Swiss Re Hackathon, Bratislava 2017
The sign-ups for this event have now closed. All selected participants will be notified by Friday 31st of March 2017.
You can still continue to register as a "standby". We will contact you if place becomes available.
Code for fun and win EUR 10,000 in just 48 hours!
Swiss Re's reputation as a leader in the insurance industry is not by chance. As a company, Swiss Re is passionate about attracting and developing talent, and sparking innovation throughout the industry. Swiss Re strongly believes in the power of innovation and is continually working to promote this culture within the company.
As a result of this continuous effort, Swiss Re is hosting their first hackathon in Bratislava, Slovakia. Talented designers and developers who have a passion for developing user based apps, data science, and cognitive technology are all invited to participate and compete for a grand prize money 10,000 EUR for the 1st place!
The challenge: At the event individuals will form teams of up to 5 people and will have a total of 48 hours to develop a new web or mobile app, centered on the theme "My Personal Risk Advisor”
Workshop partners
Program
Friday April 7th:
17:00 Registration
18:00 Dinner
19:00 Welcome speech by a Miroslav Trnka (Co-founder of ESET)
19:30 What is MVP by Pavol Magic from Sygic
20:00 Presentation of proposals presented (2 min. elevator pitch), participants chose their teams
21:00 Teams are formed, Q&A time
21:30 Hackathon officially begins
01:00 Late dinner
Saturday April 8th:
09:00 Breakfast
11:00 First workshop by Sygic: Jakub Mazgut - FCD data processing (Recognition of home and work locations, Identification of safe / average/ risky drivers, Traffic light detection)
11:30 Second Workshop by IBM Watson: How to work with IBM Watson
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Third Workshop by ESET: Andrej Babolčai - Large scale anomaly detection on streaming data
14:30 Fourth Workshop by Swiss Re: Roman Gavuliak - Building data products
18:00 Dinner
19:00 Hacking continues
01:00 Late dinner
Sunday April 9th:
09:00 Breakfast
10:00 Final team submitted
11:00 First Pitching Workshop - 0100 Ventures
12:00 Second Pitching Workshop - Investor guest
13:00 Lunch
15:00 Pitching presentation for Judges (3-5min presentation, 2-3 min Q&A)
18:00 Ending Key-Notes
18:30 Winners Announced
19:00 Dinner
Where
The event will take place at our 0100Campus in Bratislava from Friday, April 7 to Sunday, April 9, 2017 when the winning team will be announced.
Prizes
1st place will receive EUR 10,000, 2nd place will receive EUR 2,000 and 3rd place with receive EUR 1,000
0100 Ventures will also award 0100 Campus prize, which will consist of time limited use of 0100 Campus coworking space and mentoring sessions with 0100 Campus network including entrepreneurs, investors and technology professionals.
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Please read the Hackathon Terms & Conditions, before you sign up for the event!
http://media.swissre.com/documents/contest_rules_bratislava_hackathon_2017.pdf
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Location
Dates
to 9th April 2017 - 07:00 PM