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Virtual hackathon to search for answers to COVID19

The Community of Madrid will celebrate the nearby 4 and 5 April (saturday and sunday) el hackathon virtual Madrid #VenceAlVirus, with him objective of seeking answers and possible solutions to the great challenges posed by COVID-19. This is an online meeting led by the Ministry of Science, Universities and Innovation that aims to involve scientists, university students, professionals innovators and civil society to find answers to three challenges fundamentals that have to do with health, the communities, the employment and the company. The final objective is to select fifteen projects and get them up and running as soon as possible.

Registration of ideas and participants can be done from 31 March in http://www.vencealvirus.com . The objective is to select fifteen projects and launch them as soon as possible.

The #VenceAlVirus virtual hackathon will be held in collaboration with entities of the Madrid ecosystem of universities, research and innovation. They stand out, between them, MediaLab Prado, the platform of collaboration MIDE – Madrid Innovation Driven Ecosystem, the institute Madrid Advanced Studies in Software (iMdea Software), and all the strength of the public and private universities of the Community of Madrid.