Two days between ecology and technology

A festival about what technology can do for the environment. Day one ran at Astrum IT Academy outside the city, day two moved into Central Park, and more than 8,000 people came through.

Dates: 4 and 5 May 2024
Participants: 8,000 and more
Hackathon prize fund: 45 million UZS

The program

Two days, two venues

The first day was built around talks, activities and the hackathon pitches. The second moved the festival into the city.

Day one

Saturday, 4 May

Astrum IT Academy, outside the city

Talks and discussions on how technology can help ecology
Interactive activities with prizes from partners
Sports activities
Networking in the open air
An evening DJ set and a concert
Hackathon pitches in front of the experts

Day two

Sunday, 5 May

Central Park, Tashkent

An open-air festival day in the middle of the city
Eco activities for everyone who walked in
Hackathon results announced in the evening

IT ECO Hackathon

45 million UZS for technology that helps the planet

The festival hackathon looked for IT projects working on environmental problems: air pollution, waste collection and recycling, shortages of drinking water and anything else the region struggles with.

What the experts looked for

Projects that take on a real environmental problem
Work that is thought through, with a goal, a set of tasks and a plan to deliver it
Teams looking for partners and people who share the idea

1st place 20 million UZS

2nd place 15 million UZS

3rd place 10 million UZS

The prizes were awarded by the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The winning team also got the chance to build their idea together with Realsoft, the software company behind the festival as its general sponsor and main organiser.

Photos

From the festival

What the festival set out to do

Promote environmental awareness through technology
Support tech initiatives with an ecological purpose
Bring the IT, science and sustainability communities into one place