The Al for Early Warnings for All Innovation Challenge: Bridging gaps with Al solutions is a global hackathon designed to harness the power of Artificial Intelligence (Al) to address critical gaps in early warning systems (EWS) for disasters and extreme weather events.
About ITU Al for Early Warnings for All Innovation Challenge
Opportunity Details
- Date Published: May 21, 2025
- Application Deadline: May 26, 2025
- Category: Contest
They are looking for projects that can propose solutions to innovate on these four challenge areas:
- Al for Data Gaps: Develop Al-powered tools that address missing or low-quality data in early warning systems, including the use of synthetic data, data fusion, and natural language processing to enhance coverage and accuracy.
- Al for Forecasting and Impact-Based Prediction: Create Al models to improve the accuracy, lead time, and impact-based nature of hazard forecasting, including extreme weather, heatwaves, and slow-onset disasters.
- Societal Impacts of Al in Early Warning: Design inclusive, ethical Al systems that address language barriers, accessibility, misinformation, and trust-building in communities, especially among vulnerable and marginalized groups.
- Emergency Preparedness, Anticipatory Action and Resource Optimization: Apply Al to strengthen anticipatory approaches and optimize the allocation of emergency resources, including the design of scenario-based simulations, improving logistics, targeting and delivery under short lead times, supporting personalized early action advice, behaviour-triggering tools or coordination support, and assessing preparedness and/or anticipatory action plans in real-time.
Benefits of ITU Al for Early Warnings for All Innovation Challenge
The Al for Early Warnings for All Innovation Challenge: Bridging gaps with Al solutions offers finalists a high-profile platform to showcase their solutions, gain global visibility, refine their ideas with expert mentorship, and build meaningful connections to help accelerate their work. Finalists will:
- Present at the Al for Good Global Summit 2025, during the session Al for Early Warnings for All Workshop: Bridging gaps with Al solutions on 09 July 2025, 09:00 AM - 12:15 PM CEST at Palexpo (Room T,) Geneva, Switzerland, gaining exposure to a global audience of tech leaders and changemakers.
- Receive tailored mentorship and technical guidance from leading Al experts, UN specialists and members of the Al Sub-Group of EW4AII. Plug into a powerful network of UN agencies, Al innovators, policymakers, and partners ready to explore opportunities for collaboration and growth
ITU Al for Early Warnings for All Innovation Challenge Requirements
Open to individuals and teams (maximum of 6 per team) from various backgrounds. This includes experts in:
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
- Climate Science and Meteorology
- Data Science and Engineering
- Communication and Social Sciences
- Anyone with a passion for leveraging technology for humanitarian impact!
Application Date and Process
Interested parties must follow the steps below to join the competition:
- Register by creating an account and a team on the hackathon registration platform. You will use this account to submit your solution proposal. Follow the step-by-step procedures on the "Creating your account and team" column on the right for guidance.
- Answer Sections 1 and 2 in the “Guiding Questions”, accompanied by a 1-page proposal for an innovative solution. The remaining “Guiding Questions” in Sections 3-6 are there to help you prepare the 1-page proposal. Save the proposal as Word or PDF format and add it as an attachment to your profile. Follow the step-by-step procedures on the "Submitting your proposed solutions" column on the right for guidance.
Timeline:
- Phase 1: Challenge launch and registration (May 2025)
- Phase 2: Evaluation and shortlisting (May 2025)
- Phase 3: Ideation and solution development (June 2025)
- Phase 4: AI4Good Global Summit and announcement of selected solutions (July 2025)
Application Deadline
26 May, 2025
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