Join us at UC San Diego for Reboot the Earth
The United Nations (UN), UC San Diego Library’s Open Source Program Office (OSPO), the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab at the San Diego Supercomputer Center and the Office of Innovation and Commercialization are collaborating to bring the “Reboot the Earth” hackathon to Southern California for the first time.
Reboot the Earth is a social coding event bringing together aspiring developers to create open source software solutions that address the climate crisis, including wildfire response. It’s a chance to collaborate with peers, use open data, and apply your coding skills to real-world climate challenges!
Reboot the Earth at UC San Diego is taking place May 8-9, 2026, in the San Diego Supercomputer Center Auditorium.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email us at: ospo@ucsd.edu.
What is Reboot the Earth?
Reboot The Earth is a social coding event that brings young computer programmers, administrators, architects, scientists and other interested people together to improve upon or build technology that addresses the current climate crisis. This location's theme focus will be on wildfire prevention and management, and will take place around the globe in the months of March to October 2026. Each location will be presented with specific UN selected challenges that focus on local climate issues.
Learn more about Reboot the Earth.
Details
At Reboot the Earth UCSD, taking place May 8-9, 2026, the organizing partners will collaborate with students, climate experts, and the broader open-source community.
Over the course of two days, participants will be presented with a series of tech challenges, for which they will use open data, AI, and tech concepts to build a digital public good. Each solution should aim to solve a local climate crisis unique to their community needs, and be available to others – improving or building upon open source programs that can be used by anyone globally to address the climate crisis.
Participants will benefit from dedicated support from mentors and partners, aimed at refining and enhancing their prototypes. The event will end with an award ceremony on the final day, recognizing and celebrating the achievements of the participants.
Reboot the Earth UCSD - General Information
Are you ready to Reboot the Earth at UCSD? Register here!
Dates: May 8-9, 2026
Location: San Diego Supercomputer Center AuditoriumTimes:
May 8: 9am - 5:30pm
May 9: 9am - 5:30pm
About the UC San Diego OSPO
The UC San Diego OSPO is a new service. Funded as part of a recent grant by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support the development of a UC-wide network of Open Source Program Offices, this award funds the creation of a new UC wide OSPO network, a collaboration of UC campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Diego with UCSC to promote open source research, teaching, and public service.