LICEL/ DROIDCON HACKATHON
Join Licel’s Droidcon London Hackathon Challenge.
Learn new skills, compete with your peers, and win big prizes.
Are you an Android developer who is attending Droidcon London 2024? Are you looking to embrace your experimental, innovative side? Are you interested in pushing the boundaries of mobile security?
If so, you’re in the right place! Join our Hackathon, exclusive to Droidcon London 2024 attendees, and you’ll get the opportunity to work with our cutting-edge solutions, showcase your skills, and win some fantastic prizes.
Win prizes!
Impress us with your coding skills and you'll be in with a chance of winning one of our top 3 prizes. Not only will you get the opportunity to work with our industry-leading solutions, but you'll also be part of a growing community of like-minded, mobile security enthusiasts. Keep reading to find out how the judging process will work.
1st Prize: MacBook Air.
A top-of-the-range Apple MacBook Air.
2nd Prize: Google Pixel 9 Pro.
The latest and smartest Google phone.
3rd Prize: Google Pixel Watch 3.
The best and brightest Google smart watch yet.
Calling all you dreamers, innovative thinkers, and creators of tomorrow.
Come for the challenge. Stay for the community.
If you’re as passionate as we are about innovative security solutions and protecting the future of digital transactions and operations, we’d love for you to join our community.
Licel is an engineering company, founded by engineers, and composed primarily of engineers. Our background is in cryptography and creating innovative security solutions. And so, one of the things that energizes us most is meeting other innovative engineers full of fresh ideas. After the Hackathon ends, we’ll invite you to join our online community where we’ll provide opportunities for continued learning and tell you about other events and challenges that we host in the future.
How will the Hackathon work?
Sign up here.
Register for the Hackathon by clicking on one of the “join the Hackathon” buttons on this page and completing the form.
Join our webinar.
After Droidcon London 2024 ends, keep an eye on your inbox. We’ll send you an email with an invitation to join a webinar where we’ll explain in detail how the Hackathon will work. We recommend joining this webinar to give yourself the best chance of winning.
Build your Trusted Application.
During the Hackathon, we’ll ask you to create a Trusted Application using our open-source Java Card simulator, JCardSim. We’ll be looking out for the Trusted Applications that implement the most innovative ideas.
Judging and announcing the winner.
Each Trusted Application submitted during the Hackathon will be evaluated fairly and impartially by a panel of experienced judges. The evaluation criteria will focus on creativity, technical execution, and the effective use of our solutions, ensuring a level playing field for all participants. The winner will be announced via email after the judges have made their final decision.
Do you have what it takes to impress our judges? Sign up and find out.
FAQS
Do I have to be attending Droidcon London 2024 to take part?
Yes, this Hackathon is exclusive to developers who are attending Droidcon London 2024. However, in the future we plan to run other Hackathon competitions that will be open to a larger number of participants. Get in touch with us if you can't participate in this Hackathon but want to hear about future competitions, and we'll add you to our growing online community.
What materials and documents do I need to download?
We'll send you detailed instructions and all the documentation you need via email after the webinar.