OVERVIEW

The iDEYA: CIT@MSU-IIT in partnership with the Institute for Peace and Development in Mindanao (IPDM) of MSU-IIT will be organizing the first ever Peace Hackathon in Mindanao this coming December 3 and 4, 2016 Saturday and Sunday.

iDEYAHACK is another initiative of iDEYA: CIT@MSU-IIT, the first ever Technology Business Incubator in Mindanao, that aims to raise awareness and build interest on the Startup Scene and to invite the community to create innovative digital solutions from the topic given. This year’s iDEYAHACK will be focused on Peace and Order in the country and challenge different developers, hackers, peace practitioners and visionaries to create fresh, innovative, and feasible digital solutions in 36 hours that will mitigate violence and build peace throughout the country.

MECHANICS

REGISTRATION: The competition is free for all developers, programmers, hackers, IT Professionals and Students, Visionaries and Peace advocates. The organizers will only open 100 slots for this event. Either you join as a team, or you will join a team during the event.

PROGRAM: The event will be a 36 hours’ event starting morning of December 3, Saturday until the afternoon of December 4, Sunday. Everyone starts coding at the first day. No one is allowed to come in and build on top of previous projects. Each team have full ownership of everything they built and created during the competition. On the afternoon of the 2nd day, each team must pitch and demonstrate their solution in 5 minutes in front of the panel of judges. Decks and PowerPoints are allowed but not required. 3 groups will be declared as winners and will receive x amount cash prize and will receive incubation support from iDEYA: CIT@MSU-IIT. Winning groups will be subject to a code-review after the announcement to ensure the originality and integrity of the teams.

Should you have any queries, feel free to email us at ideya.cit@gmail.com

iDEYAHACK: Peace Edition