Hackathon 2020

Social Impact award went to Marist Cyber Group Connecting Students and Educators During a Pandemic Through Modern Technology. The award was given to three students from Marist College: Patrick McNamara (Team Lead), DeAnna Singer, and Cole Nielson. These students are senior cybersecurity majors who are currently enrolled in a capstone project which aims to evaluate the impact of the global pandemic on internet privacy. They hope to be able to incorporate the project that they created for the hackathon into their final capstone delivery. See their pitch deck here

The grand prize (and the Audience Award) was awarded to the Space Track team. Jarred Duggal (Syracuse, NY), Taylor Dinardo and Tanner Festa (Suny New Paltz students, NY), Patrick Meaney (Poughkeepsie, NY), Gerard Vinyes (Catalonia), Aidan Young (Canada), Jacob Johnston (Newburgh, NY). They built the SpaceTrack website to help students, particularly those who struggle with executive function, to organize and prioritize tasks in the new virtual environment. Tasks can include courses, social interaction, exercise, and other goal-oriented activities. SpaceTrack includes games, a prioritization calculator, task selector, parent portal, and a VR display, not to mention its awesome space theme!

HVTechFest Hackathon approach:

• Not a Business Competition, but 
• An Idea Celebration

• Christoph Winkler, Hynes Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Iona College 
• Jeffrey Werner, CEO at The Field Group I Investor I Senior Advisor I Business Coach
• Scott Gillespie, Co-Creator at Aquaritas Group
• Mark Tourtellott, Creative
• Doug Masiero, Building with Software and Tech
• Antoni Sousa, Connecting people and technology
  
   

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First Runner Up prize went to Jobs for You — A working prototype for providing job opportunities for low-wage workers. It was built by Abhishree Verma — college student from India, and Aarna Patel (11 y.o student from Newburgh School).

it was fun to use well organized Discord channel - everything was so well structured and easy to collaborate!

Networking, sponsors booths, finding your team-mates, breakout rooms, mentors... 

Appreciation goes to the support team! 

First Runner Up prize went to Jobs for You — A working prototype for providing job opportunities for low-wage workers. It was built by Abhishree Verma — college student from India, and Aarna Patel (11 y.o student from Newburgh School).

our judges represented the diversed tech industry experience. Read about them here: https://hvtechfest.com/hackathon/judges-information

The grand prize (and the Audience Award) was awarded to the Space Track team. Jarred Duggal (Syracuse, NY), Taylor Dinardo and Tanner Festa (Suny New Paltz students, NY), Patrick Meaney (Poughkeepsie, NY), Gerard Vinyes (Catalonia), Aidan Young (Canada), Jacob Johnston (Newburgh, NY). They built the SpaceTrack website to help students, particularly those who struggle with executive function, to organize and prioritize tasks in the new virtual environment. Tasks can include courses, social interaction, exercise, and other goal-oriented activities. SpaceTrack includes games, a prioritization calculator, task selector, parent portal, and a VR display, not to mention its awesome space theme!

Mark was helping teams with final pitches and UI/UX feedback

Best Ed Tech prize sponsored by DataArt was awarded to Remote Learning Wizard. Frangelina Cartagena, Caesar Bell, Lydia Lumbert, Arlo Weston from Poughkeepsie, and Anish Ganesh from India, created a platform where kids can access after school support. 

The grand prize (and the Audience Award) was awarded to the Space Track team. Jarred Duggal (Syracuse, NY), Taylor Dinardo and Tanner Festa (Suny New Paltz students, NY), Patrick Meaney (Poughkeepsie, NY), Gerard Vinyes (Catalonia), Aidan Young (Canada), Jacob Johnston (Newburgh, NY). They built the SpaceTrack website to help students, particularly those who struggle with executive function, to organize and prioritize tasks in the new virtual environment. Tasks can include courses, social interaction, exercise, and other goal-oriented activities. SpaceTrack includes games, a prioritization calculator, task selector, parent portal, and a VR display, not to mention its awesome space theme!

this was fun experience collaborating through Discord, planning through Padlet, communicating through Zoom, - applying social distancing networking skills through diversed platforms.

Great learning experience for all!

Best Effort Hack prize was awarded to Owl Whistle for Kare — Your Emotional Companion. Tsering Norbu, Hibatallah Kabbaj, Ayoub Rihi — three computer science students from NY and Morocco — built a wise smart coach that can help people during difficult times. Kare is not only interactive but also a proactive application that contains recommendations, menu services such as meditation and music adequate to person behavior.

Best Effort Hack prize was awarded to Owl Whistle for Kare — Your Emotional Companion. Tsering Norbu, Hibatallah Kabbaj, Ayoub Rihi — three computer science students from NY and Morocco — built a wise smart coach that can help people during difficult times. Kare is not only interactive but also a proactive application that contains recommendations, menu services such as meditation and music adequate to person behavior.

Thanks to all sponsors and supporters!

1. Grand Prize - Best Overall Hack: Space Track
2. First Runner-up: Jobs For You
3. Social Impact Prize: Space Track
4. Best “EdTech” Hack: Remote Learning Wizard
5. Best Effort Hack: Owl Whistle

HVTechFest Youth Hackathon Judging criteria:

• 20% - CREATIVITY
• 20% - WOW FACTOR
• 20% - EXECUTION
• 20% - INFORMATIVE DEMO
• 20% - MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT

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25 inspiring and unique ideas were pitched by the participants before teams were formed

25 inspiring and unique ideas were pitched by the participants