Eligibility

The top 120 university students from all around the world were selected to attend.

Requirements

In order to be eligible for finals, the following criteria must be met when submitting:

  1. Team name on Devpost be in the format SI/ID/MR 1-8: <Team Name>. For example, the 7th Social Inclusion team (as per the welcome packet) named For You must be in the format SI8: For You. 
  2. All code must be on a public GitHub repo. 
  3. Pitching information/slide decks be submitted via go.vhacks.org/pitch-submission.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$12,061 in prizes

1st Place: Social Inclusion

$2000 to the top Social Inclusion team.

1st Place: Migrants and Refugees

$2000 to the top Migrants and Refugees team.

1st Place: Interfaith Dialogue

$2000 to the top Interfaith Dialogue team.

2nd Place: Social Inclusion

$1000 to the second place Social Inclusion team.

2nd Place: Migrants and Refugees

$1000 to the second place Migrants and Refugees team.

2nd Place: Interfaith Dialogue

$1000 to the second place Interfaith Dialogue team.

VHacks Audience Prize

Let the people speak; everyone at VHacks will get the opportunity to choose their favorite final round team! $1000

MLH Best Domain Name from Domain.com

Raspberry Pi & PiHut Essential Kit

The Lacroix Prize

€1500 from The La Croix. All teams meeting submission deadlines of first round are eligible.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Father Eric Salobir

Father Eric Salobir
Optic Network, Order of Preachers

David Rousset

David Rousset
Sr Program Manager @Microsoft

John Taschek

John Taschek
Senior VP of Market Strategy @Salesforce

Ondrej Socuvka

Ondrej Socuvka
Senior Policy Manager @Google

Kristen Berlacher

Kristen Berlacher
Senior Manager of Social Impact at Airbnb

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