Are you into travel technology? The first B.U.I.L.D Challenge event titled “Travel Meets Big Data”, consists of a Hackathon + Conference.

The innovative event format of B.U.I.L.D Challenge and Travel Meets Big Data combines the best parts of Startup Weekend, Kaggle competitions and the proven Hackathon formula and combines it with an industry-centric conference, promoting innovation and new solutions to challenges that the travel industry is facing, by using big data.

Hackers interested in the travel industry should participate in this event not only for competing, learning and fun, but also for industry networking, insights and recruitment/partnership opportunities. The Travel Meets Big Data fosters connections between hackers and major travel players. 

For more information about the event please visit the website below:

Travel Meets Big Data

300+ attendees, 100+ Hackers (individuals with a technical background; developers, designers, data scientists business people, marketers) and 200+ industry experts and general attendees.

Preliminary Agenda

Friday

10-18 Welcome to Dublin

18-21 Opening ceremony including:

• Intro
• Guest Speakers
• Challenge Presentation
• Get to know your team - workshops and selection
• Walking Dinner + Networking Drink

Saturday 

9-18 Hackathon + Conference 

• Practical workshops on Big Data
• Travel Talks presented by industry experts
• Challenge hacking with mentoring
• Breaks for lunch and networking

19-21 Evening programme 

• Walking Dinner and Networking
• Challenge hacking continues

Sunday 

• 9-13 Challenge Hacking + Pitch prep
• 13-15 Hacker presentations 
• 15-16 Judges deliberates + Networking break
• 16-17 Prize ceremony 
• 17-21 Walking Dinner and After Party

The B.U.I.L.D Challenge is a European series of technology events enabling innovation and the creation of commercially viable ideas and prototypes for various industries.

The B.U.I.L.D Cchallenge helps companies stay competitive and to adapt through creative uses of technology, external ideas and design thinking. Only working prototypes are presented on the last day, and partnering companies are given the opportunity to submit challenges.

Challenges are problems that the company is facing, giving hackers a dataset and an incentive to prototype a solution that can be further developed.

Please register via the link Travel Meets Big Data

• Impact
  How well does it address the challenge presented? Is it a commercially viable product? 20 points
• Innovation
  How unique is the idea? 10 points
• Design
  Is it easy and fun to use? 10 points
• Technical Difficulty
  How sophisticated was the solution/design? 15 points
• Presentation
  How compelling was the pitch? 5 points