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CODE Labs Competition

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Physical & Virtual

Registration starts 11 October 2023 to 30 October 2023

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About the competition

A 3-day 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
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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
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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

11 October 

Start registration
02

30 October

End of registration and screening of applicants
03

8 November 

Emails to qualifiers
04

13 November

Starting the training program for the competition
05

15 November

End of training program and preparations for the Demo day
06

21 November

Demo day
07

23 November 

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
Rewards
WIN
5000 S.R

1st Place 

WIN
4000 S.R

2nd Place

WIN
3000 S.R

3rd Place

WIN
2000 S.R

4th Place

WIN
1000 S.R

5th Place

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.

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