Terms & Conditions

Eligibility: participants must be students currently enrolled in an undergrad or graduate degree program.

Participants must complete an application in advance and be accepted to participate. Walk-ins are not permitted. Observers and by-standers are not permitted. Friends, guests, family, and +1’s are not permitted.

 

Any person who wants to be in attendance must be:
1. Participating in the hackathon (ie: on a team, physically at the venue) and

2. Accepted to participate.

3. A mentor, judge, or speaker (if not student participant)

 

Student participants must be on a team.
Team size is 4-6 (no less than 4, no more than 6).
All team members must be present at the venue (no remote/ virtual team members).
 

Speakers / Judges / Mentors Eligibility: Hackathons are made possible by the generous support of our partners. They receive preferential access to the hackathon to serve as speakers, judges, and mentors.  If the opportunity remains for additional individuals to assist, they will be contacted and admitted to help.  These roles at the hackathon are volunteer basis. There is no compensation, honorariums , or stipends available.  You may complete the sign up form and if  selected you will be notified that we are able to accept your offer of help.

 

Intellectual Property / Idea Ownership

Cornell does not have ownership rights to ideas at the hackathon. It should be stressed that the focus of the hackathon is to provide an experiential learning opportunity.  Ideas generated are generally in their very early stages, for which limited, if any, intellectual property is developed.  In rare occasions when an idea brought into the hackathon is more fully developed, the idea could be the property of the originator, and possibly members of the team which further significantly develop the idea.  In these instances, a team would need to reach an understanding of the appropriate approach.

 

Code of Conduct
Participating in the hackathon as a student, speaker, judge, mentor, staff member, volunteer is an honor and a privilege. Participation enters you into the following social contract.

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Respect for Others:

• Practice active listening: listen to understand, not just to reply

• Keep an open mind to ideas and feedback

• Show empathy: try to understand others' perspectives

• Foster a supportive and respectful environment where everyone feels valued
   

Emphasize on collaboration over competition. This event is about lifting each other up, not just ourselves. The cash prizes are fun, but they’re not the focus. We’re here to do our best together.
 

Show up on time, prepared, and actively participate in workshops and activities. (Read the website, identify a dataset if you are going this route. Come prepared, if you have an idea, research it in advance. If you do not have an idea, be prepared to join someone’s team whose idea you like).  Team formation sessions are held in advance of the hackathon weekend.

Code enforcement

If you do not show up, do not cancel ahead of time, and do not notify staff of your inability to participate you will be barred from participating in our hackathons for 1 full year. Repeat offenders receive a lifetime ban.
 

Individuals who behave in a way incongruent with Cornell’s Code of Conduct will be spoken to and may be dismissed from the event at the discretion of the organizer(s). At this point dismissed individual(s) need to vacate the premises.

Rules of Engagement

By participating you are agreeing to the following terms: photos and images may be captured during the event to use in social media posts, news stories, and/or other publications by Cornell University.

Student participants must be on a team of 4-6 members to participate.  Teams must complete registration, check-ins, mentoring sessions, project submission, and a demo on Sunday.

 

Unless otherwise indicated, housing and/or transportation is not provided. Stipends are not provided. Recommendations of housing and/or transportation are not provided.  

 

Unless otherwise indicated, students are not permitted to stay overnight at the venue(s) hosting the hackathon.

 

Students are strongly encouraged to plan ahead and secure accommodations and/or transportation prior to the hackathon.

 

We are not responsible for lost or stolen items. Students should use their best judgement when deciding whether to leave their things unattended.