Thomson Reuters EndNote, the leading software for researchers, librarians and students to manage bibliographies, citations and references, has announced a collaboration with Science Hack Day – a global grassroots movement aimed at empowering scientific innovation - to bring the event to Africa. The continent's first-ever Science Hack Day will be held in Antananarivo, Madagascar, August 9-10 at Habaka, a local innovation hub and business start-up incubator dedicated to advancing the country's efforts in technology through collaboration.
Science Hack Day is a global grassroots movement aimed at empowering scientific innovation with events joining scientists, engineers, programmers and designers to work together in the same physical space to nurture new scientific concepts. Since its launch in 2010, more than 30 Science Hack Days have been held in over a dozen countries. The event is designed to connect individuals from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds, all sharing a passion for science, to work together to develop new scientific solutions or "hacks." During each event, groups compete in a friendly competition to build the best prototype based on a concept of their choice within 48 consecutive hours.
Madagascar's growing community of scientific and technological innovators have been invited to attend the event in Antananarivo to work together to create and build upon new ideas or hacks. Participants will then have the opportunity to test their hacks in a friendly competition.
Science Hack Days have been primarily fuelled by volunteers and regional sponsorships. As the first global sponsor, EndNote is helping the movement further its goal of making science more accessible by providing funding and marketing support to increase awareness, enhance current events and spread the movement to new cities.
EndNote is utilised by more than 1,100 global academic institutions and R&D departments and two million scientists, researchers and students worldwide. It is committed to keeping its user community in step with the constantly evolving world of scientific research by providing advanced tools for managing and creating research effectively and efficiently. EndNote is integrated with other industry-leading sources from Thomson Reuters, including the Web of Science and ScholarOne Manuscripts peer-review systems and company research management and profiling tools.
