Oregon's Nature + Tech hackathon for students.
Aug 15 to 17 • Online • Students worldwide
2026 PT
8:00 AM → 8:00 AM
Google Meets & Discord
Students worldwide
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We're students running a hackathon from Oregon.
OregonHacks is online only. Opening ceremony is Aug 15 at 8:00 AM PT. Submissions close Aug 17 at 8:00 AM, PT.
- Teams of 1 to 4
- AI is fine, cite it
- No cross posting to other hackathons
- All code written during the event
Theme
Our theme is "Nature + Tech". The specific prompt will be released during the opening ceremony.
What to submit
- GitHub repo
- Demo video (5 min max)
- Project link (if applicable)
- Additional documents (Docs, PDFs, etc.)
- Whatever helps volunteers understand your project
- *Make sure to cover each part of the judging rubric in your video.
You get a weekend to build, with people who want to help.
No travel. No fee. Just register, show up online, and submit something by Sunday noon.
Workshops start after opening. Mentors available to meet with if you hit a wall on code or design.
You have from Aug 15 at 8:00 AM to Aug 17 at 8:00 AM PT. Submit a GitHub repo and a demo video (5 min max).
$63k+ in prizes so far, with more sponsorships in the works. Cash and sponsor swag/API credits.
Our Judges and Mentors
Thank you to all our volunteers for their time.
Honey Nikam
Machine Learning Engineer, TikTok
Darsana Devi
Senior Product Manager, Walmart
Scott Hanselman
VP & Member of Technical Staff, Microsoft
Disah Patel
Software Engineer, Apple
Udaya Bhaskar Vemuri
Senior Application Security Analyst, Corteva Agriscience
Anisha Ramakrishna Yarlapati
Product Manager, Adobe
Reshmika Dhandapani
Product Manager, Motorola Solutions Inc
Sourabh Sonkamble
Assistant Vice President, Deutsche Bank
Bedil Karimov
Senior Systems Engineer, EPAM Systems
Michael Chinaloy
Engineering Manager, Coinbase
Kuber Jain
Senior Data Scientist, Headspace
Sanket Rege
Software Engineering Manager, Dish Network
Gayathri Chilukala
Software Engineering, Microsoft
Sudheer Pratap
Lead Software Engineer, U.S. Bank
Simon Stotler
Principal Product Manager, Nike
Jegan Shanmugm
Lead Software Engineer, Lowe's
Fenil Shah
Senior Software Engineer, Amazon
Aditya Shrivastava
Software Engineer, Barclays
Mitchelle Ashley Creado
Software Engineer, Microsoft
Soumya Ranjan
Software Engineer, Qualcomm
Aug 15 to Aug 17, PT Time
Exact workshop and closing times may shift. Most communication will occur on discord.
Opening ceremony
YouTube livestream. We go over rules, the theme, and how the weekend works.
Product workshops
Partner TBD. We'll announce it on Discord before the event.
Hacking
Build your project. Ask for help on Discord. Social events scattered through the weekend.
Submissions close
Devpost entry due: GitHub repo, demo video (5 min max), project link if you have one, plus any docs.
How projects get scored
Each project is scored from 1-5 on each section of the judging rubric. Highest score wins. Tiebreakers are decided by volunteer's preference.
Does the project solve a real problem? Is the target user clear? Would it actually help someone if you kept building it?
Does it work? Did you build real features? We want to see technical challenge, integration, or original engineering.
Can someone figure out how to use it? Did you think about clarity, UX, and accessibility?
Is the idea interesting or novel? Does your project do something that hasn't been done before?
Does your video explain the problem, what you built, and how it works? Show your project.