This episode features Dr. Svitlana Buko, researcher and consultant from Russia, and Dr. Eithne Knappitsch, professor and director of the Intercultural Management program at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences in Austria. In their presentation, Dr. Buko and Dr. Knappitsch describe how they adapted their 24-hour Cross Border Challenge into a hackathon in light of COVID-19. The 24-hour Cross Border Challenge involved a group of students traveling between Villach, Austria; Udine, Italy; and Nova Gorica, Slovenia—all of which are border cities. During their 24-hour journey between these three countries, students experienced how transportation, language, business, and government operate in these intercultural, border areas. 

This post contains links to the recorded episode (with Q&A), the presentation slides, and the following supplementary resources:

• LinkedIn article on the program: "Developing key competencies for working across cultures: case for Austrian-Italian-Slovenian border" 
• Video introduction to the 2019 24-Hour Cross Borders Challenge
• An overview of the hackathon
• An example of a final hackathon project and reflection