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Chicago Innovate Media Kit-selection (3)

Join us for an exciting Hackathon event on September 26th and 27th at the Gensler Chicago Office. Unleash your creativity, collaborate with innovators, and bring your ideas to life.

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

FREE TICKET ARE SOLD OUT

WE HAVE A FEW TICKETS WITH THE PURCHASE OF FULL PASS

thank you to our hackathon sponsors

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Meet the Judges

Solutions Engineer at Miro

Kunal Laroia

Digital Innovation Strategist, Associate Principal

Thomas Kearns

Design Technology Director Gensler

Yash Mehta

Gensler Chicago

11 East Madison St., Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60602

about the hackathon

Create something incredible with a team of your peers during the 26-hour hackathon. The event starts on Saturday morning and ends on Sunday afternoon. This Hackathon is an event for all levels of programmers, developers, engineers, and others, additionally, it is aimed for attendees to collaborate, network, build new relationships, and generate new ideas and processes for the AEC community.

Categories

There are three awards for the best Hackathon entries.

  • Best Overall Hack

  • MOST COLLABORATIVE HACK

  • Most Impactful Hack

AGENDA

09/26th 9:00 am

9:30 am

10:00 am

10:30 am

11:00 am

1:00 pm

7:00 pm

09/27th 11:00 am

11:30 am

12:00 pm

2:00 pm

2:30 pm

Registration

Hackathon Kickoff

Lightning Round

Team Formation

Hacking Begins!

Lunch

Dinner

Pencils Down

Submit Presentations / Lunch

Team Presentations

Hackathon Judging

Winners Announced

you must bring your own computer 

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