Aragón Open Data celebrates its tenth anniversary with a datathon

Aragón Open Data is 10 years old and to celebrate it they have launched a datathon entitled "The future of data". The event will take place on 25 November.

What is the datathon about?

The aim of the meeting, organised together with Fractal Strategy, is for citizens to experiment and generate new ideas based on open data that add value to society.

Aragon open Data will propose six challenges. Participants will have to choose one of the challenges or propose another of their choice. Throughout the day they will have to work in teams to create a new service that responds to the selected challenge, using a series of outstanding open datasets available in Aragon Open Data.

At the end of the day, a winning solution will be chosen based on three criteria: the novelty of the proposal, idea or service, its impact on society and the quality of the presentation where the two previous points are defended. Each member of the winning team will receive a voucher worth 50 euros to be exchanged in commercial surfaces in Aragon.

Los retos disponibles son los siguientes:

The following challenges are available:

• Connect with nature. This challenge will include solutions that map resources and points of interest for learning, doing sport or rural tourism, working from less populated places, enjoying leisure time or sharing experiences while enjoying nature.
• More lively neighbourhoods. In this case, solutions are sought that focus on young people and families of the future, addressing issues related to accessible housing, public and sustainable transport, local commerce, etc.
• Employment opportunities. This challenge is aimed at generating proposals that help people to find new employment opportunities in Aragon, through ideas for new industrial products, business initiatives or the mapping of commercial activity, among others.
• University life. With the aim of helping students to make decisions, solutions aimed at planning efforts, making professional contacts, discovering new fields of study and research, etc., will be valued.
• Conocer Aragón. Este reto se enfoca en destacar la oferta de ocio, hostelería y alojamientos, el patrimonio, la agenda cultural o las propuestas de turismo de la región con el fin de darla a conocer a locales y visitantes.
• Getting to know Aragon. This challenge focuses on highlighting the region's leisure, hospitality and accommodation offer, heritage, cultural agenda and tourism proposals in order to make Aragon known to locals and visitors.
• Renewable energies. The last challenge focuses on solutions to advance the sustainable use of energy and the development of new sources of energy resources.

Who can participate?

The event is open to both students and professionals from various fields, including communication, documentation, engineering, design, humanities, social sciences and law.

Participants will work in multidisciplinary teams, which will be formed on the day of the competition. If a participant comes with his or her team already formed, he or she can indicate it in the registration email.

Where does it take place?

The event is face-to-face. It will be held at the headquarters of the Centro de Artesanía de Aragón // Centro Aragonés de Diseño Industrial (CADI), in the building of the Old Municipal Slaughterhouse of Zaragoza, entrance on Calle del Monasterio de Samos, 42 (Zaragoza), on 25 November 2022, from 10:00 to 19:00.

Attendees should bring their own computer.

Food and drink will be provided by the organisers.

How can I register?

Registration is free and will be open until 23 November 2022 at 14h. To do so, please send an email to opendata@aragon.es with your name, age, profession / field of study and the subject "Registration for The Future of Data". If you already know which challenge you want to focus on, it is recommended that you also include it in the email.

These types of competitions are an excellent opportunity to put your knowledge into practice, learn from those with more experience and make new contacts. For these reasons, an increasing number of companies are using hackathons as a mechanism to locate and attract talent.

More information about the datathon on the Aragon Open Data website.