Hackathon Copa Airlines 2024

The Copa Airlines Hackathon 2024 – Linux Challenge is the 5th edition of this technology competition organized by Copa Airlines, in which 2,500 students from the main universities in Panama have participated since its inception to date.

The winning teams were awarded with computers and invitations to participate in a regional Microsoft technical conference.

The event, challenges, technical talks and a panel with government authorities were organized by the Copa Airlines Technology team with the support of Microsoft, Fedora, FlossPa, Fedora, Fortinet, Red Hat and Ciudad del Saber. More than 800 people attended the free talks that were open to the public between July and October. Additionally, on October 4 and 5, 115 teams made up of 460 university students participated in this 5th edition of the Hackathon, where they worked on a series of technical challenges during two days of intense collaboration, learning and teamwork.

Each member of the Copa Airlines 2024 Hackathon first-prize winning team, made up of students from the Technological University of Panama, received a laptop sponsored by SONDA, a 3-month paid internship at La Casa del Software, and an invitation to participate in a regional Microsoft technical conference.

Additionally, the second place winners were students from the Technological University of Panama and the University of the Isthmus. Each member of this team also received a laptop sponsored by SONDA and an invitation to participate in a regional Microsoft technical conference. The third to sixth place winning teams received various prizes, including laptops and tablets sponsored by SONDA, Tier 1 and Grupo SEGA.