Indo-Pacific Hackathon: Japan – ASEAN Youth strives for circulation

Time: 10 May 2023 – 22 June 2023

Organising body: ASEAN-Japan Centre

Content:

ASEAN-Japan Centre, teamed up with Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Asahi Shinbun for media, and supported by the Ministry of Foreign of the Republic of Indonesia to hold Online Green Indo-Pacific Hackathon (IPH) entitled “Japan- ASEAN Youth Strives for Circularity”.

Teams and individual’s tech-enthusiasts, developers, innovators, data scientists and software engineers from all nationality from region are invited to take part and encouraged to explore new ways of using ICT to mitigate the problems arisen from conventional linear economy and find new solutions to drive toward a full circular economy.

Through this Hackathon, youth from ASEAN and Japan are empowered to explore the digital solutions to find a better use of resources. It is an open-ended subject, thus please feel free to recommend the problem and solution of your interest within the scope of circular economy. The choice of problem is also a parameter to appraise the project (please refer to Judging Criteria in Pitching section). Some suggested Specific challenges are:

  • Food waste
  • Packaging
  • Textile

 

Key Milestone:

  • Kick-off event – May 10
  • Proposal for potential project idea – Deadline: May 17th, 13:00 GMT+9
  • Green Day – June 22

 

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