Hackathon Submissions are now open!
你可以在这里登录你的项目：
Submit your hack here: http://techcrunch.wufoo.com/forms/submit-your-hack/
Special Opportunities for Beijing Disrupt Hackers!
The Beijing Disrupt Hackathon has the support of some amazing companies who are helping hackers by hosting API platforms, providing educational workshops and offering exciting prizes for their own unique contests. Here are some of the programs already planned by our incredible sponsors:
6waves Lolapps Custom Contest
6waves Lolapps is looking for the next killer game in the social/mobile gaming platforms. Up to 3 winning teams could bring home over US $100,000 worth of prizes and win an opportunity to partner with 6waves to get their games published globally. Contestants are welcome to use any open-source or licensed technologies to build a demo social game on any mobile or social network platforms. Example API’s and platforms include Tencent, OpenSocial, Facebook, iOS, and Android platforms. Demos or prototypes with built-in social and cross-platform concepts will gain advantage. Demos will be judged based on the following criteria:
- most original creative concept
- highest-level social experience
- best use of cross-platform technologies
- most compelling game design
Prizes:
1st Place: Potential funding from 6waves Lolapps’ 6L Fund (worth up to US$100,000) and 1 iPad 2, 1 Samsung Galaxy Tab
2nd Place: Apple iPad 2 (64GB)
3rd Place: Samsung Galaxy Tab
Tianji Custom Contest
Tianji, part of the Viadeo network, is the official host of the Beijing Disrupt professional network. Tianji will sponsor a special Professional Social Network prize for the best hack of Tianji’s API. With Tianji’s open API, third party developers can leverage the company’s business social networking platform to create a personalized web experience for their site visitors – ultimately increasing brand awareness, driving revenue and elevating engagement.
Their criteria will be best usage of Tianji’s API, disruptive, and out of the box thinking.
The prizes will be:
- 5000 RMB as first prize
- 3000 RMB for the second prize
- 2000 RMB for the 3rd prize
myGengo Custom Contest
myGengo’s Human Translation API allows developers to plug quality translation into any application, website or platform. myGengo is supporting efforts to “go global” with a prize for the best myGengo API integration encouraging global outreach and communication. Through this API, developers can access over 3,000 translators around the world, enabling users to publish new content dynamically in multiple languages and attracting a global audience. Free client libraries in popular programming languages are available, as well as a sandbox environment for testing and recommendations for integration.
Demos will be judged based on the following criteria:
- most likely to encourage global growth
- potential for furthering cross-cultural communication
- seamlessness in user-experience and workflow
Prize to be announced soon.
deCarta Hackathon Sponsor
deCarta will be hosting their location-based services (LBS) APIs for hackers to access during the Hackathon and will be presenting a workshop on how to integrate their mapping tools with new applications. They will have a developer environment (deCarta devzone) open for hackers during the event. If interested, you can register and get information on their APIs here.
Red Pagoda Resources Hackathon Sponsor
Red Pagoda Resources will be helping developers learn about some of the coolest jobs at startups. Founder, Andy Mok, along with being the organizer for our Beijing Disrupt Hackathon, is a talent-hunter for audaciously visionary internet companies in China. When he’s not trolling
Zhongguancun or the Internet for game-changing developers and product managers, he also organizes Startup Weekend Beijing to help developers meet investors as well as talented and like-minded product managers and UI/UX professionals. Make sure to seek him out if you want to discuss opportunities!
MailChimp Hackathon Sponsor
MailChimp is hosting a US $1M Integration Fund to help companies create new innovations that integrate with MailChimp email marketing tools.
CloudFlare Hackathon Sponsor
CloudFlare will be hosting a workshop to discuss its APIs.
We are also giving away 100 individual free Hackathon attendee passes!
Join TechCrunch Disrupt Hack and get a free Hack pass Saturday Oct 29th – Sunday Oct 30th
Click on the yellow promotion code button and use the promotion code: GoogleDev4Disrupt and click OK
This will give you the option to get a free hack pass.
Registration For Our Hackathon In Beijing Is Officially Open! The 2011 Beijing Hackathon Will Be in Chinese and English and We Will Have Simultaneous Translation and Translators on Site!
Registration is officially open for our Beijing Hackathon! Not only is this our fifth time hosting our incredibly popular Hackathon at TechCrunch Disrupt, it is our FIRST time hosting it overseas. The Hackathon has become an incredibly popular event where hackers from all over the world come together to build hacks of all kinds, from funny to useful, bizarre to wacky. No matter what kind of hacks are built, it’s always interesting and some might even change the world. In San Francisco, we had around 800 registrants for our last event, and this year we’re opening the Hackathon to 500 top developers in Beijing NOW.
The format remains the same – a little less than 24 hours to create a hack on site and present a working demo to an audience of developers, press and industry insiders. We promise delicious snacks and dinner, caffeine, and surprises to keep you awake, motivated, and determined as ever. If you’re a developer, you gotta be there.
The goal of these increasingly popular events isn’t just to build startups. We want to give developers their own platform to shine in. It’s that mixture of utility and whimsy that keeps the Hackathons, and our industry for that matter, fresh. Much of the field is built behind the scenes by the hard work of talented developers and Hackathons are the best way we’ve found to spotlight them.
Unfortunately we cannot accommodate everyone, so it’s best to register now to make sure you’re in! Knowing how the number 8 is considered lucky in China, we’re asking a nominal 88 RMB required to save your seat. The fee is just to curtail no-shows and we have many friends and sponsors offering fun and surprises throughout the night.
Want to learn more about the Beijing Hackathon? Make sure you check out what happened at our Disrupt SF Hackathon here. This is one hacking event you do not want to miss. You may even be asked to present on the Disrupt stage!
Hackathon Schedule
Saturday, October 29th:
12:30pm: Hacker check-in
1:30pm: Hackathon begins (please come fed or bring your lunch; afternoon snacks and beverages will be served)
7:00pm: Dinner & beer
Midnight: Late night fare will be served
Sunday, October 30th:
7:30am: Breakfast is served
9:30am: All hacks must be submitted
11:00am: Hack presentations begin (PUBLIC IS WELCOME. Strict 60 second presentation limit; functional hacks only, no PowerPoint pitches)
12:15pm: 15-min. break; lunch is served
12:30pm: Hack presentations continue
2:45pm – 3:00pm: Final hack awards
TICKETS AVAILABLE at HERE.
There are many ways for companies to partner with us on the Hackathon. At SF Disrupt, we had 15 sponsored API platforms for hackers to develop on, as well as several amazing contests, with companies offering over $500,000 in prizes. To learn how you can provide support for the developer community, please contact Jeanne Logozzo.
For all SPONSOR OPPORTUNITIES for the HACKATHON, please contact Jeanne Logozzo for more information.
