Calling all witches, wizards and magical beings! OxfordHack 2016 awaits in the lands of Oxford!
At OxfordHack, 300 magical hackers will convene to build amazing projects. ✨
November 19th, 2016
09:00 | Reception |
10:30 | Welcome Address |
11:30 | Start Hacking |
12:00 - 12:30 | Tech Talk - QuantumBlack |
12:35 - 12:50 | Tech Talk - AIGaming |
12:55 - 13:25 | Tech Talk - Microsoft |
13:30 | Lunch |
14:00 - 14:15 | Tech Talk - Esri |
14:20 - 14:50 | Tech Talk - SkyScanner |
14:55 - 15:10 | Tech Talk - EF |
15:30 - 16:30 | Git Good - Nick Tikhonov |
19:00 | Dinner |
20:00 | Future & Current Hackathon Meetup |
22:00 - 23:00 | Bloomberg Mini Game! - !Light |
23:30 - 00:00 | Capture the Flag |
00:00 | Werewolf |
November 20th, 2016
00:00 | Midnight Snacks |
00:00 - 06:00 | More Mini Games |
07:00 | Breakfast |
11:30 | End of Hacking |
12:00 | Lunch |
13:00 - 16:00 | Final Presentations |
16:30 | Awards |
17:00 | The End |
Eligibility
You must have been invited to the Event via Eventbrite in order to be eligible to participate.
- Participants: Students (over 16 years in age) and people who graduated from university within the last year
- Team Size: Maximum team size is 4 people. You don't have to have a team upon arrival.
Requirements
- Only projects that have been coded within the 24 hours of the competition are eligiable for submission and judging.
- There is no general theme / topic that you have to hack on.
Judges

Zahra Traboulsi
Minister for Magic of the Ministry of Magic

Syeef Karim
Chief Sanitation Officer for the Department of Care of Magical Creatures

Sunil Pardasani
Professor Pardasani, Lecturer of Alchemy

Joe Nash
Delegate of the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare in loving Memory of Dobby

Joshua Simpson
Diplomatic Envoy for the Reparations of Grave Wizarding Incidents
Judging Criteria
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Innovation
How innovative / new is your idea. Are you just the next generic social app or are you creating something groundbreaking new? -
Technical Difficulty
How difficult was this hack to be implemented. Is it just a simple website or are you solving a technical problem that nobody ever solved? -
Design / UX
How is the design and the user experience of the hack. How polished does the project appear? Does it show issues? -
Usefulness
Is it a useful hack? How wide are the applications? Is it just something that helps you or will more people use it? -
Presentation
How well is the presentation during the fair by the team.