This event unites innovators to develop groundbreaking solutions that address equitable access challenges for underserved communities using innovative AI tech solutions with IBM watsonx.
Learn how you can make a meaningful impact and help prove that AI can be trusted and used responsibly. Registration is now open, with networking kicking off at 8:00 AM.
Don’t miss your chance to be part of this transformative experience! Register your team now.
This event unites innovators to develop groundbreaking solutions that address equitable access challenges for underserved communities using innovative AI tech solutions with IBM watsonx.
Highlights of event
Learn about the opportunity to build a solution that can impact communities in need through deployment support from the Linux Foundation.
Discover about watonx, IBM’s new generative AI technology.
Gain insights of subject matter experts, academia leaders, and Persistent leaders.
Hear from the winners of the 2023 Global Challenge about their experience and the solutions they had developed.
Insights from Leaders and Networking
Keynote session by Dr. Anand Deshpande – Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, Persistent Systems.
Network with a community of developers, entrepreneurs, students, and problem solvers, including Persistent leadership, who share a similar passion for #techforgood.
What is the Call for Code Global Challenge?
Access to essential resources like clean water, safe housing, education, and fair representation is uneven, particularly for women and underserved communities. The impacts of climate change further deepen these disparities, straining already limited resources and exposing the inadequacies in current protections. In this context, generative AI emerges as a powerful tool with the potential to address these pressing challenges and reduce inequality, ultimately improving the quality of life for those most affected.
Enhance your skills in emerging technologies while tackling real-world challenges. Join the 7th Annual Call for Code Global Challenge and design an open-source solution in the cloud using generative AI to improve equitable access to essential resources and opportunities for everyone. Compete for a chance to win $50,000 USD and gain recognition within the Persistent and IBM communities. We’re calling on teams of developers and problem solvers to leverage open innovation and create impactful technology solutions that address global sustainability issues in unique, demonstrable ways.
In addition to prizes, participants can grow their AI, cloud, and other emerging tech skills through access to expert technical mentors, training resources, and events.
Real code helping real people
Through Call for Code, top solutions receive implementation support from IBM and the Call for Code ecosystem to make a real impact in the communities with the greatest need.
The builder on your team, tech mastermind, bringing methodical, digital-obsessed expertise to ground your solution in what’s possible.
Designers
Your UX expert ensures the solution is user-friendly and visually appealing. Designers bring creative vision to technical problem-solving, making what you build sleek and easy-to-consume.
Communicators
Effective communicators simplify complex ideas simple and inspire action. Your team’s strategic thinker is crucial in articulating the problem and defining how the solution can make a difference in a profound, unique, consumable way.
Humanitarians
Altruistic thinkers who understand the complex problems at hand in a truly human way and are committed to finding a solution to make a demonstrable difference.
Judging criteria
Each submission will be scored based on the following criteria with a minimum score of 0 and maximum score of 20 points, with the final score being the average of the judges’ scores.
Completeness and transferability
(5 Points)
Effectiveness and efficiency
(5 Points)
Design and usability
(5 Points)
Creativity and innovation
(5 Points)
Any university students in the top 3 winning teams are also eligible for:
