18th ~ 21st july - taiwan...~5.24 5.25 ~5.30 6.1 7.18 ~7.20 7.21 . 3-day hackathon 6 7.19 7.18 7.20...
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18th ~ 21st July
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For the country's social development, the
Taiwan Presidential Hackathon launched in 2018.
For global development challenges, we add the
International Track in 2019.
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We are looking for…
Civic Hacktivists & Governments & Companies
and other organizations around the world…
all your ideas which use open data to solve global or regional development challenges.
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CHALLENGE THEME
Enabling Sustainable Infrastructure
Global or regional development issues (Asia context preferred)
High social impact
Requires cross-sector/cross-country collaboration
Have short-term feasibility (for post-hackathon regional
collaboration)
Data-driven (must have available data to create solutions)
Information technology enabled
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IMPORTANT DATES
Winner Demo Award Ceremony
Team Selection
Online Registration
3-day Hackathon
Acceptance announcement
4.1 5.25 6.1 7.18 7.21 ~5.24 ~7.20 ~5.30
3-DAY HACKATHON
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7.19
7.18
7.20
Program Introduction,
Team Pitch & Hands-on Sections
Welcome Party
Experience sharing with
Taiwan teams & Local Visits
Final Pitch & Winner Selection
Culture Event
Knowledge
Exchange
Experience
Sharing
Collaboration
Brainstorming
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SELECTION CRITERIA
Innovation How unique was the
approach to solving a long-standing or previously intractable problem?
Feasibility How fully has the idea
been implemented?
Does it achieve its goal effectively and efficiently?
How quickly can it be put to use?
Can it scale?
Social impact Does the solution
address a high priority area?
What is the expected social impact?
Can it scale?
Can it be transferred elsewhere?
30 % 40 % 30 %
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CHALLENGE SPONSORS
Open Contracting Partnership is a global non-profit seeking to improve public contracting outcomes through open data and collaboration.
DeepMind Technologies is a British artificial intelligence company This company has created a neural network that learns how to play video games in a fashion similar to that of humans.
OpenAI is a non-profit artificial intelligence research organization that aims to promote and develop friendly AI in such a way as to benefit humanity as a whole.
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AWARDS
Award cups for winning teams
Live demo in the Presidential Building
An invitation from the Taiwanese government for future
collaboration
Winning Teams
Travel packages for all selected finalists (4-night hotel and
local transportation in Taipei, Taiwan)
Finalists
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Proposal Submission
This Challenge is open to teams (not individuals) that can offer prototypes of innovative solutions within the Challenge Scope.
Maximum 5 people per team. Submission deadline is May 24, 2019. Acceptance announcement is June 1, 2019
If you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact us [email protected]
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JOIN US
https://presidential-hackathon.taiwan.gov.tw/en/international-track/Default.aspx