TIJUANA.- On July 17th and 18th, fifty programmers and innovation-minded people will come together to plan, design and build a website or application to tackle a social issue in Tijuana.

The Hackathon for Social Change Tijuana event, organized by the Global Shapers Community-Tijuana Hub, Mind Hub, We Can Code, Emprende Tijuana, and Angel Ventures Mexico will be hosted at HubStn and is a great opportunity for social-minded innovators to come together and make their city a little bit better. Aside from the opportunity to help tackle social problems in the city, this is the perfect opportunity for recent graduates, students and professionals network with fellow coders and entrepreneurs.

[p]Hackathons are not just for coders, and have been employed more and more by non-profit companies and civic leaders to bring about social innovation. Designers and entrepreneurs assist coders in developing a concept that can be employed for social change. Examples of applications developed in social hackathons include apps to report potholes to city governments, apps for parents to monitor their children's school buses during snow storms, an app to aid food banks inventory management, and many others.

The event will begin with a brief intro and presentation of the event, followed by pitches from participants as to what social problem to tackle. The best ideas will be voted on and teams of five will be created to start networking with others and developing teams to work on the ideas. The next day, teams will work throughout the day on coding and designing a demo of a website or application aimed at solving or helping the social problem. Participants will be be working on social issues involving migration, security and mobility in Tijuana.

A panel of judges will review the final demos and will decide on the winner.

To register for the Hackathon for Social Change Tijuana, click here. Individuals or teams are invited to register for the event and to start thinking of social issues that they would like to address at the event. For more information, follow the event via Facebook.

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