The 3rd U.S.-China iHackathon is coming to the Valley! This year, with IBM, GitHub, Unity, Windows Azure and Canva dancing with us in the prize pool, we have packed a grand prize worth $5,000 value for the winning team.
When: Friday, August 8th - Sunday, August 10th
Where: InnoSpring, 2901 Tasman Drive, Suite 107, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Who: Developers, UI&UX designers and founders who are looking to showcase their skills and network with serial entrepreneurs, influential investors and industry visionaries
Weekend Perks: Free wifi and free food for hackers
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If you have any questions about the event, please feel free to contact the InnoSpring team at info@innospring.net.
*You may go solo or team up with others. Team of up to 5 members are allowed.
Eligibility
Participants must be physically present at InnoSpring (Santa Clara).
You all start coding at the same time. You may prepare and work on your design, logo, wireframes, idea validation, digital mockups and user flows before the Hackathon. However, NO coding can be done beforehand, so that we can keep things fair.
Requirements
We encourage creative ideas including (but not limited to) O2O, software-hardware, cloud computing, and games.
You may go solo or team up with others. Team of up to 5 members are allowed.
You all start coding at the same time. NO coding can be done beforehand, so that we can keep things fair.
You will demo your product for 7 minutes followed by a 1-minute Q&A. Projects will be judged on their originality, creativity, viability, and technological difficulty. Don’t be scared if you didn’t finish… it’s okay as long as you tried your best.
Prizes
Grand Prize
Cash Prize: $1000 (Online voting for U.S.-China teams);
IBM Cloud Hosting Service (worth $2,500);
Github Developer Plan (worth $600);
Three month free co-working space at InnoSpring (worth $1,000);
Canva Designer VIP Access;
Exclusive dinner with our VIP guests.
Second Place
IBM Cloud Hosting Service (worth $2,000);
Github Developer Plan (worth $300);
Two month free co-working space at InnoSpring (worth $500);
Canva Designer VIP Access;
Exclusive dinner with our VIP guests.
Third Place
IBM Cloud Hosting Service (worth $1,000);
Github Developer Plan (worth $150);
One month free co-working space at InnoSpring (worth $250);
Canva Designer VIP Access;
Exclusive dinner with our VIP guests.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
Apply and get more information on our website: http://en.ihackathon.org/
Judges
Russ Glenn
Chief Strategist, InnoSpring
Shangpin Chang
Co-Founder, CTO of DewMobile (Zapya)
Milind Karnik
President & Cofounder, Argil
Lennart Frantzell
IBM Cloud and Mobile Architect
Judging Criteria
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Originality
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Creativity
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Viability
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Technological Difficulty
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