WeCanCode HACKACTHON Mexico 2016

For the third consecutive year, WeCanCode along with the partnership of Advancio, will join forces on September 23 and 24 to host Hack Mexico 2016 in the city of Ensenada.

Coders, engineers, designers, inspiring entrepreneurs, and brilliant minds from the nation will gather for 24 hours to form a tech hub at Cetys University Campus Ensenada.

Students, seasoned programmers, and thought geniuses will gather to develop a project of their choice to showcase their coding capabilities, pitch skills, and ultimately, their ability to produce a fully and capable product or service, and deploy it to market. If this task were not challenging enough, teams will go up against four judging criteria: innovation of the idea, functional implementation, overall quality and visual appeal, and overall market impact.

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Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$11,500 in prizes

1st Prize Winners

1st Prize winners will receive a prize valued at $5000 and a WCC HACK Title

2nd Prize Winners

2nd Prize winners will receive a prize valued at $4000 and a WCC HACK Title

3rd Prize Winners

3rd Prize winners will receive a prize valued at $2500 and a WCC Hack Title

Popular Prize Winners

Prized as the popular vote for WCC Hack Mx 2016

Eligibility

"WeCanCode Hack" focuses primarily on students and graduates , but computer field professionals are welcomed to join. Ninjas that are self taught with experience are also encouraged to join.

If you have a vision, passion to get things started, and the hardwork/determination to create change, you are what we are looking for!

Requirements

A good presentation will have a project description and an explanation of their ultimate goaland impact to the community. Demonstration should include a demo video showing the protype or project. All demonstrations will be given in presentation format.

Examples of demonstrations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc9ex20akTY

How to enter

Visit Registration link:

Once you reach the page, elect one of three options for registration:

1. Participate individually

2. Join a Team

3. Form your team

Judges

Karim Jernite
CEO and Founder, Advancio

Eme Morato
Dev.F

Victor Valle
Litekey

Judging Criteria

Quality and Innovation of the Idea
On a scale from 1-5 grade each submission on elements of creativity and originality. -Was the idea original? -is there similar products on the market? -have you heard of a similar solution?
Functional Implementation
On a scale from 1-5 grade each submission on elements of execution. -How well was the idea was executed? -Workable protype? -Frameworks used? -Technical Difficulty?
Overall Visual Appeal
On a scale from 1-5 grade each submission on elements of graphical design, typography, and visual aesthetics. -UI/UX experience -Color templates -graphical elements
Overall Impact
On a scale from 1-5 measure how helpful the project will be for the community. society -does the submission solve a relevant issue? -is submission viable? executable? useful? -will the submission cause an impact?