Opportunity Hack · hackathon
High School Hack for UN's 17 Goals - Spring 2024
Use your skills and creativity to create solutions for the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a set of goals that aim to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity for all by 2030. You will work with a team of high schoolers, mentors to tackle real-world challenges and compete for prizes and recognition. Register now and hack for a better future.
Applications
Step 1
Apply to participate
Join the community! Pick the role that best matches how you'd like to contribute.
Teams
Participating Teams
Event Information
Event Timeline and Stats
Event Timeline
Join Slack and read up on the UN17 problems
Thu, Feb 8, 8:00 AM MST (Thu, Feb 8, 3:00 PM UTC your time)
Join Slack and say hi in #2024-winter. Start reviewing UN 17 problems to solve.
Kickoff
Fri, Feb 9, 10:00 AM MST (Fri, Feb 9, 5:00 PM UTC your time)
YouTube kickoff with logistics and such
Teams Formed & problems selected
Fri, Feb 16, 12:00 PM MST (Fri, Feb 16, 7:00 PM UTC your time)
Hackers form teams of 2-5 people around one of the UN17 problems they want to solve, create a team on ohack.dev and create a team Slack channel
Claim your swag
Sat, Feb 17, 1:00 PM MST (Sat, Feb 17, 8:00 PM UTC your time)
Check-in with organizers to claim your swag with your team and problem you plan to work on. At this point, you will commit to solve one of the UN17 problems with your team.
Hacking ends
Thu, Feb 29, 5:00 PM MST (Fri, Mar 1, 12:00 AM UTC your time)
DevPost Project details completed (remember this will be your portfolio you share for jobs in the future), and any code checked in to GitHub, documentation like docs and slides saved, videos submitted on DevPost)
Judging Round 1 Completed
Fri, Mar 1, 7:00 PM MST (Sat, Mar 2, 2:00 AM UTC your time)
Judges will review videos and all documentation, and will send questions to teams.
Judge feedback and questions sent to teams
Sat, Mar 2, 11:00 AM MST (Sat, Mar 2, 6:00 PM UTC your time)
Judges provide questions and feedback for teams to make any adjustments to documentation and video
Final Round of judging
Sun, Mar 3, 2:00 PM MST (Sun, Mar 3, 9:00 PM UTC your time)
Judges review any updates to project documentation and videos and submit a final score
Feedback submitted to teams by judges
Sun, Mar 3, 2:00 PM MST (Sun, Mar 3, 9:00 PM UTC your time)
Judges submit any remaining feedback to teams to help you with future projects and hackathons - see feedback on Slack in #2024-winter
Closing ceremony
Tue, Mar 5, 5:00 PM MST (Wed, Mar 6, 12:00 AM UTC your time)
We announce the winners on Instagram here and on Threads here