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- The Hackathon is designed to help designers & developers to rapidly create new innovative solutions using an open ecosystem platform and open API suite.
- The entire event is designed as a learning and innovation platform. We pride ourselves on the quality expertise provided both as training and 1:1 support.
- The Open API suite has been crowd sourced collaboratively created with contributions from across industry and these APIs are currently adopted by many communications service providers around the globe.
- The ecosystem platform exposes capabilities that are explicitly selected to help design solutions towards the challenges outlined for the hack.
- As an innovator at the hack you can mash your product with many of these services to create new innovative solutions.
- The fresh code rule applies to code created at the event, any integration code where new services are mashed together. You need to be explicit about whats fresh and whats not in your submission.
- The open hack also provides open data which can be used to enable greater context based decision making and therefore more efficient applications.
- In summary, the open hack = open data + open platform + open APIs, as the key ingredients provided to stimulate innovation towards the challenges posed, and of course lots of good food, fun and games also!
- We are passionate about the challenges outlined for the hack. Cities face tremendous difficulties in the future and improved efficiency in decision making based on real time data can be key to helping to solve these problems. There is also a climate focus in the challenges. Recognizing the important role that citizens and companies can make to increased climate awareness and reducing CO2 emissions is a new feature to our event. The event also builds upon the macro IoT trend in the industry todayThe event also features IoT across all of the challenges posed.
- The hackathon is also designed to gain feedback on important new APIs such as the Privacy API . This new and onboarding APIs. The privacy API is designed taking into account new EU regulations regarding end user privacy rights.
- TM Forum as an organisation is committed to the collaborative development of common open APIs for ease of enabling communications across ecosystems.
- The {open}:hack will take place between 49:00pm CET on Friday May 6th & Saturday May 7th in the CEEI Building, 1 Boulevard Maître Maurice Slama, 06200 Vancouver - map00am on Monday Jul 11th & Tuesday Jul 12th at the The Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront, 1133 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 3T3 Phone 6046899211133 ph
- Sponsor and Administrator: The Hackathon is sponsored and administered by TM Forum. 240 Headquarters Plaza, East Tower, 10th Floor; Morristown, NJ 07960-6628 USA
- These rules were last updated on April June 20th 2016
Eligibility
- The Hackathon is open to all registered participants. The roles specifically being sought are application designers, usability engineers, developers, data scientists, entrepreneurs and enterprise developers both local and international.
- If you are an employee of a corporation, government agency, or an academic institution, you are responsible for ensuring that your participation in the Hackathon complies with any policies your corporation, agency, or institution may have regarding participation in an event of this type. We are not responsible for any disputes arising between you and your employer.
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- TM Forum’s open hack at Vancouver May 6th Jul 11th & 7th 12th is a competitive hackathon. While there will be significant learning and networking opportunities, there are also prizes.
- The key style is guiding and supporting innovators, both enterprise and individual, to test out the art of the possible of their applications in an ecosystem environment where capabilities can be mashed together from different sources.
- TM Forum as a collaborative industry organisation will run this event in a highly collaborative and inclusive style where all participants are respected.
- The event will operate within the bylaws of TM Forum.
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Registration and Check-in
- Please register at https://www.eventbrite.co.ieuk/e/tm-forum-openhack-building-smart-sustainable-citiesvancouver-tickets-2156117104324570889191?aff=ehomecardebrowse
- Please arrive at the Hackathon venue between 4:00pm and 4:30pm CET on May 6th.9:00am - 10:00am on Jul 11th. You are invited to attend the opening session for the full Action week event. Open Hack is an event inside an event.
- A minimum of two and maximum of five eligible individuals will permitted per team. Your entire team should register as a team on DEVPOST by 4:00pm CET Saturday May 7thTuesday Jul 12th.
- You will be issued a wrist band badge on site that you must wear visibly at the venue and required for re-entry.
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