This is already the 4th Women in Tech Hackathon organized yearly by Riga TechGirls.

 

This year's Women in Tech Hackathon is an opportunity to explore the intersection of resources, energy and efficiency. Participants will have the chance to work with experts from different industries to develop innovative solutions to solve today's most pressing challenges in these fields. Teams will be challenged to explore new ideas and create new technologies that can help create a more sustainable future. At the end of the hackathon, participants will present their ideas to an esteemed panel of judges, who will award the most successful projects with prizes.

 

Anyone and everyone is welcome to join in, create teams, meet new people along the way and turn your ideas into practical prototypes. We always aim to make these events as inclusive and friendly as possible - men and women alike are welcome to participate. Apart from the hackathon, we will organize additional workshops on specific tools, prototyping and pitching to help you gain new skills along the way. 

 

The hackathon will take place in a hybrid format, in person and online. 

Location: University of Latvia, House of Nature, Jelgavas Street 1, Riga, Latvia

Please register here if you wish to participate: https://ej.uz/Registration_Hackathon

 

The Women in Technology Hackathon 2023 is organized by Riga TechGirls and supported by ATEA, Printify and the Dutch Embassy in Riga.

 

Requirements

In order to submit an idea  you need to form a team until Friday 10th of March 20:00 and post your teams initial idea, project, teammates here in Devpost by adding your idea. 

Final submission deadline for all the projects is March 12, 14:00 EET.  All teams will have to prepare a video for the final presentations that includes:

  • A video of them telling about what has been achieved

  • A recording of their screen showing what you have created 

  • A presentation with a voice-over describing their project

The demo video should include:

  • Introduction and team (~30sec)

  • Problem you are solving (~30sec)

  • Solution and your users/clients (~25sec)

  • Demo/prototype you’ve built (sketch of your website/app/hardware/solution/code etc) (~60-65sec)

  • What are your future plans (~30sec)

At least one teammate has to be there in person at the Final Presentations to answer any of the jurys questions!

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

€2,300 in prizes
1st Prize Winner
1 winner

1000EUR Cash Prize + RIGA COMM TICKETS

2nd Prize Winner
1 winner

300EUR Cash Prize + RIGA COMM TICKETS

3rd Prize Winner
1 winner

200EUR Cash Prize + RIGA COMM TICKETS

Team Efficiency Challenge ATEA Prize
1 winner

500EUR MONEY PRIZE

Resource Efficiency Challenge Printify Prize
1 winner

Chance to win Riga TechGirls Merch + TechChill Tickets

Energy Efficiency Challenge Embassy of Netherlands Prize
1 winner

Special Prize from The Embassy of Netherlands

Startup Wise Guys Pre-Accelerator Programme
1 winner

A chance for one team to get a space in the Startup Wise Guys Pre Accelerator Programme

RIMI PRIZE
1 winner

Gifts cards from RIMI for their favourite team

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Liga Letina

Liga Letina
Printify

Pauls Jansons

Pauls Jansons
ATEA

Deivids Tenis

Deivids Tenis
University of Latvia

Judging Criteria

  • Originality
    - Uniqueness and features of product/process/service - Degree to which the product/process/service is disruptive
  • Progress
    - Has the team put in extra effort and challenged themselves during the hackathon - How far have the team progressed with the project during the hackathon
  • Potential impact of the outcome
    - Is there a problem being solved by the solution - Is the idea viable outside of the hackathon
  • Demo
    - How good is the demo (how hard has the team worked)

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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