Eligibility

  • Anyone in the Edmonton/Alberta area
  • Teams must be 3-6 people
  • Prizes that have a job shadow are ineligible to people employed in the tech industry

Work Nicer Space

  • We will have a volunteer there to opperate the coffee machine! Ask them for help before you make coffee
  • Do not sit at the red dots
  • Do not at the ergonomic chairs
  • Do not go into the office rooms or rooms with closed doors
  • If someone who pays for the coworking space comes in and needs to use the space, they take priority
  • If there are not enough tabes per team, be nice and share tables. If there still arent enough tables, you might also want to check out the public library (come back for food)

Using AI to code

  • le sigh :(

Project and Submission Requirements

  • Need a somewhat working demo
  • Must follow rules of the category you picked
  • Need a 3 minute presentation (we will be cutting people off)
  • Only work done during the time period of the hackathon will be considered. If you submit work done prior you will be disqualified. 

Job Shadow Time Restrictions

  • The Jobber Job shadow will probably be either December 4th, 5th, 10th or January
  • The Drivewyze Job shadow will hopefull be able to be done during reading week. 

 

Schedule

Friday:

  • 6:00pm - 6:30pm: Sign Ups, Network.. Etc
  • 6:30pm - 6:45pm: Start Program - Introduction, Talk about: Rules, Prizes, Sponsors, and Housekeeping stuff
  • 7:00pm - 10:00pm: Team Forming, Brainstorming, Snacking

Saturday:

  • 9am - 12pm: Teams begin working
  • 12pm - 1pm: Lunch
  • 1pm - 5pm: Teams Continue working
  • 6pm - 7pm: Dinner (
  • 7pm - 10pm: Working and finishing up, teams discussions for last day clean up

Sunday:

  • 9am - 12pm: Teams begin working
  • 12pm - 1pm: Snacks
  • 1pm - 2pm: Finishing touches
  • 2pm - 2:30pm: Teams prep for presentation
  • 2:30pm - 3:30pm: Opening words +Presentations, thank sponsors again
  • 3:30pm - 4:30pm: Voting
  • 4:30pm - 5:00pm: Prizes and closing words, clean up leave


Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

Popular vote by the crowd (open to anyone with a devpost account)