Hawaii Annual Code Challenge

2017 Hawaii Annual Code Challenge Gets Underway!

The month-long Hawaii Annual Code Challenge (HACC) kicked off on Saturday, Aug. 26, at the East-West Center, Keoni Auditorium, with hundreds of computer programmers, software developers, and tech-minded innovators accepting the State of Hawaii’s challenge to lend their collective creativity toward improving state government. Community teams will return for the HACC Judging and Awards on Saturday, Sept. 23.

Open to everyone, from students to amateurs to professionals, the HACC is a hackathon-inspired competition designed to engage the local tech community in modernizing state functions and services for a more effective, efficient and open government. Conceived by Gov. David Y. Ige, the event is coordinated by the Office of Enterprise Technology Services in partnership with the High Technology Development Corporation, local nonprofit Hawaii Open Data, and multiple state departments and agencies that will put forth challenges to community participants for identifying innovative ways to improve government services.

‘HACC’ Takes Hackathon Model to the Next Level

The HACC breaks the mold of a traditional hackathon, which typically takes place over a single day or weekend. The HACC provides an expanded four-week timeframe meant to encourage interaction between community teams and state department personnel, ultimately resulting in sustainable solutions that are appropriately matched with technologies and platforms in use or being considered by the state. Beginning at the HACC Kickoff, community participants form teams and select from a list of challenges themed around key problems facing the state.

SCHEDULE

HACC Kickoff

Saturday, Aug. 26, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
East-West Center, Keoni Auditorium

HACC Checkin #1

Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Manoa Innovation Center
Agenda: Requirements gathering from state “subject matter experts”; Salesforce informational presentation

GitHub Workshop

Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, 5 p.m.
Manoa Innovation Center
Agenda: Mentored workshops for beginners to Git and GitHub
Register

HACC Checkin #2

Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, 10 a.m.
Manoa Innovation Center
Agenda: ArcGIS; Mobile Apps
Register

HACC Checkin #3

Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, 10 a.m.
Manoa Innovation Center
Agenda: What teams need to do to post solutions to DevPost, how to create a short video, and what happens on Code Commit.
Register

Technical Review Submission Deadline

Sunday, Sept. 17, 11:59 p.m.
Community teams will be required to submit work completed up to this point for evaluation by the HACC Technical Review Committee. Teams meeting minimum requirements will qualify for an invitation to present their solutions at the HACC Judging and Awards event.

HACC Judging and Awards
(a.k.a. “Demo Day”)

Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
East-West Center, Keoni Auditorium
Doors open at 9 a.m.
Register