Workshops

The aim of the challenge is for you to firstly devise a pilot system that draws on data from public sources to detect natural-catastrophe risks and political/socio-economic risks and secondly perform mapping with the data from the procurement orders.

The Migros Group procures goods worth billions of Swiss francs globally and plays an important part in ensuring a reliable supply for the Swiss population. It does so through hundreds of thousands of procurement orders, ensuring transparent forwarding of the goods to the national distribution centres by sea freight, truck or train before these goods are then distributed to the stores. This process is now depicted in a digital twin, which guarantees visibility of the supply chain at all times and, on top of Track & Trace, includes additional functions such as automatic calculation of CO2 emissions. The data behind this is a valuable resource for operational risk management and for safeguarding and managing the supply chain. With your help, we want to use this wealth of data to make our supply chain more resilient.

Visit corporate.migros.ch/de/hackzurich.html for further details.

There are so many good causes in the world looking for passionate people, there are so many of us looking to contribute to good a good cause.

Let’s empower people to use the skills or passions they possess to help others, let’s take the effort out of finding volunteering opportunities and build a pipeline of connections around the world.

Join us to co-create solutions and platforms, that can connect people with good causes, making a difference in our communities.

Check out zurich.com/hackzurich.

Join us in our mission to improve the markets! Your challenge: develop a trading algorithm to encourage growth in firms entering new markets.

As a global market maker, Optiver is committed to improving access and pricing for thousands of financial products across markets worldwide. By providing this liquidity, we make it easier and more attractive for market participants to incorporate products into their investment strategies. At HackZurich, you’ll discover what it’s like to work at a trading company for the weekend. You’ll compete against other participants to write your own trading algorithm that can handle the pressure of a constantly changing market. You’ll do this on our simulated exchange, Optibook, which recreates the real-life complexity of trading on a modern exchange. The challenge presents a unique opportunity to learn and improve your trading skills using live market data in a risk-free environment. You’ll walk away with a greater understanding of life at a trading company and the ability to build your own Python trading algorithm.

Join us in one of our Blockchain Challenges of SBHack – Create a fitting end-consumer utility token that can be used for one of the two scenarios provided. The token shall be usable by end-consumers that have little to no blockchain knowledge with any type of device.

Institutions and companies from various industries are planning to use tokens for a variety of consumer-oriented use cases and applications As Tokens have to be publicly available certain regulatory requirements have to be met to issue and use a token. Tokenomics (supply, distribution, verification) are essential factors that need to be considered and specifically planned. End consumers require an easy access point and additional value (time, value, social, status) when using the token. Hackers can choose from one of two provided scenarios:

AXA – Impact Token
A token is used for positive societal behavior and can be used for services, products, and discounts.

Flughafen ZH – Paperless Customer Journey at Airport
A token is used to provide a paperless process when moving through various checks at a real-world Greenfield airport plan for the Noida International Airport in India.

The solution will be developed using the Casper protocol and technology.

Join our preliminary training and introduction sessions to the technology and solution space. Sessions will be held by Casper experts on the following two occasions:

• Wednesday 07 Sep (5 pm CEST)
• Tuesday 13 Sep (4 pm CEST)

Sign-up details and further information via sbhack.trustsquare.ch/sbhack22-casper-challenge.

Join us in one of our Blockchain Challenges of SBHack – Create an easy-to-use analysis tool that summarises core data and features of a Token or NFT such as chains used, origin, issuer, energy consumption, and minting method. Additionally, insights can be derived like energy consumption or trustworthiness.

It is very difficult for consumers to identify the issuer of a token’s smart contract and link the identity of the actual issuer. At the same time, the usage of wallets, tokens, and other digital tools is being scrutinized for their CO2 footprint and environmental impact. While neither origin nor environmental impact can be listed, it is for consumers increasingly difficult to asses and decides. End-consumers need to have a way to easily use tokens across chains without losing the essence of the smart contracts

1. Siemens – CO2 Footprint of NFTs
A solution that provides exact details about the CO2 footprint of the minting of a tokens/NFT. The footprint will be based on a set of pre-defined chain performance indicators.

2. Richemont – Token/NFT Provenance Analysis
Create an easy-to-handle tool that can provide information about the origin, details, and issuer of any token/NFT, which acts as certification and confirmation of authenticity. The tool is targeted for the average end-consumer and only publicly available data and information is used for the confirmation.

The solution will be developed using the Velas protocol and technology.

Join our preliminary training and introduction sessions to the technology and solution space. Sessions will be provided in 2 separate slots before the start of the hack. To get further details and information view sbhack.trustsquare.ch/sbhack22-velas-challenge.

A running train must not hit any obstacle - use your skills to turn smartphone sensor data into an AR app that augments the clearance outline for our field technicians. Collaborate with us and help them to build safer railway lines. Choo-choo!

