FinTech Week Hackathon 2019 -- Stay tuned !! [More information is coming soon]

 

A 36-hour FinTech hackathon of product development, where diverse ideas collide and the best ones emerge as a new product or service.

It's a madhouse of creative fun, with Coding, Designing and Marketing working together in teams for accelerated productivity. Shine in front of tech leaders presenting your project "on stage".

Participants will work in teams from Friday evening (November 1st) and have 36 hours to devise, build and launch their prototypes. The event will then conclude with a pitch on stage to startup, talents, experts, and judges during the final event on Sunday (November 3rd).

It is a satellite event of the Hong Kong FinTech Week 2019. It's one of the largest conferences on the calendar, attracting more than 10,000 senior executives and featuring over 250 of the world's top FinTech founders, investors, regulators, and academics, who are shaping the future of financial services by driving a technological revolution in the industry across Asia and globally.

 

So if you are a developer, a designer, a business person, a startup tackling pain points of the Fintech and InsurTech industries, make sure to book your spot.

Limited spots, Great prizes to win, POCs to start with the co-organizers !

 

PRIZES

HK$50,000 FOR THE WINNING TEAMS

• A unique pedagogical experience - Be mentored by the best experts leading your team to success.
• Your network of innovators - Meet and work with your future colleagues, co-founders, friends.
• Gram Milosevic - Get a chance to go head to head with him in various challenges and workshops!

 

WHO IS IT FOR?

Startups, students, game changers, entrepreneurs, developers, basement hackers, bots that pass the Turing test ... We're not fussy as long as you bring leet skillz to the table.

We welcome geeks in FinTech, InsurTech, AI, UX designers, Blockchain, coders, idea generators, marketers, data scientists, mad scientists ... You get the idea!

[ More information will be announced ]

 

HOW CAN I PRACTICE BEFORE?

 There are 3 workshops in preparation for FinTeck Week Hackathon 2019! Give your best chance and participate in these workshops.

 

Workshop [1] InsurTech in Action || FinTech Week Hackathon 2019 Co-hosted by WHub & HKECIC

Date : 17 Oct 2019 at 6:30-8:30 pm

Location : 2/F, Tower 1, South Seas Centre, 75 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon

Free

Topic : InsurTech & FinTech

 

 

Workshop [ 2 ] Introduction to AI || FinTech Week Hackathon 2019 Co-hosted by WHub & DBS

Date : 28 Oct 2019 at 6:30-8:30 pm

Location: Hong kong Island

Free

Topic : Blockchain, AI & machine Learning

 

Workshop [3] Team Building || FinTech Week Hackathon 2019 Hosted by WHub, HKECIC & DBS

Date : 29 Oct 2019 at 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Location: The Hive, Hong Kong Island

Free

Topic : Team building

 

 

WHERE IS IT HAPPENING? 

 

We will host you inside an amazing venue - KAFNU in Hung Hom!

Address: 2F, Kerry Hotel 紅磡湾, 38 Hung Luen Rd, Hung Hom

 

SCHEDULE  

 

Friday, Nov 1

6:30 - 7:00 pm | Doors Open & Registration

7:00 - 8:00 pm | Opening Ceremony/Presentations from Partners

8:00 - 9:00 pm | Dinner Served

9:00 pm | Hack through the Night* Let's start !

*The venue will be open and staffed overnight if you’d like to hack through the night.

 

Saturday, Nov 2

8:00 - 9:00 am | Breakfast Served

9:00 - 10:00 am | Yoga session (optional)

10:00 - 1:00 pm | Mentors : Idea , Marketing development & Creative , Technology coachs.

1:00 - 2:00 pm | Lunch Served

2:00 - 3:00 pm | Breakout Session / Gram games / Pitch Workshop

2:00 - 8:00 pm | Mentor : Creative , Technology coachs & Presentation and Design

8:00 - 9:00 pm | Dinner Served

12:00 am | Midnight Snack / Hack through the Night*

*The venue will be open and staffed overnight if you’d like to hack through the night.

 

Sunday, Nov 3

7:30 - 9:30 am | Breakfast Served

9:00 - 11:00 am | Pitch Practice & Mentors : Presentation and Design

10:00 am | Submission Deadline

10:30-11:30 | Round 1 Judging

12:00 pm | Judges 1 Deliberation & Top 5 teams announced

12:00 - 1:00 pm | Round 2 Judging

1:00 pm | Judges 2 Deliberation & Top 3 teams announced

2:00 - 3:00 pm | Closing speech, Networking & last Drinks

 

More details on the challenges will be revealed closer to the event day, so make sure you keep checking this page for updates!

 

Do you have questions about FinTech, InsurTech and the FinTech Week Hackathon ?

Download our Fintech Ecosystem whitepaper, whub.io/fintech-toolbox , visit our website or please contact our team at alaric@whub.io

Any more questions?

Please contact our team at alaric@whub.io