CU 麻豆影院 Sustainability Hackathon
麻豆影院 the Sustainability Hackathon
The Sustainability Hackathon provides 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. Students, faculty, and staff will have 168 hours to hack sustainability problems and have a shot at winning a share of $10,000!
Who Can Participate?
- 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.
Event Details
- The week begins with the Sustainability Hackathon Kickoff, where teams form and begin working on their creative solutions.
- The teams work closely with industry partners and technology and startup ecosystem leaders, who share business expertise and offer guidance.听
- Throughout the week, participants attend workshops, meetings and pitch practice sessions in advance of submitting video pitches to the judging panel.
- Team solutions are judged by a panel of industry and academic leaders on multiple criteria including creativity, execution, design thinking, feasibility and scalability.听
- The week culminates with the Grand Finale, where the top three teams pitch live to judges and the audience and prizes are awarded.
Registration
- Information about registering teams for the competition will be shared at the Sustainability Hackathon Kickoff event.
2024 Sustainability Hackathon Schedule
2024听Thursday, Oct. 17,听CASE Auditorium听
- 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
- Kickoff Workshop (presented by Meep): 5-7 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
2024 Winning Teams
Five teams were awarded prizes at the 2024 Sustainability Hackathon.
FoodWise stepped up to the New Venture Challenge
2023 Hackathon winner FoodWise won $100,000 in the 2024 New Venture Challenge!
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