Rise New York Presents Super Heroes vs Master Hackers Hackathon

  Super Heroes vs Master Hackers is a 36-hour hackathon that brings together the top fintech developers in New York to supercharge financial services at Barclays brand new Accelerator and Innovation Hub, Rise New York (http://www.thinkrise.com). Your challenge - create the future of banking, now. You may choose one of two factions. Join the elite Super Heroes or Master Hackers. Your team will then be able to compete on one of three worlds for massive prizes. Each world will have one Champion. These Champions will then be stripped of their powers as the Judges decide their fate. Only one team will be given the honor to serve and protect New York City. They will hold this position until a new war breaks out, where you will have to defend your title.   Overall Winner Free co-working space at Rise New York for each winning team member for 3 months Access to Rise's vast mentor network Access to Rise Ecosystem and Community Perks Fast track to interview for Barclays Accelerator New York cohort 2, powered by Techstars ALL winners will have the ability to win additional discretionary funding to continue building on their product with their team with support, mentorship and expertise from Barclays   Come dressed as your faction because while you are on your mission you will have the option to win badges and power up prizes! Namers Badge - Best Team Name Power Up: Energy Pack Transformer Badge - Best Team Costume Power Up: Heath Pack Master Social Superfly Badge - Team with the Most Social Engagement Power Up: Fuel Pack Reflection Badge - Team with the Most Epic Selfie (costumes encouraged) Power Up: Costume Pack Antediluvian Badge - Usage of the Oldest Coding Language Power Up: Weapons Upgrade Megaverse Badge - Application Built on the Most Platforms Power Up: Ambidextrous Upgrade Use the hashtag #HeroesVsHackers to interact with fellow Super Heroes & Master Hackers   World 1: Land of Lost Identity This world has lost its way. It’s people do not have traditional sources of identification are thus excluded from financial services. They are deemed by their society to be the ‘unbanked clan’. They may not have passports. They may not even have a driver’s license. They may have little or no credit history. Where there is data, it is hard to access and not verified. It is your mission to help find them and return them to society How can you use data to identify the people of this lost world? How can you help consumers gain more access to their own data that maybe held in closed/proprietary sources? How can you help them to be financially included? How would you go and create one digital identity? How would you ensure that data is held safely and securely? How do you improve the customer journey for members of this world with accessibility needs? Help this world find their way and be its Champion. Prize: $2,500 for winning team Runner Up Prize: BeBop Parrot Drone per team member   World 2: Gamers Paradise It is the year 2100. You have been transported to the future and the world of online rewards, gifts and loyalty is in trouble. Consumers are alienated. The Data Gods demand homage - they ask for too much, but consumers’ prayers are seldom answered.  Sign-Ups are complex and unbearable, leading to high drop-off rates.  Rewards and benefits are confusing, irrelevant and add little value.  Many customers are unaware of rewards/gifts available  Redeeming rewards is complex and time-consuming. Your mission is to reconquer this world for the consumers - give them the solution of the future, a simple, easy-to-use and effective way to sign up and use online rewards through gamification.  What does the future experience of online gifts & rewards look like?  How could you bring value and relevance back to online gifts & rewards?  How could you radically improve redemption?  How could you use user data to engage or re-engage customers ?  How could you simplify and create fun and engaging sign-up and login processes?  How can you make consumers aware of gifts and rewards available and encourage repeat custom?  How can you encourage experiential rewards? Your mission is to reconquer this world for the consumers - give them the solution of the future, a simple, easy-to-use and effective way to sign up and use online rewards through gamification. Prize: $2,500 - Cash Prize for winning team Runner Up Prize: Apple Watch and a Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition Kit per Team Member   World 3: The Battle for Blockchain The war for contract simplicity has lasted many years with no one side gaining the upper hand.  