Citrix SXSW Hackathon Drives App Innovation for the Future of Work
February 28 2014 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Judges from Twitter, Jawbone, Bitcoin
Foundation and Draper Associates will award more than $20,000 in
prizes for next-gen work apps
Citrix today announced its SXSW 2014 event “Hack to the Future:
Reinventing the Way We Work,” a panel and hackathon focused on the
future of work in an era of open mobile platforms and wearable
technology. On Sunday, March 9, Bernd Christiansen, chief
technology officer for the Citrix SaaS division, will be joined by
innovative thinkers from Twitter, Jawbone, Bitcoin Foundation and
Draper Associates in a stimulating discussion about the tools and
trends that will shape how we work and live over the next decade
and beyond.
In an effort to inspire further new innovations, attendees are
invited to compete in a mini hackathon. The challenge is to create
a visionary new app to help people and teams work better together.
The winning developers will have an opportunity to pitch their
ideas to Draper Associates, one of Silicon Valley’s top seed-stage
venture capital firms, as well as receive annual premium licenses
to Citrix GoToMeeting, the popular web conferencing tool that makes
it simple to meet with anyone, from anywhere, on any device.
WHO:
The “Hack to the Future” panel, hosted by Citrix, is comprised
of executives from some of the world’s most disruptive
organizations:
- Leslie Miley, Sr. Engineering
Manager, Twitter
- Patrick Murck, Legal Counsel,
Bitcoin Foundation
- Joel Yarmon, Partner, Draper
Associates
- Adrienne Huesca, Intellectual
Property, Jawbone
- Bernd Christensen, Chief
Technology Officer, SaaS Division, Citrix
The panel will also award the top hackathon participants the
following prizes:
- 1st prize: $10,000 and an in-person
pitch meeting with Draper Associates, up to 5 Jawbone Up bands, 1
Bitcoin
- 2nd prize: $5,000, up to 5 Jawbone Up
bands, 1 Bitcoin and a pitch meeting with Draper Associates via
GoToMeeting
- 3rd prize: $2,500, up to 5 Jawbone Up
bands, 1 Bitcoin and a pitch meeting with Draper Associates via
GoToMeeting
- All winners will receive a one year
license for GoToMeeting
WHEN: Saturday, March 9,
from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: AT&T Conference
Center, Conference Room 301
1900 University Avenue, Austin, Texas 78705
You can follow Citrix and this event at:
-
Twitter: @Citrix, @GoToMeeting
- Citrix on Facebook, GoToMeeting
on Facebook
- SXSW event hashtag:
#hacktothefuture
If you are a member of the media interested in covering the
event or meeting with Citrix, please contact Lilly Hanscom at (415)
670-0542 or lilly.hanscom@citrix.com.
ABOUT CITRIX:
Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leader in virtualization, networking
and cloud infrastructure to enable new ways for people to work
better. Citrix solutions help IT and service providers to build,
manage and secure, virtual and mobile workspaces that seamlessly
deliver apps, desktops, data and services to anyone, on any device,
over any network or cloud. This year Citrix is celebrating 25 years
of innovation, making IT simpler and people more productive with
mobile workstyles. With annual revenue in 2013 of $2.9 billion,
Citrix solutions are in use at more than 330,000 organizations and
by over 100 million people globally. Learn more at
www.citrix.com
CitrixLilly Hanscom, 415-670-0542lilly.hanscom@citrix.com
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