Railway operators require a minimal clearance outline - that is the area around the tracks that needs to be clear of any obstacles so that trains do not hit anything while running on those tracks. When our field technicians install new equipment along the tracks, they have to make sure to respect that clearance area - a tedious and manual task up to now! We challenge you to create an AR smartphone app that augments the clearance outline into the camera footage of our technicians, digitizing their work. If this is not a challenge for you, feel free to add obstacle recognition and real-time data processing to the app. We provide video footage from our technicians ready to be used in your solution to our challenge. In our workshop, we will show you how to get started with AR using that data and make tools available to facilitate your start into our challenge. We look forward to working with you at HackZurich 2022!

Visit hackzurich.siemens.cool for further details.

Though much data is available for most buildings today, the fundamental building data, the floorplans, is only available on paper for the majority existing buildings. Build a 3D model from floorplans, pump it up with data and visualize it real time.

The older a building is the less likely it is that the building model is available in a digital format (CAD). In contrast, floorplans on paper are almost always available. This leads to the issue that available data from a building, be it from the past, from the present or even forecasted data of the future, can’t easily be visualized in the context of the building. Let’s change this! Combine 2D floorplans as PDFs with building data we already have (sensors and actuators, setpoints, meters, weather data, …) and create stunning visualizations. Consider leaving the 2D space and going 3D. Visualize it real time or let users travel to the past or even to the future! Give users an overview of what’s going on, show events or possible issues or let them deep dive to get the insights if needed. Visit hackzurich.siemens.cool for further details.

Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, is a leading supplier of premium sensors and software solutions for supplying geospatial data. Be part of it and get an insight view while building a virtual training environment for our high-end surveying devices.

Performing precise land surveying needs an extensive hands-on training with instruments. Practicing with real surveying equipment is the best option to improve the needed skills, however, due to the limited availability of these for surveyor students and trainees an alternative is needed. Now you have the chance to develop a surveying training software. It will simulate a Total Station in a virtual environment and let the user perform realistic surveying activities like distance and angle measurements. Use any 3D computer graphics tool of your choice, for example Unreal Engine, to create your own virtual reality. Emplace an artificial total station into the scene and connect it to the Leica Captivate simulator to perform measurements in the virtual reality you created. Visit our landing page for further details.

This winter, power shortages can be expected across Switzerland and will affect households and companies alike. How can innovation help us to use the energy smarter and avoid the risk of blackouts? We count on you!

Check out our landing page for more information.

Always dreamt of creating a game with the coolest gadgets? Then this challange is the right one for you. Let's come up with a creative, clever and fun idea to bring our decentralised teams closer together. But also present our diverse office culture.

Games are always fun, but developing them yourself is even better. We struggle with the challenge that our offices are spread all over the world. It would be great if you could virtually discover the individual buildings / rooms using a game. Whether this is a treasure hunt, a scavenger hunt, a race, a puzzle or simply a virtual visit - there are no limits. We will open our doors to the Merkle Office in Zurich for you to take a closer look. The coolest tech gadgets await you, which you can use for the challenge. Let's bring people and spaces closer together virtually. By the way, at Merkle we dream, do and deliver and hopefully we can do this by using gamification. Play with us!

Extended Reality technologies help to simulate dangerous real-world situations. They add new perspectives on risk and can convey the consequences of natural catastrophes in first person. We challenge you to utilise them for a disaster simulation.

Climate change poses one of the most pervasive risks to our planet. Society needs to be better prepared for natural catastrophes. At Swiss Re, we make the world more resilient, helping communities and businesses to prepare for and mitigate the consequences of disasters. We innovate with new solutions and utilise emerging tech to identify and prevent the toughest risks across the globe. In this challenge, we focus on leveraging Extended Reality technologies such as Virtual, Augmented or Mixed Reality. The aim is to raise awareness and increase resilience for natural catastrophes such as floods. The solution can contain but is not limited to simulations of flood scenarios from indoor point of view and/or on existing facilities. You can decide to work with the latest Mixed Reality hardware or utilise smartphones; augment existing Swiss Re solutions or work on your own idea that is related to the challenge. Our engineers and our challenge partner Microsoft will coach you in this journey.

Concrete accounts for 8% of global CO2 footprint. As little as a 1% saving through product-mix changes would reduce the global CO2 output by 25mn tons. How can quality, logistics and schedule data help to find this ideal product mix on every job site.

The world is in a climate and infrastructure emergency. With many construction professionals retiring this decade, ongoing pandemic supply chain disruptions, and rising inflation highlight the need to address these challenges. The construction sector requires data-driven solutions enabling optimised use of scarce resources, improved certainty of services/products, and lower costs to serve. This is your mission. Construction Tech Startup Converge and Holcim Maqer share data from platforms designed to improve logistics and communications between jobsites and relevant internal staff; as well as from in-field sensors providing real-time quality insights on freshly poured concrete. Join us to be part of the climate solution for the global construction market that exceeds 10 trillion USD and is ripe for disruption!

