SMARTSNG:
An intellectual competition for those who solve real-world problems — from code to product.
Prize fund
$4,000
$1,000 for each track
Prizes
Each track has its own podium. All prizes are provided by the partners.
Every track's podium
- 1st place$800
- 2nd place$100
- 3rd place$100
- DocumentsDiplomas for prize winners, certificates for everyone who submits
- MerchHoodies and hackathon merch for every prize winner
- From partnersSpecial prizes for the winners
What is GENESIS
GENESIS is the annual intellectual competition of the International Association of Software Developers. We bring together developers, designers, analysts, and entrepreneurs to find the strongest on real partner challenges. Genesis means “beginning”: the winners' names enter the competition's history and set the bar for those who follow.
Pick your track
Development & Engineering
developers (backend, frontend, mobile, fullstack), DevOps, SRE, information security specialists
Product & Design
product managers, UX/UI designers
Data & AI
data engineers, analysts, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI/ML) specialists
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
IT entrepreneurs, startup founders, cryptocurrency and blockchain specialists
Three steps to the start
- <1>Until January 2
Register
Register a team (1–5 people) in the hackathon dashboard and pick a track. Your stack is your advantage.
- {2}January 3–7
Solve the challenge
On January 3 at 11:00 the tasks appear in the dashboard. Solve your track's challenge and upload the result by 18:00 on January 7.
- (3)January 12 · live
Write your name into history
Judges score the work against the rules' criteria. Winners stay in Genesis history, and if you meet the criteria, you can become a judge of the next hackathons yourself.
Full participation rules, evaluation criteria, and submission format are in the rules.
RulesHackathon timeline
- August 5, 2026 — January 2, 2027ApplicationsIn progress
- January 3, 2027Task releaseUp next
- January 3–7, 2027Solving the tasks
- January 8–12, 2027Judging
- January 12, 2027, 18:00 UTC+3Results (live stream)
Judges
The Genesis Winter 2027 judging panel is being assembled. We will announce the full list of judges no later than January 2, 2027 — before the tasks are released.
Submissions are evaluated by industry practitioners and partner representatives: they look at a solution the way they would look at a real-world task.
Got expertise in development, design, Data & AI, or product? We are looking for judges — write to us.
Awards ceremony
SMARTSNG: Winter 2027
Winners of every track are announced on air
- Development & Engineering
- Product & Design
- Data & AI
- Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Stay in the loop
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Questions and answers
Developers, designers, product managers, data and AI specialists, entrepreneurs — participants from any country whose work is tied to digital professions. Experience in one of the tracks is enough.
Ready to accept the challenge?
A $4,000 prize fund, free to join.