarian Hackathon virtually in the region on 17th and 18th November, 2020. The two-day Hackathon focuses on Aid, Crises Management, and COVID-19.
International organisations, incubators, tech companies, start-ups, innovative hackers, coders, developers, academics, and international and local students will come together to generate new ideas, build prototypes and launch new projects for people in humanitarian crises, crowd management in crises, and outreach programmes. Solutions that help tackle challenges will be presented.
Over 200 participants from across the world are expected to participate. Participants will have the opportunity to choose humanitarian challenges from tracks identified by the organisers in collaboration with leading humanitarian organisations to compete for a chance to pitch during DIHAD 2021 and win AED150,000.
Dr. Manal Omran Taryam, Board member and Chief Executive Officer, Noor Dubai Foundation, said that importance of International Humanitarian Hackathon is that it brings the world’s most brilliant minds together. It also utilises potential of youth and employ the latest technologies in finding solutions that can be implemented in real-life crisis zones.
The International Humanitarian Hackathon is an initiative by the Dubai Future Council on Humanitarian Aid and DIHAD. It is sponsored by Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives and supported by Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department. The Hackathon’s tech partner is IBM, and the humanitarian challenges are provided by International Humanitarian City, Noor Dubai, Dubai Water Aid Foundation, and Médecins Sans Frontières, and others.
Source: WAM
