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Nick Plowden
AI Community Engagement
IBM
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Hey @Nickolus Plowden- Is there a discount available for IBM TechXchange Community members for the 2025 event? Would love to share that info with others in the community too. Counting the days until October 6...

Thanks for sharing :-)

I'm wondering what type of sessions I can expect to get from the conference related to the mainframe, specifically mainframe storage?  I'm wondering if this conference is worth it for me, as a mainframe systems programmer for storage.

Hi Nick!

I am trying to find the detailed agenda so I can submit justifications for our group to join you in Orlando.  Is there an agenda available for people that have not registered yet?

Hello! Do I need to be a silver or gold member in order to apply to this contest? Thank you for your answer!

Hi, thanks for sharing this. What are the requirements to apply for this contest?

Just in case didn't get my previous message:

Judging criteria are:

Each submission will be scored based on the following criteria with a maximum score of 20 points, and the final score being the average of the judges' scores.

• Completeness and feasibility (5 points): How feasible is the solution? How fully has the idea been thought-out and planned? How complete is the proof-of-concept submitted? How clear is the application of IBM technology?
• Creativity and innovation (5 points): How unique and original was the approach in applying AI technology to address the stated issue? Is the solution differentiated in the market?
• Design and usability (5 points): How good is the design, user experience, and ease-of-use of the solution? How quickly and easily could it be put to use in real-world scenarios and adopted by target users?
• Effectiveness and efficiency (5 points): Does the solution address a high priority and relevant issue within the hackathon theme? Does it achieve its goal effectively and efficiently? Can it achieve a measurable impact in the field? Does it have potential to scale to more users or use cases?

A) What is the:

IBM TechXchange 2025 Pre-conference watsonx Hackathon email another one because this email: watsonx.hackathon@ibm.com didn't work with my gmail account?

Also, one of my team members out of this contest is based in the USA, I in South Europe and she, this IT expert is professional and wants to get paid to code my project here. Unfortunately, she can code the project at the end of this contest even if it is sounds impossible and not  feasible according to this contest my proposal. I cannot pay this professional IT expert because I am based in Greece in economic crisis and I don't have the money at this point. 

Greek university departments in technology don't have the technology to design my project so, I am not based in any university department as member.

I hold methods from worldwide libraries to design this project but I  asked  my IT cooperator in the USA mentioned before, money to pay in order to take the project on my behalf.

Best regards.

Vaia Tausiani.

IT.

SLP. M.Sc.

Hello!

A) May I have an email of this hackathon to contact because someone of IBM gave me this email  watsonx.hackathon@ibm.com  this email doesn't works?

IBM TechXchange 2025 Pre-conference watsonx Hackathon.

B) My IT cooperator can code my project application after the contest because (she needs to get paid based in the US, I am based in South Europe, Greece and she is an external cooperator team member of this contest here) which is very easy in practice ( even it is sounds impossible).

 Do I have points according to their criteria?

These there are the criteria of Judges:

Judging

Each submission will be scored based on the following criteria with a maximum score of 20 points, and the final score being the average of the judges' scores.

• Completeness and feasibility (5 points): How feasible is the solution? How fully has the idea been thought-out and planned? How complete is the proof-of-concept submitted? How clear is the application of IBM technology?
• Creativity and innovation (5 points): How unique and original was the approach in applying AI technology to address the stated issue? Is the solution differentiated in the market?
• Design and usability (5 points): How good is the design, user experience, and ease-of-use of the solution? How quickly and easily could it be put to use in real-world scenarios and adopted by target users?
• Effectiveness and efficiency (5 points): Does the solution address a high priority and relevant issue within the hackathon theme? Does it achieve its goal effectively and efficiently? Can it achieve a measurable impact in the field? Does it have potential to scale to more users or use cases? 

Best regards.

Vaia Tausiani.

IT.

SLP. M.Sc.

Greece.