Grand Opening Ceremony Hack for Earth

We invite you to join the Grand Opening Ceremony of the biggest hackathon ever to find real solutions to the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals - Hack for Earth! Link to livestream is hackforearth.com/live.

More than 4000 people from 100+ countries are joining our mission to #hackforearth. 870+ teams have made it through the application process and are accepted to compete. For two weeks the teams will work on their chosen challenge within one of the seven challenge categories: Human Rights, Health, Environment, Sustainable Society, Education, Water and Partnership. In collaboration with the Swedish Pavilion and the United Nations at the world exhibition Expo2020 in Dubai, Hack for Earth will find real solutions for our future.

DREAM FOR EARTH

The challenges in the hackathon Hack for Earth was created based on the result of the global Dream for Earth campaign. Close to 150 million people have seen the Dream for Earth campaign. We have analyzed over a thousand (1000) dreams for our future from more than sixty (60) countries, to find out how they are connected to the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals and what people are dreaming about in different countries.

HACK FOR EARTH

The Hack for Earth hackathon is a global online hackathon that will run for two weeks from October 22 – November 7 with focus on finding real solutions to the 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Throughout the two week hackathon period all teams will brainstorm, concept develop and work together to create a solution that is in line with the jury criteria and that could be implemented to become real tools for the good of society.

All 870+ teams will have access to mentors within a wide range of expertise, workshops on relevant topics, open data, statitstics, reports and information on relevant subjects and other support from the partner community to be able to create the best solutions for our future.

BUILD FOR EARTH

Hack for Earth Foundation’s core values are sustainability, diversity and most of all – impact. This is why the winners of Hack for Earth will be given the best possible support to become real tools for the good of society.

The winning solutions in the seven categories will receive a spot in Build for Earth – the unique acceleration program organized in collaboration with Hack for Earth Partner Community, a proven concept from the Government mission Hack for Sweden. We will work closely with the teams, providing them with a wide range of tools and support to achieve our goal: real solutions to the SDGs that bring value to the world and its inhabitants.

Hack for Earth Award in Dubai
Winners in the seven categories will be presented at a live streamed ceremony on November 19th. All the seven winning teams in the respective categories will then be invited to send one (1) person from their team to pitch their solution on stage at the Hack for Earth Award Ceremony on December 15th at Expo2020 in Dubai (travel, accommodation and entry fee to Expo2020 paid by Hack for Earth Foundation). All category winners representatives will also win a one day ticket to Expo2020 for one (1) person.

The seven category winners will pitch their solution to the Head Jury Group and a live audience on December 15th in the United Nations UNhub at Expo2020 in Dubai, and the Hack for Earth Award winner will be appointed at the end of the Hack for Earth Award Ceremony. The winner of the Hack for Earth Award will also be presented with the Hack for Earth Award Cup at the ceremony.

Pitch for Earth
On Earth Hour Day March 26th 2022, all seven category winners are once again invited to Dubai to pitch live on stage in the Swedish Pavilion at Expo2020. This time the task is to present how far they have come in making their solution come to life, and the Head Jury Group will give advice on the journey ahead.

Summary
1st Prize: Hack for Earth Award

2nd – 7th Prize: Hack for Earth Category winner (no internal ranking)

All winners will win Build for Earth acceleration program spot, participation in Hack for Earth Award Ceremony Dec 15th 2021 and Pitch for Earth March 26th 2022

Hack for Earth Award winner will also win a study trip to the Swedish innovation ecosystem in Stockholm for two team members in 2022.