You can do good, while learning cool stuff!
One app could change everything. Will it be yours? Qlik and the United Nations invite you to turn your ideas into apps that will impact and make a difference in people’s lives.
Join developers, technologists and Qlik experts from around the world to collaborate and engage with data to design innovative solutions for global United Nations challenges. Leveraging Qlik Sense you’ll be challenged to use your skills to achieve new insights and/or visualizations that best address identified challenges. The results of this event could be extremely beneficial in impacting the ability of United Nations programs to effectively improve peace and security, socio-economic development, human rights, humanitarian affairs, and international law.
The Hackathon takes place on Monday, November 17 in Orlando Florida. Developers are invited to create something extraordinary and useful based on unique United Nations and social media datasets as well as Qlik Sense APIs. Every Hackathon participant will have hands-on access to Qlik Sense and its new capabilities in web integration, with ‘live’ enablement and support from internal Qlik experts who will be moderating the event.
Join to network, learn about new technologies, refine your skills, collaborate with other app enthusiasts, and “Change Our World”. This is your chance to make a difference for a cause that matters, "become the ultimate hacker for good", while you compete for great prizes.
Eligibility
This is a highly technical event focusing on web developers and individuals with strong web and JavaScript skills.
Attendees should have a high level of experience in developing websites or web applications using Javascript (and Javascript APIs and libraries), HTML and CSS with bonus points for database experience. Qlik Sense offers a variety of great new JavaScript APIs that developers can leverage on the web. If you’re technical with experience in design and UI/UX or a QlikView Developer, you are invited to participate in the Qlik Hackathon, however it is highly recommended that your buddy and teammate is an experienced and strong web developer. Prior experience with Qlik Sense and its extensible platform will be advantageous.
Participants will be assigned into groups of two during the welcome breakfast session at the beginning of the Hackathon.
Requirements
You and your team will hack on big problems to support a worthy cause. Teams will be presented with several challenges benefiting the United Nations, a Qlik “Change Our World” grant recipient and partner. The Qlik Hackathon challenges will remain secret until the day of the event. However, attendees will be provided with materials beforehand to help prepare for the event. Developers must use web skills, data and the Qlik Sense APIs to achieve new insights and/or visualizations that best address the challenges.
Prizes
First Place
• HP 10 Plus Tablet
• $300 gift card
• Go pro camera
Second Place
• HP Chromebook 11
• $200 gift card
• Jawbone Jambox
Third Place
• Beats Solo HP on-ear headphones
• $100 gift card
• RaspberryPi
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
This is an in-person event being held at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, FL on Monday, November 17, 2014 from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM. You must pre-enter to participate - please pick up your badge at Registration before coming to the Hackathon.
Judges
LAMBERT HOGENHOUT
Chief for Analytics and Innovation, United Nations
ANTHONY DEIGHTON
SVP Products & Chief Technology Officer, Qlik
Judging Criteria
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Design
The teams that create the three best applications, as declared by the judging panel, will be awarded prizes.
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