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<br><div class="date"><span class="">Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:05 AM</span></div> </div> </div>
UN KICKS OFF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ‘<span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1330516392_0">HACKATHON</span>’ PROMOTING GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY<br>New York, Feb 28 2012 6:05PM<br>A
United Nations-backed competition with the goal of uncovering
sustainable approaches to information and communication technology (ICT)
kicked off today, bringing developers from around the world together in
a ‘frenetic’ race of programming.<br><br>Organized by the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU), the two-day Green ICT Hackathon opened
today in Barcelona as part of the Organization’s wider efforts to
harness the power of ICT in promoting and supporting the ‘International
Year for Sustainable Energy for All.’<br><br>“Sustainable energy for all
is crucial to the future of modern civilization,” said ITU
Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré in a press release. <br><br>“ITU is
committed to stimulating the creation of innovative ICT apps founded on
new modes of thinking; ideas to effect the change needed to achieve a
sustainable future,” he added. <br><br>The contest – also known as a
‘hackathon’ – pits developers against each other in a marathon of
programming during which they will have to develop an innovative ICT
application with sustainable energy as its core message. <br><br>The winner and runner-up of will be awarded cash prizes of $3,000 and $2,000 dollars respectively.<br><br>In
addition, a second contest in April, the 2nd Green ICT Application
Challenge, will also invite innovative concept papers for ICT
applications supporting the ‘sustainable energy for all’ initiative. <br><br>ITU
has called on all prospective entrants to submit papers which build on
the way ICT can transform energy distribution as well as suggest ways in
which technology users around the world can improve their own energy
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