List of hackathons in Aliso Viejo, United States in 2015

Calling all socially conscious analysts, statisticians, data scientists, coders, hackers, designers, and eager-to-learn do-gooders - a DataDive is coming your way! To kick off Teradata's annual PARTNERS Conference, DataKind is hosting a 2-day DataDive on October 16th and 17th and we are looking for data do-gooders of all backgrounds to roll up their sleeves and work side by side with world-changing organizations to help use data to unravel tough questions and prototype new solutions. Collaborate and engage with some of the brightest minds in data science, social change and technology as you work in teams to analyze, visualize, and mashup fascinating data sets to create real world change.  We believe data has the power to change the world, but only when we all work together. Join us for a data adventure like you've never seen and get ready to make friends, build skills and help unleash the power of data to serve humanity! Where: Annaheim Marriot October 16 and 17 SCHEDULE: October 16 2pm – 10pm October 17 9am – 8pm Note:  You can attend one or both days. You do not need to be registered for the Teradata PARTNERS conference to participate. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL THERE! On Friday we all get together to first hear a bit from the organizations we'll be working with throughout the event and then we'll get to the data! DataDivers will choose which problems they'd like to work on and form teams around their individual questions. Each team will have a Data Ambassador assigned to them who will help advise on and manage the projects throughout the day. We'll have meals and keep the space open until 10PM for any late-night divers. CONTINUING ON SATURDAY We will be back for action Saturday morning to keep cranking on the work we started on Friday. In the afternoon we’ll put together some final presentations. This is your chance to show the world what you have done with data! This is the chance for our partner non-profits to better understand what your team did.   OTHER ITEMS OF NOTE FOR THE WEEKEND: Unlike a hack-a-thon, the goal is not (necessarily) to create an app. Instead it is to work with teams of experts to understand a truly difficult problem through data. You could end up with a visualization, an analysis, some graphs, or even just some new datasets by the end of the event, and all of those are fantastic results!   There is a Github repository setup to use for sharing code, data, and analyses during the event. This will be our primary resource for capturing everything developed at the DataDive, so please use it for sharing and collaboration.   We do not assign you to a problem. We want you to work with the problem and data you feel most passionate about, so come Friday with an open mind and be ready to learn.   You do not have to stay the entire weekend to participate in the event. We hope that you will find a project you can dig into, but you are always welcome to come and go as you please.     

Girls in Tech (GIT) is a global non-profit focused on the engagement, education and empowerment of influential women in technology and entrepreneurship. We focus on the promotion, growth and success of entrepreneurial and innovative women in the technology space. Girls in Tech offers a variety of initiatives for women and girls to enhance their professional aspirations. Our programs include GIT M (Mentorship Program for University Students), GITHacks (Hackathons), Bootcamps, Classroom Technology Insturuction for middle school/high school students), and many more. To continue these programs, we need funds to run the programs. Girls In Tech - Orange County needs funds to sustain our programs and provide students options! 

THE HACKATHON IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT! Hackathon to empower female students with focus on immersive journalism There’s a serious gender gap in both the journalism and technology industries — especially in business and leadership roles. That’s why MediaShift and the USC Annenberg School for Journalism and Communication are hosting a Women’s Hackathon — a weekend designed for students to develop technological and entrepreneurial skills critical to the journalism jobs of the future, and gain hands-on experience with immersive journalism and virtual reality. Taking place on October 9 to 11, 2015, the weekend will kick off Friday evening with a discussion among top women in media and tech. Then the students will break into teams to create their own startup ideas aroundimmersive journalism and VR, presenting them to judges on Sunday. Female faculty and professionals from around the country will serve as team facilitators and mentors. Undergraduate and grad students are welcome to participate. The weekend event is MediaShift’s second Women’s Hackathon after last year’s bi-coastal blow-out, with a hackathon at West Virginia University and panel at Google in Silicon Valley. This year’s event is sponsored by the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) and WVU’s Reed College of Media. Thanks to the Ford Foundation, we have 10 travel scholarships of up to $500 each to offer to female students who cannot afford travel to Los Angeles. Applications are closed for travel scholarships. FRIDAY PANEL   Willow Bay Hack the Gender Gap: How Women in Media and Tech Are Achieving Success, Breaking Down Barriers, and Making a Difference Location: Lobby at Wallis Annenberg Hall Time and Date: Oct. 9, 2015; Start time is 7 pm, panel at 7:30 pm, networking after.   