Red.es and the Valencia Provincial Council launch a Hackathon to raise awareness of the project "Connecta Valencia: Smart and Sustainable Tourism Territory"
60 participants, 10 mentors and €2,000 in prizes. These are the figures managed by DiValHack, the Hackathon promoted by Red.es and the Diputación de Valencia to bring the project "Connecta Valencia: Smart and Sustainable Tourism Territory" to the citizens. This project, financed by the public entity Red.es with FEDER funds, seeks to improve the tourism competitiveness of Valencian municipalities, increasing their knowledge to offer a better and more sustainable experience to tourists.
What is DiValHack?
DiValHack participants must develop a technological solution that responds to a challenge using the resources and infrastructures that Connecta Valencia offers.
Participants can propose a challenge of their choice related to Connecta Valencia or try to respond to some of the organisation's proposals:
- Mobility challenges: for example, determining the actual congestion of different points of interest, helping to locate parking spaces or helping tourists to travel with a lower carbon footprint.
- Environmental challenges: such as monitoring the air situation or comparing environmental quality between municipalities.
- Tourism challenges: e.g. showcasing thematic routes or promoting nomadism and rural tourism.
Solutions that address several challenges, as well as combining different data sources, from Connecta Valencia and other external repositories, will be considered positively. For example, solutions that monitor noise in contrast to the influx of people or that recommend routes based on the weather or air quality.
When does it take place?
The hackathon will be held on 10 and 17 November 2022, starting at 12:30. Both sessions will be face-to-face.
In the first session, resources will be presented and teams and roadmaps will be defined.
During the week the teams will work on their projects, supported by online mentoring.
On the 17th, the teams will present their solutions, which will be evaluated by a jury, and prizes will be awarded to the three solutions with the best scores. The evaluation criteria are defined in the terms and conditions of the call.
Who can participate?
The hackathon is aimed at students and professionals. The only requirement is to be of legal age.
Participation will take place in teams of three to six people. The team should be multidisciplinary, including technological, financial, business, communication and/or social science profiles, as the evaluation criteria are not only technical.
What do the prizes consist of?
The three proposals with the best scores will receive cash prizes of 2,000 euros, distributed as follows:
- First prize: 1,000 euros
- Second prize: 750 euros
- Third prize: 250 euros
How can I participate?
Participation is free of charge. The deadline for registration is 30 October. To register you must fill in this form.
You can register alone or in a group. If you register alone, the organisation will find a group for you at the event.
Find out more about Connecta Valencia
The Connecta Valencia project has provided the 266 Valencian municipalities with the necessary infrastructure to analyse the flow of tourists in their territory, as well as their impact on the environment, by installing devices that measure mobility and environmental quality. This information allows informed decisions to be taken and public policies to be improved.
To this end, an open source platform has been set up to facilitate access to data through two mechanisms: an API and an open data portal that offers datasets in CSV and JSON formats. Among other information, users can access to data from meteorological and environmental sensors, mobility flows, etc.
You can learn more about the project in the following videos:
