On the road to COP26, Hack COP26 is an on-campus event organised by the University of Aberdeen that offers a pathway to climate action. The competition involves the preparation of a 5-minute idea’s pitch on a PowerPoint Slide to present to the panel and a printed poster to display. The judges will evaluate each idea and will announce the three most innovative solutions to the climate problems proposed by the competition. The winning teams will be able to present their ideas to Aberdeen City Council and University Sustainability Committee. All participants will receive a certificate of participation to the event.
The competition will run from the 20th of October to the 3rd of November, deadline to apply will be 18th October. Teams should only register if they can attend in person, there will be no online capacity, the maximum capacity of the event will be 40 people.
The participation to Hack COP26 is capped, therefore there will a maximum of 11 teams of 3 people per team.
Each team should register using the regsitration link and choose a name for the team and two questions in order of preference. Questions are related to topics that are a focus on local climate priorities in the city of Aberdeen such as circular economy, mobility, building and heating, energy supply and natural environment.
Once applied, each team will receive full instructions about the competition Hackathon - Hack COP26 and a University mentor to meet with them through the competition. Further information can be found by following the first link on this page, or this one.