On May 13-15, Startup Weekend is coming to Beirut at the ESA campus in Clemenceau, Beirut. This year's 54-hour challenge will focus on finding a unique solution to environmental challenges.

Mentors at the event include:

• Abed Halawi , Tech Lead at Vinelab
• Ali Zein, Co-founder at IdeaToLife 
• Malik El Khoury, General Manager at Le Wagon
• Fares Samra, CTO at Speed@BDD
• Mohamad Sabouneh, Associate at MEVP
• Reine Abbas, Co-Founder/Partner/Coo at Wixel Studios
• Ayssar Arida, Co-Founder/CEO of urbacraft
• Fouad Fattal, CEO at Krimston
• Mahmoud Zalt, CTO @ moubarmij.com 
• Ziad Abi Chaker, CEO Cedar Environmental
• Roy Naufal, CTO and managing partner at Grind design and development, and CTO at LiveLoveBeirut 

First place will receive:

• A prize of $3,000
• Admittance to AltCity's bootcamp acceleration program 
• A three-month incubation period at Berytech accelerator, complete with mentorship, workshop and training sessions 

Second place will receive:

• A prize of $2,000
• Admittance to AltCity's bootcamp acceleration program 
• Admittance to ESA's new entrepreneurship incubator, which offers services worth up to $2,500 

Third place will receive:

• A prize of $1,000 
• Admittance to AltCity's bootcamp acceleration program 

All three winners will also be given the opportunity to interview to join the Speed@BDD accelerator's next cycle. Startups that join this accelerator each receive a $30,000 cash injection, in addition to product and business development, accounting and legal services, and mentorship by local and international coaches.

Learn more or register to attend here.