Hackonomics™ 2027 is an open-ended, beginner-friendly hackathon designed for individuals passionate about finance, economics, and computer science. The event invites participants to fuse these principles through projects with the potential to have a positive impact on the community.
What to Build Participants are encouraged to create innovative projects, products, businesses, or ideas that help spread awareness about financial literacy and economics. The hackathon covers a wide range of economic or financial topics and accepts submissions in all mediums and different stages of development.
Requirements & Submission To participate, teams must submit a YouTube or Google Drive video describing their project (1-2 minutes recommended, maximum 5 minutes) along with a document containing the source program. Designs, prototypes, and other forms of submission are permitted.
Prizes The current prize pool consists of XYZ domains for one year. Awards include: * First Place: Awarded to the most effective project satisfying all criteria. * Second Place: Awarded to the second most effective project. * Third Place: Awarded to the third most effective project. * Design Award: Recognizes projects with sleek, user-friendly, and polished designs that maximize accessibility (top two projects in presentation). This may include Figma-based projects or prototypes. * Technical Award: Recognizes projects that best apply data and integration to create comprehensive apps covering all aspects of the task (top two projects in technical execution).
Judging Criteria Projects will be evaluated based on: * Relevancy: How well the project addresses economics and financial literacy fused with code, including elements of educating others. * Technical Execution: The level of technical proficiency, scalability, efficiency, and soundness of implementation. * Presentation: Visual appeal, user-friendliness, intuitive design, clear UI, thoughtful color schemes, and seamless user experience. * Impact: Potential for meaningful applications, scalability beyond the event, and long-term value regarding user benefit, business, or societal impact. * Innovation: Uniqueness, creativity, boundary-pushing approaches, and the introduction of novel ideas or technologies.