Who would have thought that four weeks ago?
Digitalization has just received a rapid boost.
The Hackathon #WirVersusVirus, a digital competition called by the German government, in which programmers, designers, creative people and mentors have come together under the patronage of the federal government with the aim of developing solutions for the current challenges posed by the Corona crisis.
This hackathon (a term made up of “hack” and “marathon”) was set up within just one week and was realized on the weekend of March 20-22, 2020.
Nearly 43,000 people participated nationwide and from abroad, including 2,000 godparents and 2,900 mentors who supported the developers as experts. In addition, there were several thousand offers of support from the business community. Almost 3,000 challenges were submitted by various professional groups, including the optimal management of hospital resources such as ventilators and intensive care beds or the tracking of the chain of infection.
This was the biggest hackathon ever (Fun fact: the Guinness Book of Records is currently examining a possible record). By the way, other countries are following and will be holding their own hackathons in the coming weeks.
This makes Germany a digital pioneer.
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