Meet 500+ developers, designers, and entrepreneurs of every skill level and focus. Connect with industry tech luminaries. Learn new skills. Invent your future! Bring your own team, join a team, or spontaneously create your own team. This is a must-attend event for anyone involved in software development, graphic design, interface design, business development, and/or project management.
Eligibility
Any currently enrolled student from high school though graduate school can compete. Teams can be formed at the event or beforehand.
Requirements
Projects will fall into one of the following categories for judging and awarding:
Innovation: any project that tackles a problem or idea with a unique technical solution. For example, a game for finding roommates, an app for finding an exercise class, a website that collects and shows data for a cause, etc.
Tech Cares: any project with a focus on solving social, agricultural, or environmental issues. Winners will be able to donate to their favorite non-profit from a separate fund from Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County.
Labor Tech: a project that helps companies improve working conditions.
Prizes
Innovation Category
Labor Tech Category
Tech Cares Category
Google Nexus 9 Tablet
People's Choice Award.
Google Cardboard Kit
Participate in challenge events during the hackathon for a chance to win.
GoPro HERO
Participate in challenge events during the hackathon for a chance to win.
OM/ONE Levitating Speaker
Participate in challenge events during the hackathon for a chance to win.
Sphero BB-8 Droid
Participate in challenge events during the hackathon for a chance to win.
Amazon.com $50 Gift Card
Participate in challenge events during the hackathon for a chance to win.
Warriors Ticket
Participate in challenge events during the hackathon for a chance to win.
Most Innovative Viral App (Seabright Companies)
Winning team will receive an iPad Pro or $1000.
Best Pebble App (Pebble)
Up to 5 Pebbles valued @ $100 each.
Best Virtual Reality App (SeeBright)
SeeBright will award team with up to 4 headsets.
Best Calliope App (Calliope)
Up to 4 water monitors.
Best Inboard App (Inboard)
1 skateboard for winning team. Ask for 50% off for other team
members.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Christian Sepulveda
Seabright Companies
Toby Corey
Tuul
Tamara Kuhn
ETR
Brandon Allgood
Numerate, Inc.
Will Mayall
John Roberts
X2Engine, Inc.
Andrew Van Valer
Slingshot SV
Karanveer Mohan
Palantir Technologies
Peter Newton
Cisco Cloud Collaboration Design Group
Regina Firpo-Triplett
dfusion Inc.
Wedge Martin
Vivo Technology Inc
Melissa Liu
Joshua Jacob Mezher
Hydrogarden Industry Innovations
Vivek Agrawal
Joshua Bradley
Michael Kaye
Judging Criteria
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Innovation Criteria
View Innovation Criteria Here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ISVTjVJsaonJRMIpoG2mLJwtlgu6gSsZOSYSv7WYkas/edit?usp=sharing -
Tech Cares Criteria
View Tech Cares Criteria Here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Be680tUmZHhTgPJLMaie0AFIobuQ6NMns_5_cnz25LU/edit?usp=sharing -
Labor Criteria
View Labor Criteria Here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ougIOu6ywdkdbF4edX6SWy-IyuzikiNuS2Il53zZhpw/edit?usp=sharing
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