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ABOUT
Join us for an exciting in-person event at the CYENS Centre of Excellence in Nicosia, Cyprus! The event is co-organized by two EU-funded projects: ReInHerit and DiGiNN.
The ReInHerit Smart Tourism Hackathon is a unique opportunity for tech enthusiasts, cultural heritage and museum experts, and lovers, to come together and brainstorm to create innovative solutions on how we experience museums and cultural heritage sites. Whether you are a coder, designer, or simply passionate about history and museums, this event is for you!
Get ready to collaborate, think outside the box, and create cutting-edge projects that will shape the future of smart tourism. Don’t miss out on this exciting event – mark your calendars and get ready to hack!
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ORGANIZERS
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CHALLENGES
Develop a solution in one of the three categories below, that connects technology with museums or cultural/heritage sites through one of the following: a) enhances the experience of visitors, or b) educates about the contents of the museum/site and the history of its artifacts, or c) educates about the history of the museum/site itself, or d) educates about the processes surrounding museums/sites.
Prototypes of Applications
Develop and demonstrate a functional application.
Present your idea on how an app could be a tool to improve the user experience in spaces such as museums and cultural sites.
Business Ideas
Present a business model plan based on the Business Model Canvas methodology on improving user experience in spaces such as museums or cultural sites.
Game Prototypes
Develop a game idea related to museums and the historical artifacts or people relevant to them.
TIMELINE
RULES
- Participation must be in person only.
- Team size can be between 3 and 5 people.
- Participants cannot be mentors, volunteers, or judges at the event.
- To participate in the Hackathon you must register here and join the hackathon’s Slack channel here to connect with other participants, form teams, contact the organizers and mentors, and receive updates.
- You may bring your idea and code you have from before. Judges will only consider work completed during the Hackathon to evaluate the teams.
- You can use any technology (hardware or software) and any programming language. You must bring with you anything you will need during the Hackathon.
- Everyone is welcome: Students from diverse backgrounds (Computer Science, Machine Learning AI, Architectural History, History, Business Development, Product Development, Project Management, Marketing, etc.), Designers (Graphics, Digital Design, Architecture), Engineers (Computer Engineering, App/Software Developers, Startups, Cultural Heritage Professionals
- You will have full ownership of whatever you build
- Your solution must fall within one of the challenges set for the Hackathon
- We expect everyone participating in the event to follow the Code of Conduct. Teams violating it will be disqualified.
- To fully submit your project you must provide:
- For App Prototypes: Develop and demonstrate a functional app. Reach TRL3 (Proof of Concept) presenting the basic idea, concept, and a basic prototype to demonstrate the feasibility of the app.
- For business ideas: Present a business model plan based on the Business Model Canvas methodology. You should be able to address your business proposal’s value proposition, customer segments, customer relationships, channels, key activities, key resources, key partners, cost structure, and revenue streams.
- For Game prototypes: Develop and present a game idea related to museums and the historical artifacts or people that are related to it. This game could be used in conjunction with an existing physical/digital museum.
- In addition to the project submitted, you are expected to give a 10-minute presentation of your solution before the final evaluation takes place.
- Submitted projects will be assessed based on the following criteria: Originality of the idea, b) for apps and games: Technical Complexity and for business plans: completeness, clarity, and attention to detail, c) adherence to the topic of Smart Tourism, and, d) usability and impact potential.
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FAQs
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PRIZES
All teams will be evaluated by our Judges and the three teams with the highest total score will receive prizes of total value of €4000.
SECOND PRIZE
€1000
FIRST PRIZE
€2500
THIRD PRIZE
€500
MENTORS
Chiara Zuanni
University of Graz, Austria
Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities
Kleanthis Neokleous
CYENS Centre of Excellence, Cyprus
Research Group Leader
Maria Shehade
CYENS Centre of Excellence, Cyprus
Senior Research Associate
Marco Bertini
University of Florence, Italy
Associate Professor in Computer Science
Polina Nicolau
BoC Cultural Foundation, Cyprus
Research Associate
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Panayiotis Charalambous
CYENS Centre of Excellence, Cyprus
Research Group Leader
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JUDGES
Manos Vougioukas
European Cultural Tourism Network
Secretary-General
Panagiotis Korinos
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Bank of Cyprus
Manager of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center
Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert
Cyprus University of Technology
Associate Professor, Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts
CYENS Center of Excellence, Cyprus
Museum Lab Team Leader
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FAQs
WHAT’S A HACKATHON ?
