The Hackathon is open to Participants who are:

 at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry; or teams comprised of a maximum of five (5) individuals, each of whom is at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry, provided that each member of a team must be a full-fledged member of the team, and that each team identifies a team leader; provided that while teams may be comprised of individuals working for the same employer, teams may not act on behalf of or represent such employer.  If you enter as part of a team, you may not separately enter as an individual, and each individual may join only one team. Teams may be formed prior to and at the Hackathon event itself.

The Administrators have the right, in their sole discretion, to determine whether a potential Participant is eligible to participate in a Hackathon. The following individuals are not eligible to participate in the Hackathons:

any individual involved with the design, production, promotion, execution, or distribution of the Hackathon and each member of any such individual’s immediate family or household; any employee of an entity providing the Administrators with monetary support for the operation and/or organization of the Hackathons (each such entity, a “Sponsor”) and each member of any such employee’s immediate family or household; each Hackathon judge and each member of his or her immediate family or household; and any individual that employs the official judges or that otherwise has a material business relationship or affiliation with the judges.

For purposes hereof, (a) the members of an individual’s immediate family include such individual’s spouse, children and step-children, parents and step-parents, and siblings and step-siblings, and (b) the members of an individual’s household include any other person that shares the same residence as such individual for at least three (3) months out of the year.

You and/or your team are responsible for obtaining all required approvals, consents and authorizations, if any, that may be required in order for you to participate in a Hackathon and submit an App for final judging, including approvals, consents and authorizations that may be required from your employer.

In order to participate in a Hackathon, each individual participating in the Hackathon will be required to register in advance on Challenge Post, with a cutoff time of Friday March 13, 5:00 P.M. 

Participation in a Hackathon constitutes a Participant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Rules and the Administrators’ decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Hackathons.  Eligibility for a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth in these Rules.

You or your team must submit your App in accordance with these Rules.  Any Apps submitted that are not in compliance with these “Submission Requirements” will be deemed ineligible, and will not be considered in the final judging. 

Your App must relate to the theme of promoting water technologies that will solve on-the-ground water management challenges in both the urban and agricultural sectors, and must comply with the following submission requirements.  App submissions that do not comply with such requirements will be deemed ineligible, and will not be considered.

Submitted Apps must:

Be germane to the theme of promoting water technologies that will solve on-the-ground water management challenges in both the urban and agricultural sectors.

Submitted Apps may not contain any content that:

Is inappropriate, offensive, or which does not relate to the subject matter of the Hackathon;

Infringes any third party intellectual property rights, such as if the content contains trademarks or logos owned by third parties or copyrighted materials (unless written permission is obtained);

Constitutes advertising content;

Contains any personal identifying information (such as names, telephone numbers, or street addresses); or

Violates any applicable law.

There is a limit of one (1) App submission per Participant, whether an individual or a team to the Hackathon.  All Apps must be started, completed and submitted during the relevant Hackathon period (March 27-28, 2015).  You may work on the concept for the App prior to commencement of a Hackathon, but you may not bring in pre-developed digital assets, including graphic design assets or code, which relate specifically to the App development at the Hackathon.

The Administrators may, in their sole discretion, make available to Hackathon participants floating mentors who will assist during the course of the Hackathon (“Mentors”).  Any conversations or materials shared with a Mentor during the Hackathon will be considered public and not subject to confidentiality

Obligations.  YOU acknowledge that YOU should seek independent legal counsel to resolve any questions THAT YOU may have about the foregoing.