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.
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
- "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

END OF DAY ONE: Outcome: From zero to creating the first app.

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

View full rules

Prizes

Cognitive IoT Build Prize (5)

- 5 Winners to be offered Global Entrepreneur Program (GEP) access and funding (applicable for new BPs only)
- Access to Extended IBM Bluemix Subscription
- Access to Support from IBM Ecosystem IoT Partners on devices, support and design.
- Additional Prizes and Giveaways by Sponsors
- Top Partner(s) to be invited to participate in IBM's Asia Pacific Watson Build Challenge https://www-356.ibm.com/partnerworld/wps/static/watsonbuild/index.html

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

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

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!

themes

Machine Learning/ AI
Communication