AirAsia Hackathon AIRVOLUTION 2017 Spearheading Innovation in Asean
AIRVOLUTION 2017 is AirAsia’s inaugural regional hackathon that aims to spearhead innovation in the Asean region. Up to 100 talented individuals will participate on-site in the 18-hour event at RedQ from 18 – 19 March. They will form teams to compete for attractive prizes by creating new products or solutions and presenting them to a panel of judges.
Who should attend?
Are you a software developer, designer, engineer and tech entrepreneur based in AirAsia destinations? This is your time to shine! Join us and be part of AIRVOLUTION!
Why Attend?
Develop your ideas into awesome revolutionary solutions while rubbing shoulders with industry leaders from across the Asean region. This is the perfect networking platform and could even land you the biggest project of your career!
THE CHALLENGE
We’ve listed down 3 challenges here, but only 1 will be announced during the event itself.
- How do you reduce guests’ waiting times at the airport, from check-in to boarding?
- How do you profile AirAsia fans based on their digital social footprints to improve customer experience?
- How do you offer AirAsia guests the best flights and tours at lowest prices, as well as the best itineraries?
PRIZES
The winning team will receive:
- RM25,000
- 100,000 AirAsia BIG Points
- 5x Return flights to any AirAsia destination
SCHEDULE
Saturday, 18 March 2017
09:00
Registration of participants
10:00
Arrival of VVIPs
10:30
AIRVOLUTION 2017 Keynote
by Group CEO, Tony Fernandes
11:15
Break-out sessions for media interviews with VVIPs / Lunch + Team Networking
13:00
Briefing on House Rules
13:45
Briefing on Actual Challenge
14:30
Hack begins
18:30
Dinner and hack continues
Sunday, 19 March 2017
07:00
Breakfast
09:00
Speech by Chief Data & Digital Officer, Shanti Nikunj
09:15
Team live prototype demo + presentation + Q&A*
12:30
Feedback form
12:40
Lunch
13:45
Thank You note by Group CEO, Tony Fernandes & Chief Data & Digital Officer, Shanti Nikunj
14:00
Announcement of winning team
14:30
Media Q&A with winning team
15:00
End of event
*Each team has up to 8 minutes to demonstrate their working proof of concept / prototype / app.
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