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 |
Prizes
$2,440 in prizes
1st Prize
4 Arduino Starter Kits, 4 sets of magical books, and 4 Alexa Dots!
2nd Prize
4 sets of magical books, and 4 Alexa Dots!
3rd Prize
4 Alexa Dots!
Tickets to WBStudioTour or price equivalent amazon vouchers
Esri sponsored prize!
Skyscanner API Prize
Best use of Skyscanner API - Skyscanner travel vouchers
#HackHarassment (2)
Use your tech skills for good and hack online harassment. Build a software solution that can help reduce the frequency and/or severity of online harassment. Win HackHarassment Swag Bags.
Amazon Web Services - Best Use of AWS
1 TB Hard Drives
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Domain.com Swag Bags
Bloomberg's Favourite
Floating bluetooth speakers
Microsoft Cognitive Challenge
4 x IOT kits for the winner of cognitive challenge
QuantumBlack Challenge
2 x £50 vouchers for amazon
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
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.