The Smart City Challenge hackathon is a place where students, developers, entrepreneurs and designers interested in making their city a better place can gather in multidisciplinary teams to jointly build innovative solutions for smarter cities.

The Smart City Challenge hackathon is a marathon competition that will take place from Friday 22 November to Sunday 24 November as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. Participants will have 24 hours to develop a solution (prototype) in one of the given challenges: Internet of Things (IoT), smart homes and buildings, smart transport, smart production, smart environment, smart health, smart citizens.

The competition is organized under the auspices of the Split-Dalmatia County and the City of Split, and the organizers are the Student Business Incubator of the Faculty of Economics in Split, the Association of Information Technology Developers and the Lil Code Lab company, with the support of Locastic, in whose premises the competition itself will be held.

The Smart City Challenge hackathon will last 24 hours without a break, and the contestants will be tasked with developing a completely new solution in accordance with the rules of the competition. Everyone can participate, regardless of their education or profession, the only condition is that the members are of legal age.

After the prototype development period, the representative of each team has 5 minutes to pitch his project to the expert jury. In order to enable the participants to develop as well as possible from idea to project, there are mentors who will further guide them with their knowledge and experience.

The best teams win prizes and receive further support for the development of their projects through the incubator. The competition has a dual character. On the one hand, it provides an opportunity for teams to develop their idea and project with the help of excellent mentors, and later through the support of partners involved in the project.

Applications last until the 15th. November 2019 The number of participants is limited, so hurry up and register as an individual or a team and surround yourself with young innovative, enterprising people and gain new knowledge and skills.

The schedule of activities, as well as other interesting information, can be found on Smart City Challenge and follow us on the Facebook page Smart City Challenge Hackathon 2019