The Mayor’s Office of Cali, through the Administrative Department of Information and Communication Technologies-Datic, developed the ‘Hackathon, transformed lives’ with the purpose of generating innovative ideas through Information and Communication Technologies, to contribute to the strengthening of virtual and face-to-face education models in the District. For this version, the challenge developed by the selected teams was to provide a solution in a product or service that represents a low-resolution prototype and that answers the question: what ICT innovation strategies can contribute to strengthening virtual and face-to-face education models in the city?.

«Within the framework of the ‘Calinteligente’ project, the FesTIC was created, with the idea of ​​continuing to promote spaces for innovation and creativity among citizens, so that through their knowledge they generate timely and creative solutions to social, cultural and territorial problems» , said Teresa Cancelado, director of the ICT Administrative Department.

The María Cano University Foundation congratulates professors Jorge Eliecer Manrique Julio and Nelson Andrés Andrade Bonilla; those with the students of the FISIOTEC nursery at the Cali campus; Jacson Francisco Arciniegas Chamorro, Juan David Ramírez Ospina, Cristian Martín Marinez Martínez and Jorge Enrique Gaviria Ángel, obtained second and fifth place in the city with augmented reality ventures and apps related to the human body, likewise; with meta search engine and class scheduling for secondary education in Latin America to reduce educational barriers and comprehensiveness of curricula.

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