Skin is the fourth most common cause of all human disease, but skin wellness is about more than just disease. Our skin is our largest organ, our interface with the world and our window inside our bodies. If you have an idea and the drive to create real solutions for skin health and wellness,
The SHIELD Skin Tech Hackathon is for YOU!
Win up to $25,000, a work space to develop your solution, and a chance to work with Nestlé Skin Health SHIELD*
Join Us!
Competitors will design a solution – high tech or low tech, software or hardware – that responds to a challenge in one of four priority areas: Skin Health Literacy, Nutrition and Skin Health, Engaging Acne, and Skin Health Tech for the Aging Population.
Teams will pitch their ideas to win up to $25,000, a work space to develop their solution, and a chance to work with Nestlé Skin Health SHIELD*
Whether you’re coming from healthcare, technology, dermatology, engineering, research, business, or you’re just interested in healthy skin, let’s come together and build something!
Hear from special guest speakers
Be mentored by investors and tech, business development, and skin health experts, including executives from Nestlé Skin Health
Design solutions to the most important challenges we face in skin health and wellness, today and in the future
*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. The Hackathon is open to (i) individuals at least 18 years old who are legal residents of the United States and (ii) who are invited by Sponsor to participate in the Hackathon that have not declared or been declared in bankruptcy. Entries will be judged based on the criteria set forth in the full Terms & Conditions. Sponsor reserves the right to not award the stated amount, work space and/or project.
Life-long skin maintenance, nourishment, and enhancement lead to good skin health and general wellness across your lifetime. The goal for everyone should be life-long skin health.
The challenge: We need solutions to engage, educate, and empower individuals and communities to pursue a lifetime of healthy skin.
Once you are registered, please go to Sparkboard and create a profile. Sparkboard is an online platform where you can post your own idea and build your team, or you can browse other teams and ideas. If you see an idea that is a good fit for your interests and skills, you can join the team with the click of a button. You can comment, communicate, and share on social media. We encourage you to form teams on Sparkboard before the hackathon. If you are unable, there will also be an opportunity to join a team in person on Friday afternoon.
You and your team will identify a problem within the topics and challenge areas above, conceptualize a solution to this problem, and create a business plan to bring the solution to market. Solutions can be hardware or software, high tech or low tech. You are not required to create a prototype but are welcome to present one in your 5-minute pitch if you have one.
Teams will have 5 minutes to present a slide deck of their business plan and respond to questions from the panel of judges. Your pitch will be judged on a range of factors including how well the solution solves the problem, feasibility, and how sound your business plan is overall. Presenting a prototype or wireframe is optional. Specific judging criteria and presentation template will be posted closer to the event.
The judges have the discretion to name a grand prize winner. The grand prize winners will be awarded $25,000 in total funding toward the development of their winning proposal. The funding will be paid out in conjunction with the achievement of pre-determined milestones throughout the course of a year-long collaboration with Nestlé Skin Health SHIELD. The grand prize winners will also be given desk space at the SHIELD Center for the duration of a year and will receive mentorship and guidance from the SHIELD staff. SHIELD will also award $5,000 prizes to best in category winners for each of the 4 skin health challenges. For more details about the prizes, please read the Terms and Conditions.