Announcement: Blockchain Hackathon postponed!
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak and based on the recommendations of the Robert-Koch-Institut, we have decided to postpone the Blockchain Hackathon planned for April in Stuttgart.
This has been a difficult decision but the safety and health of our participants come first. Thank you for all the support and interest you showed so far in the event!
We will follow the situation and announce a new date soon, so check out our website and social media channels for updates.
Your Blockchain Hackathon Team
Join the one of the biggest Blockchain Hackathon in Germany!
After the great success of the past two editions, the Blockchain Hackathon is coming back to explore undiscovered terrain in which blockchain technologies might be applied.
The focus is this year on the uprising phenomena of “Coopetition” and on the connected development of Decentralized Platform Economies. Today, a few providers that are spreading vertically into every industry increasingly dominate the internet. Once a central platform reaches a critical mass, this dominance leads to quasi-monopolistic market situations. Coopetition offers a promising approach to counteract against these developments: Coopetition means in fact “cooperation” on the infrastructure layer and “competition” on the application or product layer.
Which models might arise through Blockchain-based network as alternative to digital monopoly? Which innovation networks and services can be developed in the field of Mobility, Industry and Finance? In 2020, Blockchain enthusiasts, developers, visionaries and entrepreneurs will meet for the 3rd time in Stuttgart to elaborate concrete application scenarios.
Stuttgart offers in this respect the perfect environment for the exchange and the development of solutions towards collaborative platform economy. Many corporates based in the region are already working on such models: from the Mobility Blockchain Platform of the Daimler Blockchain Factory, going through the vision of the Robert Bosch GmbH of an Economy of Things till the Digital Asset Platform of the Börse Stuttgart. The Hackathon will explore these fields and will enrich the Blockchain Stuttgart Week capturing the eyes of the blockchain community on the development in the South-West of Germany.
Prizes

Most visionary concept
3000€

Best technical implementation
3000€

Best business model
3000€

Hackathon Challenges
2000€ each

Audience Prize
2000€
Schedule
Registration
Building 1
Welcome and rules of the game
Aula, Building 1, 2nd Floor
Keynotes
‘Scaling decentralized Identities.’
Oliver Terbu, Decentralized Identity Solutions Architect, ConsenSys
Ikhlaq Sidhu, Chief Scientist and Faculty Director, Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) in Berkeley/USA
Introducing the hackathon's sponsors and challenges
Jonas von Malottki, Head of the Department for Finance and Controlling IT Solutions & CoC Business Intelligence, Daimler AG / Daimler IT Group Functions
Joachim Erdle, Managing Director – Head of Corporate Finance, LBBW LAndesbank Baden-Württemberg
Jürgen Jähnert, CEO, bwcon GmbH
Dr. Katharina Schubert, Manager R&D Transformation, MHP – Management und IT-Beratung GmbH
Karsten Treiber, Director Digital Finance, targens GmbH
Idea generation + networking break in the Cafeteria
Ground Floor, Building 1
Team Building: Find a team and hang your team card on the wall
Aula, Building 1, 2nd Floor
Beginning of development
Area for Teamwork, Building 1, 1st and 2nd Floor
Team work and coding
Area for Teamwork, Building 1, 1st and 2nd Floor
Welcome and mentors presentation
Aula, Building 1, 2nd Floor
Team work and coding
Area for Teamwork, Building 1, 1st and 2nd Floor
Team work and coding
Area for Teamwork, Building 1, 1st and 2nd Floor
Teamwork and coding
Area for Teamwork, Building 1, 1st and 2nd Floor
Final pitch of the 20 best teams
Aula, Building 1, 2nd Floor
Networking break // Jury meeting
Ground Floor, Building 1
Award ceremony
Aula, Building 1, 2nd Floor
Simona Pede bwcon GmbH
- Seyfferstraße 34 | 70197 Stuttgart
- pede@blockchain-hackathon.de
- +49(0)711/18421-643
- 09:00 - 18:00

Who can participate?
Developers and Designers who are interested in Blockchain and IOT. Experiences with Blockchain frameworks are more than welcome.
Technology
- Every Blockchain framework is welcome to join the competition
- WiFi and technical support is available on the spot!
Who owns the copyright / ideas?
Only you! We care about copyright! Read more about our conditions concerning intellectual property in our General Terms of Partcipation.
How can I get prepared for the Hackathon?
You do not need to work on your idea in advance. In case you want to know more about Blockchain, have a look at the Bitcoin developer doc or/and the doc on developing Ethereum smart contracts
What else should I know?
- Bring your own laptop and plenty of good ideas
- Results will be published on open source platforms
- Amazing prizes await the most visionary concepts!
Location
Hochschule für Technik
- Schellingstraße 24 | 70174 Stuttgart
How to get there
Walk 10min from Stuttgart Central Station.Alternatively, take the U14/U29 towards Mühlhausen/Vogelsang and get off at the station 'Börsenplatz'.