List of hackathons in Burbank, United States in 2017

Techies and non-techies in and around Chicago! Interested in the application of technology for the civic good? Come and participate in Chi Hack Night! You'll collaborate to build, share and learn about civic tech and conceive and build tools that will help serve the good of the people of Chicago. You don't have to be a techie to participate and contribute. You'll be able to network and team with some of Chicago's smartest techies, bringing a diversity of background to your team project.

Christian technologists and entrepreneurs in Chicagoland! Whether you are a tech enthusiast or work in tech as a designer, developer, data analyst, product manager, digital marketer, or entrepreneur, you're invited to participate in the 2017 Chicago Code for the Kingdom Hackathon. This hackathon is part of a global series happening in 20 cities around the world. You'll get to grapple with challenges that focus on helping some specific marginalized groups in the local community and/or helping with other Chicago-related needs. Get practical info on hackathon participation at the expert tips page!

Please join us at ADVANCED FinTech's new Blockchain location. Teaming with Illinois Institute of Technology.  This session will be held at the IIT location -- 565 W. Adams, 7th Floor. Our sponsor for this event is BizofIT.com Hosted by Zach SmolinskiGuests include: Melvin Petties is a Digital Strategist from Protiviti and local Blockchain Evangelist. His experiences with blockchain include mining, research, and smart contract development. He is fresh back from a 6-day adventure to #Consensus2017 in NYC where he competed in his first major blockchain hackathon and attended conference keynotes, sessions and networking events. He's here today to answer questions about the state of product advancement and share stories from his time there. Bill Ulivieri is owner of Cenacle Capital Management, LLC ( www.cenaclecapital.com) a state-registered investment advisory firm implementing bitcoin and alt-currency education, to help craft a well-diversified investment portfolio. Bill is also CEO of Mining Rig Solutions, LLC. ( www.miningrigsolutions.com) The firm seeks to capitalize on the potential return on investment from small scale, commercial mining farm operations. His experience with blockchain is mining Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, ZCASH and other cryptocurrencies. He recently launched Mining Rig Solutions, LLC which offers an elegant, “turn-key” solution for family office and hedge funds in the alt-currency space. Bill has given his presentation “Why Bitcoin & Blockchain Will Disrupt…Everything” to a diverse group of highly respected financial organizations.

Learn how your library can leverage its role as a trusted community partner to bring technologists and community members together to tackle local problems. We've assembled a panel leaders in the civic technology movement in Chicago including Christopher Whitacker, Claire Micklin, and Josh Kalov to give you the tools you need to understand civic tech, open data, and how to host a civic hackathon. Registration includes lunch. Schedule 9:00: Welcome / Breakfast / Civic Tech 101 (Christopher Whitaker)  9:30: Deep Dive into user experience (Claire Micklin)  10:30: Deep Dive into Open Data (Josh Kalov)  11:30: How to run a civic hackathon  12:00: Brainstorming Lunch

Due to factors beyond our control, which would impact the overall event quality, we regret to announce that the hackathon event Hack on State scheduled for June 3, 2017 at Jones College Prep has been postponed until further notice. Our goal remains the same: help students address real issues through technology. In the coming months we will be developing Hack on State into a more robust event with more opportunities to learn programming. -Hack on State organizers

