As part of AIFDR’s ongoing efforts to develop open source tools for disaster risk reduction the AIFDR will collaborate with Indonesia’s best software engineers to host a Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) event in Jakarta on 4-5 December. RHoK was started by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, NASA and The World Bank and brings software engineers and developers together with disaster management experts to identify critical global challenges, and develop software to respond to them. RHoK does this by organising global hackathons — marathon events with multiple global locations bringing together the best and the brightest software engineers from around the world, who volunteer their time to solve real-world disaster management problems.
Throughout the weekend, we will be coding around problems related to natural disaster risk and response. RHoK has been working with subject matter experts around the world to develop problem statements addressing global disaster risk challenges. These problem statements will be the challenges thrown out to the developers at the RHoK hackathon. See those statements as they develop at www.rhok.org.
At the end of the weekend, we'll invite you to share your RHoK application with the group with the potential to win prizes and see your work put to use on the ground to save lives and alleviate suffering.
What Do I Need?
We will provide facilities, power, food and refreshments to help you write your application. Just bring
your laptop, ideas, and enthusiasm to complete the mix.
When and Where?
The Jakarta hackathon will take place from Saturday, December 4th at 08:00am until Sunday,
December 5th at 6:00pm. It will be held at
Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR)
Menara Thamrin Suite 1505
Jl. MH Thamrin Kav. 3
Jakarta 10250 Indonesia
6°11'8.12"S, 106°49'20.54"E
Space is limited to 40 participants so sign up now: http://www.rhok.org/events/
Links
RHOK Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/#!/
RHOK Home: http://www.rhok.org
AIFDR: http://www.aifdr.org
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