CODE Labs Competition Second version

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CODE Labs Competition Second version

#Start_and_Create

Closed
Physical & Virtual

Registration starts 1 May to 1 June 

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About the competition

virtual competition targeting male and female university students partnering with the Code Labs network. It aims to form a community of emerging innovative companies by identifying technical project ideas and turning them into reality, where training programs and interactive workshops are provided among the participants.

Targeted Participants
students
University Students
Award Tracks
Digital Patent
  • The patent team should consist of at least two members, out of which one should be a Saudi national
  • The patent must be in the field of Telecommunication & Information Technology
  • The patent has to be registered with SAIP
  • The patent solves an existing problem in the market and can be prototyped
  • The patent has to be from one of the university levels (BSc, MSc, PhD) or ‏accredited research institutes
Closed
Digital Research
  • The research team should consist of at least two members, out of which one should be a Saudi national
  • The research must be in the field of Telecommunication & Information Technology
  • The research solves an existing problem in the market and can be prototyped
  • The research date shouldn’t be older than 2018
  • The research has to be from one of the university levels (BSc, MSc, PhD) or ‏accredited research institutes
Closed
Competition objectives
Obtaining executable
Obtaining executable technical business models
entrepreneurship
Creating emerging digital entrepreneurship communities
Motivating students
Motivating students to start their entrepreneurial journey
competitive environmen
Stimulating the competitive environment among students to raise the quality of outputs
Code Labs Competition Journey
01

1May

Start registration
02

1 June 

End of registration and screening of applicants
03

30 May

Emails to qualifiers
04

11 June 

Starting the training program for the competition
05

13 June

End of training program and preparations for the Demo day
06

20 June

Demo day
07

26 June 

Announcement of winners
Bootcamp

Training the qualified projects from both tracks for a month during which work is done by the participants to enable them to transform their projects into successful entrepreneurial digital business models that can be commercialized.

Demo Day

All qualified participants from both tracks present their projects professionally to the judges’ panel and accordingly the projects are evaluated and the finalists are selected to proceed to the last stage through which the winners will be announced.

Demo Day Video
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Interviews with projects from both tracks
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Terms of participation
The student must be affiliated with one of the universities partnering with the Code Labs network
The presence of a technical person within the project team
The minimum team members are 3 and the maximum is 6 people
The team must not have participated in any previous editions of the competition
Rewards

The value of technical support and services provided to winning projects and entrepreneurs to enable and develop their projects.

Winer
15,000 SAR

FAQs

The advanced team can participate with only one idea in each edition of the competition.

The main language must be Arabic, and there is no objection to using some non-Arabic terms if necessary

The Code Labs network offers support to all applicants to take their idea to the viable prototype stage.

The competition consists of some virtual and in-person events, and the finalists will be informed of the competition schedule

​​​​​​It is a day determined by the competition organizer during which all projects are presented to the jury to sort out the winning projects with the highest number of points.

The registration form must be filled out by the team leader only, and there is no need to fill it out for all members of the work team.

After closing registration and screening applicants, we will contact the accepted candidates and send messages to the unqualified applicants, informing them of that.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept contributions from students who are not affiliated with universities that partner with the CODE Labs network.