This is an online hackathon and you can participate from anywhere.
You can register for the hackathon as an individual or as a team of up to five (5) individuals. Once you register, if you would like to be part of a team, you have the following two options: (i) you can invite friends to form your team; or (ii) you can ask to join a team by browsing all the participants who have registered for the hackathon.
The theme of the hackathon is sustainability, and your solution must fall into one of the five (5) sub-theme categories associated with sustainability. See Themes for additional details about these categories.
The hackathon consists of 2 phases- Ideation Phase and Development Phase. The Ideation phase starts at 10:00 AM PST on Nov 15, 2021, and ends at 10:00 AM PST on Jan 14, 2022. The Development Phase starts at 10:00 am PST on Jan 20, 2022, and ends at 11:59 pm PST on Jan 30, 2022
During the Ideation phase, you/your team will submit an idea in accordance with the Submission Guidelines outlined for the Ideation Phase. See Submission Guidelines for additional details. You/your team will need to receive a total score of seventy (70) points or higher to participate in the Development Phase. See Judging Criteria for additional details
The HackerEarth team will announce the winners of the ideation phase on the hackathon website at 1:00 pm on Jan 19, 2022
During the Development phase, you/your team will submit a solution in accordance with the Submission Guidelines outlined for the Development Phase. A signed Development Participation Agreement must be submitted with your solution(s). Any solution submitted without a signed Development Participation Agreement will be disregarded by the judges and will be ineligible to win prizes. See Submission Guidelines for additional details.
You/your team can submit as many submissions as you would like in each phase of the hackathon. However, your last submission will be the solution that will be evaluated by the judges and eligible to win prizes. All other submissions will be disregarded for purposes of awarding prizes.
All submissions must be uploaded to the HackerEarth Challenge Page to be eligible to win prizes.
Winners will be selected based on a point system awarded for each submission. The submission with the highest point total will be the overall winner. See Judging Criteria for additional details on overall and runner-up winners.
The HackerEarth team will announce the winners of the development phase on the hackathon website at 1:00 pm on Feb 7, 2022. See Prizes for additional details.
You are expected to come up with new and innovative ideas, and any idea used from a third party and/or site will result in a disqualification of your submission.
Your solution must be developed entirely during the duration of the hackathon.
You may use open source libraries in your solution in accordance with the TIBCO LABS IoT and Sustainability Hackathon Rules.
By participating in the hackathon you agree to these rules, TIBCO LABS IoT and Sustainability Hackathon Rules and terms and conditions of HackerEarth