4th Y4PT Global Transport Hackathon Barcelona 2023

64th UITP Global Public Transport Summit Barcelona 2023

02-07 June 2023

The fourth edition of the world’s first-ever global transport hackathon and world’s top leading transport innovation contest in the framework of the world’s oldest, largest and top leading sustainable mobility event

The 4th Y4PT Global Transport Hackathon Barcelona 2023 will take place from the 2nd until the 4th of June. Global winners will be announced during the Opening Ceremony of the 64th UITP Global Public Transport Summit Barcelona 2023 on the 4th of June and the concrete results of the different local hackathons will be exhibited at the Y4PT Startup Fair from the 5th until the 7th of June.

Software and Hardware Prototype Development Competition applied to the Transport Sector

Passenger Transport and Freight – Innovation – Entrepreneurship – Intermodalism – Sustainability – Technology

Are you a Student, Professor, Researcher, Entrepreneur, Public Server, …, Engineer, of another discipline, …, Young, Adult, …, or simply you? You can also be a Transport Hacker!

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After the success of the first three (3) editions of the Y4PT Global Transport Hackathon series in Montreal 2017 (Canada), Dubai 2018 (United Arab Emirates) and Stockholm 2019 (Sweden), the Youth For Public Transport (Y4PT) Foundation, with the support of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP), its members and other stakeholders, and following the long-standing tradition of Y4PT Youth Lab series, is promoting the organization of local transport hackathons around the world during the 2019-2023 season, by combining the best of boundless human creativity and the benefits of current information and communications technologies (ICTs) in collaborative environments, with the aim of advancing transport sector towards sustainability.

Winners from each local transport hackathon will join other Spain-based hackers at the 4th Y4PT Global Transport Hackathon Barcelona 2023 (https://www.y4pt.org/projects/hackathon) in the framework of the 64th UITP Global Public Transport Summit Barcelona 2023 – the world’s oldest, largest and leading sustainable transport event – to contest in a final round for unveiling the world’s best ground-breaking transport solutions.

Many cities around the world are hosting the first local transport hackathons. Other cities are also welcome to join.

Different local stakeholders such as universities, youth groups, ICT companies, transport operators, authorities, start-up mentors and hackers are called to collaborate with Y4PT and to be part of the next editions of the world’s first-ever global transport hackathon and the world’s top leading transport innovation contest, acknowledged by the European Mobility Week Secretariat (European Union) as one of the best practices of 2017.

Everyone is invited to get on board. This is an one-off opportunity to show to your audience and users how important is for you to support this kind of events where innovation and creativity is putting forward new ICT-related solutions to boost both the private sector business performance and the public sector policy efficacy, and thus to unlock new opportunities to expand, diversify and renew your organization’s portfolio of products and services.

What is a Hackathon?

A Hackathon is an event, typically lasting several days, where a number of skilled people meet to engage in software programming and hardware prototyping, with the aim of ingeniously solving specific issues in a collaborative and cooperative environment. Hackathon outcomes usually lead to the inception of startup projects and trigger other innovation processes in different ICT-intensive fields such as the transport sector.

Overview

Most of the cities are going through a gradually-increasing integration with the outer world that has meant new and disruptive socio-economic conditions which market and its players are yet striving to adapt well. For instance immigration, climate change and security are three core pending issues on both the local and global agendas.

Furthermore, emerging concepts such as sharing economy are not anymore a matter of the future. They are already here, being present now among all of us somehow. And they are fostering a fast change at all levels in different sectors, forcing all existing approaches to be re-thought.

For years the transport field has served as the right testing ground for new technological developments and results have been later replicated in other sectors.

In the light of the above, several stakeholders have joined forces along with UITP, to organize the fourth edition of the world’s first-ever transport hackathon, an open and collaborative space where people are called to contribute to solving major transport-related challenges while employing ICTs in an ingenious way.

Transport Challenges

ALL MODES: All modes of transport are covered, whether terrestrial, aquatic, air, etc.
ALL MEANS: All means of transport currently available are included, such as bicycles, trains, walking, cars, buses, aircraft, among others.
PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT: Transport solutions are meant to mobilize people and/or goods.

Hackathon projects should contribute somehow to a ultimate goal, doubling public transport’s market share worldwide (PTx2): “UITP estimates that it would save around 170m tons of oil and 550m tons of CO2 equivalent; reduce urban traffic fatalities by 15%; double the number of jobs in public transport operators as well as reduce the risk of obesity and heart disease by 50% thanks to the greater role of walking, cycling and public transport.”

Moreover all projects should be in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially the one addressing sustainable transport (Target 11.2): “By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons”.

A wide range of current and critical challenges faced by the transport sector as a whole will be addressed during the Hackathon, with public transport as the cornerstone of multimodal mobility solutions, in line with the Y4PT’s holistic point of view on sustainable transport.