Hackathons are events where people compete to build interesting projects in just over 40 hours. People come together, form teams, brainstorm, share ideas, and help each other build awesome things. All skill levels are highly welcome, so don’t be intimidated if you don’t feel your coding is up to scratch.
CAN I PRESENT AN IDEA ?
You are welcome to present your own idea as long as it fulfills the set criteria set out in the guidelines.
WHERE WILL THE HACKATHON TAKE PLACE ?
CYENS Centre of Excellence, 23 Dimarchou Lellou Demetriade Square (ex Dimarchias Square), 1016 Nicosia.
CAN I PARTICIPATE ?
You are welcome to participate as long as you bring your own idea to life and follow our simple guidelines!
DO I NEED TO HAVE A TEAM ?
You can form your own team before the event. However, people usually join without a team and we help them find one. This provides the participants with the chance to meet new people with similar interests. Join Slack or join us on the day and we will find a team for you.
HOW CAN I BE IN TOUCH WITH MY TEAM ?
Everyone will keep in touch by regularly updating their Slack so that others will know what they are working on. The work of the projects will be published at the end of the Hackathon after obtaining the teams’ consent.
HOW CAN I CONTACT THE EVENT ORGANIZERS ?
If you are a participant keep in touch on Slack. Please direct all other inquiries to [email protected] with the subject ReInHerit Hackathon.
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ReInHerit has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 101004545.
DiGiNN is funded by the European Union.
ReInHerit is an Horizon2020 project that aspires to disrupt the current status quo of communication, collaboration and innovation exchange between museums and cultural heritage sites, in a sense that it will connect cultural heritage collections and sites, and present Europe’s tangible and intangible heritage to citizens and tourists in their wider historical and geographical contexts.
CYENS Centre of Excellence (formerly known as RISE) is the Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence in Cyprus focusing on Interactive media, Smart systems and Emerging technologies aiming to empower knowledge and technology transfer in the region. It is a joint venture between the three public universities of Cyprus – University of Cyprus, Cyprus University of Technology, and, Open University of Cyprus- , the Municipality of Nicosia, and two renowned international partners, the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany, and, the University College London, United Kingdom.
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Check the schedule and register here for the pre-Hackathon Webinars. Click here to watch the completed Webinars
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ABOUT
.
Join us for an exciting in-person event at the CYENS Centre of Excellence in Nicosia, Cyprus! The event is co-organized by two EU-funded projects: ReInHerit and DiGiNN.
The ReInHerit Smart Tourism Hackathon is a unique opportunity for tech enthusiasts, cultural heritage and museum experts, and lovers, to come together and brainstorm to create innovative solutions on how we experience museums and cultural heritage sites. Whether you are a coder, designer, or simply passionate about history and museums, this event is for you!
Get ready to collaborate, think outside the box, and create cutting-edge projects that will shape the future of smart tourism. Don’t miss out on this exciting event – mark your calendars and get ready to hack!
.
ORGANIZERS
.
CHALLENGES
Develop a solution in one of the three categories below, that connects technology with museums or cultural/heritage sites through one of the following: a) enhances the experience of visitors, or b) educates about the contents of the museum/site and the history of its artifacts, or c) educates about the history of the museum/site itself, or d) educates about the processes surrounding museums/sites.
Prototypes of Applications
Develop and demonstrate a functional application.
Present your idea on how an app could be a tool to improve the user experience in spaces such as museums and cultural sites.
Business Ideas
Present a business model plan based on the Business Model Canvas methodology on how to improve user experience in spaces such as museums or cultural sites.
Game Prototypes
Develop a game idea related to museums and the historical artifacts or people that are related to it.
TIMELINE
.
RULES
- Team size can be between 3 and 5 people.
- Participants cannot be mentors, volunteers, or judges at the event.
