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The MEGA Hackathon League is hosting a hybrid hackathon catered to the United Nations' seventeen sustainable development goals: end world poverty and hunger, promote well-being, provide quality education, achieve gender equality, ensure sustainable water management, promote economic growth, foster innovation, ensure access to clean energy, reduce inequality, ensure safety, maintain sustainable consumption and production, combat climate change, conserve marine and terrestrial ecosystems, promote world peace, and strengthen global partnership. The MEGA Hackathon League is a coalition of high-school students from around the globe including the schools: Pingry, Hun, Lawrenceville, Newark Academy, Rutgers Prep, Northfield Mount Hermon School, Prince of Wales Secondary School, and more.
By infusing computer science competitions with these goals, the MEGA Hack League’s annual Hackathon will raise awareness for global welfare while instilling passion in computer science students. Lasting twenty-four hours, MEGAHack2022 will occur from Friday, April 2 to Sunday, April 4 in a hybrid format, with the theme AI for Good. Participants can join our event online through the zoom platform or join in person at select locations around the world.
Moderators will be present both in person and on Zoom to answer any questions or assist with team projects. Workshops, Guest Speakers and other events will make this event fun for all. Participants will have networking opportunities, receive free swag and the opportunity to win prizes.
Updated Schedule:
We will use discord to communicate throughout the event.
All the time below is Eastern Daylight Time GMT-4
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April 1st, Fri |
Location | |
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5:30-6:00 PM |
Open Ceremony | Youtube Live(link in discord) |
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6:00-6:45 PM |
Guest Speaker: Dr.Chen from NASA | Youtube Live |
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6:45-7:00 PM |
GatherTown Tutorial | Youtube Live |
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7:00-8:00 PM |
Workshop 1: Mobile App Dev | GatherTown WS Room 1 |
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8:00-9:00 PM |
Workshop 2: Game Dev | GatherTown WS Room 1 |
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8:00-9:00 PM |
Workshop 3: Machine Learning Intro |
GatherTown WS Room 2 |
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9:00-10:00 PM |
Workshop 4: Web Dev | GatherTown WS Room 1 |
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April 2nd, Sat |
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10:00 AM |
Topic & Challenge Release | Discord |
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1:30-2:00 PM |
In-person participants: Get ready | In-person sites(Hun School, Milton Academy, NHM) |
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2:00 PM |
Hackathon 24-hour count-down started | In-person sites and GatherTown |
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Mentors will be available throughout the whole 24-hour event | Meals for in-person participants will be covered |
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April 3rd, Sun |
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2:00 PM |
Submission closed for all participants | |
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2:00-6:00 PM |
Project Gallery will be opened and judging start | |
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7:00 PM |
Awards&Closing Ceremony | Youtube Live |
Requirements
Create a project (or project proposal)—an app, website, game, etc.—geared towards the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals(https://sdgs.un.org/goals)
The idea is the most important aspect of your proposal. Code is not required, but it is recommended.
Specific prompts for certain goals will be announced before the actual event.
Prizes
$51,403 in prizes
Overall Winner
300$ Cash
1$ .xyz domain
209.9$ Goliath Automation & Robotics- Monster Kit
$300 Taskade Unlimited (Lifetime)
Certificate
25$ 1x AoPS Coupon
240$ Voiceflow Professional Licence
100$ Leading Learners Expansion Pack
Overall 2nd Place
150$ Cash
1$ .xyz domain
$300 Taskade Unlimited (Lifetime)
Certificate
25$ 1x AoPS Coupon
240$ Voiceflow Professional License
100$ Leading Learners Expansion Pack
Overall 3rd Place
50$ Cash
1$ .xyz domain
$300 Taskade Unlimited (Lifetime)
Certificate
240$ Voiceflow Professional License
100$ Leading Learners Expansion Pack
High School Winner
(3)
Certificate
1$ .xyz Domain
25$ 1x AoPS Coupon
100$ Slingshot Internship
SGAP Game Developer Award
SGAP Leaders Game Dev Internship
GNEC Award (College Students Only)
Global NGO Executive Committee Internship Prize
Homelessness Category Winner Award
S4S Internship Prize
Education Category Winner Award
Education for All: Internship Prize
Climate Category
Certificate and winner of the climate category
Business Innovator Award
Top Project with the best business plan
Participants Swag&Food
(200)
Free subscriptions to many websites/services. Check out discord for details!
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Raghav Poddar
Y Combinator Company Founder
Viacheslav Shago
Senior Software Engineer/TechLead at Sberbank
Viachaslau Matsukevich
Solutions Architect at OOOCTDev
Dr.Rose Cardarelli
Education for All Coalition
John Fay
Resilience Inc
Dr. Kevin Merges
Innovation Academy and Global NGO Executive Comittee
Yuvraj Lakhotia
Shawls4Shelters Nonprofit
Shivam Bhatia
Slingshotahead
Judging Criteria
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Technicality
-Max Score 10 - Use of APIs, programs, and code in the project (if code was used) - How well was the idea implemented? (if code was used) - Is this concept possible to implement in the real world? -
Innovation
- Max Score 10 - Is this idea new? - Will this project make an impact? -
Presentation
- Max Score 10 - Is the information organized? - Is the concept understandable?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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