HackTheMidlands is a 24-hour, inclusive hackathon being hosted in Birmingham on the 26th - 27th October at Millennium Point.

Over the 24 hours, people aged 14+ of all skill levels (you don't have to be a professional or a student! Just be lovely, passionate and interested in tech!) will come together to share ideas, and create new and awesome projects!

It's an event for like-minded people to share what they are interested in and teach each-other what they are passionate about, whether its coding, electronics or anything else you want to know about. You never know what new skill you might pick up! You can also ask specific questions to our mentors and in the Discord server, where people are there to help.

Eligibility

HackTheMidlands is open to everyone, no matter whether you're a student, graduate or still at school. We run workshops during the event so that even if you've never coded before, you'll be able to take part!

All our participants have to be 14+, however, if you're under the age of 18, we have some additional information available here.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

1st Place

The best overall hack!

2nd Place

3rd Place

Newbie Prize

Best newbie hack - only eligible to teams that have never taken part in a hackathon before.

Majestic Challenge (3)

Corporate Friendly Giggles - Make us laugh in a safe millennial / genZ way

Capgemini Challenge (2)

Most Inclusive Submission - Product with far reaching usage/availability

BCS Challenge (3)

Most Good for Society

ARM Challenge

Best Use of Arm

Twilio Challenge

Best Use of Twilio

Bentley Challenge

Bentley EXP 100 Challenge

BJSS Challenge (2)

Best AI Project that could benefit our society

Bought By Many Challenge (2)

Cats vs Dogs

Webroot Challenge (3)

Make the world a safer place by improving the safety or security of any lawful community or group.

Capital One Challenge (2)

Change Banking for Good - Best Financial Hack.

Best Domain from Domain.com

Best UiPath Automation Hack

Best Use of Google Cloud Platform

Best Use of MongoDB Atlas

Awesome Prize

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

HackTheMidlands

HackTheMidlands

Majestic

Majestic

Capgemini

Capgemini

BCS Birmingham

BCS Birmingham

ARM

ARM

Twilio

Twilio

Bentley

Bentley

BJSS

BJSS

Bought By Many

Bought By Many

Webroot

Webroot

Judging Criteria

  • Best Hack
    For the best overall hack
  • Majestic Challenge
    "Corporate Friendly Giggles - Make us laugh in a safe millennial / genZ way
  • Capgemini Challenge
    Most Inclusive Submission - Product with far reaching usage/availability
  • BCS Challenge
    Most Good for Society
  • ARM Challenge
    Best Use of Arm IP
  • Twilio Challenge
    Best Use of Twilio
  • Bentley Challenge
    Bentley EXP 100 Challenge
  • BJSS Challenge
    Best AI Challenge that could benefit our society
  • Bought By Many Challenge
    Cats Vs Dogs
  • Webroot Challenge
    Make the world a safer place by improving the safety or security of any lawful community or group.
  • Capital One Challenge
    Change Banking for Good - Best Financial Hack.

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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