BRIGHT Cow Hackathon

BRIGHT Cow Hackathon - hack a cow! 

Bright is pleased to announce the BRIGHT Cow Hackathon part of the NZO (the Dutch Dairy Association) where we invite hackers, designers, business developers, data scientists and other dairy enthusiasts to solve the biggest challenges facing our friendly farmers and cows all around the Netherlands.

(We will announce the full program in the coming days)

Challenge: 

With over 1.6 million cows in The Netherlands owned and operated by 18,000 dairy farmers there is increasing pressure to meet the many goals to move to more energy independence, continue improvements in livestock health and welfare, preserve grazing, protect biodiversity and the environment. 

The farmers need your help!

There are many economic and environmental challenges facing the farmers today. Whether it’s better management systems of efficiency & effectiveness, or tools to lower costs, or accelerate co2 reduction or actually improve the health and happiness of the herd. There are real challenges facing real farmers who need winning solutions. 

Data & Technologies:

There will be many real-world technologies & datasets available to participants to explore and develop. Teams will have access to all sorts of cutting edge farm-tech like sensors that collect info from milk production, health, insemination and datasets providing insights to food intake, biometric data, and GPS location data. 

Bring your own laptops, phones, tablets & other toys. We will provide tech-savvy farmers and specialists to assist teams get up-and-running with the technologies on site. There will be a dedicated wifi access points and LAN connections available at the event.

(We will provide documentation about the sensors and how to access the datasets in the days to come).

Prizes

The winning team will take home €2000 cash prize and continue development with a launching customer. 

Event Details:

Teams are required to pay a €15 deposit to avoid no-shows. Individuals will be reimbursed upon arrival at event. 

The BRIGHT Cow Hackathon will take place at the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht 18-19 November. This event will be taking place during the BRIGHT Day tech-trade show so unfortunately the facility will be closed from Saturday night 6pm to 9am Sunday morning. (so there is no sleeping accommodation available to participants). 

Catering:

We supply breakfasts, lunches, coffee, soda’s, snacks and water will be available all day, as well as glasses of milk!

Rules and regulations:

All intellectual property of your creations remains with you, within the limits of Dutch law. 

Jury

More jury information will be available in the upcoming days.