Ready to turn a wild idea into a real thing in just one weekend? 🚀
CISSA’s hackathon: CATALYST is happening! 🔥 This is our annual sem 2 hackathon where you team up and build a tech project from the ground up. Think code, creativity, and a whole lot of food and refreshments.
It doesn’t matter if you’re a coding wizard or have literally never written code before - Catalyst is a perfect beginner-friendly environment to improve your dev skills!
CATALYST IS CISSA’S SECOND ANNUAL FLAGSHIP HACKATHON FOR STUDENTS.
Ticket Purchase: Catalyst 2025 Ticket on Humanitix
Team Registration: ONE person from each team to fill out this Google Form
Online venue/Discord (team-finding, announcements, socials): Catalyst Discord Server
Requirements
Submission Deadline: Sunday 6th September 5.00 PM
[ IMPORTANT: Devpost requires a ZIP file when making your submission, compress your pitch deck (presentation slides) and upload them ]
Catalyst 2025 will be using Devpost to showcase your projects and ensure smooth running of the judging process. All submissions should include the following:
- An explanation of your project, background information, and the process of developing your idea.
- URL link to a PUBLICLY VISIBLE Github page showing your project code.
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URL link to a pitch video that showcases your project (5 minutes MAX). Any platform that allows the video to be publicly viewed is accepted, e.g. Youtube / Google Drive / Vimeo etc.
- If you have deployed a website, please also provide the URL of your website.
Please ensure that your project submission contains a submission title (we recommend using your project name + a simple tagline for this), photos/videos for your project gallery, and the project description.
Prizes
Best Overall
Best Product
Best Tech
Best Track 1
Best Track 2
Best Track 3
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
TBC
Judging Criteria
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Technology [20%]
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Creativity and Innovation [40%]
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UI/UX Design [20%]
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Presentation [20%]
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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