AT&T Mobile App Hackathon - Austin (SXSW) in Austin Mar 9, 2012 6:00 PM

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UI/UX Developers, this hackathon is for you!

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We've lined up a special celebrity guest, Chicago Bears 7-time Pro-Bowl LB Lance Briggs, a self-admitted comic book fanatic. As the celebrity judge, he's looking for the best designers and devs to build him a mobile app. And where better to find the best than SXSW? Especially when the Official SXSW Hackathon is located smack in the center of the action at the Austin Convention Center for your convenience.

At the same time, we also have a mHealth API mobile app track with the winners to be showcased at the Health 2.0 Spring Fling conference in Boston AND placed in contention to become an AT&T funded startup as part of Startup Health's Academy (http://www.startuphealth.com/program-overview/)

Competitors will be given 24 short hours to knock out mind-blowing designs by taking the concept and transforming it into an awe inspiring design.

Finally, to really make this crazy, we've got over $46k in cash and prizes that include HTC Jetstream tablets and Sierra Wireless 4G Elevate devices. Would you rather just party or make money while partying and get the best of both worlds?

In short, this highly intense event will celebrate the unique contribution of designers and provide you with the opportunity to not only showcase your skills, but design an app for an NFL great with millions of fans and millions of potential users. Special note: This event is only open to SXSW passholders. Event Schedule:6PM - Friday Evening - Kick off event with Happy Hour where our special guest partners will pitch the app concept you will be designing. 10AM - Saturday Morning - AT&T Mobile App Hackathon. The fun continues with an all day hackathon. Work with the teams that you formed on Friday night to produce the app spec'd out the night before. Senseis will be available throughout the entire event to help you code up your solution. App submissions will be accepted throughout the day with a deadline of 7:30PM.7:30PM - Saturday Evening. Promptly at 7:30PM, teams will begin pitching their ventures. Pitches are limited to three (3) minutes per team.Special note: This event is only open to SXSW passholders.

Prizes:Produce a UI for Lance Briggs proposed mobile application. Submission must include psd and html files. Must be present to win.First place: $10kAccelerator Prize: Extra $5k if you submit a fully functional mobile appAccelerator Prize: Extra $5k if you use AT&T APIsSecond: $3kAccelerator Prize: Extra $3k if you submit a fully functional mobile appAccelerator Prize: Extra $1k if you use AT&T APIsThird: $1kAccelerator Prize: Extra $1k if you submit a fully functional mobile appAccelerator Prize: Extra $1k if you use AT&T APIsHonorable MentionHTC Jetstream - One per team member present (max 5)Produce a functional design for a mobile application that leverages mHealth APIs.First place: $5kAccelerator Prize: Extra $5k if you submit a fully functional mobile appSecond: $3kAccelerator Prize: Extra $3k if you submit a fully functional mobile app Top App using HTC Opensource SDKHTC Jetstream - One per team member present (max 5)Special note: This event is only open to SXSW passholders.

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