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Hackathon

Developers, Designers, Insomniacs: do you have what it takes to build an app in 36 hours? Bring your laptops, phones, gadgets and dev tools to SocialDevCamp Chicago for the third annual hackathon challenge. Develop your own social app, present it and compete for your share of $7,500 in prizes. Winners will walk away with fame and fortune (results may vary).

We provide the space, Internet access, food and drinks. You bring the development tools and awesome ideas. Build something, have some food, compete for prizes, and meet some cool people along the way.

Follow These Steps to Register

  1. Register for the contest and form teams at Hackatopia
  2. Tweet about the event using #SDCChiHack
  3. Come to the kickoff party at Noble Tree Coffee and Tea on Friday, August 26th at 7:00pm.
  4. Build something great in under 30 hours.

Categories

  • Best Overall
  • Best Mobile
  • Best Open Source (Code must be made available to the public)
  • Best Student Submission (Active students must comprise at least 50% of team)
  • Best Design

Schedule

Friday, August 26, 2011

  • 7:00 PM – Kickoff Party at Noble Tree.
  • 9:00 PM – All-Night Coding Begins.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

  • 8:00 AM – Secure Hackathon Suite and head to conference center at DePaul.
  • 9:00 AM – Hackathon coding at conference center.
  • 5:00 PM – Dinner!
  • 9:00 PM – Another Coding All-Nighter at Noble Tree.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

  • 7:00 AM – Head to conference center.
  • 9:00 AM – Hackathon Team Presentations and Prizes.

Rules

  • Hackathon participants must be registered for the SocialDevCamp event.
  • Entries may only win in one category.
  • Applications should not be under development prior to the contest kickoff. Pre-existing code libraries and artifacts are allowed, but the spirit of the event encourages participants to build what they can in 30 hours.
  • The development tools, frameworks and application focus are entirely up to the participants.
  • Participants are expected to bring all tools and software necessary to build their entry. Organizers will provide caffeine and power strips, but you might want to bring your own.
  • If a category has no entries, that category becomes 1st (or 2nd or 3rd) runner-up to the best overall.
  • Rules are subject to change at the discretion of the Hackathon coordinators.