Terms & Conditions
Welcome to OPCODE IMPACT 2026, a National-Level 24-Hour Cybersecurity for Sustainable Development Hackathon organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering (Cyber Security), Jyothi Engineering College (Autonomous), Thrissur, Kerala.
By registering for or participating in OPCODE IMPACT 2026, participants agree to comply with the following terms and conditions.
Eligibility
- OPCODE IMPACT 2026 is open to eligible students and teams as specified by the official event guidelines.
- Teams must consist of 2 to 4 members.
- Participants are responsible for providing accurate information during registration.
- The organizers reserve the right to verify eligibility and request appropriate identification or student-status documentation.
Registration
- Registration must be completed through the official registration process.
- The registration fee is ₹300 per participant.
- Registration is considered complete only after the required information and applicable fee have been successfully submitted.
- Participants must provide accurate and valid contact information.
- Registration details may be used by the organizers for event communication, verification, coordination, and certification.
Event Participation
- OPCODE IMPACT 2026 is a 24-hour continuous hackathon scheduled for 9–10 October 2026 at Jyothi Engineering College (Autonomous), Thrissur, Kerala.
- Participants are expected to follow the event schedule, instructions, venue rules, and directions issued by the organizing team.
- Teams must complete and submit their work within the officially announced submission period.
- Participants are responsible for bringing any personal equipment, software, credentials, or other resources required for their project unless specifically provided by the organizers.
Project Development
- Teams are expected to develop their solutions in accordance with the official hackathon rules.
- Participants may use appropriate open-source libraries, frameworks, APIs, datasets, development tools, and other publicly available resources, subject to their respective licenses.
- Use of AI-assisted development tools is permitted unless a particular challenge or organizer specifically restricts their use.
- Teams remain responsible for understanding, testing, and being able to demonstrate the work they submit.
- Projects must not knowingly infringe the intellectual property, copyrights, trademarks, privacy, or other rights of third parties.
Cybersecurity & Ethical Conduct
Because OPCODE IMPACT 2026 is a cybersecurity-focused event, participants are expected to follow responsible and ethical security practices.
Participants must not:
- Attempt unauthorized access to college, event, sponsor, participant, or third-party systems.
- Attack or disrupt infrastructure that has not been explicitly authorized for testing.
- Target other participants or their devices.
- Deploy malware, destructive payloads, ransomware, credential theft mechanisms, or other harmful software.
- Conduct activities intended to disrupt the event's network, systems, registration infrastructure, or services.
- Use information obtained during the event for unauthorized or harmful purposes.
Security testing must be restricted to systems, environments, datasets, and targets explicitly authorized by the organizers or challenge owners.
Any suspected vulnerability affecting event infrastructure should be reported responsibly to the organizing team.
Project Submission & Evaluation
- Teams must submit their project and required supporting materials before the announced submission deadline.
- Submission requirements may include source code, documentation, presentation materials, demonstrations, or other deliverables specified by the organizers.
Projects may be evaluated based on:
The judging panel's decision shall be considered final for the competition.
Intellectual Property
- Participants retain ownership of the intellectual property they independently create, subject to any third-party licenses, challenge-specific conditions, or sponsor requirements applicable to their project.
- Participants are responsible for ensuring that their submissions comply with applicable licenses and intellectual-property requirements.
- By participating, teams grant the organizers permission to showcase project names, descriptions, demonstrations, photographs, videos, and publicly presentable project information for educational, promotional, and event-related purposes.
- No confidential or proprietary project information will be intentionally disclosed by the organizers beyond the information reasonably required for event evaluation and promotion.
Code of Conduct
All participants are expected to maintain a respectful, inclusive, and professional environment.
Harassment, discrimination, intimidation, threats, violence, cheating, deliberate disruption, impersonation, or other inappropriate conduct will not be tolerated.
The organizers may take appropriate action, including removal from the event or disqualification, in cases of serious or repeated misconduct.
Accommodation & Food
Accommodation and food will be provided according to the arrangements announced by the organizing team.
Participants must follow the accommodation facility's rules and any instructions issued by the organizers.
The organizers may establish reasonable limits regarding accommodation availability, timings, facilities, and access.
Registration Cancellation & Refunds
Registration cancellation and refund eligibility, if applicable, will be governed by the official refund policy communicated by the organizers.
Where no refund is applicable, the registration fee will not be refundable except where the organizers explicitly approve an exception.
If the event is cancelled or materially rescheduled by the organizers, participants will be informed regarding the applicable arrangements.
Changes to the Event
The organizers reserve the right to make reasonable changes to the event schedule, venue arrangements, challenges, judging process, rules, or other event details when necessary.
Participants will be informed of significant changes through official communication channels.
Disqualification
A team or participant may be disqualified for:
- Providing false or misleading registration information.
- Violating the hackathon rules or Code of Conduct.
- Unauthorized access or malicious activity.
- Plagiarism or submission of work that unlawfully infringes third-party rights.
- Cheating, manipulation of judging, or deliberate misrepresentation of project work.
- Failure to comply with reasonable instructions from the organizing team.
Disqualification may result in the participant or team becoming ineligible for prizes, certificates, or other event benefits.
Privacy & Participant Information
Information collected during registration may be used for:
Participant information will be handled in accordance with the organizers' applicable privacy practices.
Acceptance
By completing registration, participants confirm that they have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms & Conditions and the applicable event rules.
For questions regarding these Terms & Conditions, participants may contact the official OPCODE IMPACT 2026 organizing team through the contact information provided on the event website.
Secure Today. Sustain Tomorrow.
Jyothi Engineering College (Autonomous) · Thrissur, Kerala