Call open to University of Florence members to participate in the hackathon that will open the event Building a more equal, inclusive and solidarity-based society. This is the challenge of the National Festival of Civil Economy, now in its sixth year which will be held in collaboration with the University of Florence. The festival is scheduled in Florence from 3 to 6 October.The event, which is intended as an opportunity for discussion and dialogue to design development models aimed at conceiving a better society, will begin its work at the Social Sciences Campus with a hackathon open to one hundred University of Florence students and their ideas (Building D6 - Via delle Pandette 9).Participants will be divided into groups to discuss and propose projects that give substance to the three zeros - zero poverty, zero unemployment, zero pollution - theorised by Nobel Prize winner Muhammed Yunus to whom they will present their ideas at the end of the activity.The most innovative projects will be the subject of subsequent development in a number of permanent workshops held in cooperation with local organisations and associations for the realisation of a Civil Social Business City model.Students interested in the initiative have until 4 August to submit their application. Participation in the hackathon and/or the festival provides for the recognition of ECTSs.The proposal was presented in a webinar in which the speakers were the Delegate for Inclusion and Diversity Maria Paola Monaco, the lecturer in Applied Economics Mario Biggeri, the Festival Director and co-founder of NeXt Economia Leonardo Becchetti and the Festival Coordinator and Director General of NeXt - Nuova Economia per Tutti Luca Raffaele. Published on: July 5th, 2024