Past Event – 2021
And the Winners are…
First Place – HACCamino – Hawaii NIC & HMAR – Sighting & Reporting App
Second Place – Bloombugs – Hawaii NIC & HMAR – Sighting & Reporting App
Third Place – Paw Trackers – Dept. of Agriculture – Pet Pickup Notification
First Place High School – MARS – Mililani HS – Hawaii NIC & HMAR – Sighting & Reporting App
Second Place High School – MGK – Waipahu HS – Office of Hawaiian Affairs – Beneficiary Services Chatbot
See all the results on our Press Release
Thank you to all the participants & our Challenge Sponsors
for making this a fantastic Hawaii Annual Code Challenge!
Please join the 2021 Slack workspace to stay in touch with all of our plans for 2022!
hacc2021.slack.com
If you didn’t make it to the event watch all the presentations here:
HACC 2021 Challenges
Kick Off Day was a great success – thank you all for participating!
Weren’t able to make it…no worries – all the recordings from the event are now available.
Governor David Ige welcome:
Dept. of Land & Natural Resources – Trail Traffic, Ratings & Donations
High use of recreational features leads to crowding, resource damage, and community conflict. DLNR would like to encourage voluntary use of alternative recreational features and/or use at different times of day/day of week to spread out impact and reduce conflict. We believe a traffic and ratings app managed by DLNR will combat social media sites that spread inaccurate information with accurate, value added information to promote responsible outdoor recreation.
Trail Traffic, Ratings & Donations Use Case
Slack Channel: #c_dlnr-trails
Subject Matter Contact: Aaron Lowe & Alan Carpenter
Dept. of Land & Natural Resources – Pono Points Game
A diverse array of people from all over the world visit or live in Hawaii. Many are not in touch with local customs and are not aware of how their choices impact those customs and the very special Hawaiian environment. We believe a good way to educate our visitors and new residents is to provide an app that informs, encourages and rewards activities that mesh with our local customs and emphasize protecting our special environment. This DLNR managed app would provide data on customs, crowd source data on complaints & resource usage and anchor it all in Hawaiian cultural values. DLNR plans to partner with local business and agencies to incentivize use of the app.
Slack Channel: #c_dlnr-pono
Subject Matter Contact: Marigold Zoll
Office of Hawaiian Affairs – Beneficiary Services Chatbot
OHA works to improve the well-being of Native Hawaiians through advocacy, research, community engagement, land management and the funding of community programs. OHA offers a wide range of services, such as grants, scholarship, loan, Hawaiian Registry, legal consultation, etc. OHA beneficiaries often inquiry a specific services through phone, in person, or online. We believe providing a Chatbot is an additional way for beneficiaries to obtain important benefits information and will help deliver more complete and accurate information automatically to them.
Beneficiary Services Chatbot Use Case
Slack Channel: #c_oha-chatbot
Subject Matter Contact: Tiger Li
NIC Hawaii – Hawaii Marine Animal Response (HMAR) Sighting & Reporting App
Hawai’i Marine Animal Response (HMAR) is Hawaii’s largest non-profit marine species conservation and response organization. Detailed and complete reporting of marine wildlife sightings is essential in supporting HMAR’s mission, especially as it relates to field response and rescue & stranding activities. The goal of this challenge is to develop an app to streamline the data collection for sightings and reduce reporting errors.
HMAR Sighting & Report App Use Case
Slack Channel: #c_nic-marinelife
Subject Matter Contact: Steffi Zacke
Dept. of Agriculture – Animal Quarantine – Pet Pickup Notification
Animal Quarantine is looking for a solution to assist with the heavy traffic and long lines of people coming to pick up their Hawaii inbound animals. COVID-19 has added more complications to an already unwieldy process in that no pet owners can enter the quarantine building. This causes owners to stand outside waiting to hear their name called on the intercom. There is no place to wait and there isn’t protection from the sun. We are hoping for a method to allow owners to use their smartphones to communicate their arrivals and receive a text or alert when their pet is ready to be picked up.
Pet Pickup Notification Use Case
Slack Channel: #c_ag-pets
Subject Matter Contact: Christina Nordell
Challenge Sponsors & Subject Matter Experts Resources