To kick off the Hackathon, we’ll have a panel discussion on how women are succeeding and breaking down barriers and making a difference in the media and technology industries. The panel is free and open to the public. Moderator: Willow Bay, USC Annenberg Panelists: Sara Christenson, Raptor Group Alex Schaffert, KPCC Carrie Southworth, Twigtale Potsie Rivera, Grindr Sponsored by: Raptor Group is a private investment company backed by the family office of Jim Pallotta, who has been a professional and personal investor for over 30 years. Raptor focuses on various industries including: Consumer, Technology, Sports, Media, Entertainment and Financial Services. Some current investments include the AS Roma soccer team, the Boston Celtics, Airbnb, Artsy, Spotify, Snapchat, Uber, Blue Bottle Coffee, Julep and Spartan Race. Raptor Group has offices in Boston, NYC, Miami, Los Angeles and Austin. WEEKEND SPEAKERS Nonny de la Peña has been called “The Godmother of Virtual Reality” by Engadget and The Guardian, while Fast Company named her “One of the People Who Made the World More Creative” for her pioneering work in virtual reality. As CEO of Emblematic Group, she uses cutting edge technologies to tell stories — both fictional and news-based — that create intense, empathic engagement on the part of viewers. A graduate of Harvard University, a former correspondent for Newsweek and television drama writer, de la Peña has more than 20 years of award-winning experience in print, film and TV. Her virtual reality work has been featured by the BBC, Mashable, Vice, Wired and many others. Screenings and showcases around the globe have included the Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals, The World Economic Forum in Davos, Formula 1 Singapore, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Moscow Museum of Modern Art, and Games For Change; she has also garnered top awards at major gaming festivals including winning the prestigious “Impact Award” at Indiecade. You can follow her on Twitter @NonnyDLP. Jessica Jackley is an entrepreneur focused on financial inclusion, the sharing economy and social justice. She is best known as a cofounder of Kiva, the world’s first and largest peer-to-pear micro-lending website. She is also a cofounder of ProFounder, a pioneering crowdfunding platform for U.S. entrepreneurs, and Kin & Co. consulting group, helping organizations support women and working families. She is the author of the recently published book,“Clay Water Brick” (Spiegel & Brau). You can follow her on Twitter@jessicajackley. Amara Aguilar is an associate professor of professional practice in digital journalism at USC Annenberg. She previously was the journalism department chair and an assistant professor of journalism at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, Calif., where she advised student news publications and led the journalism program’s mobile and tablet initiatives. She was honored by the California Journalism Education Coalition as “Journalism Educator of the Year” in the two-year college division in 2014. Previously Amara taught multimedia as an assistant professor at Pierce College in Los Angeles, where she taught multimedia storytelling, podcasting, online journalism, media design and development. Follow her on Twitter @amara_media. Kirstin Falk is the managing director of marketing innovation at Charles Schwab. She has worked at the intersection of brands, engagement, and technology for 15 years. She began her career working in politics building membership operations and doing online organizing. It was there that she learned the power of technology and advocacy and the value of creating experiences that foster long-term relationships with people. Kirstin then transitioned to working with technology start-ups, where she learned how to build and market products and services to clients with exceptional results. She is motivated by a desire to create simplicity out of complexity and solve problems. Follow her on Twitter @kmfalk. JUDGES Our judges for the weekend Hackathon are: Amara Aguilar, USC Annenberg Laura Davis, BuzzFeed Robert Hernandez, USC Annenberg Nadine Hoffman, IWMF Violet Mae Lim, Facebook Ryan Pulliam, Specular Theory Erin Reilly, USC Annenberg SPONSORS Founded in 1990 by a group of prominent U.S. women journalists, the International Women’s Media Foundation is a Washington-based organization that is dedicated to strengthening the role of women journalists worldwide. The IWMF believes the news media worldwide are not truly free and representative without the equal voice of women. The IWMF celebrates the courage of women journalists who overcome threats and oppression to speak out on global issues. Learn more about the IWMF here. The West Virginia University Reed College of Media combines innovative curriculum with real-world, immersive experiences for journalism, strategic communications and media students. In all programs, students learn by doing, producing