Women in Technology International (WITI) has organised an international hackathon in partnership with IBM for building applications, software, hardware, and platform solutions focused on the Internet of Things and wearables. Registration for the hackathon starts on May 1, 2015 and is open to developers, scientists, students, entrepreneurs and educators, among others.
Those interested can, after registration, start strategising and building their solutions on IBM’s Cloud development platform Bluemix. Participants will have three weeks before a global winner is chosen and announced at WITI’s Annual Women in Technology Summit In Silicon Valley.
Anyone is eligible to participate in the ‘WITI IoT Hackathon’ as the challenge requires individuals with a broad range of skills. Teams can also be as large or as small as you want. though the organisers suggest anywhere from 1-4 participants.
All solutions built at the event must be submitted under an open source license that permits the free and open dissemination of the work. WITI/IBM and the other supporting organisations will not own the rights to nor will utilise commercially any solution developed during the event.
WITI is an international body with a mission to “empower women worldwide to achieve unimagined possibilities and transformations through technology, leadership and economic prosperity.” Started in 1989 as The International Network of Women in Technology and, in 2001, it evolved into The WITI Professional Association, a trade association for tech-savvy women.
With a global network of smart, talented women and a market reach exceeding 2 million, WITI has programs and partnerships that provide connections, resources, opportunities and a supportive environment of women committed to helping each other.
The judging criteria for the hackathon includes among other requirements, impact. How much impact (quality and quantity) will the entry project have? Does it solve a big problem or a little problem? Then, there’s originality, which means is the hack more than just another generic social/mobile/local app? Does it do something entirely novel, or take a fresh approach to an old problem?
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