Participants from Karelia will create the transport of the future together with “Digital Breakthrough”

On October 22-24, in the Boiling Point – Petrozavodsk, the territorial IT-hub hackathon “Transport and Logistics” of the all-Russian competition “Digital Breakthrough 2021” – the largest competition in the IT field, will take place.
The organizers of the territorial site of the hackathon were the Karelian Resource Center for Digital Technologies and Petrozavodsk State University. The event is being held within the framework of the national program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation”.

Drone couriers, electric cars, scooters and bullet trains have already become a part of everyday reality. Artificial intelligence has been entrusted with optimizing routes and managing warehouses so that people can focus on larger tasks.

There are specialists in our republic who are ready to join the ranks of those who will create the future of transport with their own hands and say a new word in logistics management.

During the 48 hour marathon, IT specialists, designers and managers will be able to:

solve cases on ML, AI, Big Data, mobile, quantum technologies and data analysis from the largest companies: Rosatom, Rostelecom, Moscow Transport Innovations, Sheremetyevo;
communicate with experts and leaders of the IT industry;
work in regional IT hubs of the competition together with like-minded people;
compete for the prize fund – up to 4.5 million rubles.
The winners will have a final, where they will be able to personally present their developments and take part in negotiations with the authors of cases on piloting and implementing their project or receive a job offer from the country’s leading employers.

The last semi-final of the Digital Breakthrough competition will be held on November 12-14 and will be dedicated to agriculture and environmental protection. Registration of participants is already open.

Details on the official website – https://leadersofdigital.ru/ .

To participate in the event, you need a QR code, or a certificate of the transferred COVID-19, or a negative PCR test.

The opening of the hackathon will take place on October 22, 17:00 (teleconference with Moscow timetable – the competition will be opened by representatives of the authors of the cases and the Russia – Land of Opportunities platform).