BDL Accelerate 2015 is hosting a Web & Mobile hackathon organized by MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab & WDS.

The participants will be provided with a brief that will consist of a specific theme and the contestants will have to collaboratively brainstorm and work extensively to find a web or mobile solution to a specific issue that is shared with them at the start of the hackathon.

The BDL Accelerate 2015 Web & Mobile Hackathon will gather developers/programmers, designers, and businesspersons, who will be grouped in teams and each team will have 36 hours to develop a working website or app.

The teams will pitch their solutions to a panel of international judges on stage at BDL Accelerate 2015. The winning team will win a $3,000 cash prize, the 1st runner-up team will win a $2,000 cash prize, and the 2nd runner-up team will win a $1,000 cash prize.

Meet the WDS team who will be running the hackathon:

Christophe Tallec
Founder
Christophe is WDS founder and specializes in service design & innovation management. He teaches at ENST Paristech the French Telecommunication National Engineering School and is the author of Customer Experience, a transformation framework for organizations.

Arnaud De La Tour
Partner & Board Member
Arnaud is WDS partner and board member and VP at Hello Tomorrow VP, major competition and community for disruptive technologies. He holds a Phd in Economics and previously spent 2 years transforming organizations in BCG.

Sarah Pedroza
Partner
Sarah is a WDS Partner.  She specializes in Entrepreneurship, fin tech and social innovation with change management skills as a former BCG and Bearing Point consultant.

Romain Schalck
Lead Service Design & Service Innovation
Romains is WDS lead service design and service innovation. He currently leads fin tech strategy for WDS banking clients after spending time within the Insurance sector at AXA.

Jovana Kovacevic
Chief Scientific Officer
Jovana is WDS Chief Scientific Officer and holds a PhD in management science with a focus on open innovation. As a system engineer, teacher and researcher, Jovana explores and practice a wide range of innovation methodologies.