National Hackathon - wireless technologies

EVENTO Presencial TIPO Académico UPS jueves, 27 septiembre 2018
 
The university’s Coworking StarUPS community and TARPUQ technological company invite people to take part in the second Technological Hackathon that will also take place in simultaneously both in Quito and Guayaquil from the 27th to the 29th of September in the university premises. 
 
Hackathon is an event for research, innovation and entrepreneurship that brings together students, professionals, entrepreneurs and the overall public to seek solutions to different isssues, in this case it will be focused on wireless technologies.
 
The methodology is based on cooperative work; participating teams must present viable proposals that benefits the needs of society, for this it will have the support of specialized mentors and representatives of the University and private companies, which will accompany in order to provide timely information, so that participants can develop their prototypes. The three best proposals will be awarded: money for the development of the idea, accompaniment of TARPUQ company, accompaniment for 3 months of Coworking Cuenca and also direct passes to the entrepreneurship event "Bootcamp rETHOS 2019". People interested in being part of this experience, can register until September 20 for free, through: P4S: http://bit.ly/HackatonUIOGYE
 
The first Technology Hackathon was carried out in the city of Cuenca together with EMOV EP Company. A prototype was created during this first event and it currently favors mobility problems in the city.
 
DETAILS OF THE EVENT
 
- There will be a maximum of 140 participants (70 per campus) divided into teams of 3 and 5 people
 
- The event will take place in Universidad Politécnica Salesiana’s campuses of Quito and Guayaquil simultaneously
 
- Participants can stay overnight 
 
Date: September 27th – 29th 
 
Time: 9am