List of hackathons in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates in 2016

Students, recent graduates, creative designers, developers, data analysts and marketers in the United Arab Emirates! Accenture Digital invites you to sign up and participate in the inaugural Connected Hackathon in Dubai. The event will run at the same time as similar events in Rome, Dubai, Prague, London, Dortmund, Madrid, Amsterdam and Istanbul. You'll be challenged to create and prototype innovative ideas that bring economic and social value for your community. You may utilize everyday objects, open data, open source libraries, rapid prototyping frameworks, microcontrollers, sensors, 3D printers, beacons, wearables, etc.

The race has begun. Cities around the globe are moving at full speed in the hopes of being named the leader in innovation. When the finish line is crossed, where do you hope to be? With more than $12,000 in prizes, this two-day hackathon will bring together developers, designers and entrepreneurs from all over Dubai to craft solutions for the future of digital payments. This competition starts with you and your vision for Dubai; a city well renowned for paving the way in technology, and leader in civic growth. From transportation to recreation, Dubai is making a name for itself as the next smart city and deserves a secure payment platform of the same stature. The Visa Digital Payments Challenge: Your goal is to determine where digital payment solutions will have the most impact on the future of Dubai. Do you envision a full-system, payment analytics platform for a district employer? A loyalty program for a displaced laborer? Perhaps an authentication platform to prevent payment fraud for a city-wide organization? The solution will be up to you. All you need to do is leverage at least one Visa Payment Method API  to create a digital payment application. The Mobile Connect API Challenge: The Mobile Connect API provides a simple, secure and safe authentication solution. Use this API in your project and you could win a trip to Mobile World Congress and a chance to demo at Visa’s Innovation Center on Tuesday, November 29th. Ideas to Think About:Digital payments, mobile, security, and smart city. First Place: $4,500USD + chance to pitch at the Innovation Center Demo Day on Tues, November 29th.* Second Place: $3,500USD + chance to pitch at the Innovation Center Demo Day on Tues, November 29th.* Third Place: $2,500USD + chance to pitch at the Innovation Center Demo Day on Tues, November 29th.* Fourth Place: $1,500USD + chance to pitch at the Innovation Center Demo Day on Tues, November 29th.* Mobile Connect API Winner: An overall winning package worth up to $10,000, which includes an opportunity to attend and showcase your app in front of Global Blue-chip organizations and Mobile Operators at the 2017 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The prize includes 2 flights tickets plus accommodation and expenses *To gain your prize, teams must attend the Tuesday event Teams of up to 5 participants are allowed. All team members must have completed the participation agreement to compete. We all start coding at the same time. This is done to keep things fair. Please don’t come in and build on top of previous projects if you want to win. You must demo your hack in order to present. No slide-decks or power-points will be allowed. 2 minute presentation 1 minute Q&A from Judges. Teams have full ownership of everything they build at our events and are free to do with it as they wish. Winning teams will be subject to a code-review at some point following the event or immediately before winning. Execution: How well put together was the project and the demo that was shown? (5 Points) Impact: Is the solution commercially viable? (5 Points) Creativity: How out of the box was the solution? (5 Points) Design: How well designed, including UX, UI and user flow, was the solution? (5 Points) API Use: 1pt for every viable use of either a Visa or Mobile Connect API. (5 points) Wednesday November 23 6:30 pm: Pre-Hackathon Webinar (link) Friday November 25 12:00 pm: Doors Open 1:45 pm: Opening Announcements 2:00 pm: Partner Talks 2:15 pm: 60sec Team Pitches 2:45 pm: Lunch 3:00 pm: Coding Begins 3:00 pm: Breakout Sessions Begin 7:30 pm: Dinner12:00 am: Midnight Snack12:00- 8:00am: Hack through the night* *The venue will be open overnight if you want to hack through the night! *There will be prayer facilities for both men and women if you would like to come prior to prayer on Friday.  Saturday, November 26  8:00 am: Breakfast12:00 pm: Lunch 3:00 pm: Submission Deadline 4:00 pm: Demos Begin 5:00 pm: Judge Deliberation 5:30 pm: Awards & Closing Ceremony Tuesday, November 29* TBD: Demo Day at Visa Innovation Center in Dubai*This event is only open and required for hackathon prize winners In association with

The IATA NDC Hackathon will have two categories in which one can participate: Business Travel and Leisure Travel. Within each category participants of the hackathon will be presented with four challenges on big data, in which they must use one NDC API to construct their product, the winners of each category as well as selected projects will receive prize money and entree into the incubation phase.

Are you a creator, an innovator, or an entrepreneur--or all three? Are you looking take your dream project to the next level? Perhaps to secure funding, or create a proof of concept, or validate your idea in the market? Join like-minded people at the full day #CrowdfundingHackathon in Dubai. Network, learn and share the most effective tactics for creating and marketing your fundraising campaign.

The Crowdfunding Hackathon is inviting all creatives, innovators and entrepreneurs to make their dream project come true. Zoomaal, in partnership with The Mohammed bin Rashid Fund for SMEs (DubaiSME), is organizing this full-day event for sharing its most effective tactics on creating and marketing fundraising campaigns and wants you to be part of it!.

