The selection of 100 projects for Digithon, the first Italian Hackathon, begins. In June, from the 23rd to the 26th, Puglia becomes the capital of the marathon for Startups.
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There will be time until April 30th to submit a Start Up project. Everything must be done directly on the Digithon portal with a digital presentation of the project idea. Ten topics and 100 projects will be supported:
- media;
- game;
- culture;
- finance;
- food and tourism;
- commerce;
- healthcare;
- music;
- security;
- cross idea.
Four exceptional locations will host the Hackathon marathon next June: TheSvevo Castle of Traniand Barletta, the Castel Del Monte of Andria and the Vecchia Segheria Mastrototaro of Bisceglie.
The regulations for participating in Digithon
- ORGANIZING BODY
- SUBJECT
- Media
- Games
- Culture
- Healthcare
- Security
- Music
- Tourism / Food
- Commerce
- Finance
- Cross idea
- LOCATION AND DURATION
- PARTICIPANTS
- PARTICIPATION METHODS
- PRELIMINARY EVALUATION
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
- PROJECT PRESENTATION METHODS
- EVALUATION CRITERIA AND METHODS
- JURY MEMBERS
- PRIVACY
- ACCEPTANCE OF REGULATIONS
The Promoter and Organizer of the DIGITHON Event is the Hackathon Association, located in Bisceglie, Piazza San Francesco, 22.
The 2016 Hackathon event for Startups aims to promote creativity and the economic-organizational and technical-scientific skills of the Participants, inviting them to create applications related to new technologies in the following macro-areas: The projects and ideas will be presented to an audience of national and international investors present during the Hackathon.
Hackathon 2016 will take place on Friday, June 24th and Saturday, June 25th, from 9:30 AM on Friday to 3:00 PM on Saturday, and will be held at the Vecchie Segherie of Bisceglie (BT), in Via Porto, 33.
Hackathon 2016 is open to everyone and is aimed at anyone interested in technology, the world of IT and the internet who has an idea or project that produces added value through the use of new technologies related to the macro-areas indicated in point 2 of these regulations. Participants must have reached the age of majority at the time of registration, according to the procedures in the following art. 5. Participation in Hackathon 2016 is also open to minors, with the consent of parents or legal guardians by signing the form available on the website www.digithon.it. Participants can register individually or in groups, indicating the name of the person who will represent the team on stage. Each group may consist of a maximum of 5 participants, all duly registered.
To participate in Hackathon 2016, you must fill out the appropriate online application form at the address www.digithon.itand submit it, electronically, by the deadline, irrevocably set for 11:59 PM on April 30, 2016. To participate in the initiative, each registrant or group of registrants must accept these regulations, including consent to the processing of personal data made available on the same website. Participation in the event is completely free, except for any travel, food, and accommodation expenses which will be entirely borne by the participants in the initiative.
The jury members, appointed according to the procedures set out in Article 11 of these regulations, upon receipt of the participation applications referred to in point 5, will carry out a preliminary evaluation of the submitted projects, deciding, at their sole and unappealable discretion, which of the presented projects are the most suitable to participate in the Start Up marathon on June 24 and 25, 2016, where their project will be presented to the audience of national and international jurors and investors attending the event.
Each participant in the initiative declares and guarantees, under their own responsibility, the intellectual property of the content of their project, as well as holding all rights related to it, guaranteeing that the aforementioned content is not – and cannot be in any way – offensive, false, defamatory, or misleading. The Hackathon Association will not be in any way responsible towards third parties regarding the violation of any right and/or violation of the intellectual property of the presented project.
Each Participant or group of participants will use the premises where the event will take place, as well as the materials and equipment, possibly made available by the organizers and/or owned by the participants themselves, with the utmost care and diligence, and will strictly adhere to any instructions provided by the organizers, in order to ensure the safety and well-being of all Participants. Each Participant is personally responsible for their conduct and indemnifies the Hackathon Association from any and all liability for any damage caused to people and/or property, caused to third parties and/or to themselves.
During the event days, each participant or group of participants who have passed the preliminary evaluation referred to in point 6 of these regulations will have “10” minutes to present their project to the audience of jurors and attendees of the event.
Once the participants or groups of participants have presented their project, the judges will carry out a final evaluation. Each jury member will assign each project a score from one to ten for each criterion, which will contribute to determining the ranking of the participant or group of participants. After this assignment, a ranking will be drawn up which will determine the final classification of the projects in the competition.
The jury will be composed of jurors who will be chosen by the Association’s Executive Board, based on specific professional competencies identified by the same Board among members and supporting members. The jury will decide on the admission of projects to the Hackathon, as provided for in the previous art. 6.
Pursuant to Article 13 of Legislative Decree 196/2003 (the “Privacy Code”), the Hackathon Association, Piazza San Francesco, 22, as the data controller, informs that the processing of personal data will be carried out in compliance with the principles of purpose, necessity, correctness, proportionality, and non-excess, as well as other fundamental principles established by the Privacy Code for the protection of data subjects. Personal data provided by Participants will be processed for the following purposes: Organization and logistics associated with the eventĂŤÂľ Sending communications related to the event and future events and other related activitiesĂŤÂľ Fulfillment of legal obligations. Consent to processing for these purposes is optionalĂŤÂľ however, in case of non-consent, the Data Subject cannot participate in the event. Personal data provided by Data Subjects will be processed using paper, IT, telematic, and/or automated communication tools, with logic strictly connected to the aforementioned purposes and for the time strictly necessary to achieve them. In carrying out processing operations, the Data Controller observes specific security measures to prevent data loss, illicit or incorrect use, as well as unauthorized access. Access and data processing may only be carried out by designated individuals assigned to processing, pursuant to art. 30 of the Privacy Code. Personal data will not be disseminated. Finally, we remind you that each Data Subject may, at any time, exercise the rights referred to in Articles 7 et seq. of the Privacy Code, by means of a written communication sent to the email addressinfo@digithon.it.
Participation in the event implies, by each Participant, full and unconditional acceptance of these regulations. If the organizers find a violation of the rules set forth in these regulations by the Participants or by the proposals submitted by them, they will have the right to decree their exclusion without any liability, of any nature and/or reason, on the part of the Association arising from such exclusion.
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