Kyiv Residents Will Develop Innovations For Their City In September

The Ukrainian capital will host the hackathon organized by Kyiv Smart City, during which city residents will try to make the city smarter. Hackathon is an event, which gathers software specialists, who work on creating applications and services for solving a specific problem.

All the talented programmers, who want to contribute to the development of the city, can take part in Kyiv Smart City’s hackathon. All participants are to develop a service or a mobile application, which will be able to make the life of guests and locals easier. All inventions will be created based on publicly available and API data.

The organizers invite the following groups of people to participate:

– Designers, developers, IT-specialists who are ready to help in mobile applications designing and services for Kyiv;

– IT-companies that are willing to become partners or sponsors of the event, as well as companies that have the experience in the development and implementation of projects and are ready to share their experiences;

– Local organizations that need IT-support or expertise to improve their projects;

– Volunteers and activists for help in organizing the event, and the press.

Every visitor will be able to find something interesting there. In particular, the organizers promise that all participants will be able to:

– Meet ideologues of Kyiv Smart City initiative;

– Develop a service or a mobile application based on open data or city API or realize your own idea;

– Tell about your idea, design, prototype, and listen to the feedback and comments of experts;

– Learn about successful cases of both Ukrainian and the most advanced Smart Cities of the world;

– Have fun and socialize with kindred spirits.

Everyone who decides to visit the hackathon must first think about their ideas. In particular, you need to consider what is the most need in Kyiv. Your invention may be: a guide for tourists, schedule routes, map of road works, the system of payment for municipal services, a system to monitor the work and services of the city officials, and other smart solutions. They include probably everything that can facilitate the daily care of residents and make staying in the capital easier for visitors.

Also, the organizers report that no single inventor will get hungry during the hackathon, as they prepared a menu, which is appropriate for vegetarians, too.

Kyiv Smart City hackathon will take place on the 5th and the 6th of September in FreeGen SPACE at 12 Baseina Street. You can take part in the event absolutely for free.

Everyone who wants to help in the development of innovative Kyiv, please, register using the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sIJ- 6Ft4F57ssxVxFDOcyKidkrUG1eQF4ocRGcIFvG8/viewform?c=0&w=1

If you have any questions, contact the organizers via e-mail: info@devrain.com.

The representatives of the media can register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sIJ- 6Ft4F57ssxVxFDOcyKidkrUG1eQF4ocRGcIFvG8/viewform?c=0&w=1