WNY Civic Hackathon is an initiative to bring developers from WNY to come and work on an application and/or a software product to help WNY potentially grow. The topics in focus for the event are civic themed including: Housing & Blight, Transportation and Public Policy & Advocacy.
This initiative aims to unite developers in the greater WNY region to develop mobile apps serving community needs while demonstrating how mobile technologies can lead to the next generation of tech jobs and investment!
Requirements
Demos
All teams are encouraged to submit their hack. At least one team member should be present in order to give a demo on Sunday for the hack to be presented.
Demos of your hack include but are not restricted to: Live Demos, Presentations, Code.
Hack Submissions should be straightforward and easy to understand.
Time Limit
Each demo should be not more than 300 seconds (5 minutes). Presenters will be told ahead of time and will be told how much time remains during the presentation.
Prizes
Grand Prize
Second Place
Third Place
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
Participants are requested to pre-register for the event using EventBrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wny-civic-hackathon-tickets-17039321068
Judges
Sabrina Ramsey
CEO of Insight International
Dr. Varun Chandola
Assistant Professor, UB CS Dept.
Judging Criteria
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Ease of Use
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Design
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Civic Themed
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