List of hackathons in Fort Worth, United States in 2015

12 hour hackathon with food & prizes.  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM: Design Conference with exceptional speakers and workshops.

YouthSpark Live is a global community enabling youth to collaborate, inspire and support each other while using technology to spark change. As a participant in this event, you will have a chance to: Engage with government and community leaders representing a variety of perspectives on today's economic and social challenges.  Connect to a network of innovators making a difference in business and society Learn about programs and resources to help you achieve your goals See cutting-edge technologies in action and gain insights on how to apply them.  Join a community working together to bring about positive change. The Four Skills of the 21st Century Learner (Opening Session Keynote) The seventh graders of 2015 will be the first cohort to graduate in the third decade of the 21st Century. Every student after them will be learning, working, and coming of age in a mobile first, cloud first world. Today’s student needs both technical acumen and a core set of skills that will enable them to thrive in this new era. This session is an opportunity to examine whether you are preparing for the new world of work and exploring the careers that will shape the societal landscape over the next half century. Learn the four skills for the future and how to shift student learning for college and career readiness. Career and College: A Planning Session for Today’s Middle and High School Student - (Lunch Panel) Students today are faced with almost limitless options in regards to their future career opportunities and aspirations. But how can youth ensure they are focusing on the options best suited for their skills talents and passions. During this interactive session students will be introduced to concepts and strategies designed to enable success in college and beyond. Hacker Labs (Session A) During this limited seating hack-a-thon styled session students will be provided with an overview of various tools, technologies and methodologies for creating, developing and selling applications. Seasoned developers will guide students through each step of the creation process and discuss careers and opportunities to further refine their interest in this exciting field. Engineering Challenge: Tower Structure Challenge (Session B) Groups will be divided by age into teams of 10-15 and will have a limited time to create a tower structure made from straws, paperclips, rubber bands and other materials supplied by facilitator. The goal of the project is to construct an object capable of holding a standard volleyball. Teams will be scored on tower height, strength and use of materials. Participants will have 45 minutes to complete this activity. Entrepreneurship: The world of the Tech Entrepreneur (Session C) Often times when we think of careers we imagine ourselves working for a company we are familiar with. However, have you ever wondered what it would be like to create the next Dell, Intel, Microsoft, Facebook or Twitter? This session will discuss the world of the tech entrepreneur and provide insight into creating your very own “start-up” company. Fostering Creativity and Academic Exploration with Office Mix, Bing for Education, OneNote, and Windows 10 (Session D) Today’s youth are exposed to a range of options and messages related to the usage of technology. In a world which seemingly introduces new forms of media each day, how can students ensure they are leveraging tools and technologies that enable a safe, reliable, and secure platform to express personal interests, explore intellectual pursuits and achieve academic success? This session provides an overview of cloud based tools and applications, offers tips on computing safety, and introduces solutions that students can leverage to fully engage in the learning process anytime and anywhere.

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 the first gloval first faith-inspired hackathon this October. 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 hundreds of 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 13 world cities simultaneously, including Addis Ababa, Albuquerque, Atlanta, Bangalore, Dallas/Fort Worth, Guatemala City,  Jakarta, London, Los Angeles, Nairobi, Raleigh, Seattle and Waterloo.   You will be able to work with a local team in DFW, 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 DFW judging panel will choose the award prizes to the best projects.   WE ARE LOOKING AT   Developing solutions that utilize wearable technology to help us live Gospel-centered lives Creating tools to protect marriage and cultivate pure hearts Inventing tecnologies for global evangelism in a Dangerous World Developing games with a Kingdom purpose Using Google Cardboard to affect the world Developing  technologies that encourage and inspire others to participate in joyful, Christ-centered generosity and much more... 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 DFW 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  

Drinks on us. HackerNest Tech Socials are a fun, relaxed way to connect with your local tech brethren. Atmosphere: chill, friendly, unpretentious, agenda-free (no sales pitch, yo), and brimming with UltraSmart(TM) people. Follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, hi-5 us in person. :) The typical Tech Social schedule: - 7:00pm: folks arrive, grab drinks, socialize  - 8:00pm: quick intro, thank sponsors, quick announcements  - 8:10pm: back to chatting with interesting people and new friends  - 10:30pm: go home exhausted from great conversations Sponsors: Sponsors make this growing movement possible, so we treasure and build deep, long-term relationships with the companies that endorse us. Email us! Venue: Improving Enterprises  Wanna show off your office? We're always looking for big open spaces with 75+ (standing room) capacity that are easily accessible. We love hardcore nerdcore. Tech folks, tech events, tech love. About Us: HackerNest is an international nonprofit uniting local tech communities through unpretentious Tech Socials and hackathons. We cram lots of smart, accomplished people into a room with free drinks. Our relaxed, down-to-earth events attract a diverse and highly technical membership. Strict no-douchebag policy.