This year, ConUHacks is coming back to welcome 300 passionate individuals for 24 hours of hacking, learning, and networking activities. As Concordia University's annual hackathon, ConUHacks will be held virtually with the safety of our hackers in mind.

Students will form teams of four to work on building a project from scratch for 24 straight hours. Mentors will be available throughout the event for questions to make sure that beginner and expert hackers alike will have the help they need to successfully bring their projects to fruition. By the end of the event, all teams will demo their hacks, and winners will be chosen by our judges.

ConUHacks is an event open to students of all levels, from high school to university, with a passion for technology. Bring your excitement, creativity and desire to learn, and we'll be taking care of the rest to provide you with an unforgettable hackathon experience.

For more information, check out our FAQ at https://conuhacks.io.

Hackers can find the event schedule at https://events.conuhacks.io/

Requirements

Please tag the APIs you're using in your project, or any challenges you are participating in.

Entries are considered if and only if

submitted via Devpost before the announced closing time.
have a demo video. (submissions without a video will be disqualified automatically).

Guidelines for Demo Video:

Max 3 minutes in length.
Guiding questions:
- What was your inspiration for building this project?
- What was the most challenging/difficult part of the project?
- What is the tech stack? What kind of APIs are you using for the project?
File format:
- Must be in English
- TeamName_ConUHacks2022. For example: BeeAwesome_ConUHacks2022
Where to submit:
- Devpost while creating the submission.
- Video must be an URL from a video-sharing platform that Devpost supports (YouTube, Vimeo, or Youku). If not, you will get an error from Devpost.
- Devpost Video-making Best Practices
Note: Quality of your demo videos won't affect the judging process (unless we absolutely can't see or hear your video)

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$CAD10,034 in prizes

First Place Winner

iPad Air (2021) - 64 GB for each member of the winning team

Note: The prizes will be given in a form of a redeemable voucher & can be used once we fulfill the order

Second Place Winner

Sony Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones (WH-1000XM3) for each member of the winning team

Note: The prizes will be given in a form of a redeemable voucher & can be used once we fulfill the order

Third Place Winner

$800 prize for each member of the winning team

SAP Challenge - Buy Online, Pickup in Parking Lot - 1st Place

$1,000 Visa Gift Card + Company Tour & Lunch

SAP Challenge - Buy Online, Pickup in Parking Lot - Distinction Prize (2)

Company Tour & Lunch

Touchtunes Challenge - Spotify Recommendation System - 1st Place

$700 prize with Touchtunes merch and office day (demo of the project, workshop, lunch)

Touchtunes Challenge - Spotify Recommendation System - 2nd Place

$500 prize

Touchtunes Challenge - Spotify Recommendation System - 3rd Place

$200 prize

OVHcloud Challege - Create a dynamic OVHcloud infrastructure that allows for efficiency

100$ Arduino Gift Card for each member of the winning team

nventive Challenge - Blockchain Challenge

$500 Amazon Gift Card for the winning team

Twilio Challenge - Best Use of the Twilio API

Logitech C925e Webcam for each member of the winning team

[MLH] Best Use of Google Cloud - Google Cloud Swag Bag or Backpack

Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Winners located in the US will receive a Google Cloud Swag Bag complete with a beanie, pillow, journal, socks & lanyards. Winners outside of the US will receive a Google branded backpack.

[MLH] Best Use of Domain.com - PowerSquare Qi Wireless Phone Charger

Register a .Tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend for your chance to win a PowerSquare Qi Wireless Phone Charger for you and each member of your team! Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. The more creative the domain the better!

[MLH] Best Hardware Hack Sponsored by Digi-Key - Grove Beginner Kit

Using your preferred hardware or hardware emulator, build a hack for your chance to win a Grove Beginner Kit, with embedded Arduino Uno compatible board. Each winning team member will receive a prize!

[MLH] Best Use of Auth0 - Exclusive Auth0 Swag made for MLH Winners (Branded Tumbler, Rubik's Cube & Sticker)

Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Use any of the Auth0 APIs for a chance to win some exclusive swag, including a Miir 12oz tumbler, Rubiks Cube, and sticker! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Save some time on your hack and set yourself up for a big win. It doesn’t take much to get started. Auth0 is free to try with up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today!

[MLH] Most Creative Use of Twilio - Twilio Swag Box GameGo Console

Twilio allows you to incorporate mobile messaging, phone calls and a ton of other awesome communication features right into your hackathon project using web service APIs. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe your application needs to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any one of Twilio’s APIs for a chance to win a Twilio Swag Box and GameGo Console for you and each of your teammates!

Judges

Esteemed ConUHacks Judges
HackConcordia

Judging Criteria

Working Demo
Originality and Innovation
Technical Difficulty
User Interface and Design

ConUHacks VI

Dream it, Hack it!

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