HackfestSG is an amazing 3 day hackathon organized by NUS Overseas Colleges and facilitated by Labgoo, with support from NUS Enterprise. There are approximately 150 participants with 8 different industry experts who are on-site to provide mentorship and guidance for the event. [caption id=“attachment_22255” align=“alignnone” width=“3840”]
Launch of HackfestSG by NUS Enterprise[/caption] One of our BizSpark Start-up, BandLab Technologies, was also invited to support the event as an industry partner. BandLab uses Microsoft Azure to create a cloud-based platform for users to create, collaborate and share their music. [caption id=“attachment_22253” align=“alignnone” width=“3840”]
Microsoft Singapore BizSpark Team with one of our Start-up, BandLab Technology Team[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_22256” align=“alignnone” width=“3840”]
BandLab founder, Meng, announcing the challenge statement[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_22257” align=“alignnone” width=“5312”]
Awesome giveaway from BandLab[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_22258” align=“alignnone” width=“5312”]
Meng showing BandLab’s cloud-based platform for users to create, collaborate and share their music[/caption] Izzat, a Technical Evangelist from Microsoft Singapore, also shared with the participants on how to leverage Microsoft Cognitive Services and Bot Framework for their hackathon projects. The audiences were amazed by how simple and easy it is to utilize these tools for their proposed solutions. [caption id=“attachment_22259” align=“alignnone” width=“5312”]
Izzat from Microsoft Singapore introducing various Microsoft Technology[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_22260” align=“alignnone” width=“5312”]
Izzat wows the audiences with Microsoft Bot Framework[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_22262” align=“alignnone” width=“3840”]
Great mentors from Microsoft Singapore[/caption] Congratulations to NUS Overseas College, Labgoo and NUS Enterprise for organizing an amazing hackathon filled with great ideas, people, and technologies! More importantly, we were able to excite the community with the latest developments in Cognitive Services and Bot Framework. If you want to find out more about Microsoft Cognitive Services and Bot Framework, you can refer to the following resources: Microsoft Cognitive Services - https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services Microsoft Bot Framework - https://dev.botframework.com/