           ProPublica is holding its first ever hackathon! With support from Yelp and MATTER, the Vital Signs Hackathon invites health care entrepreneurs, technologists and others to join us in creating solutions for helping patients receive better, more affordable health care. You can join us either an individual or as a team. Apply here to receive a registration code. Over two days, participants will work together in small teams to explore, identify and prototype tools to help patients access the best possible care. Join us to take on real-world challenges, learn creative new techniques and win prizes!  DAY 1 will begin with a statement of the challenge, followed by talks from professionals working in consumer-focused health care settings to inspire and challenge participants, brief pitches from participants and teams, and work time. DAY 2 will culminate with a pitch session, judged by a panel of experts in both health care and technology. Winners will receive cash and non-cash prizes. Throughout the two-day event, participants will be provided with meals, snacks, coffee, and access to professional mentors.    Awards Two teams will receive the following prizes: 1. Grand Prize Winner: $1,000 and three 3-month memberships to MATTER, the health care startup incubator 2. Yelp Prize Winner: $1,000 for the best use of the Yelp Fusion API data   Tools To prototype their health care hacks, participants will be equipped with three main tools: ProPublica Vital Signs API, which harnesses quantitative and qualitative data from our top health investigations, with a focus on key metrics of quality and cost of care, as well as comparative metrics that flag doctors with unusual practice patterns. BetterDoctor API, which provides comprehensive information about doctors -- including contact information, health plan coverage, and more -- straight from the source and in real time. Yelp Fusion API, which gives developers access to detailed profile information from providers’ pages on Yelp.   Speakers & Mentors This list will be regularly updated as additional speakers are confirmed. Leland Brewster is the investment fund manager at Healthbox. He supports the Intermountain Innovation Fund, a $35M healthcare IT fund managed by Healthbox, and heads Healthbox's seed investments in addition to supporting portfolio management efforts across all of its investment vehicles. Prior to joining Healthbox, Leland worked for Clarion Healthcare, a boutique life sciences consultancy in Boston. At Clarion, he was involved in multiple product commercialization and launch readiness projects, as well as the design and launch of a one-of-a-kind patient and physician support program.     Arun Bhatia is the programs director at MATTER. He has a deep passion for the design and strategic growth of new healthcare and life-science ventures. He has held multi-faceted roles related to early-stage venture development, including innovation strategy design, leading the intra-preneurship program at Baxter Healthcare, corporate venture evaluation and investing through Baxter Ventures, and university-stage start-up development and investment at IllinoisVENTURES. Arun’s passion for healthcare innovation was fostered through an MBA in entrepreneurship from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business as well as an MS in biotechnology from the Illinois Institute of Technology.     Sisi Wei is the deputy news applications editor at ProPublica, where she helps manage the news apps team, and edits and builds interactive stories that serve the public interest. Her work has ranged from investigating which U.S. colleges saddle students with debt to monitoring how often China blocks international news outlets. She has served as an adjunct professor at New York University, The New School and CUNY, and she is also the co-founder of Code with me a nonprofit workshop that teaches journalists how to code.     Marshall Allen is a reporter covering patient safety for ProPublica. He is one of the creators of ProPublica’s Surgeon Scorecard, which published the complication rates for about 17,000 surgeons who perform eight common elective procedures. He also moderates the ProPublica Patient Safety Facebook group. Allen’s work has been honored with several journalism awards, including the Harvard Kennedy School’s 2011 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting and coming in as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting for work at the Las Vegas Sun, where he worked before coming to ProPublica in 2011.    Charles Ornstein is a senior reporter for ProPublica covering health care and the pharmaceutical industry. In collaboration with Tracy Weber, Ornstein was a lead reporter on a series of articles in the Los Angeles Times titled "The Troubles at King/Drew" hospital that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for public service in 2005. His ProPublica series, with Tracy Weber, "When Caregivers Harm: California's Unwatched Nurses," was a finalist for a 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Ornstein reported for the Times starting in 2001, in the last five years largely in partnership with Weber. Earlier, Ornstein spent five years as a reporter for the Dallas Morning News. He is a past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists and a former Kaiser Family Foundation media fellow.     Judges This list will be regularly updated as additional judges are confirmed. Pauliina Alanen is the platform manager at BetterDoctor, where she takes care of the BetterDoctor developer community and marketing activities around the API. She started her career at a SailfishOS startup Jolla and got swallowed into the world of tech. After that she did PR and marketing for ICT companies before moving to San Francisco. Pauliina’s social science background helps her understand abstract and intuitive user experiences but she finds her way through the code.     Chuck Feerick is the innovation consulting manager at Healthbox. He supports Healthbox's innovation consulting engagements, working with industry partners across the country. He also hosts Innovation Rising, a podcast presented by Healthbox. Chuck's professional experience has included working in managed care, as well as in strategic healthcare consulting. Areas of focus have included internal wellness programs, health information technology, member/patient relations, government relations, and the development of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) and Patient- Centered Medical Home models.     Quy Le is the partnerships product manager at Yelp. He owns the Yelp Fusion API and leads the integration of health care data on Yelp, including adding restaurant inspection scores and medical data onto Yelp's business pages. He also works closely with Yelp's business development team to help Yelp grow consumer engagement and monetization via strategic partnerships. Prior to joining Yelp, Quy has worked at various technology companies including Yahoo, Cisco, and AOL.       Registration Registration costs $15 for individuals and $45 for teams (of up to five members). To participate, you must apply here.   Code of Conduct Read our Code of Conduct here.   Agenda Agenda may be subject to change. Final agenda will be shared with participants by email in advance of the event. Saturday, May 13 9 am: Welcome & Coffee 9:30-10 am: Kickoff Speakers  10-10:30 am: Idea Pitches  10:30-12:30 pm: Team formation & kickoff 12:30-1 pm: Lunch & Speaker 2-6 pm: Team Work Time 6 pm: Dinner Work time open until space closesSunday, May 14 9 am: Coffee and Welcome 12 pm: Hackathon Ends 12:30 pm: Judging Begins 2:30 pm: Awards & Closing Comments

Digital designers, coders, engineers, aspiring water experts, entrepreneurs — anyone who is passionate about protecting the Great Lakes! You're invited to sign up to attend the Chicago AquaHacking Kick-off Event. Come and brainstorm innovative, practical solutions to the challenges of keeping Lake Erie’s water clean and clear. This will be the kick-off meeting for Chicago’s AquaHacking teams, which will come up with solutions to pitch in late May to compete in semi-finals in June.

