1st Hong Kong Bot Hackathon

About the Hackathon:

#Botathon, A 2 day informal and cozy hackathon on building Bots for Facebook Messenger / Slack / WeChat / Pipedrive and more!

Why? Bots are the future of communications incorporating NPL and chat UI's. Come to the hackathon and kick the tires of the next big thing.

Event Schedule:

• Saturday 10am Registration 
• Saturday 10:30-12pm Bot Bootcamp 101 (Basics on how to build a bot)
  
• Saturday Formation & Networking: 12pm - 1pm
• Saturday Hackathon Starts 1pm 
• Sunday 10:30-11:30am, More detailed Bootcamp on bot building / NLP etc. 
• Sunday 4pm: Final check-ins
• Sunday 4pm-5pm: Show and Tell to panel of experts

Prerequisites for Bootcamp & Hackathon:

• Your must have your own laptop
• Basic Javascript Skills. A plus is familiarity with NodeJS and NPM modules 
• A code editor 
• Platform Windows / Mac. 
• Familiarity with command line (CLI) tools
• A Facebook Developer account: https://developers.facebook.com/
• A free level Recime account
• A free level Github account (optional)

Additional Details:

Bot Bootcamp 101 Saturday morning 10:30am - 11:30am:

Never build a bot before? We got you covered. The kickoff boot camp 101 will teach you the basics of bot development with natural language support (NLP) and publish your bots to various platforms with the same code-base.

Already build a bot before? If you already have build a bot before or read/tried the documentation of Recime for instance, you can already start building right away. 

Hackathon Starts 12pm Saturday:

(Almost) everything goes, as long as it is legal, decent and ethical, so rebuild something you already did, or build something new, an example is a Facebook picture calling bot. 

We will invite some product development people that are available to brainstorm with you if you are out of ideas. We will also showcase the best bots on our platform.

Hackathon Resumes Sunday Morning:

Bootcamp Sunday morning 10:30am - 11:30am:

Learn more in depth about NLP based bots. The 2nd boot camp will teach you more in depth about natural language processing (NLP).

Then at Sunday 4pm, Show and Tell of al Bots with detailed feedbackfrom a panel of experts

This botathon is for two-way learning purposes only, so no extensive presentations, investor pitches, big prizes or 1-2-3 rankings. Just showing off what you learned and built and an opportunity to get feed back from your peers.

FAQs

Why do I have to pay?

Mostly for show up commitment purposes, but we will supply you with 2 days of venue, lunch, drinks and a saturday afternoon pizza.

What can I bring into the event?

Your laptop (Mac/Windows) and a bot idea, if you don't have a bot idea, no worries, we will have a list to get you going. There will also be product managers walking around to talk use cases.

How can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Tweet: https://twitter.com/GetRecime or email: jebbery+botathon@gmail.com

Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?

No, we have your name for check-in. Save the paper for something more important Hong Kong bureaucracy!

Is it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn't match the person who attends?

No worries, but only one admision per name.