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Template:New unreviewed article SAPO Codebits is a hacking event held in Portugal annually, completely organized and sponsored by SAPO.

The event lasts three days, runs 24 hours a day and includes talks, a programming contest and several satellite activities.

Format

The event lasts three whole days.

The afternoon of the first day and the morning of the second are filled with technical presentations, either from invited speakers or from attendees who submitted a talk that was accepted.

On the afternoon of the second day a programming contest starts. Attendees gather in groups of at least three people and have 24 hours to code something new. After the 24 hours have passed, each group has 90 seconds to present their project.

Projects are then voted on and 10 teams are declared winners and receive prizes.

Some of the projects may receive sponsorship from SAPO to help them reach a mature state.

The building where the event takes place is open 24 hours a day and attendees can sleep inside, if they want to.

Candidate Selection

Those wanting to attend the event are required to fill in a short form on who they are, what they do and why they'd like to attend.

The organizers then go through all the applications and make sure to select only people working with technology directly. This is intended to ensure the audience is comprised solely of tech people, and not marketing or recruitment folks from outside IT.

Selected applicants don't have to pay anything to attend the event.

The attendance is usually comprised of developers, systems administrators, web designers, etc.

Competition Rules

  • Each team must have at least 3 people
  • Projects must be started during the event; already existing code will not be accepted (a project can, however, consist of adding new functionality to an already existing code base)

Partners

While SAPO makes it a point to organize the whole event by itself, other companies have stepped in as partners, either bringing in gadgets, demos, or other things.

Previous partners have included:

  • O'Reilly - present from 2007 to 2009, with a book stand offering discounts in their books
  • Microsoft - present from 2007 to 2009 with consoles such as Xbox 360 and occasionally with other projects such as the Interactive Canvas
  • PT Inovação - present in 2008 with Meo
  • Cisco - present from 2007 to 2009, providing the network solution every year and occasionally showcasing projects such as Hologram solutions
  • Caixa Mágica - present in 2008 with a cluster of Magalhães

Previous Editions

  • 2009 - November 3rd-5th - Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon - 600 attendees
  • 2008 - LX Factory, Lisbon - 500 attendees
  • 2007 - Gare Marítima de Alcântara, Lisbon - 400 attendees

Keynotes

  • 2008
    • Jan Lehnardt (CouchDB)
    • Andrew "Bunnie" Huang (Chumby)
    • Jack Moffitt (XMPP)
    • Marcus Bauer (Open Moko)
    • Mitch Altman
    • Peter Svensson - "Practical Thin Server Architecture with Dojo"
  • 2007
    • Mike Culver - "Amazon WebServices Architecture" and "Enterprise WebApp development with Tapestry"
    • Mahesh Prakriya - "IronPython and Dynamic Languages on .NET"

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