Name: Codebrew 2022
Start: 2022-04-21T01:00:00.000-04:00
End: 2022-04-23T01:45:00.000-04:00
Location: Codebrew 2022

Codebrew is CISSA’s annual flagship hackathon for students.

Ticket Purchase: Codebrew 2022 Ticket on Eventbrite

Official website: https://codebrew.com.au/

Team Registration: ONE person from each team to fill out this Google Form

Online venue/Discord (team-finding, announcements, socials): CISSA Discord Server

In-person venue: Arts West. If you'd like to meet up with your team members physically and work on your project together, we have rooms availble for you here!

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Codebrew welcomes all students regardless of skill level to work through an exhilarating and rewarding 48 hours in a team environment, to experience the joy of coming up with innovative ideas, and the joy of building new things.

With the goal of our hackathon being to develop the participants’ technical knowledge, we will also be holding workshops on topics related to UI/UX design, web development, version control etc. leading up to and during the event. Experienced mentors from industry leaders such as Optiver, Atlassian, IMC, ANZ etc. will also be present to provide participants with guidance and offer expert opinions on their ideas.

Come sign up and try your hand at developing and creating innovative technological solutions to contemporary issues in this ever-changing world!

This year's hackathon will take place over the weekend of the mid-sem break, where teams comprised of 3-5 students will create a software project under the given theme of “A Green Future”. Participants are asked to brainstorm ideas under 3 different tracks under the given theme:

Track 1: Carbon & Energy

Global carbon emissions have become an increasingly prominent problem and little has changed in the way our world handles energy storage and production. This track is everything related to bolstering clean energy sources and reducing carbon emissions. Hackers are encouraged to brainstorm ideas on how to promote cleaner transportation, optimise energy usage within the home, inform people about carbon emissions, and promote renewable energy sources.

Track 2: Waste

The resource production of the modern world is nothing like anything history has witnessed. This drives our comfortable lives but also results in unprecedented waste production. This track is all about utilising technology to reduce our impact on the environment. Hackers are urged to formulate ideas on how to bolster recycling, reduce usage of products with harmful waste, lessen the consumption of single use items and promote composting.

Track 3: Food and nutrition

Obesity and diet related health issues are a prominent problem and food production takes its toll on the earth. This track prompts for technology to be employed to assist people to adjust to a healthier lifestyle for them and for the earth. Hackers are prompted to create solutions to inform people about the benefits of a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle, make this lifestyle more accessible and ensure they are able to maintain it.

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How will Codebrew work?

This year, Codebrew will be coming in a hybrid format! This means that you can either participate online or in-person. So then how is everything going to work?

Hacking:

In-person: Arts West. There are rooms available for your team to get together and work on your project. You are free to come and go from the venue whenever you want. These are open from 1:00pm - 9:30pm on Thursday the 21st and 8am Friday 22nd - 5pm Saturday 23rd (Yes we are letting you stay overnight! However, if you leave after 9:30pm you will be locked out).
Online: Announcements and updates will be sent on the CISSA Discord. We highly recommend you create a group chat on your platform of choice to communicate with your teammates.

Workshops:

Fully Online: The workshops leading up to Codebrew will be held on zoom.

Mentoring:

In-person: There will be mentors at Arts West that are happy to help you with your project.

Online: Online mentoring will take place on our Discord server.

Food:

In-person: There will be free food provided to participants at Arts west.
Online: You will receive a food delivery voucher totalling the same amount of food that an in-person participant will receive.

Presentations, judging and ceremonies

In-person: They will be held in a lecture hall on campus.

Online: These will be streamed online

Can I have a team of both online and in-person people?

Of course! Your team composition can be anything you’d like.

Lastly, we highly recommend you to drop in to our venue at Arts West if you’re able to, as this is our first hackathon since 2019 where we are able to meet physically!

Schedule

Pre-hack workshops

Mon 18th 2-3pm: Git workshop
Tues 19th 5:30-6:30pm: UI/UX workshop
Wed 20th 10-11:30am: Intro to web workshop

Main event

Thurs 21st

Fri 22nd

Sat 23rd

Sun 24th

12:00-12:30pm: Opening ceremony at Arts West and online.

12:30pm: Team formation session (both online and in-person)

1:30pm: HACKING STARTS

2:00pm: Floating mentoring starts

6:30pm: Pizza Dinner

9:30pm: Arts West closes

Floating mentoring and hacking continues throughout the day.

8:00am: Arts West opens

12:00pm: BBQ Lunch

6:30pm: Guzman Y Gomez Dinner

Arts West stays open overnight, however you will not be able to re-enter if you leave after 9:30pm.

Arts West stays open from Friday night.

12:00pm: Subway Lunch

3:00pm: HACKING ENDS

3:30-4:30pm: Board games afternoon

9:00am: Finalists revealed and finalists start working on live pitch.

2:00-4:00pm: Final presentations and judging

4:00-5:00pm: Casual networking and socialising

Requirements

ROUND 1: Video Pitch (Due 3pm Saturday 23rd April on Devpost)

Codebrew 2022 will be using Devpost to showcase your projects and ensure smooth running of the judging process. All teams are required to make a valid submission on Devpost for Round 1 judging. A valid submission in Round 1 is constituted by:

URL link to a publicly visible Github repository that contains all of the code developed for your project.
URL link to a 3-5 minute long pitch video that showcases your project. Any platform that allows the video to be publicly viewed is accepted, e.g. Youtube / Google Drive / Vimeo etc.
Complete project submission on DevPost, including a submission title (we recommend using your project name + a simple tagline for this), photos/videos for your project gallery, and the project description.

ROUND 2: Live Pitch (6pm Sunday 24th April on Zoom)

Zoom link to the pitching session (also in-person at Arts West, Forum Theatre): https://unimelb.zoom.us/j/81035689737?pwd=VG5wZGg4YUltWHZLZEtPTk5aZWVRZz09

Top 2 teams from each track will be announced at 9am Sunday 24th April on all Codebrew socials (FB event, Discord, Codebrew website, Devpost). The 6 teams must prepare a pitch by 6pm Sunday 24th April. The order of presentation will be drawn randomly and announced along with the Top 2 teams from each track. The live pitch will be observed by all Codebrew judges and fellow competitors.

Live pitch must be no longer than 5 minutes per team, followed by 5 minutes of QnA time. All Codebrew judges and fellow competitors will observe the pitch.

Judges will be given a score sheet to fill out during and after each pitch. The score sheet follows the same judging criteria as published on Devpost. Therefore, we recommend building your pitch according to how your product responds to the criterias.