The video of the seventh edition of the Global Junior Challenge is now on-line. In less than 5 minutes, the video review the entire final phase of the event, from the showcase area to the awards ceremony at the Rome Campidoglio.
Here, together with the video are the salient facts and figures of the last edition of the GJC.
Over the course of seven editions, the Global Junior Challenge has developed a database of 3500 projects out of which 620 best cases were selected. This is an extraordinary body of documents that help us understand how technology that is socially inclusive is changing the world.
413 participating projects
120 finalists
72 innovating teachers
92 judges
100 finalist stands in the showcase area
425 exhibitors on day one
393 exhibitors on day two
2.000 visitors
200 participants in the evening parties
30 young men and women working reception (Vanitas)
195 social hackers for the hackathon
12 coaches and tutors for the hackathon
300 workshop and meeting participants
300 finalists at the Awards Ceremony
12 prizes awarded in a range of categories
1.000 popular votes cast
9 videos made by our school “special reporters”
1 podcast produced by Underadio
4 TV Reports by Rai (1 Tg1, 2 Tg2, 1 Rai Gulp)
The Press Kit
- Programme
- Initial Press Release
- Smart&Heart Cities Conference Press Release
- Multi-event Profile
- GJC Registration Form
- Smart&Heart Cities Model
- ComeOn! Profile
- Brochure MLearn
- Hackathon Profile
- Objectives Factsheet
- Global Data Factsheet
- Individuals Factsheet
- Poster
Our News on the Global Junior Challenge
- GJC2015 Share
- School’s Views
- #GJC2015 Winners
- Education for Life
- #GJC2015 Awards
- On the Media
- Today at the Campidoglio
- A Widespread Event
- Innovation Fest
- Innovation Underway
- From Residents to Citizens
- GJC Special Reporters
- Pilgrim App
- The Social Hacker Challenge
- Technology Is Good for You
- Data and Safety
- What is Innovation?
- "Why do you code?"
- GJC Finalists
- DotNetSchool in Rome
- Tablets and Apps in Class
- Objectives Reached?
- App School
- Work Projects
- “I Code because…”
- GJC: Projects from 42 Countries
- Inclusive Technology
- Jury at Work
- Share Your Challenge!
- A Summer of Projects
- About Expo
- An International Jury
- Innovation Challenge
- Coding Mission
- Technology for Art
- A New Class
- The Pope’s Drone
- Innovation Challenges
- The School I’d Like
- Looking for Projects
- GJC: a New Category
- Smart Cities
- GJC and the Millennium Goals
- GJC Amongst Crisis and Developement
Other Online Resources
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