How do you want to build?

Pick the one that sounds like you.

Submit your project.Poster due November 10th at 5:00 PM Central. One 48 x 36 inch PDF per team, and we print it for you.Submit your project →

Key dates

Build Track

Bring your own idea and build it.

Open now

Registration open

Registration for the Build Track is open right now. Pick AI / Data Science or Quantum, add your teammates, and lock in a team of up to four students. The sooner you register, the sooner you can start building.

Fri, Oct 16 · 1:00 PM

Q&A session on Zoom

Drop in with questions about expectations, teams, technical support, or submissions. The Zoom link appears on this site at 1:00 PM that day.

Tue, Nov 10 · 5:00 PM

Poster due, registration closes

Registration for the Build Track stays open until this moment. Submit your poster: one single-page PDF, 48 x 36 inches, landscape. We print it for pickup at the event.

Build a Pitched Idea

Build a real problem from across UMKC.

Oct 9 to 12

Pitched ideas under review

Real-world problems were pitched from the Bloch School of Management, the School of Medicine, and the School of Education. Faculty reviewers are choosing the strongest ones now.

Mon, Oct 12 · 7:00 PM

Selected ideas posted, joining opens

The chosen problems are posted with a clear description and the person who pitched them. Pick one that fits and join its build team. Joining is rolling, any time until November 10th while seats are open. The build team takes up to three students.

Fri, Oct 16 · 1:00 PM

Q&A session on Zoom

Drop in with questions about expectations, teams, technical support, or submissions. The Zoom link appears on this site at 1:00 PM that day.

Tue, Nov 10 · 5:00 PM

Poster submission due

Your whole team, the people who pitched plus the builders, submits one poster: a single-page PDF, 48 x 36 inches, landscape. We print it for pickup at the event. Joining a build team closes at this deadline too.

Fri, Nov 13

Hack-A-Roo

Poster judging, finalists, and awards, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM in MNLC 352. Attendance at poster judging is required.