For more information, please visit our landing page.

We're getting more and more wearables with more accurate and innovative sensors. We have our smartphones with us everywhere and at all times. We are also equipping our homes with smart TVs, watches, speakers and much more.

Manufacturers are coming up with new ideas for what their devices can be used for. And also artificial intelligence supports the processing of the collected data to create a precise health picture.

With you we want to use these devices and develop new health services. Use the full potential of the many devices and show us what can be achieved with creativity.

What each of us can do in our daily lives to make a difference. Join us to co-create an app to INFORM and help people TAKE ACTION to create a more WATER-SECURE and SUSTAINABLE WORLD.

Water scarcity is one of the most pressing environmental problems of the 21st century. Although water covers almost 70% of our planet, only 1% is usable by the nearly 8 billion people living on the planet today. Sustainable water is a global strategic priority – one that requires a greater focus on reducing waste, purifying and reusing our most precious commodity. By combining the right technology and services with behavioral change, the global community can drive sustainable progress.

One key to changing the public’s water habits is increasing awareness of water threats – and what each of us can do in our daily lives to make a difference. It’s critical to educate people about best practices in water use and management, and encourage a mind shift to help people value this precious resource that many have taken for granted for far too long. Join us to co-create an app to INFORM and help people TAKE ACTION to create a more WATER-SECURE and SUSTAINABLE WORLD.

For more information, please visit our landing page.

Ever wondered how tech can help athletes to outperfom? In this challenge we look to identify and visualise the right trajectory downhill to win the race.

The surface during a ski race can change rapidly and there are no useable terrain models. However, it is imperative for coaches and athletes to quickly identify the optimal line to win the race. How can we use data from GNSS sensors, cameras and digital terrain models to allow and create instant replays, VR modelling and dashboards to turn data into insights.

A passenger's journey goes beyond the elevator trip, there is much more than going up & down. It's about moving from A to B in a seamless flow without any obstacles. Join us on our journey in elevating passenger experience to the next level.

We want you to interact with a Schindler digital elevator simulator using our brand new API's to create an application that can enrich the passenger experience. We are interested in any solution that can seamlessly guide the user or facilitate the journey to its destination in any kind. You are free to consider a passenger's whole journey that starts way before entering a building or just focus on giving an awesome experience during the elevator ride. The challenge is to bring value by socializing, providing information, creating excitement or simply by entertaining via gamification. We are eager to see how your creativity will elevate the passenger experience to the next level and will encourage people to interact in different ways with our products! Visit hack.schindler.com (to be published soon) for further details.

Make air quality data actionable for everyone – For HackZurich 2022, we invite you to create the links between available sensors and actuators that will be able to improve air quality for everyone.

Nowadays, air quality is a huge global topic of concern. It ranges from simple problems at home, like preventing mold in your bathroom, to the major problems of air pollution that we as humankind must face. 

With sensors and actuators becoming widely available and the prevalence of personal devices like smartphones and smartwatches/wearables, we truly believe that these technologies will change the way we live. Let’s democratize air quality!

For more information, please see our landing page.

Climate change and its impact on our everyday lives is a complex issue – help us make it more tangible by developing a solution that allows citizens to access and comprehend the information provided by the federal administration in an innovative way!

Drought-stricken pastures, burning forests and boats sitting on dried-up lakebeds: The images making headlines around the world this summer certainly leave an impression. And they seem to confirm what a wealth of scientific studies has shown: Our climate is changing – with far-reaching consequences for our environment. The question of how this change affects and will continue to affect our everyday lives weighs heavy on a lot of people’s minds. However, the issue is complex, and while a plethora of data is available, connecting individual findings into a complete picture is challenging, especially without in-depth expertise in data science or related disciplines. This is where you come in: Help us make this wealth of information accessible to citizens in an innovative way so the issue of climate change and its concrete impacts on people’s lives become more tangible! Find more details on our webpage.

Commercial transport is undergoing a massive paradigm shift; including self-driving trucks and highly optimized logistics networks spanning the globe. The way our goods are being transported is in constant evolution. Team up with us.

Commercial vehicles (trucks and trailers) are some of the most advanced vehicles on the road. State-of-the-art technology makes the transport of cargo safer, faster, cheaper, smarter and more sustainable. Nonetheless, there are plenty of opportunities to further improve the movement of merchandise, chief amongst which are digital tools and services. Challenge yourself to come up with a concept that solves a critical logistics problem, relying on the large amount of vehicle data that gets collected from commercial vehicles. Your task could be to find a way to enhance safety, improve sustainability, improve uptime, reduce costs, and increase revenues, however, we encourage you to identify a problem to solve yourself. If you want to be part of this paradigm shift, visit our CVS Hackathon 2022 page for further details on the various sub-topics you can work on. We look forward to meeting you at HackZurich 2022!