BCHacks 2020 is the first hackathon taking place on the beautiful UBC Okanagan campus. You and over 180 students will engage in creating innovative apps, websites, hardware projects and more! You and a team of 3-4 people will be given 24 hours to develop a project of your choosing, at the end of which you will present to a panel of judges for the chance to win prizes.
More info can be found at the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/543557346483183/
Our website: https://www.bchacks.com
Prizes
$CAD2,320 in prizes
1st Place
The 1st place winners will each receive an Xbox One game console.
2nd Place
The 2nd place winners will each receive a Fitbit.
3rd Place
The 3rd place winners will each receive an EA PS4 or Xbox game of their choosing.
Best Women Team
The best project built by a team with at least 50% female hackers will each receive a Google Home Mini.
Best High-School Team
The best project built by a team with at least 50% high school students will each receive an EA PS4 or Xbox game of their choosing.
Hacker's Choice
The team that built the best project by popular vote will each receive an Amazon Echo Dot.
Best First Time Hackers
The best project built by a team of entirely first time hackers will each receive an EA PS4 or Xbox game of their choosing.
Best Hardware Project
The team with the best project utilizing hardware will each receive a Google Chromecast.
Best Idea
The team with the best idea will each receive an EA PS4 or Xbox game of their choosing.
Best use of Google Cloud
Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Each winning team member will receive a Google Home Mini.
Best Automation Hack with UiPath
Build or add automation to your hack using UiPath! Each winning team member will receive a Limited Edition UiPath Branded Backpack and an opportunity to interview for a UiPath Internship in 2020 with high recommendation!
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Register a domain using Domain.com during the weekend. Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. Each winning team member will receive a Domain.com branded backpack.
Best use of Blockstack
Create an app using the Blockstack Platform. Each winning team member will receive a pair of Apple BeatsX Earphones. The opportunity with Blockstack doesn't end with the event. Any app built with Blockstack during a hackathon that successfully registers for the App Mining program will receive an additional $200 reward.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Dr. Apurva Narayan
UBC Okanagan
Vivek Arulnathan
UBC Okanagan
Jim Nastos
Okanagan College
Dean Richerts
UBC Okanagan
Saajid Farooq
MLH
Judging Criteria
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Technical
How much technical knowledge was required to build this project? How difficult is the problem being solved? -
Usability
How well does the project function in use? Is it easy to use? Does it accomplish the goal that was set to be achieved? -
Wow Factor
Is this an exciting project? Does this make you go, "wow!"? -
Level of Completion
How complete and usable is the project? Does it work? -
Learning
How much did the team need to learn to pull off the project?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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