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Professional and student developers are invited to compete in a 24-hour hackathon. This is the first ever hackathon that aims at transforming how goods are shipped into and out of the United States. Cash prizes totaling $15,000 (First Place $7,500; Second Place $5,000; Third Place $2,500) will be awarded at the Closing Ceremony on Sunday afternoon,November 20.
Participants will be required to attend the hackathon orientation on Friday afternoon, November 18 at the SCDT: Innovating Port Community IT Systems symposium and will be invited stay for the conference reception/mixer.
The competition will held at the USC Marshall School’s Fertitta Hall from Saturday morning, November 19 until Sunday morning, November 20. Teams will be required to pitch/demo their projects to our judges to be eligible for a prize. Prior knowledge of supply chain technology is helpful, but not required for competitors as subject matter experts will provide guidance and instruction.
Food and refreshments will be provided on site during the competition.
To develop the most cost effective, user friendly information-sharing technologies (IT) for the Port Community. Teams will be tasked with creating a demo of their concept for a web-based IT system or app that shares specific data elements that port community stakeholders need to have in advance of container vessel arrival. Data elements are linked here.
| 3:00 – 3:15 pm | Hackathon participants Check-in |
| 3:15-3:30pm | Break II / Refreshments served in Exhibitors Room |
| 3:30-4:30pm | Comprehensive Port-Supply Chain Information Flow and Data Visibility U.S. ports and supply chains need to consider implementing port community IT systems in order to keep pace with rapidly changing trade trends and maritime carriers’ increasing use of container mega vessels on their U.S. routes. How can better port-supply chain information flow and data visibility be achieved through port community IT platforms and by improving cooperation, coordination, and information-sharing between individual ports and their stakeholders and users? Nick Vyas, Executive Director, USC Marshall Center for Global Supply Chain Management Bruce Harsh, Office of Supply Chain, Professional and Business Services, U.S. Department of Commerce Henrik Jensen, New Ventures Team, Maersk Line Steve Balaski, Senior Manager, Business Development, The Northwest Seaport Alliance (Seattle / Tacoma) |
| 4:30-5:00pm | Hackathon Challenge Overview Jeff Musson, SCDT Hackathon Chair |
| 5:00-7:00pm | Networking Reception / Hackathon Team Formation and Registration |
| 7:00 pm | End of Conference |
| 8:00 am | Team check in / Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Hackathon Kickoff |
| 9:30 am | Team Formation and Pitches |
| 10:00 am | Hacking Begins |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch Service |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner Service |
| 12:00 am | Midnight Snack |
| 6:00 am | Breakfast Service |
| 9:30 am | 30 minute Warning to End of Competition |
| 10:00 am | End of Hackathon |
| 10:00 am | Team Presentations/Demos Begin |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch Service |
| 12:30 pm | Team Presentation/Demos |
| 1:00 pm | Judges Deliberations |
| 2:00 pm | Announcement of Competition Results / Award Ceremony |
| 2:30 pm | Closing Remarks / End of Event |
*subject to change
Jill and Frank Fertitta Hall (JFF)
Los Angeles, CA 90089
All prize details will be determined by The Sponsor, the USC Marshall Center for Global Supply Chain Management, in its sole discretion. The Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a similar prize (or prize element) of comparable or greater value. All taxes and other expenses, costs, or fees associated with the acceptance and/or use of any prize are the sole responsibility of winners. Prizes cannot be transferred or substituted by winner.If a prize is unclaimed within a reasonable time after notification fromThe Sponsor,as determined by The Sponsor in its sole discretion, it will be forfeited, and time permitting, an alternate winner may be selected from the remaining eligible Entries at The Sponsor’s sole discretion.
Your team’s Submission may be disqualified if the Sponsor has reason to believe, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion, that your Submission
(a) contains any element that is malicious, corrupt, damaged,incomplete, inappropriate,or offensive;
(b) violates the terms of use of any social media service, website, mobile application or any other platform used in connection with your Submission;
(c) infringes any third party intellectual property rights;
(d) violates any applicable law or
(e) violates or does not comply with any section of this Participation Agreement.
You and/or your entire team may be disqualified for any of the following actions, with or without warning, in The Sponsor’s sole discretion:
(i) verbal abuse of another participant or Hackathon staff;
(ii) inappropriate touching or harming of another participant or Hackathon staff;
(iii) breach of the Hackathon Participant Agreement or any other agreement entered into in connection with the Hackathon;
(iv) violation of or non-compliance with any section of this Participation Agreement or
(v) violating the spirit of the Hackathon.
If the Sponsor has reason to believe that you or your team has compromised the integrity or the legitimate operation of this Hackathon, or has attempted to compromise the integrity or the legitimate operation of this Hackathon, including, without limitation, by cheating, hacking, creating a malicious bot or other automated programs, or by committing fraud in any way, your If during the Hackathon, any Hackathon staff has reason to believe that your health is in danger, you may be required to discontinue your participation in the Hackathon and asked to seek immediate medical assistance. Your teammates, if any, may continue participating in the Hackathon if they so choose.
All disqualification decisions are final and not subject to appeal.
