Welcome to the official page of the 2023 HackLBS!

Here, you will find all important information you might need to successfully complete your journey, from ideating to MVP building.

This year, we have a set of new, interesting topics for you to work on:

• Improving the Planet
• Improving Thyself
• Hacker's Paradise

Each theme gives you a general idea of what you will be hacking with a specific problem statement released during the week of the hackathon. Hacker's paradise is an open ended theme so you can solve any problem you want.

TENTATIVE EVENT SCHEDULE

DAY 1 - Friday, 27th of January 2023

• 5:00 to 5:30 pm - Introduction to Challenges
• 5:30 to 6:30 pm - Keynote Address by BCG Digital Ventures
• 6:30 pm - Networking and Team Formation

DAY 2 - Saturday, 28th of January 2023

• 9:00 to 9:30 am - Hackathon Kick-Off & Coffee
• 9:30 am to 12:30 pm - Brainstorming, Designing, Creating
• 12:30 to 1:30 pm - Lunch Break
• 1:00 to 2:00 pm - Brainstorming, Designing, Creating
• 2:00 to 4:00 pm - Individual Group Mentoring Sessions
• 4:00 to 7:30 pm - Brainstorming, Designing, Creating
• 7:30 pm - Dinner and Networking

DAY 3 - Sunday, 29th of January 2023

• 9:00 to 9:30 am - Day 2 Kick-Off & Coffee
• 9:30 to 12:00 pm - Brainstorming, Designing, Creating
• 12:00 to 12:30 pm - Pitch and Deck Submission on Devpost
• 1:00 to 2:30 pm - Lunch Break
• 2:30 to 4:00 pm - Final Presentations
• 4:30 to 5:00 pm - Winner Announcement
• 5:00 pm - Wrap-Up & Drinks 

Eligibility

All undergrad/graduate students and recent graduates. Participants can sign up individually, but must form a team consisting of 3 to 5 members on the first day.

How can I find a team?

You can sign up with friends or colleagues as an existing team, or you can find others to connect with and form a team for the hackathon. You can add your information and look for other teammates via this Google form.

Here are several ways to help you find a team:

• Introduce yourself on a team-formation google sheet to let other participants know about you, your interests, your skills, if you have an idea, and if you are looking for a team.

• On DevPost, you can see the profile of other people who have signed up too. Reach out to people on WhatsApp who want to work on the same challenge as you and have complementary skills.

• Join the Networking Session on Friday at 6:30pm

Submission Steps

For your submission to be considered, your team should submit your project through DevPost, following these instructions:

Build and submit your solution on DevPost

You need to show proof of a prototype/solution for this hackathon. The prototype can be anything you want it to be, as long as it succeeds in showing what your product goal is (e.g. design, clickable prototype, video of an app on a simulator). To show proof of your prototype, you must upload it on DevPost with a separate link to your pitch. Please also add proof of coding if you have coding. We accept:

• Link to your prototype (e.g. Link to your website/app, link to your Figma workspace)

• File of your prototype (e.g. PDF, JPEG etc)

• If the above is not possible you can upload a demo video - without speaking - of your prototype (1min max); however, it is not recommended.

Submit a link of a 2-3-min video pitch of your solution on DevPost

Please upload your pitch video on Youtube and make sure you save the Visibility to “Public”. Copy the link of the Youtube video and share it on DevPost when submitting your project. We will only accept a Youtube link of your video

You can decide to include visuals or proof of your prototype in your pitch (not mandatory, but recommended), but you must upload your prototype separately. The pitch submission requires to have at least one of your team members to speak about your product. That means that your pitch presentation needs to have a voice over. You are welcome to show your faces, but it is not required. You need to submit the link of your pitch video through DevPost. The format of your pitch is for you to decide. Here are some suggestions:

1. Zoom recording

2. PowerPoint with voice over

3. Prezi with voice over

4. Video of you speaking

Judging Criteria, Winners & Prizes

We will choose 3 winners for each theme:

1. Improving the Planet

2. Improving Thyself

3. Hackers’ Paradise: hackers are open to build any type of ideas and are not restricted to a particular theme

The winners will be announced at 4:00 PM on Sunday, January 29th, 2023.

• Understand the user/customer and define the problem
  
• Originality and feasibility of your solution
  
• Viability your business model
  
• Walk through of your MVP & UX
  
• Description of next steps
  
• Originality and delivery
  
• Clarity of your presentation