Hackathon for Thessaloniki Greece
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The Municipality of Thessaloniki in collaboration with the Open Knowledge Greece and the Research Unit URENIO invite the city’s developers to participate in an application development marathon (hackathon) in order to improve the operations of the municipality and the city (http://hackathess.eu/). Continuing the success story known as "Apps for Greece" (“1st event Applications for Thessaloniki”), the organizers invite contestants to exploit the potential of technology and to develop web and mobile applications, which will improve the quality of life in the city.
The hackathon participants are asked to focus on any of the critical issues that will improve the functioning of the city: transportation, energy, nutrition, water, buildings, infrastructure, governance, etc. You can create web or mobile applications in the language and platform of your choice. The jury, made up of members of the Municipality of Thessaloniki, Academics, Researchers and Entrepreneurs, will evaluate the participants.
Description
What will happen: Application development marathon (Hachathon) for Thessaloniki.
Who should attend: Programmers and software designers who live or work in the area of Thessaloniki in groups of one to three people.
Where: The open co-working space “Coho”, Nap. Zervas, 10, Thessaloniki.
When: The contest will be held on the 29 and 30 November 2014. The awards will be given on December 4, 2014.
Schedule: 29-30 / 11/2014
10:00 to 11:00: Organizers Presentations
11:00 to 17:00 (Sunday): Application development Marathon
17:00 to 19:00: Presentation of applications to the jury
19: 00 to 21:00: Presentation of applications on startup Europe
21:00: Announcement of the results
04/12/2014
20:00: Award winners
We offer: Short presentations of the contest’s basic guidelines, which will help you get started. Meals, snacks, soft drinks and coffee to keep you alert, and breakfast on Sunday morning. Wireless Internet access.
You must bring: Your laptop, creativity, passion, skills and ideas. Also, a cooperative attitude and team spirit as you will be member of a team.
Subject: All teams participating in the competition have to work on a problem faced by citizens of Thessaloniki. The problems will be chosen from a list provided by the organizers. Problems not in the list can also be selected by the participants, as long as they are related to the hackathon’s theme.
Prizes:
1st Prize: 3.000 €
2nd Prize: 2.000 €
3rd Prize: 1.000 €
Jury:The Jury will consist of members of the Municipality of Thessaloniki, Academics, Researchers and Entrepreneurs. The members of the jury will be announced soon.
Evaluation criteria:
There are three key criteria against which applications will be assessed:
Quality concept: The application is novel and innovative.
Development concept: The application is functional, it works without major problems, it is well designed, and it can be offered to real users with minor improvements.
Possible outcomes: The implementation, once offered to citizens can help them in solving a significant administrative, social, environmental or economic issue in the city.
Registration:
You can enroll here until November 23, 2014.














