Hackathon

Where and when does this happen?

Join any time starting Thursday, 20th April, 9h00 CEST until Saturday, 22nd of April, 14h30 CEST.

All registered participants will be provided access to a online hackathon room.

What do I get by participating?

• Develop your creativity, put your ideas to the test and showcase your talent
• Interact and network with other like-minded teams online
• Have the opportunity to establish long-lasting connections
• Be the first to try out and give feedback on the new tools developed in the scope of iPRODUCE.

What can I win?

• Get featured in a high-visibility magazine or publication of your choice (*)
• Showcase your product in a video across the iPRODUCE network and media channels.
• Bag with iPRODUCE merchandise.

(*) Selection from a predefined list.

Hackathon agenda

Please check the agenda and times according to where and how you are participating.

• Joining at the Italian cMDF: Activities start Thursday (20 April) at 9:00 CET and end Friday (21 April) at 17:00 CEST.
• Joining at the Spanish cMDF: Activities start Thursday (20 April) at 9:00 CET and end Friday (21 April) at 14:30 CEST.
• Joining at the French cMDF: Activities start Friday (21 April) at 9:00 CET and end Saturday (21 April) at 14:30 CEST.
• Joining at the German cMDF: Activities start Friday (21 April) at 9:00 CET and end Saturday (21 April) at 14:30 CEST.
• Joining at the Greek cMDF: Activities start Friday (21 April) at 9:00 CET and end Saturday (21 April) at 14:30 CEST.

Meet our speakers!

While you're busy crafting your solution, we'll also have some inspiring talks that all participants can tune in to. Meet our speakers below!

Vanessa Julia Carpenter (CIO @ Gagarin)

Speaking Friday 21 April, 9:00 CEST

As the Chief Innovation Officer at Gagarín, Vanessa brings Gagarin's 27 years of experience in creating #immersive, #engaging, #interactive exhibitions. Vanessa is a catalyst for change and has launched the Nordic network, Women in Hardware and founded Kintsugi Design, a hardware design studio. Her ability to inspire, educate and provoke change has made her a sought-after keynote speaker and workshop holder.

About Vanessa's talk:

Vanessa will introduce illutron, GeekPhysical, Copenhagen Grotesque Burlesque, IdemoLab and Kintsugi Design - three places using prototyping which are part of the maker movement. She will share over 40 examples in a rapid-fire format with considerations for how to design for meaningful interactions with technology in a quick and dirty way using the classic IDEO prescription of “Right, Rapid, Rough.”

What can you win by participating in the hackathon?

Whether you participate locally at one of our cMDFs or online, the winners get:

• Featured in the high-visibility magazine "Manufacturing and Engineering Magazine"
• Showcase your product in a video across the iPRODUCE network and media channels.

• Each team/ participant is responsible for bringing their own computers (laptop). Minimum technical specifications for the laptop are:
  • 4GB RAM Minimum
  • 6+GB RAM Ideal
  • Chrome-based browser and/or firefox is recommended
    
• If the participation is made fully online, the participants must have a good/stable Wi-Fi connection

• Participants will be required to submit a brief product profile describing their idea, the OpIS tools used, and provide some images of their process and idea. Optionally, participants can also record and submit a small video (3 minutes max.) where they pitch the work developed during the hackathon. This video can be recorded using a mobile phone, as long as the image is visible and stable and the sound is clear.

Evaluation criteria

The solutions developed as part of the iPRODUCE Hackathon will be evaluated according to 5 criteria:

• Criteria 1 (Weighting - 15%) - Innovativeness and creativity of results/ Wow Factor. We celebrate innovativeness and creativity! Has the team/ individual come up with an idea for a project that sounds exciting and challenging to tackle?
• Criteria 2 (Weighting - 30%) - OpIS Tools used in developing the solution. Has the project been able to use multiple tools and to what extent? Judges will verify the tools that participants are able to successfully use.
• Criteria 3 (Weighting - 15%) - Transferability of results.  Has the project been able to demonstrate transferable results which can be used in the future or in the market?
• Criteria 4 (Weighting - 25%) - Presentation of results/ Informative Demo. The team/ individual will have 3 minutes to present their results/ product live or via their product profile and cogently and concisely tell us about any problems encountered, the solutions introduced, the tools leveraged and the lessons learned.
• Criteria 5 (Weighting - 15%) - Completeness of results/ Execution. To what extent did the team/ individual successfully execute upon the project concept over the course of the hackathon?

Note: With the exception of criteria 2, which has its own evaluation, criteria (1,3,4 & 5) will be scored using a scale of 1 - Very Insufficient to 5 - Excellent.

Hackathon Guidelines Presentation

The Hackathon Guidelines Presentation provides a summary of the main concept of the hackathon, the agenda, the tools that participants can explore and use during the hackathon, the process to evaluate the participations, and much more.

👉 Access the presentation here

Ownership rights

The participants own the intellectual property rights of the original idea and work they develop as part of the participation in the hackathon. iPRODUCE or any of its partners will not own the rights or the ideas developed, regardless of the idea being awarded or not. iPRODUCE and its partners, independently of the type of involvement in and contribution to the development of the idea, will not own any part of the idea or design, unless a written agreement or transfer of rights is implemented by the participants and all parties, including those of iPRODUCE.

For any further information about the hackathon, please reach out through our contact form.