LOCATION Columbia University

Day 1 @ The Forum (601 W 125th St New York, NY 10027)

Day 2 @ David Geffen Hall (645 W 130th St New York, NY 10027)

HACKING FOR HUMANITY, GIRLS IN TECH NYC 2022

In-person Girls in Tech, NYC hackathons are back! This hackathon enables developers, creatives, and entrepreneurs from all over the NYC & tri-state area to co-create solutions to some of the most pressing challenges facing us today. Go from an idea to a working proof of concept within a weekend!

Get hands-on experience developing your focused skill set
Collaborate with experienced mentors & join a workshop to learn new skills
Network & build relationships with like-minded people in the local start-up community
Participate in group pitches in front of local business leaders
Win prizes!!

This year, teams will have the opportunity to partner with non-profit organizations to help formerly incarcerated people re-enter the workforce.

Solutions will be evaluated in the following areas: innovation, impact and viability of implementation. NO technical skills required! Open to marketers, technologists, strategists, creatives, humanists and students. This event is a woman-, man-, non-binary-, POC-, and LGBTQIA-friendly environment! We welcome this opportunity to anyone who is interested…in fact, the more diverse the team is.. the better the solutions!

This event will provide skill-building optional workshops. Mentors will also be provided to help teams think through problems.

You can register with your own team (teams of 3-6 people) or get matched the week leading up to the event.

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN?

Hustlers/Entrepreneurs: Hackathons are great places to test ideas, build a startup, build leadership and practice your pitching skills.

Designers/Creatives: Design for real company scenarios and expand your portfolio. This is a chance to apply design thinking methodologies from ideation to research to prototyping.

Hackers: Create a technology toolkit that can have real impact. Challenge your coding skills and use it as an opportunity to learn new languages and tools.

Students: Hackathons provide lots of opportunities to get startup-like work experience. It’s a great way to build your resume and demonstrate your drive, your ability to be creative, work in teams, and innovate.

Corporate Employees: If you’re looking to break out of your current role, or are reentering the workforce, Hackathons are great for sharpening and developing new skills, experimenting with new job roles. Use this as an opportunity to network with our sponsors for potential job opportunities.

Inventors and Early Adopters: This gives you the opportunity to stretch your creativity in a fun challenging environment. You’ll be with like minded people and you can lead the way for other first timers.

REGISTRATION

What’s included:

Lunch & snacks will be provided.
Optional workshops to build applicable skills.
Mentors will also be provided to help teams think critically.

This is an in person event. All participants must attend the Opening Ceremony and Team Presentations.

Participants must be 18 years of age.

Bring your laptop and charger! Charging outlets will be available.

SCHEDULE (Times are in ET)

DAY 1 Saturday Oct 1st @ The Forum

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Sign In
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast is served
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Opening Ceremony
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Group Formation, Mentor 1:1 Sign up
10:30 AM HACKATHON BEGINS
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM UX Engineering led by Navie Vurdien
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Lunch is served / Mentor 1:1 Sign Up Round 2
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Database Engineering les by Abbas Mehmood
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Customer Centricity led by Shelly Ashwill-Powers
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Product Marketing at Google and Beyond led by Maria Becerra

Skill Building Workshops are optional but encouraged

DAY 2 Sunday Oct 2nd @ David Geffen Hall

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Sign In
9:00 AM Breakfast is served
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Check in with your teams
11:00 AM - 12:00 AM Morning Check-in with Mentor
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch is served
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM Team project submission deadline
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Introduction to our Judges
3:45 PM - 6:00 PM Team Presentations & Keynote Speaker
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Closing Event & Winner Announcement

*schedule is subject to change

Requirements

Hackathon Submission Requirements

Register for the Hackathon on devpost via by selecting the “Join Hackathon” button. Follow through the instructions to create a Devpost account. If you already have an account and are signed in, select "Start Project". Each team member is required to have a Devpost account but there should only be one submission per team. All the members must be linked in the one submission.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

Access the Hackathon Submission Form (Devpost page -> Create Project button)

Manage Team Section: Link team members

Project Overview Section: Enter Project name and Elevator Pitch. This pitch can be the same 1 min pitch that is used in the video submission.

Project Details Section:

Enter Project Story including

Enter Project Story including
- Enter About the project following the format
  - What does the Application do
  - How it addresses the problem
  - How was is it implemented
- Select Built With (ie Languages, frameworks, platforms, cloud services, databases, APIs, or other technologies that your team used)
- Optional "Try it out" links that (links where people can try your project or see your code)

Enter Project Media including

Optionally upload images of your application.
Link your publicly available 4 min Video demo link (1 min Pitch, 3 min Application demo)
- Video must meet the requirements described in the "Text Description, Image, Video, and Additional Submission Materials" section (See Rules Section for more information).

Additional Info Section:

Upload a Zip file that includes the code file (if any) and the PDF Presentation that includes the Pitch and the screenshots of the Application.
Select an answer from the "Which Problem Statement did your team choose" dropdown.

*THIS IS AN IN PERSON HACKATHON. PARTICIPANTS MUST BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT TO RECEIVE THE PROBLEM STATEMENTS.

Complete and enter all of the required fields on the devpost project during the Hackathon Submission Period (October 1, 2022 at 10:30 AM ET - October 2, 2022 at 3:00 PM ET).

Once the above video, image, and Hackathon Website submission requirements (collectively, the “Submission”) are complete, submit your Submission before October 2, 2022 at 3:00 PM ET. Presentations will be played for judges and teams must be present to answer 1 min of questions by judges after their video is played.

PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS

Only projects with on time submissions will be demoed.

Teams with submissions will be queued.

The team is required to be physically present while their video submission is being demoed.

The team must be present to answer questions during the demo.

See Official Rules fore more details

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$4,500 in prizes

1st Place Prize

1 winner

$2,000

2nd Place Prize

1 winner

$1,500

3rd Place Prize

1 winner

$1,000

Judges

Naimeesha Murthy
VP of Product - New Ventures Lab

Radha Sankaran
VP-CTO - Capital One

Ben Snell
Principal Engineer/Architect - PLACE

Jessica Berger
Vice President, Innovation - Publicis Media

Judging Criteria

Quality of Idea (5pts)
Is the idea a strong minimal viable product for the customer to use today? How impactful is the solution for the issue you are hoping to help solve? Does the solution fulfill one of the participating NGO’s requirements?
Design (5pts)
How well the idea was designed by the Team? How well thought out and complete is the design? Is it easy to use? Is it visually appealing? Is the design intuitive? Does it flow naturally?
Pitch (5pts)
Project should be able to drive and improve business processes based on the challenge provided. Solves a clear community or business need. Concise and organized presentation. A sense of teamwork should be present
Technicality (5pts)
Includes the practicability and ease of implementation in a customer environment. Does it work? Lo-Fi vs. Hi-Fi Prototype, Technical effort