Bring together a taskforce for making sure your hackathon happens there is a list of things that have to happen by the day of the hackathon. Reach out to departments near your institution and have point people within your group to assist in working with hackathon participants and fielding questions. The hackathon can be run with a single MC but they will need tech support and admin support to make sure things go smooth. At least 2 local IT experts and minimum one admin support specialist.