Ideas worth spreading

A global hackathon to take on the coronavirus pandemic

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Marko Russiver |

TED Connects

• April 2020

Looking to put your skills to use to fight the pandemic? Consider joining The Global Hack, a virtual hackathon designed to rapidly develop solutions to the coronavirus crisis. Designer and technologist Marko Russiver shares the motivation behind a movement looking to help people build post-pandemic resilience. (This virtual conversation is part of the TED Connects series, hosted by head of curation Helen Walters. Recorded April 8, 2020)

Looking to put your skills to use to fight the pandemic? Consider joining The Global Hack, a virtual hackathon designed to rapidly develop solutions to the coronavirus crisis. Designer and technologist Marko Russiver shares the motivation behind a movement looking to help people build post-pandemic resilience. (This virtual conversation is part of the TED Connects series, hosted by head of curation Helen Walters. Recorded April 8, 2020)

Join The Global Hack, an online hackathon designed to rapidly develop ideas for solutions in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Marko Russiver

Designer, technologist, startup founder

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Marko Russiver is the cofounder of Guaana, a research funding and collaborative ideation platform.

Helen Walters

Head of curation at TED

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Helen Walters is the head of curation at TED, where she has the privilege of overseeing the work of an absurdly talented group of specialist curators and deep thinkers to bring the very sharpest minds and ideas to the TED stage.

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Join The Global Hack, an online hackathon designed to rapidly develop ideas for solutions in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.