# Hack Upstate X

## Advancing Upstate New York's Technology Community  
October 7th - 8th, 2017 // Syracuse, NY

# What To Expect

## Share Ideas
Bring an idea that you have and the skills you are looking for. You'll be able to pitch your idea to everyone at the event kickoff around 12:30 on Saturday

## Form Teams
Teams tend to form organically around the pitched ideas. You can also go solo if you'd like. There is no limit to members on a team!

## Build Projects
Hack away! Work on whatever you want for the duration of the hackathon. All types of projects are encouraged

## Win Prizes
After 24 hours of hard work, you'll present your projects to everyone. Judges will then select some winners to take home some awesome prizes

# Sponsors

# Prizes

## Top Prize Winners

### Grand Prize
#### MMA
$500 [View](https://hackassist.com/hackathons/hack-upstate-x/projects/mma)

### First Runner Up
#### EarthWise
$200 [View](https://hackassist.com/hackathons/hack-upstate-x/projects/earthwise)

## Themed Prize Winners

### Best Datacuse Hack
#### Syracuse Pothole Twitter Bot
$100 [View](https://hackassist.com/hackathons/hack-upstate-x/projects/syracuse-pothole-twitter-bot)

### Best Hardware Hack
#### Grounded Locks
$100 [View](https://hackassist.com/hackathons/hack-upstate-x/projects/grounded-locks)

# Judges

## Mike Vormwald
Senior Software Engineer  
[Stitch Fix](https://www.stitchfix.com/) [Open Hack Syracuse](http://openhacksyr.com/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/vormwald?lang=en) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikevormwald/)

## Sam Edelstein
Chief Data Officer  
[City of Syracuse](http://data.syrgov.net/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/samedelstein) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/samedelstein/)

## James Shomar
Program Director  
[Startfast](https://startfast.net/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/jamesshomar) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-shomar-08640a16/)

## Ryan Gaus
Software Engineer  
[Density](https://www.density.io/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/rgausnet?lang=en)