EMURGO Academy is official sponsor of the Cardano Hackathon in Argentina. Proposal funded by Project Catalyst in Fund 8

In essence, we seek to exercise with honor the noble task of providing
education to people who seek to govern their own destiny, to make their
communities worthy places to inhabit, and to restore to the world the
decency lost in a deliberate exchange of profit for principle. We are simply
educators whose goal is to put in the hands of our students the tools that
will enable them to design their own solutions to their own problems. And
without fear of admitting it, over time, we have become better and better
at it, around a purpose that is stronger than ourselves, a purpose that
drives us to encourage, promote and support educational initiatives in line
with our values and beliefs, no matter where they occur. Our mission is
global.

One of these initiatives is the Cardano Hackathon in Argentina (proposal
funded by Project Catalyst in Fund 8) that will take place this weekend
(September 3 – 4, 2022) at the National Technological University (UTN) in
the city of Buenos Aires, to which we have been invited by ADA Solar
(organizer), and in which we have gladly accepted to actively participate
as sponsors, along with other respected sister organizations of the
Cardano ecosystem. This decision was not taken lightly: ADA Solar’s strategic plan is to give back to the world the good they have received
from Cardano both in the energy sector (their goal: to be Cardano’s first
solar power plant) and educational (they held the Cardano Summit 2021 in
Buenos Aires and have a consistent track record of promoting and
executing various educational days on our blockchain).

It will be two days of educational celebration that will bring together
academics (including the director of the UTN; Dr. Lars Brünjes, Director of
Education of IOG; Bharat Mallapur, CTO of EMURGO Academy, Robertino
Martinez of IOG, the Marlowe team, among others), industry professionals,
media in the region, public in general, all around the engine of innovation
and creativity of any human enterprise: the students.

The location of the event is no less special: Argentina is the representative
of a Latin American region that is beginning to awaken as a prominent
consumer of blockchain infrastructure, as abundant in social and
economic problems as in the potential to see its legacy systems rethought
by the change proposed by our technology. A tour of Latin America, from
south to north, makes it clear that it is not a question of how, it is a question
of when. And that when is clearly taking more and more strength.

From EMURGO Academy we send to the organization and the participants
of the event our best wishes, predicting from now on the success of the
event. To the winners of the competition our congratulations in advance.
Events of this kind contribute decisively to accelerate the understanding
and awareness of innovative technologies such as Blockchain. Education
has always been a bridge between the fear of the present and the hope for
a better future. In the end, the winners are all of us.

Details of the event:

• The two-day Hackathon will be from September 3 to 4, 2022.
  

• The opening ceremony will be held in the Aula Magna of the National
  Technological University (UTN), Buenos Aires Regional Faculty (Av.
  Medrano 951, Buenos Aires, Argentina).
  

• The total prize pool for the Hackathon is $10k:
  

  1stPrize: $5k
  2ndPrize : $3k
  3rdPrize: $2k
  

• EMURGO Academy will offer its flagship Cardano Developer
  Professional Training program as a prize for the top 3. Each program
  is valued at $1200 USD. Our total contribution: $3600 USD.
  

• The event will be live-streamed. Watch Individuo Digital, Latin Stake
  Pools. Updates to the event will be reported through Cardano Feed.
  

• Other sister organizations supporting the event:
  

  ADA Solar
  
  National Technological University (UTN)
  Input Output
  
  Project Catalyst
  
  Genius Yield
  
  anetaBTC
  
  TosiDrop
  
  Hoskiy
  
  Apollo
  
  Innovatio
  
  Individuo Digital
  
  Latin Stake Pool
  
  Cardano Feed

Cointelegraph
LATAM Community
RootsID

Tango Crypto
Aldea

Topo Labs

RatsDAO
Apprentices

Token Allies

World Mobile Token
Snapbrillia

Tx Pipe

ADA Link

Atix Labs

About EMURGO Academy:

EMURGO Academy – An Educational Venture Of EMURGO

EMURGO Academy was founded in 2019 as an initiative to support
EMURGO’s mission of further building the community and driving
awareness around innovative technologies. The aim is to bridge the big
gap between academics and industry skills as well as probing new ways to
implement innovative technologies for business benefits. Established as an
educational venture, EMURGO Academy focuses on incubation, training,
and evangelizing Cardano Blockchain technology.

At EMURGO Academy, we are committed to imparting world-class
education accentuating learning from a fundamental level. Our close
relationships with industry experts and our expertise in Cardano blockchain
R&D help us curate business and technical programs for entrepreneurs, students, developers, business heads, CXOs, and individuals of all
experience. 

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