List of hackathons in Bethesda, United States in 2017

Coders, designers, hackers, and other techies in the Washington DC area! If you're interested in the use of technology for the greater good, then you're invited to participate in the RHoKDC Hackathon, which is focused on tools to gather and analyze data on domestic violence and online abuse. You'll be challenged to come up with an innovative tool, app, or platform that make this data more readily available to combat these scourges of civil society.

Developers, Designers, Data Scientists and Idea Generators: Spend the weekend at the Capital One® Code  Hackathon to challenge the future of family finances!! Bring yourself, your laptop and your sleeping bag–we’ll take care of the rest. It's all about the family. With a Capital One credit card, account holders can grant family members—including their children and significant others—access to their account. An account used by the whole family can have many benefits. When family members have access to their own, unique credit cards and numbers, the account holders can: Monitor their children’s spending Build credit for each family member Educate first-time spenders on the value of credit Earn rewards from Capital One Here’s your challenge: Develop a solution that will help improve a family’s management of their day-to-day finances using one credit card account with added family members. Think about a child’s first credit card, about newlyweds learning to manage their finances, about parents teaching their kids the value of a hard-earned dollar. How can we make the family's finances more accessible and manageable? Brainstorm an idea, pitch it at the hackathon and work to make it a reality. Don’t have an idea? No problem! You can join a team on-site, or work by yourself. The event is overnight, and at the end of the event, three projects will be awarded a piece of the $50K prize. WHERE  In Washington D.C. @ The National Union Building. Email tony [at] bemyapp [dot] com with any questions. You Can Find the Official Terms and Conditions here.

Color Coded and IBM want to empower women founders, creatives, and ideators by providing the space and resources to get their projects started or further developed. How are we doing that? We bring you Color Coded’s second un-hackathon: A free event where you’ll learn new skills, work on the project you’ve always wanted to make happen, and build your community. No pressure, no competition, just good vibes. What can you expect? We will kick things off with a Design Thinking workshop led by IBM, then you're free to jump into working and hacking on a project of your own or taken from the list of suggested ideas available on site. Not hacking? No problem. There will be other workshops throughout the day such as an intro to React, Data Visualization, an intro to the Adobe Suite, a meditative yoga class, and more. Check out the schedule below and register for what fits your needs. If you're not going to workshops, you're free to stay in the space to work, make friends, and hangout. Schedule 8:30AM - 9:30AM Beginners Yoga Class (BYO Mat) to clear your mind 10AM - 1PM Design Thinking Workshop with IBM At IBM, we think the systems of the world should work in service of people. At the heart of our human-centered mission is IBM Design Thinking: a framework to solve our users’ problems at the speed and scale of the modern digital enterprise. In this workshop, you will learn about the three core elements to IBM Design Thinking. The Principles guide us: See problems and solutions as an ongoing conversation. The Loop drives us: Understand the present and envision the future in a continuous cycle of observing, reflecting, and making. The Keys align us: Lead teams to great user outcomes using our scalable framework for team alignment. 1PM - 2PM Lunch provided by &pizza 2:30PM - 4PM Intro to the Adobe Suite with Illustrator and Photoshop | Alex PryorGot Photoshop on your computer but instantly overwhelmed when you open it? Not quite sure what the difference is between Indesign & Illustrator? Stop by this crash course where you’ll be personally introduced to Adobe Creative Cloud & learn some basics of these industry standard programs Sketch 101 for non and new designers | Ngan Hoang Sketch is a a vector design tool entirely focused on user interface design. This hands-on workshop will teach you the basics of Sketch 3, whether or not you have a background in design. We'll begin with a brief overview of the software itself and end with some advanced techniques to explore Sketch's capabilities. Along with learning the fundamentals, participants will be taught tools and tips to help optimize workflow and speed up the design process. UX: Intro to User Research | Phim Her The main goal of this class is to talk about design thinking and user research through the lens of unconscious bias and storytelling. There will be three main parts to this workshop (intro, affinity mapping, prototyping). Other important dates: Don’t miss the Tech Lady pre-hackathon party on Friday OCt 20th at iSL. Check out our friends at the Tech Lady Hackathon on Saturday Oct 21st at the Washington Post! You can definitely start hacking there and continue with us on Sunday. Celebrate the return of DC Design Week at the kickoff party Sunday night, Oct 22nd at 6pm. FAQ Who can attend? Any and all curious and creative minds that want to empower women creatives, founders, and/or tech lovers. If you are one, come! If you are fully supportive of one, come and bring them! What is an unHackathon? A free creative event where attendees learn new skills, work on the project they’ve always wanted to make happen, and build their community. As opposed to a hackathon, which usually has a competition, a winner and is more geared towards code. Will there be food? Lunch will be provided by &pizza and there will be snacks and refreshments throughout. We encourage attendees to grab breakfast prior to the first workshops. Dinner and beverages will be provided at the DC Design Week kick off after the unHackathon.

