FAQ

Hackathons are endurance events of both the mind and the body. Fantastically brilliant people from all walks of life getting together to create an idea and build it into an awesome product or prototype in an intense and short period of time!

We welcome all developers, data scientists, designers, entrepreneurs, policy changers, infrastructure professionals, consultants, lawyers, financial analysts and economists as either working professionals or university students. If you’re really interested in innovating the transport industry then we would love for you to apply too!

No! We are open to coders, designers, data scientists, policy makers and entrepreneurs of all levels. You don’t need a CS degree to be a coder, or an Bachelor of Arts to be a designer!

Fill in our application form here! The form has 4 sections for us to get to know you better. We aim to get back to you within 2 weeks after your application submission! 

Join us at the PreHack – get your ticket here – for the opportunity to fast track your application whilst hearing from the CEOs and leaders of the infrastructure industry what the challenges are that we’ll be focussing on at the hackathon, and of course all the extras we’ll be giving out!

Stay tuned for our updates over Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook for sneak peaks of the InfraHack awesomeness… 

Take a look at http://infrahack.hackpartners.com/#sponsors for our sponsors and partners

The nine themes are connected infrastructure, disruption minimisation, eco-friendly construction, smart assets, offsite building, digital twins, clean energy futures, decision optimisation, infrastructure evaluation.

 You can find the schedule by visiting: http://infrahack.hackpartners.com/schedule/. We will release a more detailed schedule in April. If you have applied, we will keep you updated at all times through email, Slack channel and Facebook groups!

The launch will be held at Fujitsu’s Headquarters in London, United Kingdom! The finals will be held at KPMG’s  We will announce venues closer to date!!

The InfraHack After Party is the crazy party that’s happening after the finals where we’ll be having a private cruise across London!!

It wouldn’t be a Hack Partners hackathon with a cheeky train journey here and there, so yes, we’re travelling to 4 different cities across the UK over InfraHack!

Nothing but a laptop, clothes and toiletries for the weekend, and yourself!

Once you’re accepted, the ticket would cost £30 (incl. VAT) which covers all the amazing travel, accommodation and food! 

Yes there are! For applicants travelling from inside the UK we provide up to £25 travel reimbursement, and for those travelling from outside the UK we provide up to £50 travel reimbursement. Reimbursements are limited and are given on a first come first serve basis so the chances of you getting one is higher when you apply early.

We will provide you food from Thursday’s dinner all the way to Sunday lunch time. If you have dietary restrictions, we’ll try our best to accommodate them. Don’t forget the abundance of snacks we’ll be providing throughout the hackathon weekend.

On Thursday night and Saturday night, you would be provided with hotel accommodation, but on the Friday night there will be none as we’ll be hacking overnight. However, you can still rest when you need to.

Teams are formed on the first day. You can pitch your ideas for solutions to the challenges posed at the start of the event. You will each have a chance to share a 60-second informal pitch consisting of the problem you want to tackle, the solution you want to propose, and the team members you need to make it happen. The top ideas are chosen and the teams are formed!

 You will have a chance to pitch your idea for 4 minutes + 2 mins Q&A from the judges! We split the judging criteria between 4 categories (each with its own percentage weighting): Business Model, MVP/Prototype, Design and Pitch/presentation. More detail will be sent to you through email before the hackathon.

Raspberry Pis, arduinos, leap motion, iBeacons, drones, boxes of sensors, Amazon Echo and more!

 You can review the Code of Conduct for the rules! 

 After you have scheduled an interview, we aim to get back to you within a week on your interview results which should determine if you get a ticket.

 Applications close on the 2nd May, 2019. However, we interview on a first come first serve basis and spots generally are filled way before the closing date. There are so many participants that we even have a waitlist!

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Feel free to email our Community star jay@hackpartners.com!