A Nurse, a Firefighter, and Developers Take Top Award with Health Solution for First Responders: IBM and David Clark Cause Announce Call for Code 2019 Global Prize Winner

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Call for Code is a $30 million, five-year global initiative which, together with Charitable Partner United Nations Human Rights, has become one of the largest and most ambitious efforts bringing together start-up, academic, and enterprise developers to address pressing societal issues. "Prometeo is an outstanding solution because it leverages the real experiences of first responders and technologists who have witnessed the human toll of wildfires," said Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction. " The Prometeo team is composed of veteran firefighter Joan Herrera, emergency medical nurse Vicenç Padró, and three developers and data scientists: Salomé Valero, Josep Ràfols, and Marco Rodriguez. " Distinguished Judge: , Founder and Board Chair, and 42nd President of Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction , Member of the Deutsche Telekom AG Board of Management, Technology and Innovation , Executive VP and Chief Information and Digital Officer, Ingram Micro Inc. David Clark, Creator of the Call for Code Global Initiative, said the competition was achieving its purpose. The Sparrow team developed an open source conversational AI platform that helps users address their physical and psychological well-being during and after natural disasters by matching them with automated support and live experts.

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