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Innovating across the globe
Every year on the 21st of April, the world is invited to celebrate the United Nations World Creativity and Innovation Day. This day embraces the idea that innovation is essential for harnessing the economic potential of nations. Today, the world is facing unprecedented crises in health, education, economy and the future of work.
This hackathon is dedicated to collaborating with and encouraging people to creatively use their skills in generating new ideas and solutions for health & wellbeing, economic growth, decent work and quality education.
Keynote Speakers
Gabriela Ramos
Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
Stephen Ibaraki
Chairman REDDS Capital, Founder Chair Outreach, UN ITU AI for Good
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Sandeep Nailwal
Co-Founder, Polygon Technology
Steve Nouri
Founder and CEO, AI4Diversity
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Victor Dominello MP
Minister for Customer Service & Digital Government,
NSW Government
Marta Arsovska Tomovska
Executive Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia
Marc Vidal
International speaker and Founder Board Member, AllRework
Rania Al-Mashat
Minister for International Cooperation,
Arab Republic of Egypt
Hon. Judith Collins MP
Member of Parliament, New Zealand
Leena Walavalkar
Chief Innovation Evangelist, TCS
Tan Kiat How
Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information & Ministry of National Development
Eva Maydell MEP
Member of European Parliament and President,
European Movement International
Laetitia Cailleteau
Managing Director, Data & AI EMEA, Accenture
Check out our Awards Ceremony on April 21 to find out exclusive details! Full details of the challenge statements will be released after the week of workshops at the start of the competition on the 29th of April. Click on the challenge cards for more details.
Lead Judges
Cherie Ryan
Vice-President & Regional MD, Oracle
Tamer Taha
Advisor to the Minister - Innovation, Digitalization & Entrepreneurship at MoIC
Mahendra Samarawickrama
Manager, Data Science and Analytics, Australian Red Cross
Dalip Tyagi
Senior Vice President, Head of Developer Relations, Polygon Technology
Muskan Kalra
Lead Developer Relations, Polygon Technology
Ally Haire
Developer Advocate, Filecoin Foundation
Katie Richman
Partnerships Lead, New Product Experimentation, Meta
Priyanka Vergadia
Lead Developer Advocate, Google
Stela Solar
Director, National Artificial Intelligence Centre, CSIRO
Showcase your existing blockchain or NFT projects!
Have you made an existing project using blockchain or NFT's for a socially good cause? Share it with us to score exclusive prizes, in our Global Showcase competition until 21 May!
Beginners welcome
Thanks to our sponsors, we will also have two exclusive new prizes for two university teams who are competing in their first hackathon, or have an average member hackathon experience of less than one year!
Sponsors
Thank you to our lead sponsors for organising the challenges, contributing to the prize pool and making this awesome event a reality!
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Challenge Themes
Regional Partners
Thank you to our regional partners for their contribution to the Hackmakers innovation ecosystem within their communities!
Regional Ambassadors
Thank you to our regional partners for representing the Hackmakers brand across the world, and joining our innovation community!
Community Partners
Thank you to our community partners for evangelising and contributing participants and mentors to join the Hackmakers innovation community!
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