The DevCa (Developing Caribbean) 2016 Conference and Code Sprint is the 4th staging of an initiative by a variety of regional stakeholders including NGOs, educational institutions, and non-profits (see our Sponsors section below for specifics) to increase awareness of the opportunities presented by the global open data revolution. The Code Sprint is intended to provide a platform for developers and their teams to showcase their skills while finding solutions using open data (sample datasets will be provided).

The aim of the competition is to get the people most capable of implementing open data solutions across the region to create these solutions in line with the thematic areas.

At all DevCa Code Sprint sites, the organizers also work closely with domain experts and problem owners.  This sees several partners coming on board each year to contribute data, expertise and mentorship on problems in various sectors for the code sprint participants.

ORGANIZERS

 

   

   

Eligibility

Codesprint challengers are typically drawn from a wide cross section of interest groups, representing students from multiple tertiary institutions, developers from private companies and a number of government IT departments (particularly Science and Technology & Public Administration) across the Caribbean.  For the 2016 event, coders, designers, entrepreneurs, ideators, and anyone else interested in helping tackle regional problems using open data are eligible to enter. There are no restrictions on the countries/nationalities participating but the events will take place in the following locations.

  • Jamaica
  • Dominican Republic
  • St Lucia
  • Cuba
  • St. Kitts & Nevis

Requirements

  • Entries for this challenge will take the form of applications that aim to solve real-world problems using open data.
  • There is no specific requirement with regards to the type of application or the platform the solution needs to run on (i.e. desktop applications, web applications, mobile apps etc- all are acceptable). 
  • Competitors will be given a list of open data sets they can access to build out their solutions. From the list, they may choose to use any or all of the data sets provided - or use any other open data resource they may find.
  • Teams will be given 24 hours to complete their project before submitting their finished prototype via upload on the DevPost page (a zip file or similar archive is fine). While the source code is not needed, we encourage participants to upload screenshots and screencasts so that persons from other islands can view the innovations
  • Teams will be expected to present their solutions to conference attendees and  our judging panel shortly after the 24 hour has elapsed.
  • Judging will take place at the local level with Event coordinators.The Judges decision is final.
  • Winning teams will be announced shortly after the presentations and an award ceremony will follow.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

1 non-cash prize
TBD
1 winner

More details will be published at a later date.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

How to enter

Competitors and visitors are required to reserve their place at the DevCa 2016 conference via the Eventbrite platform link here.

Registering via EventBrite only provides access to the DevCa conference, however, competitors will also need to register for the Hackathon on this page (scroll to the top and it’s the big blue button on the right hand side).

 

Judges

As determined by the individual countries.

As determined by the individual countries.

Judging Criteria

  • As determined on a per country basis.
    The judging criteria will be determined by the local organizers for each country's hosting of the event.

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