In this session, you'll get a detailed insight into the Costa Rica Hackathon, training on RPA and help with how to submit your projects.
Speaker Introductions
Sign up for UiPath and Greenlight Consulting Hackathon - https://community.uipath.com/e/mra37c/
Agenda:
• Introduction to RPA - 1 hour session
• UiPath Resources and ongoing training
Hackathon
• What is a hackathon and how to participate?
• Overview of rules and categories
• Review of prompts
• Judging criteria and prizes
• Submission guidelines and deadlines
• Tips on identifying your use case
• Tips on how to present and demonstrate your idea or project.
What's Next? Ongoing help with Open Hours and where, how to submit your use case on UiPath Forum.
Review UiPath Training Options
Review UiPath Products
Show UiPath Forum for help with any questions
Sign -Up for Office Hours
Office Hours August 29th
Office Hours September 5th
Office Hours September 6th
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Agenda
In this session, you'll get a detailed insight into:
• Introductions – Meet Our Team!
• Why Join the UiPath and Greenlight Consulting AI Hackathon 2023
• How to Enroll in the Costa Rica Hackathon
• RPA 101 Introduction and Training
• UiPath Platform Tour, talking about the various products and components
• Q&A About RPA Training – Where can you find recording for this session
Hackathon Details
• What are the timelines?
• Who can participate?
• How do you register?
• Overview of rules and categories
• Judging criteria and prizes
• Submission guidelines
• Tips on identifying your use case
• Tips on how to present and demonstrate your idea or project
What’s Next? Learn RPA & Start Your Projects – We Are Here To Help
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Diana Gray
Community Marketing
Manager AMER
At UiPath
Meet your RPA training & hackathon team!
Melanie Lam
Innovation Director at
Greenlight Consulting
Priya Darshini
RPA Solutions Architect
4X UiPath MVP
Jeremy Gilliland
RPA CoE Lead
UiPath MVP
Sebastián Villalobos
2X UiPath MVP
Lewis Goldenberg
Lead RPA Consultant at
Greenlight Consulting
Josué Chinchilla
UiPath MVP
Hudson Sheffield
Senior RPA Business Analyst
at Greenlight Consulting
Vidhi Patel
RPA Developer at
Greenlight Consulting
Hayleen Bonilla
Bot Ops RPA Developer at
Greenlight Consulting
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What is RPA and why should I learn it?
Check out these videos to see just some of the amazing things that RPA can do:
Document Understanding – Accounts Payable across many systems
Document Understanding and GPT
UiPath & Integrating with Conversational AI
Three ways to Automate the UI of any applications
The What
● Robotic automation uses a software robot
to run application software in the same
way that a person works with that software
● It executes activities or tasks previously
performed by humans across multiple
software platforms
The Goal
● RPA aims to replace repetitive
tasks performed by humans, with a virtual
workforce.
● Leverage your knowledge and skills for
more value-add tasks like judgmental calls,
complex analysis and exception handling
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What UiPath Products will you be able to use?
When you sign up for a UiPath Community instance you will gain access to the following UiPath Platform
components:
• UiPath Orchestrator
• UiPath Studio Family (Studio, StudioX, Studio Web)
• UiPath Assistant (install alongside Studio or StudioX)
• UiPath Apps
• UiPath Integration Service
• UiPath Document Understanding
• UiPath Action Center
• UiPath Automation Hub (+ Task Capture)
• UiPath AI Center (service must be enabled through Admin -> DefaultTenant -> Services -> + Add Services)
• UiPath Insights (service must be enabled through Admin -> DefaultTenant -> Services -> + Add Services)
• UiPath Data Service (service must be enabled through Admin -> DefaultTenant -> Services -> + Add Services)
• UiPath Test Manager (service must be enabled through Admin -> DefaultTenant -> Services -> + Add Services)
You may utilize any of these components in your solution. Specific training on how to use each of these features can
be found at UiPath Academy.
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Welcome to the Costa Rica Training and RPA & AI Hackathon Session!
This isn’t your typical hackathon!
• Fully virtual with an in-person component for finalists who will be invited to present at CENFOTEC in San Jose
• UiPath courses are available online and free anytime!
• We will provide you with a virtual 3-hour training session led by industry experts
• We will also support you and your team with virtual Office Hours in case you’re stuck or need a bit of help!
• You will formulate your own problem statement and solution, with 3 categories to choose from
For details and support for this hackathon, please visit The Costa Rica RPA & AI Hackathon page at:
https://community.uipath.com/e/mra37c/
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What are the timelines?
