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PRESS RELEASE
Slush launches biggest hackathon in Europe!
Ultrahack 2015 is a massive hackathon, where an unprecedented number of coders will develop solutions for corporate, public, and NGO challenges. As a part of Slush Hacks, the finalists will be able to demonstrate their works to top-tier international investors on stage at Slush. Slush is one of the world ‘s leading events for startups, investors, and the media to connect.
Ultrahack 2015 is a joint innovation effort by a large number of corporates, industry associations, NGO's and public organizations. It will be held November 6-8th 2015.
Prior to the hackathon weekend, a virtual pre-game will be played which aims to improve the quality and relevance of competition submissions. The whole project is targeted to create new businesses and global reach for top software developers. Both company and student teams are welcome to the event.
”The vibrant startup culture and thriving knowledge-based economy are key elements for the success of Finland, and these kinds of events are needed to advance those issues.” says Ms. Anne Berner, the Minister of Transport and Communications of Finland and the Ultrahack Patronne.
The business impact of the Ultrahack results is expected to be high due to the main partners and other enabling organizations opening up many novel API's and data assets. The quality of the hacks is assured by a wide selection of leading coaches available with tech, business, design and context understanding related to the challenges.
The themes of the hackathon are related to health games, smart cities, traffic services, internet of things, next generation of ecommerce and global charity.
http://www.ultrahack.org/
PRESS RELEASE
Slush launches biggest hackathon in Europe!
Ultrahack 2015 is a massive hackathon, where an unprecedented number of coders will develop solutions for corporate, public, and NGO challenges. As a part of Slush Hacks, the finalists will be able to demonstrate their works to top-tier international investors on stage at Slush. Slush is one of the world ‘s leading events for startups, investors, and the media to connect.
Ultrahack 2015 is a joint innovation effort by a large number of corporates, industry associations, NGO's and public organizations. It will be held November 6-8th 2015.
Prior to the hackathon weekend, a virtual pre-game will be played which aims to improve the quality and relevance of competition submissions. The whole project is targeted to create new businesses and global reach for top software developers. Both company and student teams are welcome to the event.
”The vibrant startup culture and thriving knowledge-based economy are key elements for the success of Finland, and these kinds of events are needed to advance those issues.” says Ms. Anne Berner, the Minister of Transport and Communications of Finland and the Ultrahack Patronne.
The business impact of the Ultrahack results is expected to be high due to the main partners and other enabling organizations opening up many novel API's and data assets. The quality of the hacks is assured by a wide selection of leading coaches available with tech, business, design and context understanding related to the challenges.
The themes of the hackathon are related to health games, smart cities, traffic services, internet of things, next generation of ecommerce and global charity. http://www.ultrahack.org/