Netsol Technologies kicks off its 2nd Throw-A-Thon

TechnologyNetsol Technologies kicks off its 2nd Throw-A-Thon

LAHORE, Pakistan: Netsol Technologies 2nd hackathon has officially started on Friday with a bang. With around 200 participants from all over Pakistan, gathered together to shape the future with their innovative ideas centered around entrepreneurship and the much talked about virtual reality.

It is a three day-long event, sponsored by Coca Cola and the Scotland based 3D mapping company eeGeo. Netsol recently signed a deal with the 3D mapping and virtual reality platform, eeGeo and is looking for innovative ways to build on the virtual reality part of the business.

In addition, the disruptive transportation company, Uber is the official transportation partner, providing free rides to the participants all weekend, which has sparked much excitement amongst the attendees.

Faizaan Ghauri, VP of Strategy at NetSol, commented, “We are really excited about this Throw-A-Thon. After the successful one last year, we believe that this year will be the best Hackathon ever hosted in Pakistan.uber-logo

Moreover, our partnerships with Uber for providing free rides to the participants have created a lot of buzz and excitement all over. We look forward to make this hackathon a huge success.”

The three days event is jam packed with exciting workshops by mentors such as Ahmad Nawaz, Country Lead of Mobility Apps at Google, Bart Denny Senior Vice President of Product at eeGeo and Zubin Davar, Product and Partnerships Marketing Manager at Google.

The participants can also experience virtual reality by using the first HTC Vive in Pakistan.

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