stories and hands-on projects using the latest digital media technology. The program also has a deep history of social action projects, and it is recognized for exhibiting a willingness to experiment while holding true to the core pursuit of media that matters. The Hackathon is also sponsored by Mozilla OpenNews. OpenNews connects a global network of developers, journalists, makers and hackers to collaborate on innovative code and new ideas. We believe a community of peers working, learning and solving problems together can create the tools journalism needs to thrive on the open Web. Keep up with that community via our website Source. HOW THE HACKATHON WORKS From the students, faculty and pros assembled, we’ll create “dream teams” with a mix of necessary disciplines — content, design, technology and business — who will learn to work together in the crucible of the Hackathon. The weekend will be a combination of focused talks and training from innovation leaders and experts, work sessions and final presentations of solutions from each team. Faculty and industry experts will provide expertise to each team and help them rapidly develop their product or concept. Teams will envision, map and pitch a startup in immersive journalism and VR that can deliver a singular idea, product, service, or process to serve the public in journalism. Rather than be a traditional Hackathon focused on coding and building, this one will be about collaboration, team-building and entrepreneurship. HOST SCHOOL The Hackathon will be hosted by the USC Annenberg School of Journalism and Communication, bringing in female college students from the region and around the country to invent and envision their role and influence in an emerging technology market. The emerging market the Hackathon will focus on is immersive journalism and VR, and the event will include a crash course in virtual reality gear such as Oculus Rift and Google Cardboard. The program will take place in the new Wallis Annenberg Hall: WHO? This is a female-only hackathon for any female college students to participate on teams, with female faculty and professionals serving as team facilitators and mentors. The goal is to help the students invent and envision their role in an emerging technology market. No prior technology experience is required. So far, we have the following schools represented at the Hackathon, with either faculty and/or students attending: USC Annenberg University of Virginia University of Wisconsin University of California at Davis Arizona State University Howard University Quinnipiac University West Virginia University Boston University Northern Arizona University University of California at Berkeley University of Missouri Northwestern University Stanford University University of Texas at Austin American University University of Arizona University of Nevada-Reno University of San Francisco Morgan State University REGISTRATION Registration costs $129 for professionals and $79 for students. Entry fee includes breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday, and breakfast and lunch on Sunday. The event is completely sold out! LODGING AND TRAVEL We have a special group rate at the nearby Radisson Hotel: Radisson Hotel Los Angeles Midtown at USC (8 minute walk) 3540 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA Group Rate: $159 + tax Make reservations by calling (800) 333-3333 and mention “Women’s Hackathon” For other hotel options in the area, and directions to campus, check out our full Travel Information page. WHEN AND WHERE? Panel Discussion and Weekend Hackathon Start: Friday October 9, 2015, at 7 pm Pacific Time End: Sunday October 11, 2015, at 2:30 pm Pacific Time Host: USC Annenberg School of Journalism and Communication Wallis Annenberg Hall 3630 Watt Way Los Angeles, CA 90089 Google Map location AGENDA Friday, October 9 7 pm: Opening Panel Discussion at Wallis Annenberg Hall Forum (in lobby) “Hack the Gender Gap: How Women are Achieving Success, Breaking Down Barriers and Making a Difference” Moderator: Willow Bay, USC Annenberg Panelists: Sara Christenson, Raptor Group Alex Schaffert, KPCC Carrie Southworth, Twigtale Potsie Rivera, Grindr 10:00 pm: End Saturday, October 10 Wallis Annenberg Hall 8:00 am: Light breakfast/gathering 8:30 am: Kickoff Welcome from Robert Hernandez (USC) and Beth Laing (MediaShift) Explain rules and logistics (Beth Laing) 9:00 am: Speaker Session 1 – Team Collaboration & Brainstorming (Human Centered Design):Amara Aguilar, USC Annenberg 9:30 am: WORK 12:30 pm: Lunch 1:00 pm: Speaker Session 2 – Challenges for VR in Journalism: Nonny del la Pena, Emblematic Group 1:30 pm: WORK 6:00 pm: Dinner 6:30 pm: Speaker Session 3 – How to Market Your Startup: Kirstin Falk, Charles Schwab 7:00 pm: Casual Dinner Facilitators & mentors meetup; student teams continue to work 10:00 – Night program ends Sunday, October 11 8:30 am: Light breakfast 9:00 am: Speaker session 4: How to Pitch Your Startup: Jessica Jackley, co-founder Kiva 9:30 am: WORK on presentation 11:30 am: Lunch for judges 12 pm: Lunch for everyone 12 pm: Presentations to judges 1:30 pm: Judging in chambers 2 pm: Announcement of winners and end Photo of Oculus Rift and woman is by Sergey Galyonkin, via Flickr Creative Commons.

