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HACKATHON

18th - 19th October The Oculus Building

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WAIT, WHACK?

Warwick's flagship on-campus hackathon is back for 2025!

Following a huge success with the first ever WHACK last year, we're working hard to make it even better — and are now opening our doors to ALL university students nationwide!

Look forward to free food all weekend, sponsor events, unforgettable activities, and of course, the chance to showcase your own project all in 24 hours!

Now, all that's left for you to do is bring a laptop, friends, and some creativity. We'll handle the rest.

PROJECT TO PRIZES

Assemble in teams of (up to) 4, and submit a project to one of many categories for the chance for your team to win a prize from our pool of goodies worth over £4,500!

Each track sponsor will provide a problem statement, mixed in with some of our own.

We can't wait to see you, your friends, and Warwick's most ingenious 24-hour creations at WHACK. See you there!

TOP INDUSTRY SPONSORS

We're proud to be supported annually by top industry names, and we’re looking for sponsors to join us in powering the next wave of tech talent!

WHACK is the perfect opportunity for tech companies and startups to support talented students, and gain access into our pool of brilliant minds in STEM. There are also opportunities throughout the event to host talks and networking events. We're still open to sponsors for WHACK 2025, and we would be delighted to hear from you!

For students, this is your opportunity to show off your technical skills, build connections with employers and use their industry-leading technologies!

SCHEDULE

Provisional, subject to change once events are confirmed with our sponsors.

09:00 Arrivals OC0.03

10:00 Opening Ceremony OC0.03

11:00 Hacking Begins! The Oculus

12:30 Lunch The Oculus

14:00 incident.io Talk OC1.05

15:00 Brevan Howard Talk OC1.05

16:00 Capital One Talk OC1.05

17:00 Sponsor Event OC1.09

19:30 Dinner The Oculus

21:00 IRL CTF The Oculus

22:00 Evening Events OC1.09

01:00 1-Hour Hackathon The Oculus

07:00 Breakfast The Oculus

11:00 Submissions Closed

12:00 Lunch The Oculus

13:00 Project Presentations The Oculus

17:00 Closing Ceremony OC1.05

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This Year's Sponsors

Track Sponsors

CAPITAL ONE

We're on a mission: to change banking for good - one good thing at a time. You might think of us as a credit card company, but we're just as much a technology business.

And we're here to make a positive difference - to our customers, our colleagues and society as a whole. Join us and you'll get to make a real and valued contribution to wide-ranging projects that have a meaningful impact on people's lives.

You'll get great training and, as new doors open, there'll be no limits to what you can achieve. Just look at our CEO, Lucy Hagues, who started out on our Graduate Programme and now leads the UK business.

BREVAN HOWARD

Founded in 2002, Brevan Howard is a leading global alternative investment management platform, specialising in global macro and digital assets. Our reputation, built up over nearly two decades, is founded on the quality of our exceptional people, our best-in-class technology and wide range of dynamic investment products offered within a rigorous institutional framework.

INCIDENT.IO

incident.io is the single place you go when things go wrong - backed by a $62m Series B and trusted by companies like OpenAI, Lovable, and Netflix. We help engineering teams respond to and learn from incidents, minimise downtime, and focus on solving the problems that matter.