4 years. More than 250 hackathons. More than 72 cities around the globe. We’ve seen it all. And from all of these events, we’ve noticed one thing: Anyone. Can. Code.  Age, race, gender, experience level, it doesn’t matter. Passion and dedication is what you need to create apps and technologies that have never been imagined before. Implementation and creativity are what differentiate you. Mind and skill are what conquer all. Welcome to AngelHack’s 9th Global Hackathon Series, where Anyone. Can. Code. Let’s face it, prizes just make hackathons more fun. That’s why each year, we team up with our sponsors to bring you an awesome set of prizes. Drumroll please: Grand Prize: An exclusive invite to our HACKcelerator Program A 12-week Curriculum to turn your hackathon idea into a startup reality A diverse network of both local and global mentors Weekly guest speakers A chance to fly to Silicon Valley for our Annual Global Demo Day and participate in a week of extensive pitch training! in5 - 3 months of free membership to The in5 innovation Centre Amazon Web Services Prize: $100 in AWS Credits per person through AWS Activate and  AWS Free Usage Tier 1 month AWS Support at Business level AWS Technical Essentials Online Training ($600 value) AWS Business Essentials Online Training ($600 value) 80 credits for Self-paced labs Training ($80 value) 1:1 Office Hours with AWS Solutions Architects Access to the Startup Blog and Startup Forum Special "Self-starter" Third-Party offers Link: https://aws.amazon.com/activate/event/a20h16hck/ Microsoft Challenge: Create an innovative app using the cloud computing platform. Every participant will get the following from Microsoft: $100 FREE Azure credit to develop their solution which will enable them to code in Ruby, Python, Java, PHP, and Node.js. Build on Windows, iOS, Linux, and more. Build on Windows, iOS, Linux, and more. Deploy a web app or VM in seconds. Launch a server in minutes. Azure makes it fast and easy to get ahead in the cloud 1:1 mentorship for their project Link: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/ Prize for winner: Interview with Microsoft Gulf HR 1:1 Office Hours with Microsoft Technical Evangelist For the team, BizSpark nomination which includes 3 years of FREE software, services, tech support, and upto $750 credit in Azure cloud Link: https://www.microsoft.com/bizspark MailJet Challenge:  Create an innovative app using the MailJet API. Prize: 1 Nerf Gun for each member of the team. Link:  http://dev.mailjet.com/guides/ InternsME Challenge:  Create an innovative solution. 1st Place:  The IntermsME Award for Innovation along with an opportunity to pitch to our board of investors. Dedicated Job Shortlisting: An opportunity to be shortlisted and recommended to a job of their liking on InternsME Employability Workshop: A CV writing workshop, job searching guides, tools and more Video CV Studio: We'll coach each individual and help them record a Video CV that's sure to grab an employer's attention Runner Up: Dedicated Job Shortlisting: An opportunity to be shortlisted and recommended to a job of their liking on InternsME Employability Workshop: A CV writing workshop, job searching guides, tools and more Video CV Studio: We'll coach each individual and help them record a Video CV that's sure to grab an employer's attention Link:  http://dev.mailjet.com/guides/ Stay Tuned for More Prizes to Come! The Challenge is Simple. AngelHack’s nonprofit arm, Code For A Cause, is challenging superhero coders to build a technology that will have a positive impact on the world, people, or environment. The Prize is Awesome. At the end of the 9th Global Series, the top three Code4Impact Award Winners will be invited to the AngelHack HACKcelerator Program. One of these three lucky teams will be flown out to San Francisco, for our 5th Annual Global Demo Day and will pitch to some of the largest Accelerators and Investors in the world, while meeting with leading social entrepreneurs. For more details click here. City Prize (bold): the Dubai Code4Impact winning team will get two mentoring sessions with the social enterprise experts at the Sustainability Platform. They are focused on “triple bottom line consulting” & building a sustainable ecosystem in the UAE region. http://sustainabilityplatform.org By joining an AngelHack hackathon, you are becoming part of a global, connected community of coders, innovators, and changemakers. Beyond that, an AngelHack hackathon offers the following: Games and activities to keep you PUMPED! (Nerf war anyone?) The opportunity to work with other like-minded individuals Awesome food, and LOTS of it. A hackathon is nothing without tons of food. The opportunity to learn some new skill sets Swag on swag on swag! Never been to an AngelHack hackathon? You’re in for a treat! Here's what you can expect. Day 1 09:00 AM : Doors Open to Attendees / Breakfast of Champions 10:30 AM : Opening Ceremony and Sponsor Talks 12:00 PM : Coding Begins 01:00 PM : Lunch 07:00 PM : Dinner Day 2 08:00 AM : Breakfast 12:00 PM : Lunch 01:00 PM : Hackathon Ends / Submissions due on hackathon.io. 02:00 PM : Demos Begin / Demos only / No Slide Decks (If your demo doesn’t work, take us through the code of what you did and where you got stuck. It’s about showing what you’ve learned and not about pitching an idea) 04:00PM: Winners are Announced / Prizathon! Schedule subject to awesome changes. Stay Tuned! We know some rules are meant to be broken, but you should probably stick by these: 1. Fresh Code We all start coding at the same time. This is done to keep things fair. No one is allowed to come in and build on top of previous projects. It’s cool to work on designs beforehand, digital mockups, open source frameworks, and anything else available to everyone, but keep things within fair limits. 2. Code Review Winning teams will be subject to a code-review at some point following the event or immediately before winning. This is to ensure that all code used is in fact fresh. 