  About This Event Join us for the kickoff of Hack the Beach: The Contest to hear how tech and government are teaming up to ignite civic change. Much more than a hackathon, Hack the Beach: The Contest allows anyone in the community to submit proposals for apps, ideas, processes, and/or technology to help Santa Monica improve our sense of community, mobility, and civic engagement. Join us for a happy hour and panel to get key details about the contest, and how your idea can make Santa Monica better.   About the Speakers Mayor Kevin McKeownCity of Santa Monica Kevin McKeown has been a Santa Monica renter for almost 40 years. He moved here to become general manager of KROQ, a career path begun at Yale's campus radio station. He also has been an award-winning advertising writer, done voice-overs, and owned a small radio recording studio on Main Street. McKeown now serves local children and teachers as Macintosh computer consultant for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. On the Council, where he is in his fifth term, McKeown focuses especially on affordable housing and environmental sustainability. He devotes much time and energy to responding to residents, and his leadership in helping people become more involved in local governance is longstanding. McKeown came to the Council after chairing a neighborhood group, serving on the Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights steering committee, and sharing his professional expertise as a founder of the city's Public Electronic Network (PEN) and member of the Santa Monica Telecommunications Working Group. McKeown has helped engage regional cities in working together on issues of homelessness, which he brought to the table as Santa Monica's alternate to the Westside Cities Council of Governments. He is an elected member of the Democratic Party State Central Committee, and Southern California vice-chair of the party’s Irish-American caucus. He has twice (2010 and 2013) been named our Assembly District Democrat of the Year. McKeown is committed to protecting Santa Monicans' quality of life. Understanding the link between pressures for overdevelopment and private political donations, McKeown continues to work in support of community efforts for local campaign finance reform.     Rick ColeCity Manager, City of Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole has 30 years of experience in public policy and administration. Most recently, he served as Deputy Mayor for Budget and Innovation for the City of Los Angeles where he was responsible for a budget of $8.6 billion and oversaw five city departments with more than 3,000 staff. He also supervised LA's Chief Sustainability, Technology and Data Officers. For 15 years, Mr. Cole was City Manager of two Southern California cities, Ventura and Azusa. He has been recognized as one of America's Public Officials of the Year by Governing Magazine and one of the "Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers" by Government Technology Magazine. He has won awards for municipal management excellence from the American Society of Public Administrators and the Municipal Management Association of Southern California, as well as for urban planning leadership from the Congress for the New Urbanism. Mr. Cole served 12 years on the Pasadena City Council and was Mayor when Pasadena adopted its landmark General Plan, an early model for smart growth. Called "one of Southern California's most visionary planning thinkers" by the Los Angeles Times, he has been an active leader in the International City Managers Association and the City Managers Department of the League of California Cities. As Santa Monica’s City Manager, Mr. Cole is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the City of Santa Monica, which includes implementation of City Council ordinances and policies, oversight of all City departments and a budget of $564 million.   About Our Partners City of Santa Monica Santa Monica is home to a mix of commercial districts, residential communities, recreational and art venues, three miles of wide beaches, high-profile corporate headquarters, hi-tech and entertainment companies, small entrepreneurial start-ups, and retail businesses. Santa Monica is also a full-service city. City departments provide police, fire, transit, water, wastewater, refuse, streets, parking, planning, building, engineering, free public Wi-Fi, a high speed fiber optic network, parks, affordable housing, economic development, sustainability, library, rent control, recreational, social, cultural, and educational services to the community.   Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce advocates and represents business’ interests and issues facing the community. We provide the environment to help our members prosper and succeed through a proactive working partnership with all levels of government and community organizations to achieve a healthy local economy and quality of life.   Expert Dojo Imagine a place where you can get all your business questions answered for free from the community, where everyones expertise is then rated by that same community. Imagine never having to worry about lack of knowledge in marketing, HR, sales, tech, legal, growth hacking, business skills or any other area where you are not an expert. That’s real business support, which makes a difference. In our community we are all experts in our field and our level of expertise is transparent. Join today and fuel the mentoring revolution.   CrossCampus Cross Campus is the leading collaborative, on-demand work space and business event venue in Los Angeles. With a focus on design & user experience, best-in-class event programming, and a diverse community of innovative members, Cross Campus has become known as "the nerve center of Silicon Beach." Founded in 2012 in Santa Monica, Cross Campus is expanding throughout Southern California. We opened our Pasadena campus in March 2015, and we’re actively exploring new opportunities throughout the Downtown LA region.   WeWork  WeWork's mission is to create a world where people work to make a life, not just a living. WeWork has 30,000 members in over 40 collaborative workspaces across four countries. This includes 5 buildings in London, providing space from single person hot desks up to 40 person offices. We’d love to personally invite you to learn more about joining our community!

