Past edition

Vertical Innovation Hackathon

Nov 16th-17th, 2018

Projects

Prizes

  • Win a Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1”

    Win a Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1”

    Won by F-O-O-D Team

    Offered by ACS Data Systems AG

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    Every participant of the winning team gets one Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1”

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    Try to identify the person interacting with “you”, the device, and challenge yourself to find out more about one or more of his/her traits, behaviors or plans.
    Additional description for the day of the challenge: Why limit yourself? Use bots, cookies, footprints, machine learning, forms, voice or any other idea you can think of… But remember: don’t bother your human with dull questions, tedious registration processes or boring interactions…they don’t like that! PS: You can use a device, such as this one (monitor with multitouch, internet browser, webcam plus Alexa/google voice or similar)

  • Win a Google Home Assistant

    Win a Google Home Assistant

    Won by Keynote 2.0

    Offered by Infominds AG

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    Every participant of the winning team gets one Google Home

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    Try to find a way to control classic Windows without mouse and keyboard. Additional description for the day of the challenge: There is a huge number of classic Windows applications which are controlled via mouse and keyboard. Try to find a way to use such applications only with voice/bots.

  • Experience innovative cultural and digital projects in Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Experience innovative cultural and digital projects in Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Won by PicStory

    Offered by Lichtbild/Argento Vivo and Axiell and innos Standortmarketing

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    You and your team will travel to Amsterdam, one of the largest start-up cities in Europe, to meet other players working at the interface between cultural initiatives and the IT sector

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    Use the Open Data generated by the interregional project “Lichtbild. Argento Vivo” in an innovative way

  • Experience Fosdem 2019 in Brussels

    Experience Fosdem 2019 in Brussels

    Won by NatureDiver

    Offered by Marketing Factory

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    Win flight and accomodation in Brussels for each team member from 01.02.2019-04.02.2019 in occasion of the FOSDEM conference.

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    Your project should make communication between guests and hotels or destinations more efficient. Develop a tool that uses latest technologies for communication during the stay.

    1. Your project includes AI, Machine Learning or Bot-Technology

    2. Your project helps the hotelier or the destination to gain direct advantages (e.g. more sales) or indirect advantages (e.g. more marketing data)

    3. Your project involves more than 1 channel (Multichannel Communication approach)

  • Amazon Echo Plus, Philips Hue & Philips Hue Go

    Amazon Echo Plus, Philips Hue & Philips Hue Go

    Won by OBC

    Offered by SiMedia

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    Each team member (up to 4) will get a smart home set containing an Amazon Echo Plus, 2x Philips Hue (color & white) light bulbs and a Philips Hue Go.

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    Voice-tastic. Use open data to improve a guest’s experience.

    Let a user pre-define it’s travel type (solotraveler, young couple, family with baby kids, teen kids,…). When they’ve visited a place they can specify where they’ve been (also remember the current weather data to be able to classify
    it as suitable for bad/good weather). Either only by voice or with an accompanying application.
    Let an external user classify, what is intended, for families, solo-travellers, couples,… and during which weather it’s suitable.

    things to consider:

    • For outdoor activities, watch out for the weather forecast

    • For indoor activities, watch out for age limitations

    • Consider opening times, entry prices, how longwould someone stay in such a place,…

    Possible data sources
    • daten.buergernetz.bz.it
    • opendatahub.bz.it (tourism.opendatahub.bz.it)
    • hackathon.simedia.tech (hackathon-docs.simedia.tech)

    /api/nearest-weather-station
    Gets the data for the nearest weather station (to get the current weather)

    /api/forecast
    Gets the weather bulletin for a given lat/lng combination with the according district

     

  • Sportler Gift Card

    Sportler Gift Card

    Won by Smart Office

    Offered by Systems GmbH

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    You and your team will receive a 400,00 € (100,00 € each) voucher at Sportler

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    Your project engage companies or organisations to use their resources in an effective and smart way to reduce their efforts and costs to make their work more sustainable and eco-friendly by using sensors and open data services.

  • Amazon Gift Card

    Amazon Gift Card

    Won by Resk

    Offered by Würth Phoenix

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    Amazon Gift Card in the value of 100,00 € for each team member

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    Work on a app solution idea which uses OpenDataHub with data enrichment provided by IOT or sensors to improve the living conditions of the society in our region in the safety field.

  • Present your project to experts in San Francisco

    Present your project to experts in San Francisco

    Won by Smart Bivouac

    Offered by IDM Südtirol - Alto Adige and Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse

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    You and your team will have the opportunity to meet with experts of blockbuster companies in San Francisco.

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    Create an Free Open Source Software application (mobile, desktop or web) which helps people in South Tyrol to support their work or solve a daily life problem. The project should connect nature with IT in a sustainable and innovative manner.

    You can use every API/ SDK publicly available, and all APIs provided by sponsors on this event. At the hackathon the Open Data Hub Südtirol – Alto Adige is presented. Using this API provides additional points to the evaluation of the main challenge. You are not allowed to use any internal SDK/ API with hidden features not publicly published.

    Additional points for the use of LoRaWAN and Beacons!

    Documentation at https://goo.gl/v8ch2a

Jury

Mentors

Team

Partners & Supporters

The Hackathon.bz.it partners are

  • IDM Südtirol - Alto Adige
  • Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse

We are proud to be sponsored by these amazing companies

  • ACS Data Systems AG
  • Axiell
  • Infominds AG
  • innos Standortmarketing
  • Lichtbild/Argento Vivo
  • Marketing Factory
  • SiMedia
  • Systems GmbH
  • Würth Phoenix

Partner projects

  • Beacon Südtirol - Alto Adige
  • Davinci
  • Open Data Hub

Interested in becoming a sponsor? See info here.