- To participate at the hackathon, you must register here and join the hackathon’s Slack channel here to connect with other participants, form teams, contact the organizers and mentors, and to receive updates.
- You may bring your idea and code you have from before. Judges will only consider work completed during the Hackathon to evaluate the teams.
- You can use any technology (hardware or software) and any programming language.
- Everyone is welcome: Students from diverse backgrounds (Computer Science, Machine Learning AI, Architectural History, History, Business Development, Product Development, Project Management, Marketing, etc.), Designers (Graphics, Digital Design, Architecture), Engineers (Computer Engineering, App/Software Developers, Startups, Cultural Heritage Professionals
- You will have full ownership of whatever you build.
- Your solution must fall within one of the challenges set for the Hackathon.
- We expect everyone participating in the event to follow the following Code of Conduct. Teams violating it will be disqualified.
- To fully submit your project, you must provide:
- In addition to the project submitted, you are expected to give a 10-minute presentation of your solution before the final evaluation takes place.
- Submitted projects will be assessed based on the following criteria: Originality of the idea, b) for apps and games: Technical Complexity and for business plans: completeness, clarity and attention to detail, c) adherence to the topic of Smart Tourism, and d) usability and impact potential.
- App prototypes: Develop and demonstrate a functional app. Reach TRL3 (Proof of Concept) presenting the basic idea, concept, and a basic prototype to demonstrate the feasibility of the app.
- Business ideas: Present a business model plan based on the Business Model Canvas methodology. You should be able to address the value proposition, customer segments, customer relationships, channels, key activities, key resources, key partners, cost structure, and revenue streams of your business proposal.
- Game prototypes: Develop a game idea related to museums and the historical artifacts or people that are related to it. This game could be used in conjunction with an existing physical/digital museum.
PRIZES
All teams will be evaluated by our Judges and the three teams with the highest total score will receive prizes of total value of €4000.
MENTORS
Chiara Zuanni
University of Graz, Austria
Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities
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Kleanthis Neokleous
CYENS Centre Of Excellence, Cyprus
Research Group Leader
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Maria Shehade
CYENS Centre Of Excellence, Cyprus
Senior Research Associate
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Marco Bertini
University of Florence, Italy
Associate Professor in Computer Science
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Polina Nicolaou
BoC Cultural Foundation, Cyprus
Research Associate
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Panayiotis Charalambous
CYENS Centre Of Excellence, Cyprus
Research Group Leader
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JUDGES
Manos Vougioukas
Secretary General
European Cultural Tourism Network (ECTN)
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Panayiotis Korinos
Bank Of Cyprus
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center
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Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert
Cyprus University of Technology
Associate Professor, Department of Multimedia
CYENS Center of Excellence, Cyprus
Museum Lab Team Leader
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FAQs
WHAT’S A HACKATHON ?
Hackathons are events where people compete to build interesting projects in just over 40 hours. People come together, form teams, brainstorm, share ideas, and help each other build awesome things. All skill levels are highly welcome, so don’t be intimidated if you don’t feel your coding is up to scratch.
CAN I PRESENT AN IDEA ?
You are welcome to present your own idea as long as it fulfills the set criteria set out in the guidelines
WHERE WILL THE HACKATHON TAKE PLACE ?
CYENS Centre of Excellence, 23 Dimarchou Lellou Demetriade Square (ex Dimarchias Square), 1016 Nicosia.
CAN I PARTICIPATE ?
You are welcome to participate as long as you bring your own idea to life and follow our simple guidelines!
DO I NEED TO HAVE A TEAM ?
You can form your own team before the event. However, people usually join without a team and we help them find one. This provides the participants with the chance to meet new people with similar interests.
HOW CAN I BE IN TOUCH WITH MY TEAM ?
Everyone will keep in touch through regularly updating their Slack and social media platforms so that others would know what they are working on. Work of the projects will be published at the end of the Hackathon after obtaining the consent of the teams.
HOW CAN I BE IN TOUCH WITH THE EVENT ORGANIZERS ?
If you are a participant keep in touch on Slack. Please direct all other inquiries to [email protected] with the subject ReInHerit Hackathon.
