Itinerary

3 days of ideas and pure coding fun!

October 3  2019
  • October 4  2019 October 5  2019

October 11th, Thursday, 7:30 am – 10:00 pm, Centennial Hall

• 7:30 am - 9.30 am – signin and breakfast for participants at the Centennial Hall

• 9:30 am - event kickoff for the internal employee hackathon

• noon - 1.30 pm – lunch for hackathon participants

• 6.30 pm – 8.00pm – dinner for hackathon participants

• 10:00 pm – Centennial Hall will close. LexisNexis employee participants can continue to hack at their desks or conference rooms.

October 12th, Friday, 7:30 am – 10:00 pm, Centennial Hall

• 7:30 am - 9.00 am – breakfast for LexisNexis employee participants at the Centennial Hall

• 7:30 am – student hackathon participants sign-in at the front desk/reception at LexisNexis, 1801, Varsity Drive, Raleigh, NC-27606

• 9:00 am - student hackathon kickoff

• noon - 1.30 pm – lunch for all hackathon participants

• 6.30 pm – 8.00pm – dinner for all hackathon participants

• 9.00pm – presentation submission by LexisNexis employee hackathon participants

• 10:00 pm – Centennial Hall will close; student participants can continue to work remotely, LexisNexis employees have the option to stay back in the building and continue hacking

October 13th Saturday, 7:30 am – 3.30 pm, Centennial Hall

• 7.30 am - 8.30 am - breakfast for all student hackathon participants

• 7:30 am – 9:00 am – finalize hack, teams prepare for presentation

• 9:00 am – 11:00 am – submit video presentations. This is the final deadline for all presentations - LexisNexis and student hackathon participants

• 11:00 am – 12.30 pm – lunch for all hackathon participants

• 12.00 pm – 2.30 pm – run video presentations to the audience and judges

• 2:30 pm – 2:50 pm – results tabulation and judges deliberations

• 2:30 pm – 2:50 pm – people’s choice awards voting and ballot counting

• 2.50 pm – 3.30 pm – awards ceremony

Snacks, fruits, soft drinks, coffee, candy will be provided during the course of the event.

If you have questions or need clarifications, please go ahead and send it to hackathon@lexisnexis.com

The student winners will be announced on the same day, 10/13, at 2.50 pm.

The internal employee winners will be announced on 10/14, Monday 11:00 am during a special event at the Centennial Hall.

All videos should be restricted to strictly 4 minutes. There will be an additional 2 minutes reserved for each presentation for Q&A between the judges and the hackers.