Techies in the Washington DC area? Do you want to be a digital volunteer and help FEMA with their disaster response and recovery efforts? You're invited to participate in the Disaster Crowdsourcing Exchange -- FEMA's Disaster Hackathon. You'll learn about FEMA's current crowdsourcing coordination efforts, participate in building new projects, experiment with new tools, and shape the future of crowdsourcing in emergency management. Projects include: Operationalize Crowdsourcing for Emergency Management, Crowdsourcing Analysis of Imagery, Prototype Tools for Field Data Collection, and Open Street Map (OSM) Mapathon.

Tech Lady Hackathon #5 is a gathering of hundreds of DC area women for a day of friendly learning and hacking. Coders, tech strategists, newbies, nerds, and the curious are all welcome!  There will be workshops, discussion groups, and hacking projects all day long. More than just a day of tech, Tech Lady Hackathon is a day of community building and there will be many opportunities for mentoring and connecting with the rest of the awesome women in attendance. Don't miss our pre-party the night before! Everyone who does not identify as a man is invited.  This year's Tech Lady logo is courtesy Marie Whittaker. 

The College App Hackathon is a two-part event intended to help students maximize the funding they receive to attend college and polish their applications to be more competitive for admission. PART I: Reduce the Cost of College through Early Action! College Fair offering intimate access to colleges, universities, and programs starting at 10a – 3p Several Colleges will offer: On-site Admissions, Scholarship Decisions, and Fee Waivers  Meet with Colleges and Universities that offer up to Full-Ride Scholarships Learning about opportunities to reduce the cost of college or technical training Event is FREE but Time Entry Pass is required. One pass per high school senior - family welcome to attend. Bring copies of your transcript and SAT/ACT Scores: Go home admitted to college! Several colleges are also making Financial Aid Awards on-site!! Featured Colleges, Universities, & Programs: Alabama State University    Alcorn State University       Baltimore City Community College    Bowie State University          Cheyney University of PA             Clark Atlanta University    Coppin State University        Delaware State University             Johnson C. Smith University    Long Island University - Brooklyn    Morgan State University     Philander Smith College    Trinity Washington University           University of Baltimore         Jackson State University Stokes Educational Scholarship      CollegeBound Foundation            Year Up Baltimore  BCCC - Honors Program  Maryland Air National Guard   Are your overwhelmed with the Financial Aid process? Let Frank FAFSA help you get prepared CHECKLIST for STUDENTS & PARENTS   PART II: Reduce the Cost of College through Better Preparation! Available Workshops: Financial Aid, College Essays and FAFSA Preparation Leave with hackathon with your college applications and FAFSA completed!   Featured Speakers:   Event Organizers Paula Dofat, College Counseling Consultant and CEO, College Info Guru LLC:Paula Dofat is an award winning Director of College Counseling and featured subject of the Fox Searchlight film STEP, which documents her college guidance of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women’s first graduating class. Paula has over 17 years experience in college counseling, and touts an impressive 100% college acceptance rate with 10% of her 2017 graduating seniors receiving full-ride scholarships.     is a Baltimore-based 501(c)(3) not-for-profit that provides scholarships and prepares high school students for college and their future careers. To date, I AM O’Kah! has distributed over $15,000 in scholarships to students attending University of Maryland, University of Baltimore, Towson University, Hampton University, Morgan State University, St. Mary’s College of Maryland and University of Miami. Our High School Cohort program embodies Kahdine’s vision of scholarship coupled with mentoring and is providing college and career prep to students from four Baltimore City high schools.  

