ITA Software Sponsors “Random Hacks of Kindness” Hackathon in Boston

CrisisCamp Boston and Engineers Without Borders, Boston University Chapter, to Gather Local Volunteers to Hack for Humanity

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ITA Software, Inc., a leading provider of innovative solutions for the travel industry, today announced it will sponsor the Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK 2.0) hackathon in Boston on Sunday, December 5. This one-day volunteer event, organized locally by CrisisCamp Boston, a local branch of CrisisCommons, and Engineers Without Borders, Boston University Chapter, is taking place in conjunction with RHoK’s gathering of hackers in multiple locations around the world. The event is designed to inspire technology solutions to problems relating to natural disaster risk and response, and will bring together people to brainstorm on problem definitions for humanitarian aid. ITA Software also sponsored the previous CrisisCamp Haiti event.

WHAT:	RHoK Boston will bring together volunteers to collaborate on technology solutions that have the potential to address global disaster risk challenges, create new means of coordinating response and give a voice to those who are actually suffering in real time. The goal is to encourage participation from the local community including software developers, emergency managers, innovators, students, storytellers, project managers and entrepreneurs to collaborate and create. The organization welcomes volunteers devoted to making the world better with all levels of technical proficiency.
WHEN:	Sunday, December 5, 2010, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
WHERE:	Boston University (exact location details to be posted on registration page later this week)
HOW:	Register online at: http://rhok-crisiscampbos.eventbrite.com/

Learn more about the Boston event on Twitter by following @macotech and @CrisisCampBOS, and by searching for #rhokbos hashtag.

To sponsor or donate to the event, please contact Monika Adamczyk at [e-mail] or [e-mail].

For a complete list of participating cities, go to http://www.rhok.org/events/rhok-2/

About ITA Software, Inc.

ITA Software (www.itasoftware.com) is a leading provider of innovative solutions for the travel industry. ITA’s QPX, a comprehensive airfare shopping system, is used by leading airlines and travel distributors worldwide including Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Bing, Continental Airlines, Hotwire, Kayak, Orbitz, Southwest Airlines, TripAdvisor, United Airlines, US Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways, and others. ITA is now offering a completely new airline passenger reservation system to improve the customer experience. On July 1, 2010, ITA announced a merger agreement to be acquired by Google. ITA was founded by computer scientists from MIT and is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., USA.