The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum invites you to participate in the Open Seventeen Summer Challenge towards Innovating for a Sustainable Post-Pandemic World.
SPECIAL ISSUE — 5 JUNE 2020
WSIS Forum 2020 Hackathon is collaborating with the Open Seventeen Summer Challenge towards Innovating for a Sustainable Post-Pandemic World
The Open Seventeen Summer Challenge from 6–31 July coaches teams of high-school, undergraduate and master students from all fields of study. The focus of this online month-long event is on achieving real-world impact while learning about crowdsourced innovation methodologies.
Specific challenges include: frugal medical equipment, crowdsourced health research, post-pandemic environmental sustainability, tackling unemployment, helping the elderly and reinventing remote collaboration. Top teams win weekly prizes to accelerate their projects. Interested students or student teams should apply by 10 June.
