Dear WU Students! Have you ever wished for an easier student life? Now you have the opportunity to participate in an Austrian-wide two-day Hackathon to shape the digital future of your university life by coming up with what your ideal University App would look like. Convince the jury with your idea and win 1000€ in our national Hackathon. The winning team will then take part in the global competition competing for 5000€. The word hackathon derives from “hacking” and “marathon,” meaning you and your team will be developing ideas to solve a given problem. No coding skills or technical experience is needed to participate! Just your experience as a student matters. The Idea-Hackathon, powered by WU Vienna in cooperation with the University of Graz and VetMed will take place on the 12th & 13th November 2020, and will be held 100% online. The challenge of the national competition is to: Reinvent the digital experience for students “Improve the students’ everyday life by leveraging the capabilities of a smartphone (app)” Throughout those two days you will not only become part of a worldwide changemaker community, but you can also expect exciting workshops with experienced mentors, who will support you in developing your ideas and of course, a lot of fun. No team? No ideas yet? No worries! We make sure you will be matched with teammates from our Hackathon community. You can choose to sign up alone or as a team. Ideation will be part of the event, so don’t worry if you don’t have an idea yet what the app should be capable of! For more information and to sign up for the challenge click here<https://digieduhack.com/en/vienna-improve-the-student-s-everyday-life-by-leveraging-the-capabilities-of-a-smartphone-app>! As the available slots for participation are limited, please only register if you are fully committed to engage in the idea finding process throughout those two days. The application deadline is 3rd November 23:59. The event is embedded in the DigiEduHack initiative under the Digital Education Action Plan of the European Commission. DigiEduHack is a series of online and offline idea-hackathons happening all around the world during two days, focusing on co-creating the future of education in the digital age. [Digieduhackscreenyoutube]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY-77Vxp3aE&feature=youtu.be> For further questions check our FAQ<https://digieduhack.com/en/vienna-improve-the-student-s-everyday-life-by-leveraging-the-capabilities-of-a-smartphone-app#_faqTab> or contact the WU Hackathon project manager<https://digieduhack.com/en/vienna-improve-the-student-s-everyday-life-by-leveraging-the-capabilities-of-a-smartphone-app#_aboutTab>. See you there! ------------------------------------------------------- Sarina Herold Innovation Program Office VR für Infrastruktur und Digitalisierung WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien Vienna University of Economics and Business Welthandelsplatz 1, Gebäude AD, 1020 Wien, Austria Email: sarina.herold@wu.ac.at<mailto:sarina.herold@wu.ac.at> www.wu.ac.at<http://www.wu.ac.at/>
