SmarTone Hackathon 2018

Hong Kong as a city is constantly evolving and reacting to the needs of its ever growing and ever changing population. The last few years have seen some of the transformation in how we work, live, play and shop driven mostly by technology influencing a variety of aspects of our lives. For SmarTone Hackathon 2018, we are challenging hackers to focus on the future of urban life.

Under the theme "Smart Properties", hackers are required to select a challenge to compete against: 

Challenge 1: Smart Life

- Develop ideas & solutions that engage the community, including the one we work, live, play and shop with - providing better customer experience and achieving higher customer satisfaction. 

Challenge 2: Smart Property Management

- Develop ideas & solutions that implement the concept of ‘Smart and Green Property’ – offering efficient, proactive and predictive means to manage properties, which saves energy, optimizes resources and reduces manpower.

TEAMS:

Teams of up to 5 are allowed. All members of your team must meet the eligibility criteria contained in this Participation Agreement. If any member of your team is ineligible or otherwise fails to comply with this Participation Agreement, the team as a whole may be disqualified in The Sponsor’s sole discretion. Each team is solely responsible for its own cooperation and teamwork. The Sponsor will not officiate any dispute between members regarding their conduct, participation, cooperation, contribution, prize sharing or intellectual property ownership.

JUDGING:

A panel of judges will evaluate each Submission immediately after its demonstration using a combination of judging criteria:

• Innovation (0-5 points)

• UX/UI (0-5 points)

• Functionality (0-5 points)

• Technology (0-5 points)

Each Submission will be scored in each round based on the following criteria with a minimum score of 0 and maximum score of 20 points, with the final score being the average of the judges’ scores.

A current list of judges can be found at SmarTone Hackathon Website. Judges are subject to change in The Sponsor’s sole discretion. A judge may elect to recuse him or herself from evaluating a Submission, or The Sponsor may require a judge to recuse him or herself from evaluating a Submission, if, in the judge’s or The Sponsor’s discretion, it would not be appropriate for the judge to evaluate a participant’s Submission because of a past or current relationship with the participant. Recusal decisions are final and not subject to appeal.

WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT AND VERIFICATION:

Potential winners will be announced shortly after the Judging Rounds. The Sponsor may take any actions necessary to verify a team’s compliance with this Participation Agreement before awarding a Prize, including, without limitation, engaging a third party vendor to evaluate the prototype software code and/or requiring a team to provide evidence of permission to use certain third party materials. You understand and acknowledge that even though your team may be announced as a winner, if your team’s compliance with this Participation Agreement cannot be verified to the satisfaction of The Sponsor, The Sponsor will select an alternate winner with the next highest score based on the same judging criteria.

PRIZE:

• GRAND PRIZE: Cash Prize: $ 50,000 HKD

• RUNNER UP PRIZE: Cash Prize: $30,000 HKD

• 2nd RUNNER UP PRIZE: Cash Prize: $20,000 HKD

Winning teams will have a chance to receive:

• Latest gadgets from Microsoft and Samsung

• Fast-track interview opportunity for Cyberport’s entrepreneurship programmes, either Cyberport Creative Micro Fund (CCMF) or Cyberport Incubation Programme

• Mentorship from sponsors’ top executives

• Potential investment opportunities in those prototypes that meet the business goals of smart properties

PRIZE CONDITIONS:

All Prize details will be determined by The Sponsor in its sole discretion. The Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a similar prize (or prize element) of comparable or greater value.

YOUR SUBMISSION:

Your Submission must:

1. Adhere to the terms of service per this agreement and the rules stated at the beginning of the hackathon

2. Not breach the terms and conditions of any embedded software or services used by your Application,

3. Not contain any malicious code or backdoors,

4. Not contain, depict or refer to any crude, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, disparaging, discriminatory, offensive, illegal or otherwise unsuitable language, activity or other content (all as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion)

5. Not contain, depict or refer to any content which disparages or refers negatively to the Sponsor, the Hackathon, or any other person or entity (all as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion); and

6. Not contain any content that violates any law or any third party’s rights (including privacy, personality and intellectual property rights)

For further information, please visit our website www.smartonehackathon.com