ImpactXchange hackathon in Sunway University

Venue: Sunway University
Time: 19.8-30.8, divided into two parts

About ImpactXchange project

ImpactXchange is a Finnish National Agency for Education-funded project in the Team Finland Knowledge program that aims to build education collaboration between Finland and Malaysia. In particular, ImpacXchange aims to develop sustainability and IT-related courses that can be replicated in other regions/countries.

ImpactXchange project is conducted by the following universities (and persons)

LUT University, Finland
- Staff: Prof. Jari Porras, Dr. Shola Oyedeji
- Students: Aleksa Stanivuk (web), Salsabeel Tantoush (web), Ruben Huygens (web), Arshia Saleem (mobile), Muhammad Sharjeel Maqsood (mobile), Jacob White (backend), Hiba Bouhlal (backend)
University of Turku, Finland
- Staff: Prof. Tuomas Mäkilä, …
Sunway University, Malaysia
- Staff: Prof. Sian Lun Lau, Prof. Tze Ying Sim

General structure of the hackathon

The ImpactXchange hackathon is divided into two closely linked parts.

Sustainability Challenge hack
- In the Sustainability Challenge hack, you will innovate and develop working software-based solutions for the sustainability theme selected for the hackathon. The outcome of this hack will be used as the basis for the second week's activities. You will be restricted to a particular technology stack so that the activities in the second week are possible. In the first week, the emphasis is more on a sustainability challenge level (what are the high-level impacts of your solution)
Green Coding hack
- In the Green Coding hack, you will focus on the implementation quality of your solution, i.e., its technical and environmental sustainability (what are the solution-level impacts).