Back to the Future: 1918 - Tbilisi hosts data visualisation hackathon
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A two-day hackathon named Back to the Future: 1918, devoted to the 100th anniversary of the first democratic republic of Georgia, is being held in Tbilisi.
People interested in data visualisation, designers, developers, journalists and communication specialists are taking part in the event organised by ForSet being held in Tech Park.
Participating teams have been working with different data sets and trying to create modern digital tools. The finished projects will be presented by the teams later this evening.
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