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  • Kickoff Event: In Code We Trust 2022 – Responsible Innovation for a Sustainable Future


    Donnerstag, 28.04.2022 - 19:00 Uhr

Virtual Hackathon, Munich. While the Covid-19 pandemic might still be raging, the defining topic of this century will be climate change and global warming – or more specifically, how we as human beings will tackle this challenge and negotiate its ramifications. The immediate consequences of global warming exceed the mere observation that we will have to deal as individuals with more severe meteorological events such as storms, constant rain, or longer heat waves. These weather-related events are only one effect of many, and you cannot do away with those by just buying more sunscreen or a larger umbrella.

In fact, climate change and its consequences will destabilize entire communities and even nations and society as such – some with directly related impacts through flooding, droughts and water scarcity, destruction of infrastructure by meteorological events. Other areas of the world may not have to deal immediately with these developments, but they will face new and potentially enormous migration patterns with people searching for new spaces to live. Wars will be fought over access to food and water. These are only few of many potential consequences of climate change, and it is obvious that every person will have a stake in the ways human kind deals with this situation. Climate change is not only about the weather- it is about welfare, about security, about peace, and about the option for a future that we can live with. It is about us, our current and future family, about our community, the city and nation we live in. It is about mankind as such.

While the individual challenges tied to climate change might seem overwhelming, technology and digitalization provide a pivotal potential for meeting the demands of our environment for a sustainable and livable future. 

Challenges

Reducing the Carbon Footprint
Waste Management
Environmental Safety

 

Who can participate?

To be eligible to participate in this hackathon and all its associated events such as raffles or quizzes, individuals must be between 15 and 30 years of age. Persons below the age of 18 need to show proof that their parents agree with their participation.

To be eligible to win a prize in the hackathon, the participant needs to be a member of a team where at least one person is either a resident of Germany or the United States, or where at least one person is enrolled in a German or US educational institution. If a person is interested in participating but does e.g. not have a time at time of registration the hackathon organizing team will assist him/her in finding an appropriate team.

For a detailed description on how to successfully submit a project in the competition visit the hackathon website (opens on April 28)

 

Timeline

April 28: Kick Off Event “What is Environmental Innovation?” - Registration for Hackathon “In Code We Trust - Responsible Innovation for a Sustainable Future” opens

May - June: Refine your thoughts on Environmental Innovation - Which challenge would you like to participate in - Look out for opportunities to win prizes in mini-competitions and raffles on social media

June 25-26: Hackathon Accelerator Weekend - Learn, Get Connected, Get Hacking

July 4:  Final Submission Deadline

Mid July (tbd):  Award Ceremony

 

 

Organized by the Bavarian Center for Transatlantic Relations – Amerikahaus München, in cooperation with d.a.i. Tübingen, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Zentrum Stuttgart, and U.S. General Consulate Munich, U.S. Mission Germany

  

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Tel. 07071-795 26-0 · Fax 07071-795 26-26
mail [at] dai-tuebingen.de · www.dai-tuebingen.de

 

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