Topics of the Y4PT Healthy Mobility World Campaign: https://www.y4pt.org/projects/campaigns/healthy-mobility/
Congestion
Urban Sprawl
Shared/Collaborative Mobility
Road Safety and Education
Active Mobility
Environmental Pollution
Security
Universal Accessibility (Reduced Mobility, Social and Gender Integration)
Combination of Passenger and Freight Transport
Intermodality
Mass and Non-Mass Public Transport
Active and Sustainable Tourism
Health and Transport
Long-Haul Transport
Means of Payment and Transport Faring
Weather Forecast Climate Change
Transport Electrification (Zero Emissions)
Financing
User Engagement
Payment Avoidance
Travel Experience
Among others

Open Data

Currently different organizations in both public and private sectors have released a wide range of sets of databases, freely accessible to the general public, without restrictions on use.

In the case of the public sector, access to open data is one of the key principles of transparency and good governance, necessary for the control exercised by citizens on results of the performance of leaders and civil servants, as well as the effectiveness of public policy in different areas.

On the web there are different open data libraries:

Transport Open Data

Hackers are advised to download in advance databases and to storage them in hard drives (or removable discs) to be used during the Hackathon.

Hacker’s Profile and Teaming-Up

The Hackathon is an invitation-only event.

Hackers must demonstrate knowledge and/or experience in the transport field, as well as being capable to play roles such as:

Software
- Algorithm designers
- Software programmers
- User interface designers
- Project managers (business development)
- Marketers
Hardware
- Process technicians
- Designers of functional models at scale
- Graphic designers
- Project managers (business development)
- Marketers

Each team will be made of up to five (5) members, ideally corresponding to each of the profiles above mentioned.
Hackers are free to choose if they want to run a project individually, or on the contrary, they want to teamed up with others.

English language must be the working language during the Hackathon.

Registration

Any person who is willing to participate as a hacker must fill out the online registration form in advance (by invitation only).

Those hackers who initially registered individually but would like to set up a team, on the first day of the Hackathon they can meet other hackers in the same situation.

Hackers must bring a valid official photo ID to enter to the Hackathon venue.

What should Hackers bring to the Hackathon?

The Hackathon venue will be provided with high-speed Internet access, tables, chairs, electric sockets, audiovisual equipment and other basic resources.

It is up to hackers to bring whatever they might need to develop their projects on-site.

Checklist might include the following tools:

Laptops and peripherals
Smartphone
Tablet
Smartwatch
Multi-socket extension
Ethernet Cables
Portable network switch
Portable router
Desktop software
Digital camera
Notepad and pen
Video recording camera
Portable storage devices (e.g. USB flash memory)
Set of databases (stored already in a hard-disk)
Personal Shower Towel (Y4PT wants to instil eco-friendly customs and behaviors so please bring your own towel to dry off after shower. No hotel towels will be provided due to they are polluting the environment way too much!)

Dress Code

During the Y4PT Hackathon itself (while coding): Informal clothes
- NOTE: Y4PT is concerned about overproduction of one-time use goods and cares about the environment, so that, according to your role, please bring a color-specific T-Shirt (to be packed in your luggage). It doesn’t matter if it is not the same color, but try to find the closest color as possible: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EBErnWOCRUHtWzjWFcG60VeYQayulEUz/view?usp=sharing
  - Hackers: Blue
  - Mentors: Orange
During the Final Pitch of the Y4PT Hackathon and Y4PT Startup Fair: Formal clothes

Prize

(Hint: Team leader from the best project will take part of the next fifth edition of the Y4PT Global Transport Hackathon series!)

Mentoring

During the Hackathon, participants will be mentored by specialized professionals and experts in transport and ICTs to guide them in the development of their projects, in such a way that relevance and coherence with the objectives and challenges formulated are guaranteed.

Judging Criteria and Jury Panel

SOFTWARE: Your project can be any software solution, such as an application for mobile, desktop, web, etc.
HARDWARE: Your project can be a hardware solution, such as a gadget, device, vehicle, infrastructure, structure, etc.

The winning project will be chosen by a select jury panel with extensive experience and knowledge in transport subjects.

Each submitted Hackathon project must be brand-new, unpublished (not having been showcased at past events) and in its entirety as well as each component, must be comprised of the team’s original work (third parties’ intellectual property must be properly credited according to the legal terms of these parties’ works).

Hackathon projects must clearly include an approximation of at least:

Software
- Algorithm
- Code
- Graphic interface
- Business model
Hardware
- Processes
- Functional scale model
- Design
- Business model

Judging Criteria

Design – User Experience
Scalability
Sustainability – Business Model
Use and re-use of Open Data
Technical Strength of Solution
Creativity and Innovation
Impact
Quality of the Pitch

How to pitch? How to make a project presentation?

