building ethics & empathy into innovation
Colorado Sustainability Challenge
build skills, gain experience, win prizes via a unique university hackathon for a good cause
TL;DR if you have never "hacked" and aren't a "coder"... this event is for you!
“clicks, not code”
Who
Any actively enrolled college or university student in Colorado can register for the Colorado Sustainability Challenge (CSC) Hackathon
We are working closely with the team behind the renowned NVC, which runs a full academic year entrepreneurial competition
Leaders from the technology industry and startup ecosystem will be involved throughout the event, plus a Keynote on design thinking
Why
Gain Experience
Work on actual business problems, and deploy solutions that will be put to use in the real world
Build Skills
Work with your team and with innovators from campus and industry to learn how to rapidly deliver value
Win Prizes
Multiple cash prizes, as well as merch and street cred
When & Where
Oct 17 - Kickoff & Ideation Workshop *
Kick-off event featuring keynote, design thinking session, team formation, and start of the 186 hour countdown
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm; CASE 100
Oct 18 - Lunch Hack / Kickoff Workshop
food & fun 11:00 am – 1:00 pm; UMC457 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm; UMC457
Oct 19 - Breakfast Hack / Hack Space
more food & fun... and lots of coffee!
9:00 am – 11:00 am; UMC425 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm; UMC425
Oct 20 - Customer Journey -> Prototype -> Financial Modeling Workshop
2:00 pm – 7:00 pm; UMC415
Oct 21 - Dinner Hack
fun & yes, food presentation prep
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm; UMC245
Oct 22 - Pitch Practice & Recording
pizza, media mentoring 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm; UMC245,304,351,404
Oct 23 - Hack Submissions Due
7:00 am; via Startup Tree
Oct 24 - Finale & Celebration *
Culmination event with final demos, judging decisions, partner presentations, and awards ceremony
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm; CASE 100
sign up on Startup Tree to get updates on each session
Award Decisions
Teams will be judged on multiple criteria reflecting creativity, execution, design thinking, feasibility and scalability... all based on the low-code application they developed during the hackathon. Judging will be conducted by a panel of industry and academic leaders, using an innovative <a href="https://www.VolleySolutions.com" target="_blank">new Decision Science platform called Volley</a> built with low-code technology!
Low-Code Platforms
use any or all of these leading tools
History
The Low-Code Hackathon was developed & curated by
Matthew John Brady, Entrepreneur & Educator
working in close coordination with the
University of Colorado – Leeds School of Business
and the Salesforce CU Student Group.
The scope and scale of the Hackathon program has grown significantly since the prior event in 2023-11.
Gallery
photo credits: Lily Wright
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