Cyberport FinTech Hackathon
BitwiseHacks and Cyberport designed a FinTech Hackathon to inspire a creative and tech-savvy generation of IT professionals. This 24-hour FinTech Hackathon is a financial technology-themed hackathon for the top developers, designers, and entrepreneurs in Hong Kong who are ready to be challenged by teaming up with peers to compete in a fun and fast-paced event for a weekend at Cyberport.
Event Summary
Get ready to compete 24 hours for prizes, potential interview opportunities, and networking time with executives from Hong Kong corporates and startups alike. Time will be alloted for making connections, putting your teams together, and, of course, working on your project.
The working time allotted shall be 24 hours long, during which participants must write all of their code, post it on the web platform, and prepare a three minute pitch including a live demo with for two more minutes for Q&A. There will also be expert mentors around to help you out with your projects, but they won't be doing any of the work for you! As an added bonus, participants will also have the opportunity to take part in the launch of the BitwiseHacks web platform during the event.
Event Details
Date: 17th - 18th September 2016
Time: 10:00 - 15:00 (+1)
Venue: Cyberport 3
Requirement: You are a Developer, Entrepreneur, or Designer
Limted Tickets: Early-Bird Price HK$120 (From 23/8 - 31/8)
Normal Price HK$150 (From 1/9 - 11/9)
*Price included an event ticket, 4 meals, midnight snacks and drinks.
If you participated our past hackathons, you may send us an email marketing@bitwisehacks.com to ask for a discount code for a special price HK$60.
Judging
The judging panel will consist of lead developers and/or executives among BitwiseHacks corporate partners and sponsors. They will judge based on the following criteria:
- Innovation: Is your product innovative in its solution, architecture, and implementation?
- UI/UX: We’re looking for beauty and elegance in presentation, with a smooth user experience
- Functionality: How well did your demo function?
- Features: Your demo and presentation should show off powerful features relevant to your solution
- Potential: Your product should have unique potential and be profitable in today’s market
Prizes
Fast Track to Cyberport's Incubation Programme / CCMF
The Cyberport Incubation Programme is at the front and centre of Cyberport Entrepreneurs, supporting entrepreneurs and start-ups with financial assistance and a range of business and professional services to accelerate their growth in different stages. The programme reimburses Incubatees with up to HK$330,000 over a 24-month incubation period to help them jump-start their businesses. Please click here for more details.
More prizes to be announced soon...
BitwiseHacks
BitwiseHacks is a unique company that connects young and talented developers with Hong Kong's tech corporates, who are actively searching for such skilled employees. Currently, hiring great developers is difficult, expensive, and time-consuming. However, with our revolutionary web platform and high quality developer-focused hackathons, we aim to bring the hiring flow into the 21st century by performing real-time developer analysis, open source code & process review, and evaluation in a fast-paced environment.
Cyberport
Cyberport is a creative digital cluster with over 700 community members. Cyberport is committed to facilitating the local economy by nurturing digital industry start-ups and entrepreneurs, driving collaboration to pool resources and create business opportunities, and accelerating digital adoption through strategic initiatives and partnerships. The winners of the FinTech Hackathon will win the Fast Track to CyberPort's Incubation Programme / CCMF!
Past events
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