Mosque Tech Challenge aims to crowdsource ideas on benefiting the community

The Mosque Tech Challenge hackathon aims to give both Muslim and non-Muslim youths a platform to seek, implement and share the best and coolest ideas with technology towards the benefit of the community. This year the event is aligned with the Singapore Ramadhan theme of rahmah and will explore how technology can build communities and bring people closer.

Jointly organised by Islamicevents.sg and Darul Makmur Mosque, the event spans June 10 and 11. Anything goes - participants can create a mobile app, a web app, or a hardware implementation for a game, a matchmaking service or a website for example.

The top three teams will receive prizes, and all teams will get door gifts, all sponsored by Mendaki Club, General Assembly and 12Geeks - Where Geeks Level Up.

Proposals will be assessed on three criteria:

Impactful/relevance (50%)
- Addresses the challenge
- Feasibility

Technical (30%)
- Complexity
- Completeness
- How much of the solution has been built in the 24 hours.
- Design and user experience

Innovation (20%)
- Is it interesting
- Has the idea been implemented before?
- Is it solving the problem in a different way?

Schedule:

10 June

1.30pm - Registration
2.00pm - Welcome & briefing
2.30pm - Start of hackathon
Sunset - Iftar meal

After isha prayers - Teraweeh prayers
Before dawn - Suhoor

11 June
4.00pm - End of hackathon / Start of judging
5.00pm - Announcement of results and prize presentation; closing remarks

Interested?

Mosque Tech Challenge

June 10 1.30pm to June 11 5pm
Auditorium Darul Makmur Mosque, Yishun Avenue 2 (show map)

The event is free, and open to Muslims and non-Muslims aged 16 and above. Sign up in teams of three or fewer. Participation is limited to a maximum of 10 teams.

Get tickets

Contact fazli at islamicevents.sg with enquiries