About the challenge

Join our Mini-Hackathon! The point of this short hack is to practice iterating fast + rapid prototyping + learning how to work in a team under pressure + consuming lots of caffeine to get through it all. The scale and ideas would be smaller, but you'll still go through all the steps of a full hackathon! Bonus- you don't need to have any prior experience- so if you've always wanted to learn, this is your chance!

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Teams at the WiE Hackathon will be provided with the following case question: How can we encourage more women and girls to break into the STEM Industry? We want to see your best ideas that solve problems faced by the communities across the globe or Canada and anything else you think will make the world we live in a little brighter!

Requirements

What to Build

Anything that addresses the following theme: How can we encourage more women and girls to break into the STEM Industry?

What to Submit on Devpost

  1. Inspiration - explain the importance of the problem, your thought process, and any design inspiration
  2. What it does - what does your project do? How do users use it?
  3. How the project was built /tools used - how did you create it?
  4. What’s next - what's next for the project? How would this idea be further developed in the future?
  5. Video demo of the project (1-2 mins) - Record a video showing the functionality of your project. Audio/sound is not required. The purpose of the video is to simply make a record of your project and for others teams to view it, in case they did not get the chance to view in-person. 

Devpost Submission Deadline: November 12 @ 6:30pm

 

Presentation/Live Judging - 7:00pm

Live judging will take place in the Event Space (E7 second floor) starting at 7:00pm. Please set up and be ready to pitch/demo your project with your team at this time. Judges will be coming around to hear your pitch/demo! Your pitch/demo should be max 3 mins long. Slides/PowerPoint presentation is optional.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$CAD 2,240 in prizes
Hacker's Choice - Most voted project by other participants
1 winner

Echo Dots for each member on the winning team.

3rd Best Overall
1 winner

Drones for each member on the winning team.

2nd Best Overall
1 winner

Portable Printers & Film for each member on the winning team.

1st Best Overall
1 winner

AirPods (3rd gen) for each member on the winning team.

Cup Stacking Competition Winners
1 winner

Portable Bluetooth Keyboards for each member on the winning team.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

StackAdapt

StackAdapt

Sentry

Sentry

Judging Criteria

  • Problem Explanation and Design Inspiration
    Did they explain the importance of the problem, their thought process, and design inspiration?
  • Solution
    Did they properly explain how the solution would fix the problem?
  • Usability
    Is this project usable for users? Will this solution help users live better lives?
  • Originality
    How unique is the concept of the solution?
  • Technical Difficulty
    What was the technical difficulty level of their solution?
  • Functionality
    Does the product function as intended? Is it robust and easy to interact with?
  • Related to theme
    How can we encourage more women and girls to break into the STEM Industry?
  • Business Aspect
    Clear value proposition?
  • Presentation
    How well was the project presented? Did it give a good idea of its purpose? Did it make the project more compelling?
  • Aesthetics
    Is the product aesthetically pleasing?
  • Pitch limited to 3 mins
    Was the presentation within the allotted time?

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