Graduate challenge: Optimize the future
Graduate challenge: optimize the future
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Last updated: February 3, 2023
BY PARTICIPATING, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
OVERVIEW
The Graduate challenge: optimize the future is a call for multidisciplinary profiles, from graduates in economics/marketing as well as young experts in digital/IoT technologies (such as engineers, software developers, UI/UX designers), who are enrolled in a Tietoevry curse to compete in a hackathon focused on sustainability.
HACKATHON NAME
Graduate challenge: optimize the future
HACKATHON OBJECTIVE
The Hackathon will bring together talented multidisciplinary profiles to compete in a virtual online hackathon to produce an applicable project scope.
ORGANIZER & CLIENT
Organizer (the “Organizer”): Kreativdistrikt S.r.l. (hereafter also “KDKT”), registered office via F. Petrarca 22, 20123 Milano, VAT code and Fiscal Code 09829520965. The Organizer is the entity responsible for the Hackathon.
Client (the “Client”): Tietoevry Corporation, PL 10355, 00021 Laskutus, Finland (hereinafter collectively the “Client”).
The Client and the Organizer may be collectively referred to as “we”.
DATES AND TIMING. All the times are in central European time Zone (CET)
- Registration open – 30th of Jan
- Virtual Pre-event Warm-Up (Live session) – 2nd of Feb @ 13:30
- Registrations & Teams closed – 8th Feb @ 23:59
- Launch of the Virtual Hackathon (Live session) – 9th Feb @ 08:30
- Lunch break – 9th Feb @ 13:00
- Overview of activities (Live session) – 9th Feb @ 14:00
- Deliverables uploaded and penciles up – 9th Feb @ 16:00
- Hackathon closure (Live session) – 9th Feb @ 16:01
- Evaluation – 10th Feb
- Pitching, Award & Winners Announcement Live Event – 15th of Feb @ 9:00 (one hour)
The Organizer will be the official timekeeper for the Hackathon.
HACKATHON PROCESS
- Review the guidelines for this hackathon on the landing page: https://tietoevryhack.kreativdistrikt.com/.
- Apply to participate on the platform on the link that you will find on the Landing Page or here https://eventornado.com/event/tietoevry
- Receive an email confirmation of selection as a participant for this event.
- Prepare yourself and your team by reviewing the starter kit that you will receive for the hackathon which will contain deadlines, milestones, and guidelines.
- Participate in the live workshop on the 2nd of February where you will find out what will be expected of you.
- Get ready to hack with your team and prepare to hack!
HACKATHON OUTPUT
Work on one of the 6 challenges described on the website of this hackathon with your teammates and produce one A4 Essay which should contain between 300 and 1000 words answering the problem proposed following the criteria described in this document. The second deliverable is either a presentation of 7 slides with text and images or a video presentation explaining the best as possible your research and following the guidelines of the template you will download the day of the event. The best teams will participate in the Pitching, Award & Winners Announcement Live Event on the 15th of Feb.
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
Please provide your submission materials in English. Submissions in other languages won’t be accepted.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Participants own the rights to the projects they create.
JUDGING
A panel of judges composed from the Organizer, and the Client will evaluate every project considering the following criteria:
- How effectively the idea/solution addresses issues related to one of the Hackathon categories
- How technically feasible the solution would be to create and produce,
- How unique the idea/solution is and how it helps create benefits for the environment, the community, the final users.
JUDGES WILL CHOOSE TO EVALUATE THE SUBMISSIONS BASED SOLELY ON THE MATERIALS PROVIDED BY THE PARTICIPANTS.
PRIZES
The prize pool of a total of €600 for the winners will be distributed to the winners by the Tietoevry team and can take up to 90 days for the completion of the shipping process. The prize is not monetary in nature but in value and it is Tietoevry discretion to disclose the content of it.
PRIZE DISTRIBUTION
Prize cannot be substituted, assigned, transferred, or redeemed for cash; however, the Organizer reserves the right to make equivalent prize substitutions at its sole discretion. Organizer will not replace any lost or stolen prizes or components of a prize(s). Prize cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion or offer. The Organizer will not award a Prize if there are no eligible Submissions entered in the Hackathon, or if there are no eligible Participants or Submissions for a specific Prize.
LIABILITY & LITIGATION
The Organizer is fully entitled to shorten, extend, modify or cancel the Hackathon in any manner it deems fit without incurring any liability to the Participants. The Organizer is fully entitled to disqualify a Participant or a team which does not abide by these Terms & Conditions or acts in any way deemed inappropriate by the Organizer.
The Organizer shall not be responsible, and assume no liability, for (i) lost, misdirected or late submissions; (ii) electronic transmission errors; (iii) theft, destruction, change of, or unauthorized, access to submissions; (iv) technical problems, malfunctions or errors in the operation of any hardware or software which is necessary for the transmission of submissions or for the procedure of the Hackathon, including computer viruses and bugs, or for manipulations, unauthorized access, scams, overload of the Internet or a website or any combinations of these, nor for other causes not subject to the inspection by the Organizer and the respective subsidiaries and branches of the Organizer. In case any of the above should occur, the Organizer retains the right, in its sole discretion, to adjust, change, postpone or cancel the Hackathon in any manner it deems fit, or to take any other action it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, disqualifying any Participant who wrongfully causes any of the above to occur. The Organizer reserves all rights to recover damages and to take any resources that may be available to it against any such Participant.
All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the Participants and the Organizer in connection with the Hackathon, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Court of Milan – Italy.
PRIVACY
When participating in this Hackathon you accept and agree our Privacy Policy located here https://www.kreativdistrikt.com/privacy-disclaimer/
GENERAL
The Organizer reserves the right to verify the validity of submissions, as well as their compliance with these Terms and Conditions, and to disqualify any Participant who interferes in any way with the entry process or who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. The Organizer will not accept any late or misdirected submission. The Organizer reserves the right to cancel the Hackathon and/or cancel or amend the awards if it deems in its sole discretion that there is an insufficient number of Participants.
Disqualification of any Participant who the Organizer has reason to believe has breached any of these Terms and Conditions or has engaged in any unlawful or other improper conduct shall be at the Organizer’s sole discretion. The Organizer’s decision in relation to any and all aspects of the Hackathon is final and binding on every Participant and there shall be no appeal or review process for any such decision.
The Organizer is not responsible for (i) any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer or online systems, servers, providers, computer equipment, software or any technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or any website, delay or error in postal service, or any combination thereof; (ii) any incorrect or inaccurate information caused by any equipment or programming associated with, or used in, this Hackathon, or any technical error, including any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, mobile or satellite network failure, theft, destruction, unauthorized access or alteration of entries, or any combination thereof. The Organizer assumes no liability and is not responsible for any injury or damage to a Participant’s or any other person’s electronic device resulting from participation in this Hackathon or downloading any Data as part thereof. In the event of war, terrorism, economic sanctions, riots, fires, natural disaster or any other state of emergency or act of God, the Organizer reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Hackathon or take any other action it deems fit with respect to the Hackathon without any liability.
CONTACT
info@kreativdistrikt.com
WINNER’S LIST
The results of the Hackathon will be posted on https://tietoevryhack.kreativdistrikt.com/. For the names of the winners, please send a request to info@kreativdistrikt.com
CHANGE OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The Organizer reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions and to add and/or remove any provisions from these Terms and Conditions at any time (including before and during the Hackathon), for any reason and in any manner it deems fit.
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