The vice-rector, Dr. Jawaher Al-Omar pointed out that Oxagon Hackathon was launched in partnership with the Ministry of Education and will be held in Riyadh 6-8 October, 2022.
The aim of the hackathon, added Dr. Al-Omar, is to engage the best talents from Saudi universities, create opportunities for strategic and technical partnerships in the private sector, transform ideas and research into institutional projects and start-up companies, develop innovative and entrepreneurial skills for entrepreneurs and students in universities, and strive to develop the best research and innovative solutions for future industrial cities.
The hackathon will focus on four categories: First: Innovation in the water sector to develop sustainable solutions to water scarcity challenges; Second: Develop technologies to serve people and respect their individual choices; Third: Utilizing of electric fuels to reduce carbon dioxide emissions with the aim of fully relying on 100% clean energy; and Fourth: Green hydrogen for the transition towards renewable energy and decarbonization of end uses.
Dr. Al-Omar said that the hackathon targets entrepreneurs, students, academics, founders, programmers, designers, developers, marketers, creative leaders, think tanks who are aged 18-65 and work in a team with a Saudi leader, or a company headquartered in Saudi Arabia , or a company recognized in Saudi Arabia by the Ministry of Investment.
The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at MU invites all those who are interested to join the hackathon by filling up this form:
https://forms.gle/4PZcjniZY1V4pCzG9
For further details about the hackathon, please visit the following link:
https://www.neom.com/ar-sa/regions/oxagon/hackathon
