Get ready to hack! This Hacking Day will bring together teams to brainstorm, work on solutions, recruit additional members, and start honing their pitches. Teams will have the opportunity to seek advice from mentors with diverse expertise and perspectives. Join us!

Erie Hack is a $100,000 data and engineering competition designed to generate innovative technology solutions for Lake Erie Basin’s most pressing problems. This program leverages the expertise of researchers, designers, engineers, developers and creatives across the region to activate, cultivate and accelerate these hacks.

Erie Hack 2.0 is a program of the Cleveland Water Alliance and is presented in partnership with local champions at TechTown Detroit, the University of Toledo, the University at Buffalo, the Innovation Collaborative, and WEtech Alliance.

Erie Hack 2.0 Lead Sponsors include Digital C, a nonprofit that empowers Cleveland's neighborhoods with technology and equitable opportunity in the digital economy, and Oatey.