General

  • The Opening Ceremony will take place at 12 PM PST on August 1st, 2020, and will begin the hackathon. We will go over all the resources, rules, and specifics for workshops and mentors. Although this meeting is optional we highly suggest it.
  • Throughout all of the workdays we will be holding "Question Sessions" to answer any questions or problems you might be having. You can also contact us through our Slack.
  • We will be hosting multiple workshops and speakers throughout the hackathon. More information on each workshop/presentation can be found on our website under "Speakers/Workshops."
  • Participants and teams can work on their projects starting 12 PM PST on August 1st, 2020 to 12 PM PST on August 6th, 2020.
  • Voting will take place in two parts, beginning 1 PM PST on August 6th, 2020 to 10 PM PST on August 7th, 2020.
  • Winners will be announced during the Closing Ceremony taking place at 12 PM PST on August 8th, 2020.

Event Schedule


August 1st (Saturday) - Opening
12 PM PST - Opening Ceremony
12 PM PST - Keynote Speaker (Jim Yacone)
1 PM PST - Q & A Session

August 2nd (Sunday) - Workday
11 AM PST - Question Session
2 PM PST - echoAR: Build a Cloud-Connected AR/VR App in 15 Minutes or Less
4 PM PST - Starting Point: Idea - A Brainstorm by i-INVENT
6 PM PST - College & STEM Panel (Bay Area Consultology)

August 3rd (Monday) - Workday
11 AM PST - Question Session
12 PM PST - Wonsulting Workshop
2 PM PST - Project Pitching Workshop (Sanaa Syed)
3 PM PST - Financial Literacy Workshop (FLEO)
4 PM PST - Just Ship It Workshop (William Wang)

August 4th (Tuesday) - Workday
10 AM PST - Shopify & Dev Degree Presentation
11 AM PST - Question Session
12 PM PST - How to Launch A Startup (Gina Choi)
2 PM PST - FIRST Robotics Panel

August 5th (Wednesday) - Workday
11 AM PST - Question Session
12 PM PST - Computer Science @ UCLA (Bonnie Liu)
2 PM PST - Interdisciplinary STEM (Chinmayi Balusu)

August 6th (Thursday) - Submissions
12 PM PST - Submissions Close
1 PM PST - Participant Voting Begins

August 7th (Friday) - Judging
1 PM PST - Participant Voting Ends
TBD - Judge Voting

August 8th (Saturday) - Closing
12 PM PST - Closing Ceremony
4 PM PST - Winners Contacted