Join the largest Latin America challenge-driven virtual hackathon!

DEVELOPERWEEK LATIN AMERICA 2023 HACKATHON

Join the largest Latin American challenge-driven virtual hackathon! Our hackathons regularly attract over 300+ participants, and we are inviting the international developer community to converge online this year for the DeveloperWeek Latin America 2023 Hackathon!

June 5 - 22, 2023

 1. Register via Eventbrite.

2. Create a DevPost account and click Register on the DevPost DeveloperWeek Latin America 2023 Hackathon page.

3. DeveloperWeek Latin America 2023 Hackathon Kicks off June 5, 2023!

 Check out the full DeveloperWeek Latin America 2023 Hackathon schedule!

4. Review Hackathon Instruction here!

* All Hackathon Attendees must be pre-registered on Eventbrite & DevPost.

Requirements

Age - 18 years and older. 

Citizenship - Participants from any country are allowed to participate. 

Location - Virtual

Team Size - Teams can range in size from 1 - 5 people. 

Registration - Must register via Eventbrite & Devpost prior to Hackathon.

View the Full Set of Instructions here!

  • Registration - Must register via Eventbrite & Devpost prior to Hackathon.
  • This is a 100% virtual hackathon. Teams will be formed on Devpost.com - DeveloperWeek Latin America 2023 Hackathon. From Devpost participants can message each other to form teams, participate in chat boards, and communicate with sponsors.
 
  • Teams must build hackathon projects & apps from scratch (mobile app, consumer or business web app, etc.)
  • Teams can solve no challenges (build whatever you want) or can submit to as many challenges as they want.
  • There will be 2 rounds of judging. During Round One, judges will review all team projects and fill out a scoring sheet on each to determine the Overall Winner. Round Two is the Sponsor Round. Each sponsor will judge the teams working on their Challenge and determine a winner. The sponsors will choose their own prizes and choose their own prize winners.
  • Round one judging will be based on 1) How much progress you make 2) Concept – does it solve a real problem? and 3) Feasibility – could this become a startup or company.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$14,500 in prizes
DeveloperWeek Latin America 2023 Overall Winner
1 winner

DeveloperWeek Latin America 2022 Overall Winner 1st Place Prize: - Amazon Echos (Up to 5) - DevNetwork Premium All-Access Passes to all 2023 virtual conferences - Announcement in our email to 60,000 subscribers listing your team and project

Celo Foundation Challenge - Build a Decentralized Application on the Celo Blockchain That Solves Real World Problems
2 winners

1st Place: $500 USD
2nd Place: $500 USD
Questions: Contact hackathons@celo.org

[Celo](https://celo.org/developers) is the carbon-negative, mobile-first, EVM-compatible PoS blockchain where developers can build decentralized applications that create the conditions for prosperity — for everyone.

Celo Foundation will award 2 x $500 prizes for teams who deploy their contracts on [Alfajores Testnet](https://docs.celo.org/network) or [Celo Mainnet](https://docs.celo.org/network) building real world solutions and creating positive impact within one or more of the following categories:

*Climate, ReFi
*Payments, DeFi, Stablecoins
*Public Goods, Community
*DAOs, NFTs, Gaming

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Geoffrey Domoracki

Geoffrey Domoracki
Data 2.0 Inc (DevNetwork)

Renato Sant Anna

Renato Sant Anna
Digital Business & Insights Consultant @ Insights Cognitivos

Lorinda Brandon

Lorinda Brandon
VP of Software Development @ BetterCoud

Camilo Gomez

Camilo Gomez
Vp of Engineering @ Appgate

Alex Salgado

Alex Salgado
Developer Advocate @ Elastic

Judging Criteria

  • Progress
    How much progress did you make?
  • Concept
    Does it solve a real problem?
  • Feasibility
    Could this become a startup or company?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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Hackathon sponsors

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