BattleHack: The world's most epic hackathon series is coming to Greece on the weekend of May 30-31, 2015.
The 2015 BattleHack hackathon , co-hosted by PayPal and Braintree , leading global payment providers, will give local developers the opportunity to win epic trophies, airfare and accommodations to the Global Finals in Silicon Valley , where the winners of all BattleHack 2015 local events will compete for the grand prize of $100,000.
Through BattleHack , PayPal and Braintree demonstrate their total dedication to helping developers achieve, develop, and implement their amazing ideas.
The Test
During the BattleHack, contestants will be asked to solve a local problem using code. The ingenuity of the contestants when developing their codes will be highly appreciated, however, in order to claim victory, they must have taken care to integrate SDK (Software Development Kit) files from Braintree or PayPal and aim for their applications to be for the common good of the local community. Each standalone application created during the competition will be evaluated based on the quality of its code and the integration of the required API (Application Programming Interface), and not on whether its commercial exploitation is feasible. The jury of BattleHack Athens 2015 consists of distinguished names in the field, including John Lunn, Senior Global Director of PayPal/Braintree_Dev., to declare his eagerness to discover the greatest talents of Greece and the wider region, while at the same time motivating domestic developers.
The winners of BattleHack Athens will win axes, airfare and accommodation for the Global Finals in Silicon Valley, where they will have the opportunity to face as “Top Developers of Greece” the winners from other local BattleHack 2015 in the grand finals, where the prize will be $100,000.
In 2015, BattleHack in 14 cities around the world, and in addition to Athens, these are the following: Melbourne, Los Angeles, Singapore, Raleigh, London, Tokyo, Berlin, Chicago, Venice, Toronto, New York, Stockholm and Tel Aviv.
Business Support Force
With the BattleHack 2015 series, PayPal and Braintree are investing in enabling the next generation of companies. With both companies having worked with hundreds of thousands of top developers and startups worldwide, this global hackathon is the perfect opportunity to connect with and support the growing developer community.
In addition to the opportunity to win $100,000, BattleHack offers participants unlimited opportunities through their acquaintance with the top hackers in their region, by exchanging, promoting and developing ideas among themselves, as well as by their contact with people in the field, who can help them emerge as the new big hopes in the field of technology and startups. The best proof of this is the extremely successful cases from the previous events.
The BattleHack Hall of Fame
BattleHack 2015 marks the 3rd annual BattleHack event series and it is worth noting that the previous two were huge successes.
In 2013, the Moscow team won the grand prize of $100,000 for the Donate Now, which uses BLE technology and PayPal to allow anyone, using just their mobile device, to instantly donate to a charity of their choice whenever they feel the need to give, without having to fill out lengthy forms.
In 2014, the Tel Aviv team won the final with AirHop – a “collaborative consumption” app that allows its users to share their server or Wi-Fi access, so that someone without a mobile connection can use the app to “hop” to someone else’s mobile to make a phone call or send an SMS, paying the corresponding fee via PayPal.
That same year, the winning team at the BattleHack competition in Sydney created a “locker” that allows app users to borrow sportswear and equipment via their mobile phone. The app uses IoT (Internet of Things) technology, which uses a timer to calculate the total rental cost and provides payment via PayPal.
However, it’s not just the global and local winners who enjoy professional support. The best example is the Parmesan from the Moscow competition, which in 2014 received a $50,000 grant from GVA LaunchGurus immediately after the event. Now, their app helps users connect with people returning from abroad and allows customers to ask travelers to bring them food that is unavailable in their home country and reimburse them for their trips.
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The BattleHack Athens 2015
Saturday, May 30
10:00 – Arrival
11:00 – Introductory Speeches
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Competition Start
17:30 – Dinner
Sunday, May 31
08:00 – Breakfast
13:00 – Competition End
14:00 – Start of Presentations
16:00 – Closing Ceremony
17:00 – End of Event
For more information about the event, visit the website 2015.battlehack.org. There you can find the application form, the detailed program of the event, information about other partners, various videos, as well as answers to the most frequently asked questions.
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BattleHack of international hackathon competitions, organized by PayPal and Braintree. Competitors are tasked with solving a local problem through coding. The first prize winners of each competition win a hatchet as a trophy, as well as participation in the Global Finals, where participants compete for the grand prize of $100,000. Competitors retain ownership of the applications they create during these competitions. The previous two events attracted a total of over 5,000 entries. Past winners have presented groundbreaking ideas that have attracted tremendous interest from both the private and public sectors. Team Gearbox , who won BattleHack Sydney in 2014, created a storage locker that allows users to borrow sports equipment using a mobile app, which is now being tested by the City of Sydney in some of the region’s largest parks. CleanAgents, which won first place at BattleHack Berlin in 2013, is an on-demand cleaning service. The company was acquired by Helpling in April 2015. After just 11 months, Clean Agents’ business has expanded to over 200 cities worldwide and is already considered a leader in the German market.
If you haven't registered for BattleHack Athens yet, you still have the chance: https://2015.battlehack.org/at
