The challenge is open to everyone from students, scientists and engineers to educators and designers. As stated in the press release, it is aimed at helping to 'build the capacity of youth tech community of Nepal in the development of applications and tools related to earth observation and geo-ICT'.
The event will start early on April 11 with a video from NASA and will continue with idea sharing session followed by team work. Before work begins, the participants will be taken through the rules of the competition. Next afternoon, teams will begin to present their works and will be judged by a jury as well as votes from the audience. Participants will also have the opportunity to network.
This year, the hackathon has more than 25 challenges in four areas, like Earth, Outer Space, Humans, and Robotics. To meet the local demands and contexts, there are also local challenges for participants to work on, such as, Clean Water Mapping, Food Directions, Stream Gazer, Open Source Air Traffic Tracking, etc. Participants who are working on meeting the local challenge will not be qualified for global judging.
Awards will be presented to winners after the 48-hour hackathon comes to a close on the evening of April 12. The winning app has a cash prize of Rs 30,000 while the second and third place winners will receive Rs 20,000 and Rs 10,000, respectively.
The event this year is supported by the Alternative Energy Promotion Center, Women Leaders in Technology, Karkhana, CSIT Association of Nepal, and Robotics Association of Nepal.
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