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CODEVID-19 Hackathon in Canada

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With the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, many people are looking at a lot of free time stuck indoors. Avoid cabin fever and use that time to make a difference in your community and the fight against COVID-19 by joining CODEVID-19, a worldwide collaborative pandemic hackathon.
Our objective is to improve the quality of life of people during the pandemic! We believe faster, more effective and more available solutions/ideas/projects are preferred to slower, less useful and limited ones.
The hackathon has already been launched and teams are working, with many more coming online and exponential growth in global collaboration.

Specific issues addressed and anticipated impact

The purpose of the virtual hackathon ultimately is to build useful apps that people can use to manage and survive during the COVID-19 pandemic

Potential issues

We are actively seeking global teams of developers, designers and passionate creators in collaboration with others in the domain of public health and emergency management. We also need judges, sponsors, and volunteers behind the scenes so reach out to [email protected] if you’re interested.

Relevant URL(s):

https://codevid19.com/

Issues being addressed:

  • Crowdsourcing solutions

Response contact:

[email protected]

Date Submitted:

21 March 2020