Time is wasted on emails and phone calls to agree on final legal terms.  A severe lack of understanding around who did what when has emerged.   There is no audit trail. Your mission is to reinvent the way that contracts are agreed upon.  How could you create a smart contract that gives a clear audit trail using the Blockchain?  How could you create a streamlined process which gives both parties the option to review and amend terms in real time?  How could you execute a smart contract that takes into account exceptions or unique terms in pricing? Your mission is to bring peace to this world. Prizes: $2,500 - Cash Prize for the winning team Runner Up Prize: Star Wars: The Force Awakens BB-8 Interactive Robotic Droid by Sphere and Millennium Falcon Drone (when available) per winning team member   Wednesday October 7th Pre-Hackathon Meetup – Rise New York 6.30pm ET start time to 8.30pm ET: Come, meet, and build teams ahead of the weekend with pizza and beer while hearing a little more around the problems you'll be taking on in each world. Saturday, October 10th 08:00 am Breakfast 11:00 am Opening Ceremony & Sponsor Presentations 11:30 am Coding Begins 12:00 pm Lunch 01:00 pm Breakout Sessions 06:00 pm Dinner 12:00 am Midnight Snack *Although staying overnight isn’t required, we highly recommend it. Sunday, October 11th 08:00 am Breakfast 12:00 pm Lunch 04:00 pm Coding ends 05:00 pm Pitching/ Judging 06:00 pm Dinner 07:00 pm Awards/Anti-kryptonite Hour 08:00 pm Close  Winners of Super Heroes vs Master Hackers will be selected by a panel of judges that includes industry leaders as well as representatives from each partnering company. Each submission will be scored in each round based on the following criteria with a minimum score of 0 and maximum score of 25 points, with the final score being the average of the judges’ scores:  Kapow! - Does this solution pack a punch and make an impact on the bank’s business case and problem statement?  Oh Bam! - How sexy is the customer journey from a UI/UX perspective?  Tech PowWow - How impressive was the technology that was used?  The ‘Wham’ Factor - How creative was the solution in solving the problem at hand?  Zooom! - How quickly could the bank implement this solution?   Derek White James Carlyle Lubaina Manji Chief Design and Digital Officer, Barclays Chief Engineer, Architecture - Personal and Corporate Banking, Barclays Programme Director, Global Innovation Hubs (Rise)   Chris Maddern  Christopher Moyser Sarah Munro  Co-founder at Button  Vice President - Senior Partnerships, Barclays  Head of Identity Services, Barclays Sudeep Kanjilal Rik Willard Alicia Carmona North America Head - Open Digital/API Platform CEO, RULE7MEDIA/Founder, AGENTIC GROUP Operations Lead at ID2020    Fresh Code Rule: All code developed as part of the Super Heroes vs Master Hackers hackathon must be fresh. Before the start of the hackathon, developers can create wireframes, designs and user flows. They can also come with hardware. But to keep things fair, all code must be written onsite at Super Heroes vs Master Hackers. Other than that, almost anything goes and you can use any coding languages or open-source libraries. The IP: Participants own the rights to the projects they create at the hackathon. The Participation Agreement: Yes, all participants are required to sign this * in advance of or upon arrival at Super Heroes vs Master Hackers. Code Review: Winning teams will be subject to a code-review at some point following the event or immediately before winning. Team Size: Teams of up to 5 humans are allowed. You can also add 1 cyborg, Furby, drone, or Sphero. Submissions: Each hackathon has it’s individual hackathon.io page, which projects should be submitted on. Submission time is normally 1pm Sunday unless stated otherwise. DEMO your hack: You must demo your hack in order to present. No slide-decks or power-points will be allowed. Don’t be scared if you didn’t finish… it’s okay long as you tried your best. Please be aware that by voluntarily providing the personal information requested to Angelhack, you are consenting to its use for the Hackathon program. Additional terms and conditions regarding the use of your personal data will be presented to you during event registration IMPORTANT: All Participants will Own the IP of whatever they build at the hackathon.