3. Ownership and IP Teams have full ownership of everything they build at our events and are free to do with it as they wish. 4. Team Size Teams of up to 5 humans are allowed. You can also add 1 cyborg, Furby, drone, or Sphero. 5. Submissions Each hackathon has its individual hackathon.io page, which projects should be submitted on. Submissions take place after 24 hours of pure hacking. 6. DEMO your Hack You must demo your hack in order to present. No slide-decks or Powerpoint will be allowed. Two minute presentation and one minute Q&A from Judges. 7. Have a damn good time! What should I build? Let your gut guide you! We usually like to see projects that are innovative, and have the potential to improve or influence people’s lives. Try to build a hack that people can use, enjoy, and potentially scale. Most importantly, have fun with it and try to finish on time. We know you can only do so much in 24 hours, so it’s ok if your project is not perfect (yet). Who can attend? Anyone and everyone! Our attendees typically consist of junior developers looking to improve their skills, senior developers looking to expand their horizons, designers of all skill-sets, and serious entrepreneurs that can add value to teams. Bring your idea and let’s go! Are there travel stipends? Unfortunately, we cannot provide travel stipends for our global series. How is the hackathon judged? Let’s be honest, y’all can do better than Powerpoints. Which is why we rock with live DEMOS only! No exceptions. To win an AngelHack hackathon, you will have to demo your product for at least 30 seconds, but don’t worry if your project is still not 100% perfected. Projects will be judged based on the following criteria: Impact: How impactful will this solution be for it’s target audience? Is it scalable? Creativity: How original is this solution? Design: How well designed is this solution, from front end through to UI/UX? Execution: How well executed is this solution from start to finish? Last thing. In this day and age of #selfies and #squad photos, it’s likely that photos and/or video will be taken at the event. By entering the venue, you’re giving us the OK to snap photos and post to social media. For more info, don’t hesitate to visit our website www.angelhack.com or hit us up at info@angelhack.com. We’re excited to see you there! - The AngelHack Team            Abdullah Alzabin                     Ahmed AdelAhmed Adel               Chantalle Dumonceaux          Founder & CEO of                   Sales & Operations Director,                  Co-Founder @                Lumba, Inc.                                        Microsoft                                       WOMENA         Krishna Prasad Varma                           Gilles Fayad                                            Joanna Truffaut        Solutions Architect at                    Director Technical Marketing                 Director Digital Transformation               Qwinix                                             at Qualcomm                                         Technologies at EY               Ibrahim Jaber         CEO at VentureFin    HACKcelerator Graduates:                               Rami Sarieddine                          Mohammed Saeed Safrini           Team Wrappup                                  Senior Technical Evangelist,              Service Delivery Manager,                                                                               Microsoft                                                   Microsoft                    Mert Unan                                      Abdul Wahid                               Nicolas Garnier      Technical Evangelist,                                Senior UX, UI at                       Developer Evangelist                     Microsoft                                     JustProperty.com                Aya Sadder                                            Candice Taylor                                 Hicham Ezzahid    Programs & Partnerships Manager   Sustainability & Corporate     Regional Engagement       of The Sustainability Platform         Responsibility Program Manager              Manager @ Ericsson                                                                             @ Ericsson       Wael El Zanaty       Vice President, Good News Digital Solutions, UAE              Jean-Luc Schere                               Rekha Setpal             Innovation Coach                           Startups Champion  

EI Appathon is hoted by Emirates Islamic and SquareCircle Tech celebrating innovation, an arena for mobile developers, and a platform to present your big idea on financial technology. App developers are invited to create innovative and impactful banking apps in less than 24-hours. The themes will be disclosed on the day of the event. No matter your skills in mobile app development, come to this one-day of innovation, competing against the best and sharpening your skills alongside technology experts. This event wants to promote budding talent in the UAE and winners will get cash prizes from Emirates Islamic. There will be to different tracks. Track 1 - Student Track: Students aged less than 25, currently pursuing graduate or undergraduate programs in UAE, and have required skills to create a mobile app of your own. A valid university ID card to be presented at the day of the event. Track 2 - Professional Track: Passionate tech experts, currently working as technology professionals an can form a team and participate in this event.

The Impact Hub Dubai workshop gives you 2 hours to learn how to convert your startup idea into a prototype. This is an opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs with little or no design background, interested in creating the first iteration of their web or mobile applications concepts in their respective field of interest. Learn about the difference between a Minimal Viable Product and a prototype, get familiar with various tools and methodologies used by startups, and prototype an app to validate your startup idea with users!