A hackathon is a problem-solving event where people with different skills collaborate in teams to develop a working prototype to a specific problem during a defined time frame (e.g. 48h). It is considered to be a playful and effective method to spark creativity and new ideas.
Nothing! Joining STHLM 2020 is for free!
Absolutely not. Different skills are required inside a team, and coding is just one of them. People with marketing, business development, design and other knowledge are needed and very welcome to join.
Of course! The entire event will be ONLINE so you can participate from anywhere you want.
Yes! You start by signing up as an individual but you will need to form or integrate a team to participate in the hackathon as only teams will be admitted.
Pre-formed teams are welcome, but everyone has to sign up individually for the event. Pre-existing teams are also free to incorporate new people in case they want to bring new participants on board.
A team is a minimum of 2 people. We recommend a team size between 4 to 8 individuals to make it manageable but we have no objections if you go beyond that.
Yes. These will be announced closer to the hackathon start.
Our hackathon takes place exclusively online. We use Discord as our hackathon communications platform and Hype for all hackathon operations.
There will be time to brainstorm ideas and innovate within each challenge.
The Jury will be composed of subject-matter experts from our case challenge providing organizations as well as representatives from our sponsor & partner organizations.
Yes! A variety of mentors from different fields will be helping teams throughout the event.
Winners will be awarded with the possibility of further developing the solution along with the case provider that created the challenge. The further development will depend on the team and the fit of the solution presented with the agenda of the organization. All code developed will be uploaded to our GitHub so that the community can continue developing them!
All code produced as part of Openhack hackathons is GPL licensed.