Key Dates Date
RPA & AI Hackathon Awareness Session July 26
And UiPath’s site: https://community.uipath.com/e/mra37c/ July 26- August 11
Receive confirmation of your participation via email, Team Assignment if you
requested, and instructions on registering for the Enablement Session, and how to
submit your solution
August 18
Enablement 3-Hour Training Sessions Friday August 25 or Saturday August 26
@9am-12pm
Office Hours – Get support from Industry Experts August 29 @9:00am-11am CT
Office Hours – Get support from Industry Experts September 5 @9:00am-11am CT
Office Hours – Get support from Industry Experts September 6 @9:00am-11am CT
Submission Deadline Thursday September 7
Finalists Announced (via email & on https://community.uipath.com/e/mra37c/) Thursday September 14
Finalist In-Person Presentations at CENFOTEC University in San Jose Saturday September 23
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Ask Questions On UIPATH FORUM Here:
https://forum.uipath.com/g/hackathonCostaRica
Attend Any Office Hour Sessions:
Tuesday, August 29th 9:00am-11:00 CT – Register Here:
https://community.uipath.com/e/m8dyff/
Tuesday, September 5th 9:00am-11:00 CT – Register Here:
https://community.uipath.com/e/mvkja4/
Wednesday, September 6th 9:00am-11:00 CT – Register Here:
https://community.uipath.com/e/mwr496/
Office Hours for Questions or Help
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Who can participate?
Anyone who is 15 years old or more & residing in Costa Rica, including:
• Students
• IT professionals
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How do you register?
Sign up on UiPath Community’s site by August 31:
https://community.uipath.com/e/mra37c/
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Key Rules
• Team size: 1 to 4
• You must follow the submission instructions (specified on UiPath Community’s site:
https://community.uipath.com/e/mra37c/)
• Your presentation and video can be in English (preference) but can be in Spanish
• Your solution must include one of: UiPath Studio, UiPath Studio X or UiPath Studio Web
• All timelines must be abided by
• You must be at least 15 years of age
• When submitting our solution, only one team member will submit all files
• Everyone on your team needs to register for the hackathon separately
• Every team member must register and attend one of the two 3-hour Enablement
Training sessions held on August 25 and 26
• You can submit more than one solution as a participant or team
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Categories
👉• Category 1: Showcase Costa Rica!
Highlight what Costa Rica is known for, or something specific to Costa Rica that you’re proud of. What topics are unique
to Costa Rica that would benefit from automation? Are there cultural, agricultural, weather, and historical ideas you can
think of where automation could be useful to showcase Costa Rica and the value it has?
👉• Category 2: Nation-wide/community problem solving
Solve a current issue that impacts a wider group of people. Topic examples: improving mental health, the circular
economy, climate change, virtual learning, employment, learning a second language. What community challenges might
benefit from using automation? Are there local projects that can be automated?
👉• Category 3: Student life in Costa Rica
Showcase an automation that could help fellow students! This could be anything from helping to alleviate administrative
tasks, staying on top of schoolwork, finding an internship position or first job, supporting positive emotional/mental
health, or something else you think will be impactful to you and your peers. What challenges do students face in Costa
Rica? Can you develop an automation that'd benefit students in Costa Rica in their everyday lives?
Example problem statements and solution ideas are on UiPath’s
site: https://community.uipath.com/e/mra37c/
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BONUS Category!
👉• Bonus Category: Showcase AI Technology
AI is a rapidly expanding field, and we’d love you to learn and enhance your knowledge of AI technologies and their
capabilities.
The UiPath Platform includes technology that leverages AI, or enables usage of external AI technology, in particular:
Document Understanding, Clipboard AI, Action Center, Integration Service. You may use any third-party AI tools to
expand your solution and make it better!
Note: When you upload your submission you will specify your usage of AI technology, if any, so we may
consider you for this bonus category!
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• Impact 25% - We want to understand the value that your idea will bring to society or a specific user
group. Is it far-reaching, and does it have the potential of widespread use across multiple
people/organizations?
• Concept 20% - We’ll evaluate your idea to see if it is disruptive or innovative while adding value for
the target audience. How significant and relevant is the problem that the solution intends to solve?
• Technology 25% – We'll evaluate your solution on how effectively and efficiently you've used UiPath
products and if you've integrated those with the ecosystem of other technologies.
• Completion 15% - How complete is the solution? Have you delivered what you wanted?
• Presentation & Video 15% - We want to see how you addressed your problem statement. How clearly
have you articulated your solution?
