Thank you for volunteering your time and expertise to build innovative solutions! There are few resources you can access.

1. The Competitor Guide is a helpful resource for competitors to understand how a hackathon works, the main stages of the development process and a rundown of all the major channels.
2. The Project Primer Pack is a folder of the best open source templates teams can use to map our their hackathon journey: Ideation tips, assumption mappers, Agile project management and presentation tips)
3. Finally, the Hackerspace Resource Centre has a list of videos available, just make an account on our newly launched Hackmakers Hackerspace! 

Thank you for volunteering your time and expertise to mentor innovative teams for this cause! There are few resources you can access.

1. The Mentoring Guide is a helpful resource for mentors to understand how a hackathon works, the main stages of the development process and a rundown of all the major channels.
2. The Project Primer Pack is a folder of the best open source templates teams can use to map our their hackathon journey: Ideation tips, assumption mappers, Agile project management and presentation tips)
3. Finally, the Hackerspace Resource Centre has a list of videos available, just make an account on our newly launched Hackmakers Hackerspace! 

Team formation is going to be happening in a number of different potential ways. You will be able to work out who is in your team before the competition starts however you won’t be able to officially register your team on the Hackerspace until the competition launches.

1. The first way is to come in with an existing team of people that you already know and work with them. This has not changed from previous years.
2. The second way is to be placed into an algorithmically generated group where you can introduce to others in a small channel relevant to your skillsets and timezone.
3. The third way is via Slack using the #find-team channel to post a blurb about yourself and read others’ blurbs.
4. The fourth is through specified team forming sessions organised by Hackmakers through Zoom. This option will become available to participants on the first day of the hackathon.

Please find the rules and guidelines for both the Project Showcase Competition, as well as the #DigitalDefence Hackathon.

Once you have registered, you will receive a welcome email have access to our dashboard, and Slack space. 

1. This dashboard will list all the steps required to have an awesome experience competing, and also the resources to build your team, ideate, prototype and present.
2. The resource centre will be a collection of short videos, templates and documents tailor made to help participants ideate, prototype and submit their solutions.
3. The Slack channel will be where you can meet other competitors and the Hackmakers staff.

HackMakers will organise, lead mentors, and mentors with hackathon experience will facilitate teams to maximise their experience. This includes helping match participants to team and skills, debug code, ideate, introduce to the resources and tools, and effectively present their solution.

We will have over $15,000 worth of prizes generously contributed by our sponsors and community partners. 

Further announcements will be made closer to the date of the hackathon!

The full schedule can be found here.