Sberbank to hold hackathon with 1.5 million rouble prize fund

May 31, 2017, Moscow – Sberbank will hold a hackathon during StartUp Village on June 6-7 in Moscow. Participants of the event will be tasked with creating IT solutions that offer new possibilities for interacting with clients. They will have the option of presenting an idea, project or prototype that covers any area of business.

Tasks have been published for three categories:

• Blockchain (https://ru.surveymonkey.com/r/HackBlockchain)
• Machine learning (https://ru.surveymonkey.com/r/HackML)
• Big data (https://ru.surveymonkey.com/r/HackBigdata)

Participants can come to the hackathon as part of a team or put together a team on-site. Teams will develop prototypes, receive assistance from experts and mentors, present their projects to the jury, and compete with each other for cash prizes.

The prize fund totals 1.5 million roubles. In each category participants will be able to win:

• 250,000 roubles – 1^st place
• 150,000 roubles – 2^nd place
• 100,000 roubles – 3^rd place

You can register for the event and review the tasks on the hackathon website at: https://www.startupvillage.ru/highlights/hackaton-sberbank.

Applications will be accepted until June 5, 2017.

The Sberbank Hackathon will be held at Skolkovo Innovation Centre.