About the challenge

The challenge will consist of two parts: pitch competition and showcase!

The pitch competition will take place on the 27th and 29th of July. Each team will have 5 minutes to present. Be ready to present your ideas and show your talents to a panel of judges. Lots of prizes are waiting for you!

Showcase with all the attendees will be on the 15th of August from 6:00p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (EDT). Feel free to improve your initial work to be eligible for the showcase's most improved prize.

Themes

For this event, you will come up with an idea for an application that falls under any of the following themes:

• Entertainment and Social Life: Let’s have some fun! These projects aim to entertain, such as a game, a way to improve IRL social activities, or social networking especially after COVID!
• For the Students: Devise a project that is especially useful to high school and/or university students. This generation is super hooked on technology, so they’re a perfect audience!
• Health: Projects that aid in improving the mental or physical health of its user, or aim to help the healthcare industry.
• Smart Cities: Help make your city a better place by coming up with a project that innovates in housing, transportation, education, infrastructure, public safety, etc. Anything that you think provides a solution to help cities grow and/or deal with population demands can fit in the Smart Cities category!
• Tech for Change: Come up with a project that creates positive social impact by devising innovative solutions to help whatever cause(s) you are passionate about

If you are unsure if your idea falls under a category, feel free to ask in the "Discussions" tab!

• Level of Innovation
  Does the team target an existing problem? Is the proposal new and unique? Is it a real solution to a problem? Is the proposal consistent and significant to the problem?
• Business Value
  Does the issue affect a specific market? Is the proposal needed for a specific market? Is there a potential to grow the idea into something profitable?
• Learning
  Did the team expand themselves? Did they try to learn something extra? Which technologies/APIs/products/methods did they use that they didn't know before? As they are learning and having fun, that is a good hack!
• Teamwork and Collaboration
  Have all the members of the team worked together in the success of the project?
• Presentation
  How organized and structured is the presentation. How prepared are the presenters?
• Implementation
  Does the team have a working prototype? How complete is the implementation?