# Hack Upstate XI

## Advancing Upstate New York's Technology Community  
**April 14 and 15th, 2018  //  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

## Presenting Sponsor

## Supporting Sponsors

# Prizes

## Top Prize Winners

### Grand Prize
#### VoCat
$1000 [View](https://devpost.com/software/vocat)

### First Runner Up
#### BookUp
$500 [View](https://devpost.com/software/bookup-sgf87e)

## Themed Prize Winners

### Best Hardware Hack
#### The Digital Bridge to Reality
Raspberry Pi's [View](https://devpost.com/software/the-digital-bridge-to-reality-0uzgsn)

### Buffalo Civic Innovation Challenge
#### Buffalo Crime Data
$100 [View](https://devpost.com/software/buffalo-crime-data) [Learn More](/#) [View Data](https://data.buffalony.gov/)

### Best UX
#### GlassCycle
$100 [View](https://devpost.com/software/glasscycle)

### PUBG Madglory API Prize
#### PUBG Stats Display
Hats, T-shirts, Mousepads, Gamecodes [View](https://devpost.com/software/pubg-stats-display) [Get Key](https://developer.playbattlegrounds.com/)

# Judges

## Jonathan Parry
Director  
[GENIUS NY](http://www.geniusny.com/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/parry85/)

## Adam Jwaskiewicz
Vice President of Digital Services  
[Pinckney Hugo Group](https://www.pinckneyhugo.com/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-jwaskiewicz-680b941/)

## Sheila Herbert
Product Innovation Lead  
[ITX Corp](https://www.itx.com/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheila-herbert-9244097)

## Tierney Cyren
Developer Advocate  
[NodeSource](https://nodesource.com/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/bitandbang)