Join us for HackSussex 2019 this November and put your coding skills to the test! An awesome event is lined up for you this year with everything prepaid by our sponsors, and all you have to do is turn up. Form teams or go it alone to take whatever tools are available and push your imaginations to their limits to build and create something inspiring, and win prizes while doing so! This is a chance to not only gain valuable experience working in a team, learn new skills and win great prizes, but it’s also a chance for simply a great weekend full of fun.

We want to encourage everyone interested in the world of coding and building to attend this year, regardless of your skill level – there will be people all around more than willing to bootstrap you into making something cool, or just taking it easy and learning alone. We also hope HackSussex to be for the more ambitious hackers to show their worth as well, and create a competitive space to truly push themselves in for the coolest of prizes.

Bring along your friends in teams of up to four, or find a team from other attendees on the day using our slack channel. Of course, there’s nothing stopping you from hacking away by yourself too!

The structure of the event is as follows:

10am: Registration. This is to confirm your attendance, receive your free t-shirt and other goodies, and take time to find other team mates if you need to

11am: Opening ceremony. We’ll get everyone together to introduce you to the event, announce the official theme, and our main sponsors will pitch their challenges for you to chose from.

12pm: Hacking begins! You’re free to set off and start building something awesome.

Over the next 12 hours, expect lots of side challenges, workshops and even games and movies in between your hacking. All is optional, but can make for well deserved breaks from your grinding.

Hackers will also be fed at various points over the hacking period, so don’t worry about bringing food!

12pm (Sunday): Hacking ends, teams come together to present their creations to judges and submit themselves for prizes.

2pm: Winners announced, closing ceremonies.

• Creativity
  We want to see hacks that truly blow our minds by doing something or using something in ways no one has ever thought to do!
• Functionality
  The more features and extensive your hack is, the better, and bonus points if any of it actually works too!
• Learning
  Hackathons are about learning as much as they are creating awesome hacks. If your hack shows that your team learnt more than anyone else, that puts you in a great position!