Deadline: |
July 31st 2018
Location: |
(Fully Funded)
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Hajj_Hackathon
Join the Brightest Minds for the Biggest Challenge Yet: The Hajj.Every year over 2 million people from across the globe journey to Saudi to perform The Hajj. How can you leverage technology and innovation to streamline the process and improve the overall experience for pilgrims?
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Each submission will be scored in each round based on (Design, Simplicity, Creativity, and Impact) the following criteria with a minimum score of (0) and maximum score of (20) points, with the final score being the average of the judges’ scores
Specializations for studying on this opportunity:
- Food and Beverage.
- Transportation.
- Crowd Management and Traffic Control.
- Travel and Accommodations Arrangement.
- Waste Management.
- Housing.
- Communications Solutions.
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English
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ALL WORLD COUNTRIES
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Wednesday, August 1st
14:00 – 16:00 – Doors Open and Light Refreshments are Served.
16:00 – 16:30 – Opening Ceremony, Sponsor and Partner Speech.
16:30 – 18:30 – Google Breakout Session.
18:30 – Coding Begins.
Thursday, August 2nd
9:00 – 10:30 – Doors Open and Light Refreshments are Served.
11:00 – 13:00 – Google Breakout Session.
18:00 – 19:00 – Dinner is Served.
20:00 – 20:30 – Pitch Workshop
Friday, August 3rd
7:00 – 8:00 – Breakfast is Served.
10:00 – 11:00 – Pitch Practice Session.
12:00 – 13:00 – Lunch is Served.
12:00 – Round 1 Judging Opens.
2 minutes pitch with 1 minute Q&A.
15:00 – Coding Stops/Submission Deadline.
17:00 – 18:00 – Dinner.
18:00 – 19:00 – Round 2 Judging.
19:00 – 19:30 – Judges Discussion.
19:30 – 20:00 – Closing Ceremony and Awards.
20:00 – Event Ends.
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- The participants will have to build technology solutions that could help streamline the process and improve the experience of pilgrims who come to Saudi from all over the world.
- The participating can apply as individuals or teams.
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(Fully Funded)
Prizes Worth Over +2,000,000 SAR.
Grand Prize
- 1,000,000 SAR for 15% Equity investment.
- Free tickets to Google IO 2019 Developers Conference in USA in April-June 2019.
- Google Home Mini with the Google Assistant built in.
- Google Cloud Credit.
- Free tickets for RiseUp Summit 2018.
Runner Up Prize
- 500,000 SAR for 10% Equity investment.
- Free tickets to Google IO 2019 Developers Conference in USA in April-June 2019.
- Google Home Mini with the Google Assistant built in.
- Google Cloud Credit.
- Free tickets for RiseUp Summit 2018.
2nd Runner Up
- 350,000 SAR for 7% Equity investment.
- Google Home Mini with the Google Assistant built in.
- Google Cloud Credit.
- Free tickets for RiseUp Summit 2018.
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Apply online
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This Scholarship Published by:
” Hager Ashour/Egypt“MARJ3 Intern
MARJ3 Scholarships team