We're celebrating the fifth annual Tech Lady Hackathon with a pre-party at ISL! Join us to meet fellow tech ladies and their allies for a fun evening of eats, drinks, and demos.    Everyone is welcome. This year's Tech Lady logo is courtesy Marie Whittaker. 

DevFest DC 2017 - Brought to you by Google Developer Group D.C., Baltimore and Virginia October 9, 2017 ● Tysons Corner, VA  Google Developers Group Washington D.C. is proud to announce the seventh DevFest DC - the biggest #DevTech event in North America carefully crafted for you by the DC, Maryland and Virginia developer community! The event will take place on 9th of October at the Sheraton Hotel in Tysons Corner VA and this will be our first with a totally new track added to our regular lineup of topics - Machine Learning (ML). Coverage of Topics this DevFestDC are Machine Learning, Micro Services, Mobile. Find information about the registration, speakers, tickets and other latest news on the conference website www.devfestdc.org or social networks Facebook, Google+ or Twitter. SESSIONS Intro to TensorFlow Estimators - #MachineLearning Speaker: Women in Machine Learning - #MachineLearning Speaker: Building AR Experiences with ARCore & Unity - #Mobile Speaker: Developing iOS and Android apps with Flutter and Firebase - #Mobile Speaker: Robotic Art, Tensorflow, and the Threshold Between Human and Computational Creativity - #MachineLearning Speaker: Leroy Jenkins - #Mobile Speaker: Microservices and Orchestrations Across Cloud Providers Using Serveless Architecture - #Microservices Speaker: Google Assistant - #Assistant Speaker: Machine Learning in the Enterprise - #MachineLearning Speaker: Keynote: Applied Artificial Intelligence - #MachineLearning Speaker: From Laptop To The World With Spring Framework On Google Cloud AND, Kubernetes: Istio Service Mesh - #KubernetesIO Speaker: Who cares about Microservices - #Microservices Speaker: Machine Learning in the Enterprise AND Tech Leaders Panel - MachineLearning Speaker:  Flutter: A New Approach For Custom Mobile UI - #Mobile Speaker: Machine Learning in the Enterprise - #MachineLearning Speaker: CODE LABS - HANDS-ON LEARNING In addition to our 15+ sessions, we will have Code Labs - hands-on workshops where you will learn a new tool or programming technique, and implement it yourself. Each Code Lab will leave you with an actionable skill that you can apply to your daily work or side projects. What to expect More than 300 attendees, 20+ speakers from top tech companies and Google Developer Experts from all around the globe. 20+ Sessions. Code Labs. Firebase Hackathon. No marketing bullshit, only relevant technical discussions! Venue The Sheraton Tysons Hotel venue can fulfill the needs of the large-scale event. With convenient geographical position (metro accessible), well-planned infrastructure and modern equipment, Sheraton will provide a great atmosphere for knowledge exchange and networking. Questions? ping: info@devfestdc.org FIREBASE HACKATHON Today, mobile platforms are centered around speed and agility. And yet, building for mobile can sometimes feel clunky and slow. It doesn’t have to be that way.  Come join the Google team as we show you how you to build an app in a day. You do this by having your application code talk directly to Firebase’s managed back-end services. This means you spend less time on infrastructure and more time on building the features that your users care about. And in the cases where you need server-side logic, use Cloud Functions – Firebase’s scaleable serverless solution. Start the day by learning about Firebase and Cloud Functions. Then put it into practice during our afternoon Hackathon and competition. We’ll have Firebase engineers and experts around to help you turn your idea into an app. We can’t wait to see what you build next. Join Google engineers, product managers and other industry experts We’ve invited Googlers and experts from around the world to speak with you about the topics on our agenda. ORGANIZERS

Join us for our weekly Saturday Digital Person of the Year Workshops! They will be held from 1-3 pm at the Microsoft Store in Tysons Corner Center. For all those who put in 14 hours of hard work at the Summer Hackathon, this is the best way to continue your projects! 

