How do you want to build?
Pick the one that sounds like you.
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.