How to confirm your attendance:  Step 1: Fill out this application.  Step 2: If you're a student, please sign this Code of Conduct.  Step 3: Have your parent or legal guardian sign this Parental Consent Form. Step 4: Bring your Eventbrite ticket and valid/current school ID to your session.  *You must complete all four steps to attend any of the Hacktoberfest events.* About Hacktoberfest 2015! We're bringing a month-long campaign to spread the passion for computer science to more K-12 students in Los Angeles! With the help of our volunteers and community partners, we are delivering the industry-relevant educational resources that will empower students to make awesome projects! Contact Information: If you have any questions regarding any Hacktoberfest activities, please view the FAQ on the Hacktoberfest webpage first. Feel free to give a call to Justin Ezor, Hacktoberfest Program Director, at (310) 738-0683 for any questions or comments.  Educational Content:  Hardware & Wearables: Want to know what tools you can use to build Iron Man? Learn the skills necessary to harness the powers of arduinos, Myo and drones using a sampling of Python, C++, C#, Javascript, and even 3D printing! WearHacks will be providing a hardware lab and curriculum at select events! Web Development: Learn web development from the people that put hacker clubs at every high school - HackEDU. From discovering the power of Github to making your first website, you'll learn the HTML/CSS & Javascript you need to be ready for the world wide web!  Virtual Reality: Ever heard of the Matrix? This is very similar! Learn how to build your own worlds using Unity and port it to virtual reality (VR) headsets like the Oculus! Learn to build your own games and meet the people that are driving the industry forward!  Mobile Game Development: Ever wanted to learn how to make games like Clash of the Clans or Flappy Bird? You'll have the opportunity to learn iOS Development using the new programming language - Swift!  And for those of you that are more advanced, we will show you how to use secret ingredients they call APIs!  Hack Hours  Who: This event is open to 9th-12th grade students in high school.  What: Three-hour events in which mentors from Hacker Fund teach various technologies afterschool using curriculum & hardware from HackEDU & WearHacks.  When: Mondays/Wednesday from 4:00pm-7:00pm PST Where: Rhubarb Studios, located at 633 W 5th St, #1400, Los Angeles, CA 90071 Materials: Please bring your computer, valid/current school ID, and evenrbrite ticket. Snacks will be provided.   Virtual Reality Sessions Who: This event is open to 9th-12th grade students in high school.  What: Three-hour events in which mentors from Hacker Fund teach Unity & Virtual Reality Game Development. When: Fridays from 4:30pm-7:30pm PST (October 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th in 2015) Where: Hatch Studios located at 2260 Centinela Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90064. Materials: Please bring your computer, valid/current school ID, and evenrbrite ticket. Snacks will be provided.   Microsoft Hack Day Who: This event is open to 9th-12th grade students in high school.  What: We are teaming up with Microsoft to bring an unforgettable taste-test of technologies. We'll start with interactive maker kits and then an introduction to game development for the web and virtual reality.  When: Saturday October 17th, 2015, 10:00am-6:00pm PST Schedule: See detailed schedule below.  10am-10:30am (Snack/Mentor&Greet) 10:30am-12:30pm (Workshops) - MSFT Workshop: MakeyMakey  12:30pm-1:00pm (Lunch Break) 1:00pm-2:00pm (Workshops) - Choose: Unity Game Development or Web Development 2:00pm-3:00pm (Workshop) - Esri Workshop: Intro to GIS 3:00pm-5:30pm (Hacking) 5:30pm-6:00pm (Demo & Parents Exhibit)  Where: Microsoft HQ, 13031 W Jefferson Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90094 Materials: Please bring your computer, valid/current school ID, and Evenrbrite ticket. Snacks & lunch will be provided.  