We're inviting more than 300 of the brightest students in the area to come together to create awesome software and hardware projects within 24 hours. We'll then judge the projects at the end of the event for prizes!
We'll provide the food, resources, swag, and mentorship, all for free, to fuel you for the duration of the event. You'll hear cool tech talks and meet amazing guest speakers from the top tech startups and companies in the world. The only thing that we need from you is a will to learn! We hope to see you there!
Eligibility
Any high schooler can participate! If you're starting college in the fall, you can participate, too!
Requirements
Submit your hack with your team members' names. Write a small blurb about what your hack does and how you made it!
Prizes
$3,385 in prizes
1st Place
4 Amazon Echoes + $200 DigitalOcean Credit
2nd Place
4 Pebble Watches + $200 DigitalOcean Credit
3rd Place
4 DKnight Speakers + 4 Chromecasts + $200 DigitalOcean Credit
Best Social Hack
10 Movie Tickets
Best Microsoft Hack
4 Dell Venue Pro Tablets
Best Use of Location Data
4 Ayra Wireless Bluetooth Speakers
Best Sense360 Hack
Lunch with the Co-Founders of Sense360 (Eli Portnoy and Kamil Mroczek)
Best AddThis Hack
Invitation to the Premier Summer 2016 AddThis Hackathon
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
You are only eligible to participate if you registered for DCHacks.
Judges
Matt Abrams
Chief Technology Officer, AddThis
Matt Bowman
Chief Technology Officer, Citrrus
Lenny Pham
Chief Product Officer, Yext
Fletcher Heisler
VP of Engineering, TrackMaven
Tony Huynh
VP of Engineering, ID.me
Vlad Eidelman
VP of Research, FiscalNote
Nitin Malhotra
VP of Corporate Development, Cvent
Judging Criteria
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Design
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Creativity
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Technicality
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Pitch/Presentation
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