{"id":3989,"date":"2021-03-08T11:49:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T16:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/?page_id=3989"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:08:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:08:37","slug":"g2-conference-hackathon-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/signature-events-overview\/g2-conference\/g2-conference-hackathon-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"G2 Hackathon 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At a moment when trade is being challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic and a resurgence of protectionist sentiments, and the WTO faces crises across many of its core functions, the aim of the 2021 G2 Conference<\/a> was to elevate new, fresh perspectives with bold ideas for the WTO\u2019s path forward.<\/p>\n

We challenged teams of students (2-4 per team) from anywhere in the world to collaborate and in just 72 hours, develop a fully considered and legally sound proposal for an outcome at the WTO that meaningfully addresses an issue that was shared at the launch of the G2 Legal Hackathon on 9 April 2021. The winning team proposals are available here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Challenge<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Teams had to do the following four things to answer the G2 Hackathon 2021 challenge:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Define the substantive issue that your team is addressing. (500 words)<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Propose a specific treaty text, or more informal commitment\/declaration, text that addresses the concern or a particular, detailed aspect of it. (200 words)<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Suggest a legal\/technical or institutional way to implement your textual, substantive proposal within the broader WTO framework. (500 words)<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Prepare a short video summarizing the issue and your team\u2019s solution. (3-5 minutes)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Teams were evaluated by a panel of eminent legal and trade policy experts on (i) the creativity of their solutions, (ii) the rigor of their legal drafting, (iii) the feasibility of their proposed path forward <\/em>and (iv) the clarity of their presentation<\/em>.<\/p>\n

    The top three teams presented their proposals during a special panel at the G2 conference<\/a>. The winning teams received a cash prize of USD 3,000 followed by USD 2,000 & USD 1,000 for the second and third runner up respectively.<\/p>\n

    Team Eligibility<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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    1. All Hackathon teams must have at-least 2 and at-most 4 members<\/li>\n
    2. All Hackathon team members need to be current undergraduate, masters or PhD students, at the time of participating<\/li>\n
    3. Hackathon members must be available from 9 April – 11 April, 2021 and 14 April, 2021 from 9:00 A.M. EST – 2:00 P.M. EST.<\/li>\n
    4. Hackathon team members can be from any university or law school in the world<\/li>\n
    5. Should one of the Hackathon team members not be eligible s\/he will disqualify the entire team<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Please find the full Terms & Conditions for participating in the Hackathon here<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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