2112 Immersive Tech Summit Featuring over 30 speakers, three rooms, exploring virtual, augmented and mixed reality conceptualization, production & post production, branding & marketing case studies, trends, best practices & standards, and market adoption. Speakers confirmed include David Mellor, Creative Director of Framestore, a Bafta and Oscar-awarding creative studio, Duncan Shepherd, Editor of Paul McCartney VR series, David Etlinger, Acoustics/AV Consultant at Arup. Participating organizations include TechNexus, Shure, Guy Bauer Productions, Hologram USA, The Regal Foundation, Swanson, Martin & Bell, IL Film Office, Robo Aerial, Motus WorldWide,  The Mill, Reality VR, Abel Cine,  and more. Keynote "Innovative Talent and Technology for Every Platform"David Mellor, Creative Director of Framestore Presentations & Demos -Behind the Scenes of a 360 McLaren shoot -Sci Fi Soul by the Regal Foundation & Singularity -Holographic Reality with Hologram USA -The $500M Mistake: Lessons for Entrepreneurs from the Oculus Rift Saga with Swanson, Martin & Bell -The Creative Arts Economy: Navigating the IL Film Production Tax Credit Program with IL Film Office -3D Audio for Visually Immersive Environments by Arup -VR Story Telling for Brands with Robo Aerial + Motus WorldWide -Investing in VR: Are we in a bubble or the tip of the iceberg? with Tech Nexus  -Immersive Mobile Trends with Punchkick Interactive -State of the VR Industry in 2017 Workshops -Advanced Final Cut Pro workshop for experienced editors -Introduction to Live 360 VR Video -Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in Live Events Panels - Thrive: How Women are Creatively Dominating the New Realities -VR/AR as a Branding/Advertising Strategy: The Immersive Experience as an Image Maker -Innovating Cultural Start-ups in the United States and in Europe: Opportunities and Challenges -Perspectives on Live: 3 Experts Share Lessons Learned while Streaming VR/360 Live Stream Relativity VR  Additional Programming April 27: Augmented Reality Chicago Meetup  April 27 - 28 VR Film Jam 48 hr Hackathon with Wonda VR Event attendees grant 2112 inc and its designees permission to utilize their image or likeness in connection with any live stream or recorded transmission or reproduction of the event, INCLUDING THE PROMOTION THEREOF, IN ALL MEDIA, WORLDWIDE AND IN PERPETUITY. 2112 is a 20,000 square foot business incubator focused on the development of start-ups in the fields of music, film/video, and entertainment technology. The incubator is located within Fort Knox Studios, a 160,000 square foot B2B creative ecosystem on Chicago’s Northwest side that boasts 92 band rehearsal rooms, 6 recording studios, 3 live sound production companies, a stagehand school, a 7,200 sq. ft. film/video production facility, instrument and amp repair, and an additional 35,000 square feet of office space for the creative sector.  The Fort Knox/2112 ecosystem is home to over 1,500 professionals working in the entertainment industry.  Immersive Tech Summit questions should be directed to Amor Montes de Oca (amor@2112inc.com)

DPLAfest 2017—the fourth major gathering of the Digital Public Library of America’s broad community—will take place on April 20-21, 2017 in Chicago at Chicago Public Library’s Harold Washington Library Center. The hosts for DPLAfest 2017 include Chicago Public Library, the Black Metropolis Research Consortium, Chicago Collections, and the Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS).  Taking place in downtown Chicago, DPLAfest 2017 will bring together hundreds of people from DPLA’s large and growing community over two days for interactive workshops, hackathons and other collaborative activities, engaging discussions with community leaders and practitioners, fun events, and more. DPLAfest 2017 is at capacity and the waitlist is now closed. There will no on-site registration available.  For more information about DPLAfest 2017, visit https://dp.la/info/get-involved/dplafest/april-2017/.  Please note: We strongly encourage payment by credit card or PayPal. If you need to pay by check, please contact event organizers at info@dp.la. Refund PolicyIf for some reason you need to cancel your registration for DPLAfest 2017 please contact us at info@dp.la. Refunds less a $15.00 cancellation fee will be given to all those who submit a cancellation in writing by March 29, 2017. After this date, no refunds will be provided.

Lady Chicagoans! Chi Hack Night and Smart Chicago Collaborative invite you to participate in Women in Civic Tech: Amplifiers of Community Voice. The event will begin with a series of talks in celebration of Women’s History Month. Following those, you'll be able to participate in a mini-hackathon with your peers and members of the Chi Hack Night community, where you'll collaborate in groups and work on projects, discuss potential ideas, and share your skills.