Hack Upstate XIV
Advancing Upstate New York's Technology Community
Oct. 5th and 6th, 2019 // 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.
Schedule
Saturday, October 5th
Day 1
- Doors Open: 11:00 AM
- Intro and Kickoff: 12:00 - 12:45 PM
- Idea Pitching: 12:45 - 1:15 PM
- Form Teams, Begin Hacking: 1:15 PM
- Lunch: Provided by TCGplayer
- Syracuse iSchool Talk: 3:00 - 3:30 PM
Smart City Secure Cloud Architecture - TCGplayer Talk: 4:00 - 5:00 PM
TCGplayer: Where Play is Encouraged and Development is Key, introduction to APIs and website monetization - TCGplayer Office Tour: 440 S Warren St
- Dinner: Provided by Syracuse iSchool
- Coffee Arrives: 9:00 PM
Sunday, October 6th
Day 2
- Breakfast: Provided by Le Moyne, AT&T, G&C, PUBG Madglory, AIS
- Stop hacking, Submit Projects: 11:45 AM
- Intro, Welcome judges: 12:00 - 12:15 PM
- Demos: 12:15 - 1:45 PM
- Judge Deliberation: 1:45 - 2:00 PM
- Award Ceremony: 2:00 PM
Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Supporting Sponsors
Prizes
Top Prizes
Grand Prize
Fat Foot Feetball
$1000 View Project
First Runner Up
Drone Visualization Environment
$500 View Project
Best Effort Hack
Glance
$100 View Project
Best Hardware Hack
WhaccAttacc
$100 View Project
Themed Prize Winners
TCGplayer API Prize
TCGplayer API Demo
$200 Amazon Gift Cards for each team member View Project
Best Use of Open Data
Judges
Joshua Burdick
Developer Evangelist
TCGplayer
Raj Suchak
CEO
Grit Seed
Velizar Demirev
Software Engineer
Jorsek
Annalena Davis
Web Developer
Syracuse University Women in Coding
Judging Criteria
- 20% - Originality & Creativity & Novelty
Is the project new and something that hasn't been attempted before? - 20% - Wow Factor
Subjective and buzz-wordy, huh? - 20% - Polish / Design / Execution
Did your team successfully execute your project concept? - 20% - Demo / Presentation
You'll have 2-3 minutes for a demo. - 20% - Multidisciplinary project
We encourage and applaud interdisciplinary projects.