Hackathon: Do you want to pitch in Brussels and be part of the solution of future global trade and logistics?

This Hackathon offers a pressure cooker environment for creative solutions and exploring new ways of cooperation between international logistic companies and customs organizations. It is also an excellent opportunity to apply the WCO Data Model to actual data and logistics operations.
 
The outcome should be a viable proof of concepts on the various challenges, but getting up close and personal with fellow developers and peers from all over the world is highly encouraged. It should be fun while working on very real topics!

When and where?

October 18th to 20th at the MECC in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
The festive Award Ceremony will be on Thurday October 20th  

Challenges

Three challenges to choose from

1. Developing anonymized transactional data methods for analytical purposes.
   Making use of (public) data in a data science environment can be challenging in regards to information security and privacy concerns. To mitigate these concerns, technology can be implemented to secure the confidentiality on data sets, without making compromises on the analytical outcomes. Participants are challenged to deploy technologies to safeguard the data, demonstrate their effectiveness and simulate the outcome of their preparation and analysis in a proof of concept. This is an essential topic of the draft WCO Data Strategy – and it is planned to have a lot of research with academics on this topic.
2. Data interoperability.
   Within the logistics field there are numerous sources of data describing traffic flows and transported goods. Each data source is designed for its intended purpose, which is a limiting factor when using data for different purposes. The goal of this challenge is to bridge the gap between different data sets and re-purpose different data sets for customs purposes, or re-purpose customs data for different goals.
3. Combining public domain information to enrich customs data.
   A plethora of data is available in the public domain which can be supportive to customs processes and fulfil customs’ needs. It can add value to the data already submitted to customs for import or export declarations, and can be used in logistic and customs processes in order to gain knowledge and shorten Customs evaluation time. Goal of this challenge is to mix and match public domain data with customs data to enhance the clearance process.

What’s to win?

 
The winning team are going to Brussels, to pitch their idea to the WCO and thus win a chance to be a part of future developments in 
collaboration with the WCO.

Teams

We can welcome a total 100 participants in teams of 3 to 5 each. Participation is free of charge, but advance registration is required.  We welcome teams of all backgrounds (both commercial and non-commercial), and specially want to invite academic teams. Food and drinks will be provided during the day. However the cost of travel and accommodation (if required) is not included.

More information and contact

Please contact the WCO event organization.

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