How To Deliver A Winning Hackathon Pitch? https://developer.salesforce.com/blogs/developer-relations/2014/07/deliver-winning-pitch-hackathons.html
Pecha Kucha – Speech Format: https://www.pechakucha.org/faq
How To Hack A Hackathon? https://www.medium.com/how-to-hack-a-hackathon/how-to-hack-a-hackathon-friday-night-82fcf8962635#.hbmigyj48
Tips on How to Deliver a Pitch Investors Simply Can’t Turn Down: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/251311

Program – Date and Time

NOTE: Download the mobile app of the UITP Summit: https://www.uitpsummit.org/mobile-app/

The Hackathon will take place from Friday the 2nd until Sunday the 4th of June 2023.

Friday, 2 June 2023: Arrival and Hackathon Day 1 (Venue will be open 08:00 A.M. – 09:00 P.M. only): Mentors must arrive at 08:00 A.M. and Hackers at 02:00 P.M.

Saturday, 3 June 2023: Hackathon Day 2 (Venue will be open 08:00 A.M. – 09:00 P.M. only)

Sunday, 4 June 2023: Hackathon Day 3, Final, Awards (Venue will be open 08:00 A.M. – 09:00 P.M. only)

Monday, 5 June 2023: Startup Fair Day 1 (Venue will be open 08:00 A.M. – 06:00 P.M. only)

Tuesday, 6 June 2023: Startup Fair Day 2 (Venue will be open 08:00 A.M. – 06:00 P.M. only)

Wednesday, 7 June 2023: Startup Fair Day 3 (Venue will be open 08:00 A.M. – 06:00 P.M. only)

Thursday, 08 June 2023: Depature

Venue

The Hackathon will be held in the Room # X at the Fira Barcelona Gran Via (Barcelona Gran Via Trade Fair/Convention Center) (Av. Joan Carles I, 64, 08908 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain).

Most of the participants will stay at the Fira Barcelona Gran Via Travelodge Hotel (Carrer de la Botànica, 25, 08908 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain).

How to get there? Please see: https://www.uitpsummit.org/getting-there/ .
UITP Summit Floor Plan: https://www.uitpsummit.org/exhibition/
Fira Barcelona Gran Via Floor Plan: https://www.firabarcelona.com/en/gran-via/

Other Y4PT-related activities during the UITP Summit

Apart from the Hackathon, there will be other Y4PT-related activities during the 9th Y4PT World Youth Meeting Barcelona 2023 in the framework of the UITP Summit. Take a look!

Y4PT Hackathon Wrap-Up and Awards during the Opening Ceremony of the UITP Summit
- Date and Time: Sunday 4th of June 2023, from 04:30 p.m. to 06:30 p.m.
- Location: X Hall
- URL:
Y4PT Young Researcher Award during the UITP Awards (Closing Ceremony of the UITP Summit)
- Date and Time: Wednesday 7th of June 2023, from 04:00 p.m. to 05:30 p.m.
- Location: X Hall
- URL:
  - https://www.uitpsummit.org/programme/#/day/4?session=67032
  - https://www.uitpsummit.org/uitp-awards/
Y4PT Startup Fair
- Schedule: From Monday 5th of June until Wednesday 7th of June 2023, from 09:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.
- Location: Room # X
Y4PT Exhibition Stand
- Schedule: From Monday 5th of June until Wednesday 7th of June 2023, from 09:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.
- Location: Y4PT Exhibition Stand # X
- URL: https://www.uitpsummit.org/exhibitors/y4pt-a-uitp-foundation/
Y4PT Presentation on the Breathable Cities World Campaign during the Poster Session of the UITP Summit
- Date and Time: TBC
- Location: Poster Sessions
- URL:
  - https://www.uitpsummit.org/programme/#/day/3?session=71197
  - https://www.y4pt.org/projects/campaigns/healthy-mobility/breathable-cities/
Other activities during the UITP Summit (please register yourself)
- Innovation Guided Tours: https://www.uitpsummit.org/innovation-guided-tours/
- Technical Visits: https://www.uitpsummit.org/visits/
- Academic and Researchers Meet and Greet Networking Event:
  - Date and Time: TBC
  - Location: UITP Exhibition Stand
  - URL:
    - https://www.uitpsummit.org/programme/#/day/3?session=70874
    - https://efficy.uitp.org/event.php?id=6132
- Post Summit Tours: https://www.uitpsummit.org/post-summit-technical-tours/

Organizers

The Hackathon brings together the most important actors in the transport sector worldwide:

International Association of Public Transport (UITP) (https://www.uitp.org/): With over 137 years of history, UITP is the only spokesperson for the public transport sector worldwide, representing the interests of all stakeholders, including authorities, operators, supply industry, academic-research centers, civil society, among others.
Youth For Public Transport (Y4PT) Foundation (https://www.y4pt.org/): Established more than 17 years ago by the UITP, Y4PT is the leading global youth network on sustainable transport.