HackYeah 2020
This will be the sixth edition of the biggest stationary hackathon in Europe. HackYeah 2020 will be held worldwide on the internet, on November 27-29th. The tickets are free and the pool prize is at 355 000 PLN!
Hackathon brings together experts from various languages of programming. The main aim of HackYeah! is to find the solutions and technological tools that will make people’s reality easier and better. During every edition, the event brings together all creative brains, who have the real will of action and change. Thanks to the invaluable skills and bright ideas of the attendees, HackYeah hackathons always result in practical and unconventional projects that achieve desired goals by using the newest technologies.
What tasks can you be ready for?
At the nearest edition of HackYeah! attendees will be looking for solutions in many different areas. There will be two kinds of categories, in which they can try themselves. In open categories, HackYeah people can submit their ideas connected with the particular subject matter, when in Partner’s tasks attendees have to find the tool that will cover the specific requirements established by the Partner. Organizers reveal two open categories of HackYeah 2020:
- Zero Waste - supported by WWF Polska, the pool prize is 10 000 PLN
- Health - supported by Rak'n'Roll, pool prize is 10 000 PLN
Among the numerous Partner’s tasks, we can find:
- BGK Application Information Center - powered by The Main Partner, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, the pool prize is 65 000 PLN
- The platform for ESG applications - powered by The Main Partner, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, the pool prize is 35 000 PLN
- Innovation@Amazon Competition | Alexa Skills Kit Partners - powered by Technology Partner, Amazon Development Center Poland, the pool prize is 30 000 PLN
- Map of reported wild boar sightings - powered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the pool prize is 40 000 PLN
- “Follow the river to reach the sea”: increased risk offers detector - powered by the Ministry of Finance, the pool prize is 35 000 PLN
- “Treasury of the Taxpayer”: app for taxpayers - powered by the Ministry of Finance, the pool prize is 35 000 PLN
- “Digital Tax”: text to digital data converter - powered by the Ministry of Finance, the pool prize is 35 000 PLN
Partners of the hackathon are still working on new tasks. However, the total pool prize is now at 355 000 PLN!
All news appears regularly on HackYeah website and social media channels:
WWW: https://hackyeah.pl/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HackYeahPL/
Hack Yeah! - is it for me?
As always, the hackathon is open for everyone: UX-ers, programmers, graphic designers, product managers, developers, and all other creative folks! The attendees will have a total of 40 hours to work on widely understood ecology, zero waste and health topics. An additional incentive for participants is the chance to further develop their idea and implement it. Projects participating in the competition can be submitted individually or in teams of up to 6 people. Communication between participants, organizers, mentors and jurors will take place on the Discord channel, which you can join today: https://discord.com/invite/6fUb38V Every attendee can count on the support from mentors, concerning the technological matters as well as the ways of implementing ideas for solutions to the particular tasks.
