CALL FOR CODE - 2019

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2019 CALL FOR CODE
GLOBAL CHALLENGE

At the core of the initiative is the Call for Code Global Challenge, a 4-month long global competition where teams comprised of developers, human rights experts and other specialists develop solutions to solve for some of the world’s toughest challenges. The 2019 Call for Code Global Challenge called on technologists from around the world to invent solutions to improve natural disaster preparedness, response and recovery.

In its second year, over 180,000 developers and data scientists from 165 nations participated in the Call for Code Global Challenge, creating more than 5,000 applications.

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2019 CALL FOR CODE GLOBAL CHALLENGE

In its second year, over 180,000 developers and data scientists from 165 nations participated in the Call for Code Global Challenge, creating more than 5,000 applications.

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2019 CALL FOR CODE
GLOBAL PRIZE WINNER:
PROMETEO

The Call for Code Global Challenge winning team takes home the Call for Code Global Prize, receives $200,000 at the annual Call for Code Global Prize event and perhaps more importantly has the opportunity to partner with IBM to develop and deploy their solution around the world. The 2019 Call for Code Global Prize was presented to Team Prometeo, at the United Nations headquarters in NYC on October 12, 2019. Prometeo team members include Salomé Valero, Marco Rodriguez, Joan Herrera, Josep Ràfols and Vicenç Ferrés Padró

Prometeo created a wearable device that measures carbon monoxide, smoke concentration, humidity, and temperature to monitor firefighter safety in real-time as well as to help improve their health outcomes in the long-term. Within a couple months of winning the Global Prize, Prometeo completed its first wildfire field test of their solution during a controlled burn with the Grups de Reforç d’Actuacions Forestals (GRAF) and the Grup d’Emergències Mèdiques (GEM) dels Bombers de la Generalitat de Catalunya near Barcelona, Spain. Prometeo was developed by a team comprising of a veteran firefighter, an emergency medical nurse and three developers.

2019 CALL FOR CODE
GLOBAL PRIZE WINNER:
PROMETEO

LARGEST ENGAGEMENT OF DEVELOPERS IN HISTORY

LARGEST ENGAGEMENT
OF DEVELOPERS IN HISTORY

2019 CALL FOR CODE RESULTS

GLOBAL SCALE

In its second year, over 180,000 developers and data scientists from 165 nations participated in the Call for Code Global Challenge – creating more than 5,000 applications.

2019 CALL FOR CODE RESULTS

GLOBAL SCALE

In its second year, over 180,000 developers and data scientists from 165 nations participated in the Call for Code Global Challenge – creating more than 5,000 applications.

625 CITY CHALLENGES
AROUND THE WORLD

In 2019, Call for Code hosted 625 Call for Code City Challenges around the world in locations that included: London, Barcelona, Berlin, Amsterdam, Bengaluru, Delhi, Dubai, Dublin, Geneva, Madrid, Paris, Bayamón (Puerto Rico), Sao Paulo, Tokyo, New York and San Francisco. All of these city challenges allowed developers and participants to further develop their submissions for the Call for Code Global Challenge.

625 CITY CHALLENGES
AROUND THE WORLD

CALL FOR CODE CELEBRITY SUPPORT

In 2019, two social-media Call for Code Cause Flashes were launched on UN World Health Day and UN World Environment Day to promote the health and well-being of people suffering from natural disasters when they strike, and environmental challenges that occur because of them.

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CALL FOR CODE CELEBRITY SUPPORT

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EMINENT JUDGES

The Eminent Judges for the 2019 Call for Code Global Challenge included former US President Bill Clinton; Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights; Mami Mizutori, Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction; Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation; Stewart Butterfield, CEO and Co-Founder of Slack; Michelle Nunn, President and CEO of CARE USA; Trevor Riggen, Senior Vice President, Disaster Cycle Services, American Red Cross; Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society; Dr. Elizabeth Hausler, Founder and CEO of Build Change; Claudia Nemat, Member of the Deutsche Telekom AG Board of Management, Technology and Innovation; Tom Peck, Executive VP and Chief Information and Digital Officer, Ingram Micro Inc.; and Steve Ewell, Executive Director, Consumer Technology Association Foundation.

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2019 CALL FOR CODE FINALISTS

Prometeo (Europe)

Prometeo, the 2019 Call for Code Global Prize winning-team, created a wearable device that measures carbon monoxide, smoke concentration, humidity, and temperature to monitor firefighter safety in real-time as well as to help improve their health outcomes in the long-term.
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AsTeR (Europe)

AsTeR technology prioritizes emergency calls in order of emergency level, where callers can leave an explanation. Call centers are also given a visual map to see where people are being most affected by the natural disaster.
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Healios (North America)

Healios gives victims of natural disasters access to quality mental health care via a mobile health application, connecting case workers with survivors.

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Rove (North America)

Project Rove is an SMS chatbot that uses Natural Language Understanding to give users health information during a natural disaster. Users are given health priority scores, which are given to first responders, to show them which victims need the most help.
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Sparrow Platform (Asia Pacific)

Sparrow is an open-source, conversational AI platform that helps users address their physical and psychological well-being during and after natural disasters. The platform is accessible through any device, with or without internet connectivity, providing access to medical help and medical records.
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2019 CALL FOR CODE FINALISTS

Prometeo (Europe)

Prometeo, the 2019 Call for Code Global Prize winning-team, created a wearable device that measures carbon monoxide, smoke concentration, humidity, and temperature to monitor firefighter safety in real-time as well as to help improve their health outcomes in the long-term.
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AsTeR (Europe)

AsTeR technology prioritizes emergency calls in order of emergency level, where callers can leave an explanation. Call centers are also given a visual map to see where people are being most affected by the natural disaster.
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Healios (North America)

Healios gives victims of natural disasters access to quality mental health care via a mobile health application, connecting case workers with survivors.

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Rove (North America)

Project Rove is an SMS chatbot that uses Natural Language Understanding to give users health information during a natural disaster. Users are given health priority scores, which are given to first responders, to show them which victims need the most help.
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Sparrow Platform (Asia Pacific)

Sparrow is an open-source, conversational AI platform that helps users address their physical and psychological well-being during and after natural disasters. The platform is accessible through any device, with or without internet connectivity, providing access to medical help and medical records.
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2019 CALL FOR CODE FINALISTS

Prometeo (Europe)

Prometeo, the 2019 Call for Code Global Prize winning-team, created a wearable device that measures carbon monoxide, smoke concentration, humidity, and temperature to monitor firefighter safety in real-time as well as to help improve their health outcomes in the long-term.
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AsTeR (Europe)

AsTeR technology prioritizes emergency calls in order of emergency level, where callers can leave an explanation. Call centers are also given a visual map to see where people are being most affected by the natural disaster.
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Healios (North America)

Healios gives victims of natural disasters access to quality mental health care via a mobile health application, connecting case workers with survivors.

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Rove (North America)

Project Rove is an SMS chatbot that uses Natural Language Understanding to give users health information during a natural disaster. Users are given health priority scores, which are given to first responders, to show them which victims need the most help.
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Sparrow Platform (Asia Pacific)

Sparrow is an open-source, conversational AI platform that helps users address their physical and psychological well-being during and after natural disasters. The platform is accessible through any device, with or without internet connectivity, providing access to medical help and medical records.
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