NEW YORK, NY (March 17, 2016) —Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME), one of the world's leading media companies, is partnering with architecture firm NBBJ and PowerToFly, a global technology platform connecting accomplished female tech talent with Fortune 500 companies and high growth start-ups, to host a global hackathon event on April 9th, 10th and 17th to brainstorm the workplace of the future. The goal is to radically evolve the way teams work, communicate and collaborate across the globe.

The event will be held over two weekends in April, at hub locations in Seattle, New York and London with satellite locations in cities around the world. Teams will be charged with designing, coding or hacking solutions to humanize the distributed workplace. Applications are now being accepted.

“To recruit and retain the best talent, we need to find new ways to connect and collaborate across the globe,” says Robert Duffy, Vice President, Mobile Application Strategy and Engineering at Time Inc. “As Time Inc. moves to a more distributed work force with offices around the world, it’s important to consider how technology can help open cultural portals and create serendipitous interactions to bring these far-flung teams together,” Duffy adds, “I am optimistic that the competitors at our event will offer many solutions to this important business challenge.”

This is the first time these companies have hosted an international hack event.

“How we work is radically changing. We are shifting from individualism to networks that not only create better solutions but also fulfill our needs as social beings. Across the globe, distributed teams have become instrumental in addressing challenges around the clock. And where we work is a much broader place than just an office: It's in the interstitial spaces that make up our working lives. Architecture, as a practice, must look beyond steel and glass for platforms that support these important creative intersections,” says Ryan Mullenix, Design Partner at architecture and urban planning firm NBBJ. “We're thrilled to have this opportunity with Time Inc. for cross-sector collaboration among design, technology, business and science to collectively explore how work environments can overcome the barriers of time and geography.”

“The future of work for women is not in an expensive office space. It’s in the cloud. It’s around the virtual watercooler, not in a cubicle or on a tech campus. It’s women working from where they are most productive for both their lives and their careers,” says Katharine Zaleski, President and Co-founder at PowerToFly. “We are so excited to collaborate with Time Inc. on this hack-a-thon, where we will be building the distributed workforce of the future.”

In April, developers, designers, coders, architects and distributed work experts will come together at the competition to create prototypes of the “Future of Distributed Work.” Each team will be given a narrow assignment and will be asked to submit their ideas to a panel of five expert judges. Throughout the weekend, the teams will be able to seek advice from over 10 industry-based mentors. The winning team will get to see its prototype come to life in a Time Inc. and/or NBBJ location. Additional prizes include licenses for Microsoft BizSpark Plus.

For more information and to register for the event, visit: http://distributehack.com.

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About Time Inc.

Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) is one of the world's leading media companies, with a monthly global print audience of over 120 million and worldwide digital properties that attract more than 150 million visitors each month, including over 60 websites. Our influential brands include People, Sports Illustrated, InStyle, Time, Real Simple, Southern Living, Entertainment Weekly, Travel + Leisure, Cooking Light, Fortune and Food & Wine, as well as more than 50 diverse titles in the United Kingdom, such as Decanter, Horse & Hound and Wallpaper*. Time Inc. is home to celebrated franchises and events, including the Fortune 500, Time 100, People’s Sexiest Man Alive, Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year, the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, the Essence Festival and the biennial Fortune Global Forum. Hundreds of thousands of people attend our live media events every year. We have been extending the power of our brands through various investments and acquisitions, including the formation of Sports Illustrated Play, a new business devoted to youth and amateur sports, and the acquisition of inVNT, a company that specializes in live media. We also provide content marketing, targeted local print and digital advertising programs, branded book publishing and marketing and support services, including subscription sales services for magazines and other products, retail distribution and marketing services and customer service and fulfillment services, for ourselves and third-party clients, including other magazine publishers.

About NBBJ

NBBJ creates innovative places and experiences for organizations worldwide and designs environments, communities, and buildings that enhance people's lives. Founded in 1943, NBBJ is an industry leader in designing corporate, healthcare, commercial, civic, science, education, and sports facilities. The firm has won numerous awards and has been recognized as one of the world's "Top Ten Most Innovative Architecture Firms" by Fast Company magazine. NBBJ has more than 750 employees in 10 offices worldwide, in Boston, Columbus, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Pune, San Francisco, Seattle and Shanghai. Clients include Amazon, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Boeing, Cambridge University, Cleveland Clinic, GlaxoSmithKline, Massachusetts General Hospital, Microsoft, Reebok, Salk Institute, Samsung, Stanford University, Starbucks, Telenor, and Tencent. (http://www.nbbj.com)

About PowerToFly

PowerToFly is the recruiting platform connecting the best companies to the best women in tech. The company sources and screens highly skilled female engineers, such as Ruby, CSS, iOS and Android developers, and places them in jobs that work for their careers and lives. PowerToFly is focused on building distributed teams as a way to open an untapped tech talent pool. It is at the epicenter of two global shifts: the move toward remote hiring and the one billion women entering the workforce who want alternatives to traditional office cultures. There are currently over 62,00 women and 1,400 companies in the PowerToFly network. The company is just a year old and has processed more than $3 million in paychecks for women working from all over the world for places like Buzzfeed, Hearst, the Washington Post, and Skillcrush. (https://www.powertofly.com/)

Media Contacts:

Lori Lefevre Wells for Time Inc.
914.630.0961, lori@lorilefevre.com

Rebecca Greenwald for NBBJ
646.450.9681, rebgreenwald@gmail.com

Sunshine Sachs for PowerToFly
212.691.2800, ptf@sunshinesachs.com