Dates

Hackathon dates are from June 18-20, 2022

Eligibility

All members of the team must sign up for the event online via Eventbrite Registration and the Official DEVPOST website in order to be eligible to participate in the event. Teams can be of any size, however, a maximum of 5 people per team will qualify for prizes if they win. The smallest team can be 1 person. Teams can consist of remote members. At least one person from the team must attend the virtual pitching session to present their team solution during the judging period.

Project and Submission Requirements

We utilize DevPost to manage project submissions for Judges. All projects must be submitted according to the event schedule and must meet the following conditions:

A short video is required. While professional equipment and production elements are not required, teams do need the means to create the video (ex. A smartphone will do just fine).
The project must provide a link to the public source code in Github.
All source code must be submitted under a permissive open source license. A qualifying permissive open source license is one of the following: Apache 2.0, MIT, or BSD 3-Clause.
The project’s source code must be publicly accessible via GitHub.
Please consult the Participant Guide on page 16 for more details on how to submit your project in full.

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

Projects will be evaluated based on score range of 0 to 5, following the criteria outlined below.

Impact	Does this solution address the problem in a highly significant way? How well does this project fit the needs of the challenge the team chose to tackle? How user friendly is the technology? How fully formed/mature is the idea?
Creativity	How creative is the team’s approach? Is the solution new? Does the break new ground (i.e. represent something that isn't being addressed by the market)? Does the project break from established design?
Complexity	How much progress did the team make during the event? Did they start from scratch or build on an existing solution? Is the solution complete and sufficiently complex to address the problem?
Product	How user friendly is the technology? How fully formed/mature is the idea? Can it be a “product”? Can it be extended into a bigger product or system (growth potential)?
Presentation	Did the team effectively communicate their solution? Did they tell the story of the project? And why it is important in a compelling way? How well did they respond to questions from judges (live pitch only)?