Come to an AT&T Public Safety Mobile App Hackathon to find out how. With the adoption of 4G LTE, law enforcement, fire, and EMS personnel will finally leverage the same high-speed data networks the general public uses every day. Vaulting them into the world of networked communications, these first responders will need mobile apps to help respond to emergencies more efficiently, fight crime more effectively, and help make our communities safer. How can you help this community? Building on commercially available software, leveraging technologies from AT&T, ESRI, and Telerik; with engineering support from these tech powerhouses, you’ll be able to work with some of America’s finest with actual police, fire, and EMS communications experts on hand. Additionally, you will have application security experts from Department of Homeland Security assisting you to enhance the function, performance, and security of your application that is critical to public safety. This is an important market with many opportunities for developers. By hacking for public safety mobile apps, developers can mature their ideas, get involved in an exciting community, and create something to further the greater social good. We Supply: Quick presentations and code samples that help to bootstrap your hacking, food to keep you going, and caffeine to keep you awake. Along with technical senseis to assist you in building faster, smarter, and with new tools. You Bring: Your laptop, skills & ideas. Come with a collaborative, team focused mindset and/or team up in advance on Twitter/Facebook/Google+ via the #atthack hashtag. Whether you are a backend person, designer, entrepreneur, student, or just interested in tech; you are invited to attend this event. Every group needs a good balance of talent and your development skills are needed! Haven't been to a hackathon before? Read this FAQ Challenges. The challenges below were offered to assist teams with creating apps that will truly benefit first responsers. Each challenge has been carefully vetted by the Public Safety experts and will offer an accelerator prize for best in class: TBA Free Telerik Tools: Interested in jumpstarting your development? Learn how you can gain early access to Telerik tools below: Click here to receive the latest Telerik tools and WIN some great prizes while you develop! Telerik tools allow you to spend more time refining your idea rather than evaluating tech for putting it together. We've got that covered. How does it work? We'll give you and your team free access to Telerik DevCraft tools for up to 6 months to give you enough time to prepare and use our tools. Simply email hackathons@telerik.com and provide us how many seats you require along with the name of the AT&T Hackathon you are attending. Event Schedule. The following is a list of the weekend's agenda: Day 1 6PM - Kickoff event with dinner, networking, and developer dating which leads into idea pitches and team formation. 7PM - Speakers present (please see below for list) 8PM - Pitch ideas and form teams Day 2 10AM - The fun continues with breakfast served in the morning! Work with the teams from Day 1 to complete the app spec’d. Senseis will be available throughout the entire day to help you code up your solution. App submissions will be accepted throughout the day with a deadline of 6PM. 1PM - Lunch is Served 6PM - Pencils down. Please sign up your teams to present via this link: http://bit.ly/hackprezreg Pitches start promptly at 6PM and are limited to three (3) minutes per team. No powerpoints unless you are only presenting an idea. Prizes. The following prizes are experiential and geared towards accelerating you towards a successful business as well as expanding your network and industry knowledge: Best Overall Public Safety App 1st Place - $500 in gift cards for the team to split Best Public Safety App for Connected Vehicle 1st Place - $500 in gift cards for the team to split Best Use of AT&T WebRTC API 1st Place - $1,000 in gift cards for the team to split Best Use of other AT&T APIs 1st Place - $500 in gift cards for the team to split Best Use of ESRI Technologies 1st Place - $1,000 in gift cards for the team to split Judging Criteria. Apps will be judged based on the criteria below and weighted accordingly. 33% Weight - Ability to clearly articulate what your app does 33% Weight - Originality of idea 33% Weight - Fulfills the function, performance, and security considerations of first responders. Hackathon Legal. Hackathon Terms: http://db.tt/kyPS9ojR