24-Hour Hackathon  Who: This event is open to 9th-12th grade students in high school. This is an over-night event.  What: Join us for a hackathon that is bringing the city together to inspire the youth in Los Angeles - an overnight innovation sprint with a skyline view from the tallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi. We will have workshops powered by Microsoft, HackEDU, WearHacks, and other technology partners. Here's the rundown of workshops:  Intro to Wearables Intro to iPhone Game Development (iOS) Intro to Unity & VR Intro to Github  Intro to Web Development When: Saturday,  October 24th @ 12:00pm PST - Sunday, October 25th @ 3:00pm PST  Schedule: Here's a timeline listed below -  Saturday October 24th 11:00AM - Student Arrival 11:30AM-12:00PM Opening Ceremony 12:00PM-12:30PM: Lunch & Mentor Meet/Greet 12:30PM-2:45PM: Hacktoberfest Pumpkin Hacktivity  2:45PM-3:00PM: Mayor's Address 3:00PM-7:00PM Workshops & Hacking Begins  7:00PM-8:00PM Dinner 8:00PM-11:30PM Workshops & Hacking 11:30PM-12:00AM Activity Sunday October 25th 12:00AM-12:30AM Snack 12:30AM-3:00AM Hacking 3:00AM-3:30AM Activity  3:30AM-8:00AM Hacking 8:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast 9:00AM-12:30PM Hacking 12:30PM-1:30PM Pitching Workshop, Judging & Expo 1:30PM-2:30PM Closing Ceremony & Parent/Teacher Luncheon 2:30PM-3:00PM Departure/Checkout       Where: Rhubarb Studios, located at the U.S. Bank Tower at 633 W 5th St, #1400, Los Angeles, CA 90071. Materials: Please bring your computer, valid/current school ID, and Eventbrite ticket. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, & snacks will be provided!  More Information: The various challenges and prizes will be posted on Devpost. There will be designated nap areas so please bring comfortable clothing and/or sleeping bags if you intend to take a nap.  Teacher Day - Sunday October 25th  We are inviting teachers and school administrators to come learn about how to incorporate the hackathon into the classroom. Attendees of this seminar will receive resources & materials that they can use in the future to engage their students. After the seminar, teachers & administrators will be free to explore the hackathon expo. Lunch will be provided.  What: The Seminar: "Hackathon in the Classroom" What is a hackathon? Classroom Resources Hardware List Project Examples Activity  When:  Sunday, October 25th @ 10am - 3:00pm PST  Where: Rhubarb Studios, located at the U.S. Bank Tower at 633 W 5th St, #1400, Los Angeles, CA 90071. Schedule: Here's a timeline listed below -  10:00am-10:30am-Teacher Arrival 10:30am-12:30pm - Seminar 12:30pm-1:30pm Hackathon Expo  1:30am-2:30pm Lunch 2:30pm-3:00pm Departure Materials: Please bring your computer, valid/current ID, and Eventbrite ticket. Lunch will be provided.  Thank you to our community partners!  i.am.angel Foundation, Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Rhubarb Studios, Digital Ocean, Hatch Studios, Make in LA, Microsoft, Moxtra, CGI, WearHacks, Bruin Entrepreneurs, Spark SC, Hack for LA, HackEDU, Bixel Exchange, Devpost, Make in LA, Polymail, & Noosa Yoghurt

Los Angeles! Join POV for the final screening of prototypes created at POV / Film Independent Hackathon (POV Hackathon 10) on Sunday, October 4, at 7 p.m. POV Hackathon is a weekend laboratory that since 2012 has provided matchmaking and mentorship for visionary nonfiction media makers and inventive technologists as they create prototypes that re-invent the documentary for the web. POV Hackathon has had a 100% prototype production rate, and teams have often continued to work together, premiering finished products at high-profile events such as the Tribeca Film Festival and the New York Film Festival, while other teams have attracted new funding, from organizations such as the Knight Foundation. Fast Company recently called POV Hackathon one of the year's "most anticipated events." A limited number of seats are available for this screening.

