Annual flagship hackathon of IEEE IGDTUW under WIEmpower.

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Get ready to ignite your creativity and innovation at WIEgnite, a week-long hackathon by IEEE IGDTUW! 🚀

🗓 Date : February 5th - February 12th, 2024

WIEgnite is more than just a hackathon; it's a week-long celebration of innovation, collaboration, and problem-solving. Whether you're an experienced coder, a budding entrepreneur, or a visionary designer, WIEgnite is the platform for you to shine and showcase your talents to the world. 🌐

🎟 Tracks:-
✨ AI/ML
✨ AR/VR
✨ App development
✨ Web development
✨ Web3/Blockchain**

👥 Team Size:- 1-4 Members

The hackathon will take place in three phases:

1)Development Phase Online: 5 - 9 February 2024
Participants have to make submissions on Devfolio. Participants can work on their own ideas or refer to the problem statements mentioned in Problem Statements-WiEgnite.
Sample Problem Statements

Top 30 teams will be shortlisted to the next round.
Basis of Evaluation for Development phase will be:

• Innovation
• Practicality and Resourcefulness of project
• Originality and Creativity
• Technical execution of idea
  The submission will be evaluated on the basis of idea of implementation, but a prototype/code will give an edge.

Submission Guidelines For Development Phase:
The submission at Devfolio must include a PPT describing the project. The key headings that need to be addressed in presentation are: Problem Statement, Key features, Future Scope, Tech Stack,and Team Details. It should not be more than 6 slides.
Submission of the Demo Video of your project of not more than 3 minutes.
A prototype / github code file is not mandatory but will be considered as a bonus point.
The evaluation will be based on how well and uniquely the team/participant has targeted the problem statement and its practicality.

**2) Mentorship Phase ** : Online: 10 - 11 February 2024
Top 30 teams from the previous round will be mapped with mentors for open evaluation and feedback. A complete project will be evaluated in this round.
Each team will be given 5 mins to demonstrate their implementation to mentors, followed by 3 mins of QnA/Feedback. It will be an eliminatory round with emphasis on the project implementation.

**3) Final Pitching ** : Offline : 12 February 2024 at Auditorium, IGDTUW
Top 15 teams will proceed to final offline pitching at Auditorium, IGDTUW.
Each team will be given 4 mins of presentation and 4 mins of QnA (Total - 8 mins/team) with an esteemed panel of judges.

Ready to embark on the adventure of a lifetime? Don't wait any longer – register now and let your creativity ignite at WIEgnite! 🚀