Eventornado is built for people thanks to whom new innovative solutions come to life. In this series we interview the awesome people behind the organisations that are organising hackathons on Eventornado platform. Up first is KreativDistrikt.
We talked with Hugo Espinosa , founder of KreativDistrikt, who told us more about their background and what they are doing.
Organiser: KreativDistrikt
We organise hackathons for many different companies from technological companies all the way to social sciences, marketing, software development, water treatment technologies or marine sciences. Understanding different fields and needs of our clients is kind of our speciality. Every hackathon we’ve ever done has always been the first - we’ve never had clients that are the same. We put up great hackathons for all kinds of companies - that includes the creation of the hackathon idea, the challenges, profiles, selection criteria, mentoring, support and announcing the winners.
How or why did you get into organising hackathons?
KreativDistrikt's founder Hugo Espinosa started doing hackathons when hackathons became a thing in 2011. At that time everyone wanted to do hackathons. He really enjoyed organizing them, so he started traveling across Europe organising hackathons. He loved new technology and solving problems - and that’s what hackathons are all about. “The best part about hackathons is the amazing results you get. You can do more in 48 hours and the right audience than with the same amount of money and hiring one person to do it because there’s power in the many - skilled people come to the hackathon to solve the problems together.” the founder said.
Please share 1-2 events that will highlight your experience
The Blue-Cloud Hackathon was an open invitation to marine scientists & researchers, data scientists, ICT experts, innovators, students, and anyone who is passionate about the Ocean to explore and test Blue-Cloud: A new, Open Science platform for the marine domain offering a wealth of data, analytical tools and computing power to support developing solutions for a safe, healthy, productive, predictive and transparent Ocean.
380 registrants representing 73 countries, divided into 40 teams were challenged to develop applications that contribute to improving knowledge of marine ecosystems; support the transition to a greener, blue economy; advance Ocean literacy; and/or enhance international collaboration towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations Agenda 2030.
The Coparching Hackathon gathered more than 900 participants from latin countries split into teams of 3 to solve a real business problem under time pressure, through different digital environments, with coaches and speakers that pushed their creativity to levels you never imagined. Participants made history co-creating solutions to disrupt a famous colombian beer brand identity! More than 15 expert coaches and international speakers in marketing, positioning, strategy, branding and advertising advised the teams to take their creativity to the top.
Describe one time using Eventornado platform that really made a difference for you
We started using Eventornado because none of the other platforms had all of the features we needed in one place. We couldn’t do huge hackathons without Eventornado. I remember the time when we had an event with 900 people and it would’ve been impossible to do without Eventornado. We’ve had costumers that ultimately chose us to organise the hackathon because we are using a platform that has everything.
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