Welcome to IBM’s Inaugral Cognitive IoT Build Hackathon in Pune and Bangalore, India. Registration is open to Ecosystem, Business Partners and Customers in the Internet of Things marketplace.
Welcome to India's Watson IoT Hackathon, dubbed the #CognitiveIoTBuild.
As participants of this 48-hour hackathon, you and your team will:
- Learn how to build solutions on the world's leading cognitive IoT platform - IBM Watson IoT.
- Push the boundaries of technology by leveraging Blockchain, Weather, Edge, “Digital Twin” capabilities as the hottest topics in the IoT field.
- Develop a prototype with hands-on assistance from industry experts representing IBM Watson IoT, Persistent, Arrrow and many more.
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Hackathon themes – to be defined under 3 categories and 1 general segment
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- Smarter Cities e.g., Smarter Agriculture
- Industry 4.0 e.g. Smarter Factory
- Smarter Homes and Buildings
- "Bring Your Own" BYO Solution and become “Cognitive-enabled”
- Develop your presentation technique with help from pitching coaches in style of "Dragon's Den" or "Shark Thank" role plays.
- Present your business case to join the IBM Watson IoT Ecosystem.
- Own any IP that you develop during the Hackathon.
- Win cool prizes and pick up SWAG.
Sign up for the Hackathon at https://www.persistent.com/business-partner-cognitive-iot-build-hackathon-2017-registration/
AGENDA
Programme of Events - Day 1
- 0830-0900 Registration | Meet & Greet
- 0900-0930 Key Note Address – Watson IoT Executive
- 0930-1000 Welcome Address from location Host, Persistent Executive
- 1000-1030 Tea/Coffee Break
- 1030-1100 Arrow Presentation on IoT
- 1100-1130 Qualcomm - Educate participants on various connectivity solutions
- available & how to use it to BYO sol.
- 1130-1200 TE Connectivity – Overview and educate participants on various
- sensors available & how to use and leverage.
- 1200-1300 Working Lunch – Introduction to Watson APIs
- 1300-1400 Node Red Lab Session
- 1400-1445 Hackathon Kick-off - Form your team. Bring your own team or we'll help you form one. Meet your mentor. Each team is assigned a mentor to guide them during the hackathon
- 1445-1500 Tea/Coffee in teams with Mentors
- 1500-1530 Ideation, Team Name, Leads share 2 minute intro per team
- 1530-1900 Hackathon In action
- 1900-Late Dinner
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END OF DAY ONE: Outcome: From zero to creating the first app. |
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Hacking continues as late as you want or through the night. |
Programme of Events - Day 2
- 0800-0830 Breakfast
- 0830-1100 Finish Hacking
- 1100-1115 Tea/Coffee Break
- 1115-1230 Finish hacking and prep pitching
- 1230-1330 Lunch Break
- 1330-1400 Polish pitches with business mentors
- 1400-1600 Pitch to Judges
- 1600-1630 Judges Confer
- 1630-1700 Prizes, close, and certificates
- 1700-1830 Refreshments and close out reception
Eligibility
- Participants must be 18 years of age or older.
- Each participant must register for an IBM Bluemix account. Upon completion of your registration, the Hackathon team will extend your trial account with extra time, services, and resources.
Requirements
Hackathon themes – to be defined under 3 categories and 1 general segment
- Smarter Cities e.g., Smarter Agriculture
- Industry 4.0 e.g. Smarter Factory
- Smarter Homes and Buildings
- BYO Solution “Cognitive-enabled” Open to Clients, Industry & Tech - to encourage leveraging capabilities such as Blockchain, Weather, Edge, “Digital Twin” into Retail, Finance, Ports, Resources etc) * *BYO – “Bring Your Own”
How to enter
1. Register for IBM Bluemix
Register here: https://console.ng.bluemix.net/
This event will be using IBM Bluemix as the Digital Innovation Platform for your Watson IoT projects.
Upon completion of your registration and in advance of the competition, the Hackathon team will extend your trial account with extra time, services, and resources.
Already registered on IBM Bluemix? Continue to step 2 and use your existing IBM Bluemix ID when registering.
2. Sign up for the Hackathon at https://www.persistent.com/business-partner-cognitive-iot-build-hackathon-2017-registration/
Don't forget, you're going to need that IBM Bluemix ID!
Who Can Enter?
Are you an expert in Industry, Science, or Engineering? Bring your IoT problem and we will help you form a team to realise your prototype in 48 hours.
- Business Partners and Global System Integrators
- Developers
- Technologists and Evangelists
- Startups
- Post graduates and Researchers, Students
if you have any questions, please contact Hackathon organiser Ray Dhillon (rdhillon@au1.ibm.com) or +61410519111
Judges
Serge Durand
IBM WW Watson IoT Ecosystem Executive
Anurag Agrawal
Arrow Electronics, Asia Pacific
Peeyosh Pandey
Persistent Systems Limited, Asia Pacific Sales Leader
Hitesh Upadhya
The Weather Company, Asia Pacific Business Unit Execuive
Rohit Kapoor
Qualcomm
Sunil Shah
Watson IoT Country Leader, India
Judging Criteria
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Theme and Originality (25%)
Got the next unicorn? How new and interesting is the idea? - Smarter Cities e.g., Smarter Agriculture - Industry 4.0 e.g. Smarter Factory - Smarter Homes and Buildings - BYO Solution “Cognitive-enabled” -
Business Case and Pitch presentation (25%)
How well does the team pitch their idea? Enter the Dragon's Den or Shark Thank -- be prepared to "role play" and pitch to the CxOs and Board. 1 minute setup. 4 minute pitch -
IBM Cognitive and Cloud Enabled (25%)
How well does the project leverage IBM Watson/Bluemix capabilities? There must be an application running in Bluemix. Additional marks awarded for projects that actively use Bluemix Services. -
Completeness (25%)
What % of the Businesss Case is demonstrated by the tecnnology and can the IDEA be monetized for local and global markets... show me the money!