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

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 new Decision Science platform called Volley 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 2024-10.
Gallery
BioOx
First Place award winner
Abundant Ground
Project Bounty + Finalist award winner

Amply
Finalist award winner

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