BRASATech’s Hackathon will give you a unique chance to contribute to Brazil’s future by designing and implementing a software application to solve a real-world problem. The problem will be disclosed on the day of the event.  

Participants will be challenged to develop innovative software, technology, prototypes or proofs of concept that would improve some of Brazil's challenges.

Registration is limited. To participate, registrants must be pre-registered here and have a ticket which you can buy here.

 

Friday Oct 31

6 p.m.                    Registration + Networking

7 p.m.                    Collaboration + Hacking

All night                  Collaboration + Hacking

Saturday Nov 01

8:30 a.m.              Breakfast + Coffee + Hacking

noon                     Lunch + Networking

1 p.m.                   Collaboration + Hacking. Prepare presentations.              

6:30 p.m.             Submissions + Presentations due + Team presentations

7:00 p.m.             Judges deliberate + Networking

7:45 p.m.             Awards announcement

9:30 p.m.             Close

BRASA thanks our event sponsors!

Ambev, Fundação Estudar, BTG Pactual and Heinz. 

 

Eligibility

BRASATech’s Hackathon is open to:

  • Individuals who are at least 18 years of age as October 25, 2014
  • Individuals who are at least 13 years of age as of October 25, 2014, have a parent or legal guardian present throughout their participation in BRASA Tech’s Hackathon, and have a consent form signed by a parent or legal guardian
  • Teams of eligible individuals where each team member meets the eligibility requirements for individual Contestants.

Each team shall appoint one individual (the “Representative”) to represent and act, including entering a Submission, on behalf of the team. The Representative must meet the eligibility requirements for an individual Contestant and must be authorized to enter a Submission and receive prizes on behalf of the team.

The following individuals are NOT eligible regardless of whether or not they meet the criteria set forth above:

  • Any individual involved with the design, production, promotion, execution, or distribution of BRASA Tech’s Conference or Competition, including employees of the Sponsors and Administrators, and each member of any such individual’s immediate family or household
  • Any individual that employs any Judge.

 Those ineligible individuals include:

  • The members of an individual’s immediate family include such individual’s spouse, children and step-children, parents and step-parents, and siblings and step-siblings
  • The members of an individual’s household include any other person that shares the same residence as such individual for at least three (3) months out of the year.

Requirements

Suggest ideas you plan to work on or would like to see developed by sending an email to bthackathon@wpi.edu

The BRASATech’s Hackathon event will reward the creators of technology that would best solve the following challenges:

  • Social Impact

Social and public significance of the project for Brazil. 

  • Problem solved

If there is a problem to be solved by the proposed project and the originality of the solution.

  • Completeness

One of the main criteria is the completeness of the project, as well as quality of work, the ratio of the amount of work and time, and orderly, well thought-out interface.

  • Business Value

Does the application create value? Does it save money? Create opportunities? Connect customers, partners, and employees?

  • Presentation

How well did the team convey what their goals were, w they were trying to do, what they ultimately achieved and didn’t achieve, and how they envision it being used?

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$2,000 in prizes
Grand Prize
1 winner

Best Project Hackaton receive this award.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

How to enter

To register, prior to the Hack My Ride start time listed above, you must visit brasatech.org and click “Pre-Register.” Spaces will be offered on a first come first served basis. You also need to buy your ticket here.

After submitting your registration through our wesite, visit brasatech.challengepost.com and click “Sign Up” to create a ChallengePost account, or click “Log In” and log in with an existing ChallengePost account.

In order to register for the Hack My Ride ChallengePost website, a Contestant must also have a ticket reserved through Eventbrite. There is no charge for creating a ChallengePost account.

To create a valid submission, you'll need to create a working proof of concept or prototype of a software application or a data visualization this page.

During BRASATech's Hackathon, all participating members of your team need to read and agree to the Official Rules. Then, you must submit your Submission by providing:

  1. The name of the Submission
  2. A text description of the Submission and its features
  3. At least one image (screenshot) of the working Submission
  4. Participating team members

In addition to the above, Contestants will have the option to submit the following to demonstrate their Submission:

  1. A website URL where the Submission can be accessed
  2. A link to a video posted on YouTube.com or Vimeo.com that demonstrates the Submission’s functionality and features. (optional)

The final parts of the Submission must be entered on this page. All Submissions must be received by no later than 6:30pm Eastern Standard Time on November 1, 2014.

Judges

Li Min Li

Li Min Li
Professor at UNICAMP

Stephen Murphy

Stephen Murphy
Head of Electronic Trading at BTG Pactual

Giuliano Pezzolo Giacaglia

Giuliano Pezzolo Giacaglia
CTO/Cofounder at WiGo

Heitor Vital

Heitor Vital
CTO at Site Blindado S.A.

Bruno Gonçalves Ferreira Santos

Bruno Gonçalves Ferreira Santos
Consultant at McKinsey & Company

Thomaz Cortes

Thomaz Cortes
Consultant McKinsey & Company

Tiago Mitraud

Tiago Mitraud
Fundação Estudar

Judging Criteria

  • Social Impact
    Social and public significance of the project for Brazil.
  • Problem solved
    If there is a problem to be solved by the proposed project and the originality of the solution.
  • Completeness
    one of the main criteria is the completeness of the project , as well as quality of work, the ratio of the amount of work and time, orderly, well thought-out interface.
  • Business Value
    Does the application create value? Does it save money, create opportunity, connect customers, partners, and employees?
  • Presentation
    How well did the team convey what their goals were, w they were trying to to do, what they ultimately achieved and didn’t achieve, and how they envision it being used?

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