Hack The Climate CODEFEST @NICP ICT Summit

                          A  24 hour HACKATHON    THE OFFICIAL HACKATHON EVENT OF  ICTSUMMIT  on October 23-24, 2015 to be held at BICOL UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS      ABOUT THE ICTSUMMIT :    NICP, the national organization of all ICT Councils in the Philippines in over 42 cities across Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology – Information and Communications Technology Office (DOST-ICTO) and its champions among the national government agencies, has gathered ICT movers from all over the country for its annual event – the ICTSUMMIT. The ICTSUMMIT brings together champions of the Information and Communications Technology  (ICT) sector from the public and private stakeholders to share industry trends and development and best practices; identify challenges and ways forward to generate new investments and new jobs for cities outside of Metro Manila – the Countryside ICT industry development.   This year the Legazpi City ICT Council (LCICTC) & Albay ICT Association (AICTA) will host the ICTSUMMITon October 23-24, 2015 at the The Oriental Hotel, Legazpi City, Albay, with the theme “Philippine Countryside Leveraging on ICT Resources for Inclusive Growth & Development“.  On the 7th ICTSUMMIT, seven (7) key areas will be put into focus to include Information Technology – Business Process Management (IT-BPM), Startups and Technopreneurship to eCommerce, Digital Tourism, eGovernance, ASEAN ICT Human Resource, Disaster Risk Reduction Management, and Promotion of Green Economic Development.     HACKATHON DETAILS :  Date : October 23 to 24 Venue : Bicol University, Main Campus    Registration Fee : Students : P 200 (inclusive of all the meals) Professonals : P300 (inclusive of meals)   **Transportation from Manila to Legazpi not included yet (Prepare at least P1,500 for your transportation expenses back & forth)       Registration will open as early as 8:00am on October 23, 2015  Final Pitching of the top 7 will be at the Oriental Hotel, Legazpi    EXCITING PRIZES AWAITS THE WINNERS!    GUEST SPEAKERS :                                                       Congressman Win Gatchalian, Valenuela  City             Mayor Noel E. Rosal, Legazpi City     Christopher O. Pacardo                                                     Prof. Ronnel R. Dioneda, Sr. Director, BU Center for Tech. Comm & Enterprise Dev’t.    Director BU Research & Dev’t Center   Dr. Helen M. Llenaresas                                                     Dr. Arnulfo  M. Mascariñas                                Vice President for Academic Affairs                                     SUC President IV                      Cedric Daep, PDRMC                                                         Engr. Arnulfo P. Malinis, Ph.D. Disaster Risk Management                                                  Renewable Energy                               Ms. George Nava Representative of Senator Bam Aquino Topic : Start up challenges / opportunities in the Philippines FAQ : How many members per team? A minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 should What should be the team composition? Your team should compose of at least the following : Hacker: dev, coder, builder, technical; Hustler: sales, customer interviews, networking; Designer: front end, UX, empathy, user use case When can we start/build the app : As soon as the Hack Master gave the official signal just when you can start building your app. What kind of apps can we build? Web or Mobile App and Hardware for climate change mitigation or resillience. Criteria for preliminary judging :  Impact 25 Novelty 25 Innovation 25 Viability 25            UNIVERSITY PARTNER :        HACKATHON ORGANIZER :                                                                                                  MEDIA PARTNERS :