---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Samujjal (Shayan) Purkayastha <me@samujjal.com> Date: Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 9:17 PM Subject: [TIER] Pakathon: A Hackathon for Pakistan To: tier@tier.cs.berkeley.edu, ict4dev@csail.mit.edu, liberationtech@mailman.stanford.edu Hi everyone, This should be of interest to a lot of you. Pakistan presents some unique challenges within the developing world for both ictd and libtech practitioners, students, researchers and enthusiasts and this is a unique opportunity to meet others who are interested in the potential of technology to bring about a change in the region and create things that can have real impact on the ground. Please share widely within your networks and contact Asad Budruddin (cced here), one of the organizers if you have any questions. Regards, Samujjal Purkayastha [image: Inline image 2] We live in a unique moment in Pakistan's history. The country is witnessing an unprecedented democratic awakening. Many Pakistanis both at home and abroad are taking up civic duty to shape the future of their country. It is in this spirit we bring you the world's first #Pakathon -- a hackathon where techies and non-techies form teams, pair up with mentors and over the course of 40 hours come up with a business, website, app, software or project that aims to solve a problem you have identified in one of these fields (1) *Violence* (2) *Education* (3) *Energy* (4) *Agriculture* (5) *Disaster Relief* (6) *Health*. We are tired of people talking about Pakistan's problems. This is an Anti-Conference: we are starting where the conference ENDS. No talk just action. We are calling all hackers, educators, lawyers, doctors, dissidents, accountants, physicists, musicians, artists, scientists and entrepreneurs interested in making a difference to step forward and take part. The team with the best demo will win funding to carry their idea forward. Register here <http://pakathon.eventbrite.com/>, form teams here<http://www.hackathon.io/pakathon/projects>, and follow us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/PakathonBoston> _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER@tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier
