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Hackathon

Amsterdam 2013. Photo courtesy Sebastiaan Burg

$40,000HACKATHON

2023 ARCHIVE : Join us at the next event!




$40,000 in Prizes

Front-end and blockchain hackathon open to all

Form your team or compete solo, join us at Oxford (or online if you can't join in person), and compete in our 3-day blockchain hackathon for a chance to win $40,000 in awards!

Open to all students, faculty, professionals and independent developers.

The top 3 winners will be awarded professional Internet Computer blockchain developer grants* ($35,000 in grant prizes) and Knowledge Token® intellectual currency ($5,000 in prizes):

 

  • 1st PLACE:
    $25,000 developer grant* + $3,000 Knowledge Token®

  •  2nd PLACE:
    $5,000 developer grant* + $1,500 Knowledge Token®

  • 3rd PLACE:
    $5,000 developer grant* + $500 Knowledge Token®

 

Please note that hackathon participants do not pay the full conference registration fee, only a modest hackathon entry fee.

Full details will be released in the 2nd week of February. Sign up for notifications and related hackathon updates:

 

 

Knowledge Token logoSpecial conference sessions address open international standards related to Knowledge Token® and blockchain in the field of education that are developed through Working Groups (WGs) and Technology Working Groups (TWGs) chaired by faculty, administrators, and researchers.

First introduced at IMMERSIVE ITALY 2017, Knowledge Tokens can be considered to be intellectual currency and, as such, may be used to pay for goods and services such as mobile phones, tablets, computers, games, textbooks, tuition and more. Sessions at Oxford provide attendees with in-depth instructions on how to utilize and distribute Knowledge Tokens with their own classes and training activities.




* TERMS & CONDITIONS



Grants are wholly separate from the Hackathon and are subject to terms of the DFINITY Developer Grant Program. Grant awards are not automatic or immediately guaranteed. Hackathon winners become eligible for participation in the DFINITY Developer Grant Program and entitlement to the full grant award amount is subject to meeting specified future milestones and satisfying all terms and conditions of the DFINITY Developer Grant Program. In the event that a participant wins a prize that offers them eligibility for a developer grant from the Foundation and the participant will be subject to the DFINITY DEVELOPER GRANT PROGRAM TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

WHAT To Expect

New to Immersive Education Initiative conferences and events? In the sections below you'll find some of our past participants, speakers and Summits to help give you an idea of what to expect this year!

PAST PARTICIPANTS



Past participants logos

PASTSPEAKERS

Titles and organizations at time of speaking

AARON WALSH

Aaron E. Walsh

Immersive Education

Founding Director of the Immersive Education Initiative (iED) and Boston College faculty

Janis Karklins

Ambassador Janis

United Nations

Asst. Director General, United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization

Tim Magner

Tim Magner

U.S. Dept of Education

Director, Office of Educational Tech, U.S. Dept. of Education & Immersive Education advisor

Rick Wallner

Rick Wallner

U.S. Park Service

Chief Ranger, U.S. Dept. of the Interior National Park Service (NPS) and Immersive Education club advisor

Cynthia Breazeal

Cynthia Breazeal

MIT Media Lab

MIT Media Lab Associate Director and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Prof. of Media Arts & Sciences

Chris Dede

Chris Dede

Harvard

Harvard Graduate School of Education Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies, Harvard University

Bill Roscoe

Bill Roscoe

Oxford

Fellow of University College, Oxford, and Director of University College Oxford Blockchain Research Centre

Melissa Carrillo

Melissa Carrillo

Smithsonian

Director of New Media & Technology, Smithsonian and Immersive Education Initiative Arts and Culture co-chair

Sandy Pentland

Sandy Pentland

MIT

Co-creator and co-director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab and Media Lab Asia

Henry Kelly

Henry Kelly

Federation of American Scientists

President, Federation of USA Scientists & Immersive Education advisor

Daniel Laughlin

Daniel Laughlin

NASA

Lead Researcher, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Learning Technologies

Mitchel Resnick

Mitchel Resnick

MIT

Professor of Learning Research and Director of MIT Okawa Center & Lifelong Kindergarten group

Terry Beaubois

Terry Beaubois

Stanford

Faculty, Stanford University and Co-Chair of the Immersive Education Initiative Open File Formats TWG

Katie Fico

Katie Fico

Disney

Stereoscopic Supervisor, Disney Animation Studios and Academy Award®-winning film "Frozen"

Caskey Dickson

Caskey Dickson

Google

Senior Principal SRE/SWE (Site Reliability Engineer and Software Engineer), Google

Brian Johnson

Brian Johnson

Intel

Futurist, Intel Corp. and professor at University of Washington & California College

PAST SUMMITS



IMMERSIVE SWITZERLAND 2022 SUMMIT BANNER IMMERSIVE EDUCATION BLOCKCHAIN SUMMIT 2022 BANNER IMMERSIVE EDUCATION BLOCKCHAIN SUMMIT 2018 BANNER IMMERSIVE ITALY 2017 SUMMIT BANNER : IMMERSIVE EDUCATION IMMERSIVE COLORADO 2016 SUMMIT BANNER : IMMERSIVE EDUCATION IMMERSIVE ITALY 2016 SUMMIT BANNER : IMMERSIVE EDUCATION IMMERSION 2015 PARIS SUMMIT BANNER : IMMERSIVE EDUCATION IMMERSIVE EDUCATION LOS ANGELES 2014 SUMMIT BANNER : IMMERSIVE EDUCATION IMMERSIVE VIENNA 2014 SUMMIT BANNER : IMMERSIVE EDUCATION IMMERSIVE 2013 BOSTON SUMMIT BANNER : IMMERSIVE EDUCATION IMMERSIVE 2012 BOSTON SUMMIT BANNER : IMMERSIVE EDUCATION IMMERSIVE 2012 PARIS SUMMIT BANNER : IMMERSIVE EDUCATION IMMERSIVE 2011 SPAIN SUMMIT BANNER : IMMERSIVE EDUCATION IMMERSIVE EDUCATION 2010 BOSTON SUMMIT BANNER : IMMERSIVE EDUCATION IMMERSIVE EDUCATION 2009 LONDON SUMMIT BANNER : IMMERSIVE EDUCATION