Re-Inventing the Hackathon: Largest Developer Ecosystem in the World
This Fall, AngelHack announced their new hackathon series, AppHACK, which takes place in 35 cities around the world. On 23rd and 24th November, AppHACK is coming to Davao in an effort help developers educate and collaborate in a 24 hour mobile app competition with the goal of building stronger developer ecosystems, and thus stronger startup communities. Each event will have 1 winner, which will win acceptance into our HACKcelerator pre-accelerator program and have the opportunity to come to San Francisco for our 2 week SF experience.
AppHACK will be judged predominantly by CTO’s and you will have to actually demo what you built. PowerPoints and slide shows will not be allowed. Judging will be based on how creative, simple, and impactful your hack might be.
WHAT: AppHACK
A mobile hackathon competition focusing on building applications and teaching developers Android and iOS development, as well as education on new platforms and technologies. Participants will learn developer tools, meet new friends, and win prizes and mentorship for their startup ideas.
Participants will work for 24 hours on the next big play experience in an “all-inclusive” environment with gourmet food, energy drinks, massages and NERF blasters!
WHO: All UX / IX developers, designers, entrepreneurs over invited to participate
Judges include:
– Keith Hong, Application Ecosystem Lead for Qualcomm in APAC
– Lonel Labit, Regional Map & Content Manager @ HERE
– Ivan Kovalyov, Integration Manager @ Paymentwall
– Earl Valencia, President @ IdeaSpace Foundation
WHEN: Saturday, November 23rd and Sunday, November 24th
· Doors open to all participants at 9:00 am on Saturday, November 23rd
· The Hackathon concludes at 1:00 pm on Sunday, November 24th
· Winners are announced at 5:00 pm with celebrations to follow
WHERE:
SMART Developer Network
Davao City, Davao Region
Philippines
HOW: Register online at https://apphack13davao.eventbrite.com/
About AngelHack
AngelHack unites developers around the world in a massive hackathon where they can learn interesting developer tools, start new companies, and even win prizes and funding for their ideas. AngelHack Fall 2013 brings together 6000+ developers across 30 cities for the world’s largest hackathon. The top teams worldwide will be entered in HACKccelerator and receive 6-8 weeks of expert mentorship before being flown to Silicon Valley to showcase their work to investors and media at AngelHack’s Global Demo Day on January 24th, 2014. On average, 30% of finalists will find funding and move on to become groundbreaking startups. (AngelHack MR)
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