Hackathons » Ideathon-2020-h2
Team registration is now open! Submit the outline of your idea and the team’s details.
Do you have an idea, but don’t have the time to participate? Please share with us!
In case of any questions – please get in touch with the Atos-Syntel Hackathons team
Until 24 September
The senior team Mentors are nominating their team. Commitment to sponsorship
25 September – 5 October
Let the ideathon begin!
Tune in for advice from our experts to get you started.
6 – 11 October
Shortlisted teams will compete in the final remote-pitching in front of expert jury.
12 October onwards
Awards and X.O. points for the contestants.
The pandemic has been extremely challenging, both on the human and economic front. But, as history has shown us, repeatedly, a crisis often brings opportunities for innovation and change. Thus, it is critical that we leverage our abilities to produce a strong, sustained, and inclusive response to the ongoing crisis.
To further strengthen our confidence and intensify our co-operation, we are pleased to announce Ideathon 2020 – an opportunity to rethink and reimagine sustainable business in the new normal. The event entails an intensive brainstorming workshop to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. The main aim is to generate possible contactless cross-functional employee process ideas to achieve competitive advantage and be ready for the future.
You will also be receiving expert guidance from our function leaders, who will mentor your ideation and creation process. Our business leaders will be on the jury panel and nominate the final implementable ideas.
We acknowledge that an Ideathon is not for everyone because of the time commitment and intensity. For us, it’s important to capture ideas from our wider business. Hence we are inviting everyone to submit their innovative ideas prior to the event. These raw ideas will be selectively picked up by participants for the Ideathon and the selected entries will get recognition.
An Ideathon is a useful innovation tool for exploring difficult problems and creating new and innovative solutions. It does not have to involve technology but usually does. This is a strictly time-boxed event during which representatives from various disciplines come together to form diverse, multi-disciplinary teams and collaborate intensively.
Similar examples already used within Atos and Atos-Syntel:
A11y Accessibility Hackathon
Voice Hackathon
Red Hat Sustainability OpenShift Hack
Royal Mail Group Ansible Hack
Microsoft Power Hack
Road to Recovery Hack
Until 24th of September, 2020.
25 September to 5 October, 2020
Ideathon is aiming to cover our Internal Function areas such as Administration
Human Resources & PDAC
Finance
Information Security
Facilities & Infrastructure
Quality
Marketing & Sales
Travel & Purchase
Information Systems
Legal & Internal Audit
Risk Management
Service Delivery
Minimum 3 and maximum 5 members excluding Mentors (up to 2 mentors per team).
It is senior Mentor’s responsibility to nominate and sponsor their team for and during the Ideathon.
The final submissions will be evaluated against:
All ideathon teams will get X.O credit points including mentor. Shortlisted participants, winners and runner-ups will get additional credit points.
Plain idea submission to the ideathon will not be awarded with X.O. credit points.
The points table is as follows:
Spot awards from Leaders
Winning and runner-up team members may get Spot Awards from Leaders. Apart from winners and runner-ups, teams that are specially recognized, may also get Spot Awards.