WMIL would like to host the 2016 European Hackathon in Israel. We have the necessary resources and qualified and experienced manpower to successfully manage this event.
We are aware that it might be more expensive to host the Hackathon in Israel rather than in Central Europe but WMIL is willing to raise funds particularly for this purpose. The Municipality of Jerusalem, The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs and several high-tech companies have already shown enthusiasm to support (direct and in-kind) the events, if we provide additional details in a timely manner.
Moreover, there is an active open-source community in Israel which we can tap into and invite to the hackathon, provided that there are enough international MediaWiki developers willing to collaborate and guide them.
We are open to discussing timeframes, topics, etc.
WMIL team
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**General**
Wikimedia Israel is proposing to host the 2016 hackathon in Jerusalem.
Israel is not only the [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Start-up_Nation | Startup Nation ]], it’s also a hackathon nation, with more than 30 nationwide hackathons taking place every year, focusing on things from music to neuroscience to opening up government data.
We can organize an event that will be both interesting - with lectures and brainstorm sessions from Israel’s most innovative creative thinkers and technological leaders, diverse - with developers from Israel’s hundreds of startups and technological NGOs, and enchanting - taking place at a unique history venue renovated to serve as a multipurpose space.
The Jerusalem 2016 hackathon will be an event to remember.