Code for the Kingdom HACKATHON   Transforming Lives Hackathon  Ideate. Build. Impact.  Create technology that matters. A hackathon movement to ignite the Christian passion and purpose of technologists and entrepreneurs to innovate culture shaping technologies that would reclaim our times for the Gospel. Engage, envision, challenge, and release the culture makers for sustained Kingdom impact.   --- WHAT IS IT?  Code for the Kingdom is pioneering Los Angeles’ first faith-inspired hackathon this October – as part as the Global Code for the Kingdom hackathon weekend. Code for the Kingdom is an initiative of Leadership Network, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization fostering innovation by bringing talented people together to take ideas to implementation to impact. On the weekend of October 2-4, 2015, we are bringing together technologists, entrepreneurs, creative’s, businesspeople, ministry leaders, visionaries, and anyone passionate about faith and technology, to use their gifts to advance the Gospel.  The Global Hackathon will run in 14 world cities simultaneously, including Addis Ababa, Albuquerque, Atlanta, Bangalore, Guatemala City, Houston, Jakarta, Kansas City, London, Los Angeles, Nairobi, Raleigh, Seattle and Waterloo.   You will be able to work with a local team in Los Angeles, or even join with teams in one or more of the participation cities.   Together our vision is to provide more opportunities for communities all over the world to participate and showcase innovation and entrepreneurship. We expect over 2,000 people to participate across the planet, and address a number of challenges aimed at helping release the oppressed, teaching God’s Word, healing the sick, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and supporting the church and the body of Christ.   WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?   We want to catalyze friendship, passion, purpose, and collaboration in technical and entrepreneurial communities. To challenge and release you to create and use 21st century technologies to serve God’s Kingdom. To create a scalable community across the world to accelerate and encourage Christian innovators.     A Los Angeles judging panel will choose the award prizes to the best projects.   The 2015 program will conclude in December 2015. Every participating city will give two of their local winners to a Global Judging Panel that will decide the best projects created across the world during the Global Hackathon Weekend.   A final report will be published, summarizing key highlights and results of the 2015 Code for the Kingdom Global initiative.   WE ARE LOOKING AT   Developing solutions that utilize wearable technology to advance the gospel   Creating tools to help advance accountability in the digital age.   Reaching the digital native in the Islamic world   Use Google Cardboard in Code for the Kingdom project.   Develop technologies that encourage and inspire others to participate in joyful, Christ-centered generosity   and much more... We will be using Indigitous.org as the place for projects, community, and collaboration. Indigitous.org serves the Global Hackathon by providing a global online community site that connects all Code for the Kingdom participants and projects. Indigitous is a movement passionate about connecting people to Jesus using digital strategies. In addition to adding your project to Indigitous.org, the platform will also enable you to:       Search for projects you might be interested in       Learn about projects others are working on       Join a project       Recruit others to join your project       Communicate with your project members       Submit your project for judging CHALLENGES FROM PREVIOUS CODE FOR THE KINGDOM HACKATHONS HOW CAN TECHNOLOGY... • be leveraged to create, cultivate, and strengthen society's foundational relationships of marriage, family, friendships? • bring the word of God to the first generation of children who are growing up with mobile devices?  • help cut and/or combat the effects of fatherlessness in a child’s life, in turn strengthening families, reducing poverty and crime?  • foster a culture of generosity towards each other? • identify, promote, test, collaborate, augment, and fill the gaps of ministry programs around the city? • disrupt human trafficking?   Join us on the first weekend of October - make new friends, get inspired and build something that matters.    Everyone is welcome regardless of faith or worldviews - come as you are and join-up with a team on the Friday night, or bring a team with you. The Friday will start with food and then individuals / teams will pitch their idea, and invite people to join with them to hack for the weekend.   What can you do? Sign up now - get an early-bird discount. Get some friends together - bring a team - or just come as you are. Think of a product you would like to build.   We can't wait to meet you.    Love,   Your Los Angeles Organizing Team   For more information visit our full Event website. DRAFT TIMETABLE   Friday, October 2 7:00 PM Doors Open  7:00 - 8:00 PM Dinner & Networking  8:00 - 8:25 PM Welcome & Review Format  8:25 - 8:35 PM API Presentations  8:35 - 8:50 PM Review - Official Challenges  8:50 - 9:20 PM Open Floor - pitch your own project  9:20 - 11:59 PM Team Formation/Create Away  Saturday, October 3 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Creating  8:30 AM Breakfast  9:00 AM Schedule and logistics announcements, team rebalancing  12:00 PM Lunch  4:30 p.m.   Optional progress briefing, more developing   6:00 PM Dinner  9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Meet with Mentors and Subject Matter Experts  Sunday, October 4 12:00 - 2:15 PM Creating  8:30 AM Breakfast  10:30 - 12:00 AM Option to join with Sunday Service  12:00 PM Lunch  1:00 PM Presentation Walk-thru & Judges Make Rounds  2:30 PM Submission deadline; Team Presentations Begin  4:30 PM Judges adjourn  4:50 PM Call-back  5:00 PM Awards Ceremony 5:30 PM Closing  

About This Event Legal Hackers LA is partnering up with law firm Nixon Peabody to throw the second Code the Deal Hackathon, and the first one in LA. Join us for drinks, food, and to learn about the challenges and cash prizes on offer at the Hackathon. This is also a great opportunity to meet potential teammates for the hackathon.        