• AI Bonus Category - How well does the solution leverage AI technology? How integral is AI tech in
contributing to your solution?
Note: You need to be realistic about what can be accomplished in the given timeframe.
Judging Criteria
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Category 1 Prizes: Showcase Costa Rica
• 1st Prize – $100 USD UiPath voucher
• 2nd Prize – $50 USD gift card courtesy of Greenlight
• RPA & AI Hackathon Certificate for all Finalists
Category 2 Prizes: Nation-wide/community problem solving
• 1st Prize – $100 USD UiPath voucher
• 2nd Prize – $50 USD gift card courtesy of Greenlight
• RPA & AI Hackathon Certificate for all Finalists
*All UiPath vouchers are for https://uipath.bamkostores.com/
*Prizes are per person, e.g., 1st prize is $100 USD UiPath voucher for each team member
Prizes
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Category 3 Prizes: Student life in Costa Rica
• 1st Prize – $100 USD UiPath voucher
• 2nd Prize – $50 USD gift card courtesy of Greenlight
• RPA & AI Hackathon Certificate for all Finalists
AI Bonus Prizes!
• 1st Prize – $100 USD gift card courtesy of Greenlight & an opportunity to interview for an internship
• 2nd Prize – $50 USD gift card courtesy of Greenlight
• RPA & AI Hackathon Certificate for all Finalists
*All UiPath vouchers are for for https://uipath.bamkostores.com/
*Prizes are per person, e.g., 1st prize is $100 USD UiPath voucher for each team member
Prizes
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• The submission deadline is September 7, 2023 @ 11:59am. If you're submitting as a team rather
than as an individual, you only need to fill in one submission form per team. Your Submission must
include the following list to avoid rejection.
• PDD (Process Design Document)/Solution Diagram [Recommended Using UiPath’s Task Capture]
• Project Files / Workflow
• Presentation [There is a template to build your presentation]
• Video clearly demonstrating how your solution works (no longer than 5 minutes)
• Scripts / Files (if applicable)
Submission requirements will be discussed during the Enablement Training session
Submission Guidelines
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Considerations for RPA use cases:
- High volume & high time saving
- Repetitive Manual process
- Look at things that you or others are doing everyday. How can it be improved by automation,
either in personal or professional life?
- Think about UiPath’s products that you have available to you and what they can do. Bring your
problem statement and your proposed high-level solution (how you are going to use UiPath’s
products and optionally third-party applications) to the Office Hours to seek feedback. Keep in
mind the timelines and think about what you and your team can reasonably accomplish during
this time period.
- Choose use cases that you can be excited about and have a positive impact on your life or
others. Go to https://community.uipath.com/e/mra37c/ to get ideas from example problems
and solutions for each of the three categories!
Tips for Identifying your Use Case
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• Problem Statement: Briefly mention what is the problem you are trying to solve.
• Solution: What is the solution you proposed and approach you took to solve this problem.
• Technologies: Mention all the technologies used in your solution including the UiPath
products.
• Results and Impact: If any data/metrics are derived from your solution, present it to
demonstrate the impact and potential scalability of your project
• Solution Architecture: You can optionally show the solution/technical architecture. Use clear
text, relevant images and diagrams to enhance understanding and engagement.
• Demo: Create a presentable prototype or demo that illustrates core features and
functionalities of your project. Try to effectively communicate value of your solution.
Tips for your Presentation Deck & Video
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Self-Learning (optional but recommended):
• Look at use cases on the UiPath Forum to help you with ideas for your own project:
https://forum.uipath.com/c/members-only/use-cases/206
• Sign up for sign up for a UiPath Community instance
• Go to UiPath Academy and take these free courses:
• https://academy.uipath.com/courses/introduction-to-rpa-and-automation
• https://academy.uipath.com/learning-plans/rpa-citizen-developer-foundation
• Register
• Start Your Project
• Ask Questions Here: https://forum.uipath.com/g/hackathonCostaRica
• Join Our Office Hour Sessions on August 29, Sept 5, Sept 6 and we will answer your questions
Next Steps?
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RPA Costa Rica Hackathon Questions?
Recording for Training Session will be available on Friday, August 25 will be
available here on Saturday under Wrap Up Tab at Top of page at this url:
https://community.uipath.com/e/mgy3rb/
Recording for Training Session will be available on Saturday, August 26 will be
available here on Sunday under Wrap Up Tab at Top of page at this url
https://community.uipath.com/e/mvkja4/