The I Hackathon Copel Telecom is a 48-hour competition to program applications and software for students of technical schools, colleges and universities. This event is connected to CodeAcross 2016, a weekend of simultaneous events, coordinated by brigades CodeForAmerica worldwide, which coincides with the International Day of open data. The goal of CodeAcross is to invite the city to participate in the CodeForCuritiba and inspire residents everywhere to be actively involved in their community.