The Finalists

• Green and Creative: SSOHO (Social Smart Home)
• Best Use of Cloud: Smart Sell - The first runner-up in the partner cash prize provided by ETPL.
• Best Market Potential: Balance - Second runner-up for the partner’s prize
• Crowd Pleaser: My Friends' Footprint
• Exploit 1st: Carousell Green - The top favourite of ETPL, coming in first in the partner’s prize

All Products：
http://hackathon.segmentfault.com/q/1010000000259324

More Photos：
http://xiangce.baidu.com/baiduhackathon
http://xiangce.baidu.com/sunshineg

Introduction

The Baidu Open Cloud Hackathon is organised by the Baidu Developers Club and co-organised by InfoQ and SegmentFault The event takes places in the key cities of Beijing, Chengdu, Wuhan, Taipei and Singapore. Asia-based startup teams, developers, UI/UX designers should not miss this opportunity to be a part of Baidu’s first developer relations activity outside of mainland China.

Applicants can apply as individuals or as part of a team. Winning entries will be judged by a panel of respected local investors and entrepreneurs, and exciting prizes await the winners.

Through the Hackathon, startups can expose their products and ideas to mainland’s media and most importantly, receive important technical support from Baidu.

A hackathon (also known as a hack day, hackfest or codefest) is an event in which computer programmers and others involved in software development, including graphic designers, interface designers and project managers, collaborate intensively on software projects.

Theme: Green Lifestyle

• Green Transport: Mobile applications targeting transportation-related problems (eg, commute, travel, etc)
• Green Living: Mobile applications targeting problems at home (eg, low carbon lifestyle, energy efficiency, etc)
• Green Consumption: Mobile applications targeting daily life (eg, healthy lifestyle, waste reduction, etc)

We recommend mobile apps tackling a green living theme, built with the Baidu Open Cloud. The Baidu Open Cloud is a repository of tools available within the Baidu Developer Centre, providing developers technical, operational, channel marketing and business development assistance. For more information, visit http://developer.baidu.com/

Programme

1. Information Seminars
   Invited guests and partners are on-hand to share their tools and services for developers, and to clarify any questions participants may have.
2. Development
   Throughout the development, participants may access SegmentFault, the Stack Overflow of China, for engineering and other tips.
3. Submission of Entry
   Participants may submit their entries 20 hours after the Hackathon begins.
4. Demo
   Participants have up to 3 minutes to present or demo their entry. <span class="highlight">Participants are encouraged to rehearse prior to their live demo so as to keep within the time limit.</span>
5. Prizes
   Outstanding entries will receive fantastic prizes and will be approached by the organisers and partners for further collaborations.

Programme Details

First Day (Saturday)
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09:00Check in
10:00Opening ceremony
10:30Welcome address
11:30 Information sessions
12:30Lunch
13:00Development
17:30Dinner
18:00Development
23:00Supper

Second Day (Sunday)
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00:00Development
08:00Breakfast
09:00Submission of Entries begins
12:00Lunch
14:20Submission of Entries closes
14:30Demo
16:10Judging and prize presentations
16:30Closing address
17:00Close

Judging Criteria

Participants should adhere to the theme of the Hackathon. Judges will decide based on a mix of creativity, technology, design, market, Baidu technology fit and others.

Main Prizes

1. Green + Creative
2. Best Use of Cloud
3. Market Potential
4. Crowd Pleaser

Partner Prizes

1. Top Exploit

Rules

Application to the Hackathon

1. Participants can sign up individually or as a team
2. On the day of the event, Participants will need to identify themselves with the confirmation email or their email address
3. Individual participants are allowed to form teams on the spot
4. Each team shall consists of 1 to 5 persons, 1 person shall be in no more than 1 team
5. Participants have to bring their own laptops or personal computers1.

Submission of Entries

1. Submissions shall be project-based
2. While the completion of the project must be during the Hackathon, preparation work towards it can be done prior to the event
3. Submission of Entry shall include <span class="highlight">information on the Project and the Team</span>
4. Information on Project includes Name of project, Brief introduction (less than 500 words), screenshots, PowerPoint, etc
5. Information on Team includes Names of team members, their emails, and their roles

Rules On-site

1. Participants are welcomed to interact and exchange ideas during the Hackathon as long as they do not disturb other teams
2. Kindly abstain from high volume downloads
3. No smoking