eVoting, the Chilean startup that provides digital voting systems through cryptography, was the winner of the Tech4Democracy Challenge final. This contest promoted by IE University identifies the best technology startups that reinforce democratic principles and values around the world.
The final, which culminates the 1st edition of Tech4Democracywas held at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC, a parallel event to the Summit for Democracy led this week by President Joe Biden.
EVoting will participate today, Thursday, March 30, together with Manuel Muñiz, Provost of IE University, and Teresa Hutson, Corporate Vice President for Technology and Corporate Responsibility of Microsoft, in the Tech Cohort Event organized by New America “Championing Digital Democracy for All: Collective Action from the Technology for Democracy Cohort.”
Manuel Muñiz and Teresa Hutson will present Tech4Democracy and share the first results of the report “Tech4Democracy: Fostering Technology for Social Good”.
How eVoting won at Tech4Democracy?
Tech4Democracy is an initiative of IE University supported by the US Department of State and has the strategic support of Microsoft.
The Chilean eVoting competed in the final with the startups Atlos (USA), Citibeats (Spain), FloodGates (Ghana) and Right2Vote (India).
As part of Tech4Democracy, IE University has organized continental finals in Africa, at Cape Town University; in the Asia-Pacific region, together with ORF and Raisina Dialogue during the recent G20 in New Delhi; in Europe, at the IE University headquarters in Madrid; in North America, at Stanford University; and in South America, at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá.
In the continental phases, 300 technology startups from 66 countries have competed, and world-class figures such as Jacinda Arden, former Prime Minister of New Zealand; Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum; Melvyn Lubega, founder of the first South African unicorn, or Samantha Power, USAID Administrator.
The world final included the participation of the US Acting National Cyber Director, Kemba Walden, who has underlined the importance of having a secure digital space and has mentioned the main pillars of the National Cybersecurity Strategy of the Joe Biden Government.
The jury that evaluated the finalists was made up of prominent figures such as Lilian Coral, senior director of Technology and Democracy Programs at New America; Alex Engler, Fellow in Governance Studies at the Center for Technology Innovation in Brookings; Emily Frye, Director of Cyber Integration at MITRE; Alec Ross, author and former Senior Advisor for Innovation at the US Secretary of State; and Sheel Tyle, founder and CEO of Amplo.
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