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Hackathon Rules

Rules & Regulations

  1. You cannot participate solo. There must be 2+ members to each team. If you are a solo team member, you can find other members to work with at the Hackathon.
  2. You must notify the Hackathon Committee if you have any established project, if it has been submitted in other competitions, and/or how far along you are with your project. This will be necessary when the judging portion occurs. Your project will be submitted into a different category appropriately fitted with its stage.
  3. You are strongly encouraged to participate for the whole weekend. The Yale CBIT Healthcare Hackathon is committed to urging members full participation as an opportunity to experience the event at full capacity. Opportunities include but are not limited to, access to renowned speakers, expert mentors, networking, distinguished judges, prizes and more.
  4. You must abide by the code of conduct. Please take a minute to read the code of conduct below.
  5. Final projects are not to be submitted through Devpost. Information on how to submit the final project will be supplied in your program book provided immediately before the start of the hackathon.
  6. Final presentations are due as a 3-minute YouTube video and/or narrated PowerPoint! We recommend: 
    ~1 min: background and presentation of unmet need
    ~1 min: description of proposed solution
    ~1 min: explanation of business plan & team member backgrounds. (In the interest of time, not all team members need to speak)