The qualifying stage of the “Programmer 2018” project was held, which was launched by the Borys Kolesnikov Foundation on March 15. The competition is realized for students of IT-specialties. Its goal is to encourage active, talented and motivated young professionals to visit one of the world's most prestigious exhibitions – Ceatec Japan 2018 in Tokyo.
820 participants were registered in the project for two months; they represented 28 universities and 17 cities of Ukraine. The students formed teams (5 people each), recorded original video presentations of their teams, where everyone told about what part of the teamwork he was responsible for. The Borys Kolesnikov Foundation has determinated 20 final teams that will participate in the Social IT hackfest.
Borys Kolesnikov, the president of the charitable foundation, thanked the contestants for their active participation in the project. He wished an interesting contest and effective competition to a hundred finalists of the “Programmer 2018”.
“The Foundation is holding this contest for the first time. Organizers and representatives of the IT industry – mentors, jury members – expect socially significant startups from students; those startups which are useful for the society and interesting for investors. The guys should demonstrate team work, solidarity, the ability to collectively solve complex problems in a short time. Social IT is an invaluable experience for young people, new acquaintances, communication with experts, an opportunity to express themselves and, of course, a chance to win a trip to Japan to one of the most prestigious IT-forums in the world,” – Borys Kolesnikov said.
The hackfest will be held in Kiev on June 17-18. Within a day, the teams-finalists will be developing products that can solve the pressing problems of the country, city, and society. After that, students represent their projects to the jury members of the “Programmer”.
Experts will choose 6 winning teams. Thirty contestants will be awarded with diplomas to attend the exhibition Ceatec Japan 2018 in October this year. This is the world's largest exhibition of electronics and information technology. Ukrainian students will see an innovation from the world’s leading producers, as well as they will be able to attend lectures, seminars, and to communicate with the best specialists of the global IT-sphere.
We recall that for ten years already, the Borys Kolesnikov Foundation has been implementing educational competitions for talented students of technical specialties with trips of winners to profile forums around the world. The organization was named the winner of the National Rating of philanthropists-2017 for a significant contribution to the development of national science and education.
