23rd May 2025
8:00 - 18:00
Zürich
A one-day hackathon to raise awareness, engagement and network around Green IT and the environmental impact of technology.
About
What to expect?
Get ready for a day of innovation and collaboration! Join us for a hackathon filled with challenges, creative solutions, and networking opportunities. And that's not all – stick around until the end to hear the announcement of the winners and enjoy a delightful apero with fellow participants.
Expected to code?
While coding skills are valuable, they're not the only thing that matters here. We encourage participants from all backgrounds to join us – whether you're a developer, designer, business strategist, or simply someone with a keen interest in sustainability. Teams will benefit from diverse skill sets, so don't hesitate to join us!
Who should attend?
Whether you're a seasoned coder or a newcomer to the world of technology, our hackathon welcomes everyone! Both students and professionals. If you're passionate about making a difference and ready to dive into the world of sustainable solutions, this event is perfect for you. Join as an individual or gather a team of 3-5 people for an unforgettable experience.
Why should you spend a day with us?
Immerse yourself in a day of innovation and problem-solving. Network with like-minded individuals and industry experts. Have the chance to win exciting prizes. Learn, collaborate, and make a positive impact on the planet.
Challenges
Check out our challenge plattform with more information about the challenges.
"Greenify" your preferred open-source tool!
Develop a quick-start-guide for Green IT in your office/team/company
Improve an existing Green-IT tool!
Pitch to your management an emission reduction programme for IT
Develop a sustainability checklist for IT projects
Impressions from 2024
Focus Areas
The internet is the world’s largest machine. If we continue business-as-usual, the IT sector will be responsible for 14% of the world’s carbon emissions by 2040 [HBR, 2020]. From the Climate Action Tech community conversations, these 4 subjects have emerged as levers for changing our industry:
Business Culture &
Behavior Change
We want businesses to prioritize climate issues and embed sustainability requirements into the day-to-day work of all employees.
Green Software
Engineering
Software engineers can make decisions which reduce the carbon pollution of their applications.
Sustainable Product
Design
We can change the product design process to reduce upstream and downstream emissions.
Low-Carbon
Infrastructure
While we transition to renewable energy, we can align compute load with low-carbon energy.
Terms & Conditions
The following terms apply to participation in this hackathon ("Hackathon"). Entrants may create original solutions, prototypes, datasets, scripts, or other content, materials, discoveries or inventions (a “Submission”). The Hackathon is organized by the Hackathon Organizer.
Entrants retain ownership of all intellectual and industrial property rights (including moral rights) in and to Submissions.
As a condition of submission, Entrant grants the Hackathon Organizer, its subsidiaries, agents and partner companies, a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, adapt, modify, publish, distribute, publicly perform, create a derivative work from, and publicly display the Submission.
Entrants provide Submissions on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied, including, without limitation, any warranties or conditions of TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Organizers & Contact
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