About this event
►What's #Hackathon about?
30 hours hackathon, starting from Saturday 11:00am to Sunday 5:00pm
Beginning on Saturday, attendees will form their team and start hacking on their idea. Over the weekend, all team will focus on brainstorming, product development & creating a prototype. All the teams will be presenting their product to judging panels and receiving feedback on Sunday evening.
►Challenges & Prizes
3 tracks for challenges including a general track, cashless society track & also a social impact track, competing for a total prize pool of RM20,000.00 cash prizes + other exciting prizes from the sponsors & partners.
Grand Prize : RM8,000.00 (eligible for all tracks) First Runner-Up : RM4,000.00 (eligible for all tracks) Special Track Prize : Cashless Society : RM3,000.00 Special Track Prize : Social Impact : RM3,000.00 Special Prize - Crowd Favourite : RM2,0000.00 (eligible for all tracks)
Cashless Society Track :
The Goal : Create a solution (technology / software / hardware / etc) to enable Malaysians to adopt the concept of cashless society at a wider & faster phase. It could be an idea that builds on top of existing solutions / it could be something radical / totally innovative / disruptive to the current cashless ecosystem.
Social Impact Track :
The Goal : Create a project that solves social problems in the country and create a positive impact to the society with a compelling story to change Malaysia for good and connecting people with the common purpose. The idea can be, but not limited to problems such as tackling food waste, helping refugees connecting to the society, enabling the non-urban community with technology, bringing social entrepreneurs to investors & etc.
General Track :
The Goal : Create a project that solves real live problems with innovative solutions gives a plus! But generally anything that's cool / fun to be worked on, it could even be a game / hardware / something silly, but most importantly, we just want to have fun and encourage innovation & creativity.
Prizes
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- $8000.0
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RM8000 Cash Prize + Others (TBA)
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- RM4000.0
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RM4000 Cash Prize + Others (TBA)
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- RM3000.0
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RM3000 Cash Prize + Others (TBA)
Schedule
- Friday
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10:00am Registration
10:30am Briefing
11:00am Hackathon Starts!
01:00pm Lunch
06:00pm Dinner
08:00pm Breakout Session
12:00am All Night Hacking
- Saturday
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08:00am Breakfast
01:00pm Lunch
05:00pm Hackathon Ends
05:00pm 1st Round Pitching (Cashless & Social Impact Tracks)
05:30pm Tech Check (All Tracks)
06:00pm Arrival of Guest & Welcome Speech
06:15pm Final Presentation
07:30pm Voting & Winner Announcement
07:50pm Group Photo
08:00pm Dinner & Networking
Rules
Fresh Code. We all start coding at the same time. You’re allow to do idea validation, wireframe, digital mockup, logo designs. It’s ok to HACK! Use tools, tricks, shortcut, git reposito...