Join us at the next hackathon on April 18th and 19th, 2020.
#HACKTHEGAP
WHAT
Hack the Gap is a two-day hackathon aimed at creating a high-energy weekend where women and non-binary people from all backgrounds and experience levels can enjoy an accessible, approachable, positive experience.
WHY
To have fun, connect with others and challenge yourself to build a weekend project with a team in a safe place to hack and explore and build without the headwinds of inherent bias and sexism in tech.
WHO
We need idea people, designers, data people, testers, and programmers. If you don't code, that's cool. Come as you are!
Hack the Gap is for female-identified and non-binary people. We use an inclusive definition of “woman” and “female” and we welcome trans women, genderqueer women, and non-binary people.
If you're not sure if this event is for you? Get in touch with us.
Interested in volunteering or mentoring? Sign up here.
WHERE
Prime academy
301 S 4th Ave #577
Minneapolis, MN 55415
SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, April 18th, 2020
7:30 AM: Doors open for breakfast (No need to stop for coffee ☕️ — we’ll have coffee available!)
8 AM: Kickoff, pitches and team formation
12 PM: Lunch
3 PM: Snack
5 PM: Dinner
8 PM: Snack
10 PM: Everyone goes home to sleep
Volunteer & mentor schedules will be posted closer to the event.
SUNDAY, April 19th, 2020
7:45 AM: Doors open for breakfast
12 PM: Lunch
12:30 PM: Doors open to Public for Demo Event
1 PM - 3 PM: Demos
3:30 PM: Award Ceremony
4 PM: Wrap up
PRIZE CATEGORIES
🏆 Decided and awarded by the Spring 2020 Hack the Gap judge panel. 🏆
⚡️ RAFFLE PRIZES! ⚡️
Coming soon
Three month resident membership to The Riveter.
Want to see your logo here?
Email hello@hackthegap.com if you’d like to donate a raffle prize.
Space Sponsor
COMPETITION RULES
When demoing your project, you’ll need to show your technology live, even if there are stubbed out parts of your application. Do not use PowerPoint or PDFs.
Team size can range from 2 to 6 people. Prize categories won’t have more than six prizes for the winning team. Teams with less than two people won’t be able to compete, although they can still attend the event.
The project hack must be built at the event, not prior to the event.
All teams retain full ownership of what they created during the hackathon. Hack the Gap claims no rights to any of the ideas.
There will be no alcohol served at the event.
You must read and adhere to the code of conduct.
That’s it. Those are the rules.
JUDGING CRITERIA
The weekend hacks will be judged by the innovation of the idea and problem solution; the technical impressiveness; and the impact of the idea of community, the market or the end users. No one of these categories will have more weight than another.
There will be a panel of judges. Each judge will rate the team presentation of the project with a 1 through 5 for each of the categories: innovation, technical impressiveness, and impact. The total score of each team will be tallied up and the judges will decide which team takes first, second and third prize.
