Agents of Change Hackathon

Are you committed to building a better working world?

At EY, we’re dedicated to bold collaboration with like-minded individuals that will help foster innovation. We believe that disruption creates opportunity and that’s why we are working with Microsoft and AngelHack to bring you the Agents of Change Hackathon. Over 36 hours in the Big Apple we are inviting you, the best East Coast developer, designer, and entrepreneurial minds to build solutions to customize insurance plans, leverage data from IoT, and help insurance agencies advise those affected by natural disasters.

Are you up for the challenge?

GRAND PRIZE:

• One VR Headset per team member
• Tickets to the “2019 Entrepreneur of the Year” event. Flights & accommodation included.

RUNNER UP PRIZE:

• One Chromebook per team member

Challenge:
Develop a solution that will enhance the products or service offerings of insurance companies to help better serve their customers in one of the below challenge tracks.

Tracks:

Custom Coverage Challenge:

• Help companies customize their insurance plans using open source data! Some examples of relevant data could be:
• Location
• Customer demographic 
• Risk profiles of owners

Disaster Relief Challenge:

• Build disaster relief insurance solutions to help homeowners / businesses better recover from a disaster 
• Examples: Storing home insurance, mortgage documents, or proof of insurance on a blockchain

IoT Challenge:

• Create a solution that will help insurance companies and/or customers make more precise decisions by utilizing data from IoT devices.
• Examples: Home telematics (see www.getroost.com) that help insurance policyholders to mitigate the cost and hassle of fire, smoke and water leak related claims.

Microsoft Azure: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/

Wednesday, August 8th:
6:30 PM -  8:00 PM:

• Pre-EY Hackathon Virtual Session via Zoom
• Webinar Link: https://zoom.us/j/246550836
• Meeting Number: 246 550 836

Saturday, August 11th:

• 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM: Event & Partner Set Up
• 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM: Doors Open & Breakfast Served
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Opening Ceremony
• Presentations from Partners
• 11:00 AM: Coding Begins
• 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM: Lunch Served
• 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM: Breakout Session(s)
• Session 1: “Security: the things you would be worrying about if this weren’t a hackathon”
• Session 2: TBC
• 6:00 PM -7:00 PM: Dinner Served
• 8:00 PM -8:30 PM: Pitch Workshop

Sunday, August 12th:

• 12:00 AM: Midnight Snack / Hack through the Night
• *The venue will be open and staffed overnight if you’d like to hack through the night.

• 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM: Breakfast Served
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Pitch Practice Session
• 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM: Lunch Served
• 1:00 PM: Submission Deadline
• 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Judging (2 min Demo w/ 1 min Q&A)
• 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM: Judge Deliberation
• 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Closing Ceremony & Awards
• 4:00 PM: Event Close 

• Teams of up to 5 participants are allowed. All team members must have completed the participation agreement to compete.
• You may not begin your project until the competition officially begins. please don't come in and build on top of previous projects if you want to win.
• Winning teams will be subject to a code-review at some point following the event or immediately before winning.

MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT LINK: http://agentsofchangehackathon.com/