If you love dogs and digital, this is perfect for you! Join us in celebrating National Dog Week, by featuring Silicon Beach dog-related startups and content creators that all help us take care of man's best friend, and get a bite of the estimated $60B pet care industry, according to the American Pet Products Assocation.  Meet Zingy (on demand dog walkers), Dog Land (Yelp for dogs), PrideBites (custom pet accessories), Bark'N'Borrow (dog sitters), Vet On Demand (Skype with vets), and Reach Agency (digital content strategy for Purina). We'll discuss how these startups and content crators market and promote their services from digital marketing to social media and influencers (and cute puppies!), determine which new features to add, grow their teams, and gain trust of dog owners. We'll be at the new Santa Monica WeWork - Santa Monica Promenade, which is dog friendly, so yes you can bring your (friendly, plays well with others) dog!   SCHEDULED SPEAKERS (more to be added) - Tobi Skovron, Zingy, CEO & Founder. Zingy is "Uber for Dog Walking", a convenient on-demand pet service that allows dog owners to use their mobile app to promptly book a trained and trusted dog walker when they're unavailable. @ZingyPet - Jonathan Kolker, Dog Land, CEO. DogLand is a social app for dog lovers built around useful, engaging, and entertaining content for dogs and their owners. With the app, you can capture and share your favorite pet moments, and gain access to our massive database of dog-friendly resources. DogLand is the perfect convergence of the digital dog-loving community -- all in one app. @DogLandApp - Sean Knecht, PrideBites, Chief Marketing Officer. PrideBites is an online store that sells customizable prodcuts - including beds, blankets, collars, toys, placemats, hoodies, and more - for your dog or other pets. You can pick the color, and even add your dog's name and photo on most products. @PrideBites - Liam Berkeley, Bark'N'Borrow, Founder. Bark'N'Borrow is a trusted community of dog lovers, where borrowers take care of dogs when owners are busy. @BarkNBorrow - Gabe Gordon, Reach Agency, Managing Partner. Reach handles digital content for Purina, including dog-related videos and pet-related digital talent. Gabe also worked with Purina on its Pet Hackathon at Amplify a few years ago. @ReachAgency - Curt Revelette, Vet On Demand, CEO, Co-Founder. Vet On Demand is the first app to hit the market allow pet parents to video chat with a licensed veterinarian for common health related questions. - Stephen Chen, Petnostics, Founder allows you to easily perform the same urinalysis test that veterinarians perform at their clinics. And at a fraction of the cost of a visit to the veterinarian, you're now able to be more proactive and affordably check your pet's health regularly (we recommend monthly). @petnostics - Moderator: Kevin Winston, Digital LA. @DigitalLA @kevinwinston CALL FOR SPEAKERS: If you have a dog-related startup, email info@digitalla.net with DOG a subject and a link to your AngelList. PARKING: Parking isn't included or validated. Recommended: First 90 minutes free at Third St. Promende lots, next hour is $1, then more after that. Or downlaod the Luxe Valet app and use code DIGTALLA for $15 credit first use, to get a valet to meet you to pick up and return your car.