Contest on Mobile Technologies for Human Rights and Advocacy

The Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley is sponsoring the Human Rights Center Mobile Challenge. They are seeking innovative applications of mobile technologies for human rights investigations and advocacy. 10 finalists will be chosen to present their ideas at an international conference, “The Soul of the New Machine: Human Rights, Technology, and New Media” at UC Berkeley, May 4 and 5, 2009. A panel of judges, selected by the Human Rights Center, will choose three winners, to be announced at the conference. Winners will receive cash awards of $15,000 (first place), $10,000 (second place), and $5,000 (third place) to implement their ideas.

Submission is open until March 20, 2009 (3:00pm PST; 22:00 GMT). To apply, visit http://www.netsquared.org/hrc-ucb.