Have an app idea to improve government services? Interested in creating innovative applications that will harness the “Internet of Things” enabling the Federal Government to better serve their employees and the citizen? Come to this special Internet of Things (IoT) and Government focused hackathon, produced by the AT&T Developer Program.With the adoption of mobile broadband, the Federal Government and their industry partners are searching for new creative applications in the areas of: Smart City, Public Safety and more. We are looking to connect people to information enabling the Government to better serve the citizen. Imagine this! You develop a new public safety application that improves law enforcement and citizen interactions with the potential of saving lives.How can you help? Work with AT&T and other high technology companies to show case your creative thinking and application development talent. Develop your idea on commercially available software and leverage sensor technologies from leading commercial companies.The Federal Government is an important market with many opportunities for developers. By hacking new mobile applications, developers can mature their ideas, get involved in an exciting community, and create something to further the greater social good. You Bring... Your laptop, skills & ideas. Come with a collaborative, team-focused mindset and/or team-up in advance on Twitter/Facebook/Google+ via the #atthack hashtag. Whether you are a backend person, designer, entrepreneur, student, or just interested in tech, you are invited to attend this event. Every group needs a good balance of talent and your development skills are needed! We Supply... Quick presentations and code samples that help to bootstrap your hacking, food to keep you going, and caffeine to keep you awake. We will have technical mentors to assist you in building faster, smarter, and with new tools. We will also have loaner hardware on-site for you to use in your solutions. Arduino Boards: Sunfounder Super Kit with Uno R3 for Arduino (Documentation) RobotLinking 37 Sensor Kit Intel Edison (Documentation) + Grove - Starter Kit Plus Intel IoT Edition with Intel Gateway Technology + Arduino 101  CanaKit Raspberry Pi 2 Complete Starter Kit (Monitor and keyboard not included) Raspberry Pi 2, Model B 1GB, Documentation (Monitor and keyboard not included) CanaKit Raspberry Pi 3 (monitor and keyboard not included) Photon Board Maker Kit (Documentation)  GoPro Hero3 (GPL Libraries) Event Schedule The following is a list of the weekend's agenda:   Day 1 6PM - Kickoff event with dinner, networking and developer dating 7PM - Speakers present 8PM - Pitch idea and form teams 9PM - Technical workshops Day 2 9:30AM - The fun continues with coffee and breakfast served in the morning! Work with the teams from Day 1 to complete the app spec'd. Mentors will be available throughout the entire day to help you code your solution. App submissions will be accepted throughout the day with a deadline of 4PM. 12:00PM - Lunch is served 4PM - Deadline for team registration 5:00PM - Dinner is served 6PM - CODE FREEZE. Pitches start promptly at 7PM and are limited to three (3) minutes per team. PowerPoint presentations are NOT recommended! Prizes The following prizes are experiential and geared towards accelerating you towards a successful business as well as expanding your network and industry knowledge: Best Overall App: $2,000 (in Amazon gift cards to be split between team members or donated to charity) Best Smart City App: $500 (in Amazon gift cards to be split between team members or donated to charity) IBM Excellence Award: $1,000 (in Amazon gift cards to be split between team members or donated to charity) Best Howard Overall App: $1000 (in Amazon gift cards to be split between team members or donated to charity) Best Howard Smart City App: $500 (in Amazon gift cards to be split between team members or donated to charity) Judging Criteria Apps will be judged based on the criteria below and weighted accordingly. 33% Weight - Ability to clearly articulate what your app does 33% Weight - Originality of idea 33% Weight - Technically creative and/or challenging implementation Speakers Rocky Thurston - Client Executive Vice President - AT&T Global Business, Public Sector Solutions Rocky Thurston leads business activities and is responsible for delivering integrated solutions to the U.S. Air Force, USTRANSCOM, and USSTRATCOM. He is highly skilled at applying AT&T services and solutions to meet enterprise and mission needs, including Open and Closed Network Modernization and Transformation, IOT, Smart Bases, Mission System Cyber Defense, Cloud Enablement, and Mobilization. Hackathon Legal Hackathon terms: https://goo.gl/iDVmvx We expect all participants to abide by the Hack Code of Conduct: http://hackcodeofconduct.org/attdeveloper.  FAQ: https://goo.gl/26H8rZ Social Media Follow us, @attdeveloper, for live updates and photos from the event "Like" us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/ATTDeveloper Sponsors