Sustainability Hackathon
Join us for the annual CU 麻豆影院 Sustainability Hackathon!听
Do you have ideas on how we can solve a sustainability issue? Do you lack an idea but want to be part of a team working on a solution? The sustainability hackathon will give you the opportunity to 鈥渉ack鈥 some of the sustainability issues our society is facing. Your solution to a problem could include technology or have no technology at all. The key is coming together with others who are passionate about solving problems, teaming up on a solution idea, and having fun in the process of building something to have an impact on the world. Oh, did we mention that the team that won the 2024 New Venture Challenge (and $100,000) was born at the 2023 sustainability hackathon? Thousands of dollars in prize money will be awarded!听
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Event Details
Judging Criteria
Teams will be judged on multiple criteria reflecting creativity, execution, design thinking, feasibility and scalability what they developed during the hackathon. Judging will be conducted by a panel of industry and academic leaders.
Registration
- Any actively enrolled CU 麻豆影院 student, staff or faculty member can register. In the spirit of collaboration, students from other Colorado universities are also invited to join. When teams are formed, there needs to be at least one CU 麻豆影院 student member on each competition team.
- Information about registering teams for the competition will be shared at the kickoff event.
- Industry partners and leaders from the technology industry and startup ecosystem will be involved throughout the event.
JOIN US for the Hackathon Kickoff on Oct. 17 and learn how to register your team!
Registration for the 2024 Sustainability Hackathon will open soon.
Hackathon Schedule Oct. 17-24
2024听Thursday, Oct. 17,听CASE Auditorium听鈥
- Kickoff:听6-7 p.m.
- Introduce the hackathon rules, agenda, mentors, etc.
- Have last year鈥檚 winners present
- Introduce sponsors
- Introduce industry partners and their projects
- Idea Builder:听7-8 p.m.
- Teams form based on ideas expressed
- Mentors present to help build ideas
- Hackathon officially starts at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 18
- Lunch Hack: 11a.m.-1 p.m.
- Networking鈥擳eams looking to connect with other people to flesh out their team
- Meep Kickoff Workshop: 4-6 p.m.
- Vision/Mission, Assumptions, Metrics, Visionary Mindset听and Defining Success
Saturday, Oct. 19
- Breakfast Hack: 9-11 a.m.
- Teams come together and meet mentors to start building their ideas
- Hack Space: 1-5 p.m.
- Provide a space with a few mentors where teams and work and build
Sunday, Oct. 20
- Meep Workshop (w/dinner): 2-7 p.m.
- 2-3:30 p.m. 鈥撎鼵ustomer Journey Mapping, Refining MVP Scope, UX Strategy, and Wireframing
- 4-5 p.m. 鈥撎齀ntro to No-Code, Choosing Your Tools, Prototype Development Best Practices
- 5:30-7 p.m. 鈥撎鼴uilding Your Financial Model
- 7 p.m. on... Work Time with mentors from Meep (Finance, Business & Product Strategy, UX, No-Code, etc.)
Monday, Oct. 21
- Workspace鈥擯resentation Prep: 5-8 p.m.
- Mentors available
Tuesday, Oct. 22
- Pitch Practice and Pitch Recording: 4-8听p.m.
- Mentorship
- Provide slide deck template
- 6 p.m. on... Group MVP Testing Session, Work Time & Pitch Practice with Meep mentors
Thursday, Oct. 24 (CASE Auditorium)
- Hack Submissions Due: 7 a.m.
- Video Pitch
- Executive summary
- Final Presentations: 6-8 p.m.
- Finalists' pitches
- Judging
- Awards听
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