PHILLY 250 MARITIME DEFENSE HACKATHON

​Top engineering students, shipbuilders, warfighters and investors are converging on the 23rd St Armory in Philadelphia for a first-of-its-kind maritime defense hackathon. From March 27 to March 29, Albacore Inc. and leading maritime sponsors will convene 150+ elite builders for an intensive, mission-driven 48-hour sprint focused on the future of maritime defense.

​This is not a typical hackathon. The event will include:

• ​10 boats reserved for hacker teams to conduct experimentation with

• ​All-expenses-paid trips to Ukraine for the top 3 teams and free hardware shipping

• ​Up to $50k in cash prizes for the winning team

​Hackers will compete with solutions across three broad problem areas introduced by speakers at the event:

​Problem Statements:

• ​America’s Shipbuilding Industrial Base

  • ​Mike Flanigan (Co-Founder & CEO, Seasats)

  • ​Dante Vaisbort (Co-Founder, Albacore Inc.)

  • ​Chris Dalke, (Founder & CEO, Zydro Marine)

  • ​Others to be announced...

• ​Autonomous Maritime Defense

  • ​Eveline Buchatskiy (Managing Partner, D3 Venture Capital)

  • ​Cat Buchatskiy (Co-Founder, Snake Island Institute)

  • ​Dorottya Zsiboracs (Strategy, STARK)

  • ​Military end users

  • ​Others to be announced...

• ​Maritime Domain Awareness and Interdiction

  • ​RADM Ron Fritzemeier (Ret. US Navy C4I)

  • ​Jeff Eggers (Managing Partner, R Squared)

  • ​Others to be announced...

​Problem statements are open-ended, and various solutions ranging from software, to full hardware platforms (e.g. boats) to subsystems (e.g. mountable sensing equipment), are within the anticipated scope of the event.

​Event sponsors and participants include:

• ​Leading early stage defense investors: RSquared, D3, Heliad, Reveille, Outlander, Alumni Ventures, and Z Fellows

• ​Corporations: JP Morgan

• ​Maritime defense companies: Albacore Inc., Zydro Marine, Seasats, and STARK

​Agenda:

• ​Friday 3/27, 12:00pm: Registration opens

• ​Friday 3/27, 3:30pm: Keynote

• ​Friday 3/27, 4:00pm: Problem statement introductions

• ​Friday 3/27, 5:00pm: Hacking commences

• ​Friday 3/27, 10:00pm: Overnight DJ set 1

• ​Saturday 3/28, 9:00am-3:00pm: Mentor office hours

• ​Saturday 3/28, 10:00pm: Overnight DJ set 2

• ​Sunday 3/29, 11:00am: Hacking concludes

• ​Sunday 3/29, 11:30am: Keynote commencement speech

• ​Sunday 3/29, 12:00pm-3:00pm: Demonstrations

• ​Sunday 3/29, 4:30pm: Winners announced

• ​Sunday 3/29, 5:00pm: Event departures

​A note on teams: You can register individually or with a team. If you are looking for teammates, we can pair you with others in complementary disciplines who are interested in the same focus areas as you.