List of hackathons in Highland Park, United States in 2018

On June 9 - 10, 88Nine Labs, presented by Northwestern Mutual, will host its first hackathon of 2018, inspired by the announcement of Backline, which is an accelerator for musicians in the Milwaukee area.  The hackathon will take on challenges to help the local music scene with booking, performance & creation, engaging with fans, distribution and more. 88Nine Labs invites coders, designers, and musicians to collaborate on these challenges to help musicians, venues, and the entire local music scene from Saturday, June 9 through Sunday, June 10. All projects and Intellectual Property built and developed at this event belong completely to the teams. However, to generate the widest benefit from this event, we encourage attendees to provide Open Source licenses for the results of their work. Challenges* *some of these challenges were modified from the recent SXSW hackathon Creation & Performance How can technology make the music creation and performance process easier, more innovative and engaging? For example: Is there a way that musicians can use AR to create exclusive content at their shows? Distribution How can technology make the distribution of music and merchandise easier and more affordable for artists? Is there technology that can help an artist reach a bigger audience with their content? Ticketing & Booking How can technology help musicians make it easy and affordable to sell tickets to local shows?  How can technology help venues, bookers and musicians make the booking process easier? Fans & Consumers How can technology improve the fan’s experience within the local music scene and feel connected to it? Commerce & Industry How is money getting to artists and rights holders? Can technology like blockchain help facilitate and manage the process? Can technology help musicians create contracts and get paid from local gigs easier? Cross-Discipline How can creators collaborate more easily and more creatively across audio, visual, and immersive fields? Schedule SATURDAY 09:00 - Doors Open & Registration/light breakfast 10:00 - Welcome talks, icebreakers, idea formation 11:00 - Hacking Starts 12:00 - Lunch/Hacking 17:00 - Dinner 18:00 - Hacking 20:00 - Wrap up hacking for the day SUNDAY 09:00 - Breakfast 10:00 - Hacking 12:00 - Lunch 16:00 - Wrap up hacking and prepare for show & tell 16:30 - Show & Tell 17:30 - Pizza & Beer Sponsor FAQs What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event? Parking available on the street What is a hackathon? Hacking is creative problem solving. A hackathon is any event of any duration where people come together to solve problems. Most hackathons I’ve run also have a parallel track for workshops. Participants typically form groups of about 2-5 individuals, take out their laptops (if the event is technology themed), and dive into problems. Training workshops are a great parallel track especially for newcomers but also for all participants.

This tour will exercise your imagination! There are 45 acres of vacant land in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley right in the heart of the city. Like former vacant sites in the Valley, there are big ideas for these sites that would benefit the greater Milwaukee community. On this 1 mile walk, we’ll view a portion of the current riverwalk, hike on the rocky terrain of an area planned for the riverwalk extension, and see what could come to 11 vacant acres near the Harley-Davidson Museum. A daylong design charrette, like a hackathon for architects, created a vision for these sites that meets multiple objectives – job-producing manufacturing with tourism and retail for an economic boost, green infrastructure that protects our waters while also enhancing the riverfront, a proposed Riverwalk, public art to provide a vibrant feel, floating docks to activate the river, and more. This tour is for you if you want to see spaces before they are transformed, share your ideas on how to address the many goals to benefit the community, or just get a glimpse into the planning of large developments. We will start the walk at The Sigma Group and then walk the perimeter of the Kneelands Properties, which is planned to be an extension of the Milwaukee RiverWalk. This is a vacant lot with rocky, uneven terrain. Please wear hiking boots or close toed shoes. See you rain or shine! About this walk's organizers: Dave Misky works for the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee to eliminate blighting conditions that inhibit neighborhood reinvestment, to promote job creation, and to facilitate new business and housing development. Dave manages all sizes of developments from small vacant residential lots to major developments. Michelle Kramer works with Menomonee Valley Partners (MVP), a nonprofit working to revitalize Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley. She loves organizing events that bring the community together while connecting them to nature, history, and some of the great spaces Milwaukee has to offer.

Legal industry startups! Above the Law invites you to attend the Evolve Law Summit, which is sponsored by Thomson Reuters and Global Legal Hackathon. At this event, you will connect with venture capital, angel investors, strategic companies, and legal industry leaders. You'll get one-on-one networking opportunities, with practical advice and real-time feedback to your startup pitch from industry leaders. If you need answers to hackathon questions, then visit the tips page!

Hack & Tell is a hackathon that is actually a hackathon. There is no need for business models, customer validation, or extravagant pitches. The purpose of this hackathon is to hang out and team up with other developers and designers for the sake of making something. There will be time at the end of the event where you are free to show and tell everyone about the awesome thing that you built. You can build something for yourself or build something for other people. You can build something useful or build something not useful at all. The choice is all yours. All we want is for you to take this time and build something you've always wanted to build. You didn't even need to have any ideas of your own. There will be plenty of developers and ideas floating around that you can hack with. So are you going to come make cool things with us? Join other developers and designers for 8 hours of fun on Saturday, April 21st starting at 9am. 2018 Hack & Tell Dates:- April 21- July 21- October 13 For more info, go to http://www.rokkincat.com/hack-n-tell

Join us for the one-year anniversary of Colony 5 Chicago! It was a year of a lot of work from a lot of really dedicated and passionate people informing themselves in community sessions, through online content to ultimately compete in our Civic Tech Challenge hackathon.  Participation from the sessions through the competition delivered the best examples of businesses that, if funded and developed, should be funded and developed.  On February 1st we announced the first six companies that will now go through accelerator curriculum to create tech-enabled businesses. We wouldn't be able to accomplish each of these modules without the support we receive from our corporate and civic partners. That's why we want to celebrate with some of our most important element of success, the people! Come ready to network, ask questions, and of course, learn more about Colony 5.  *Registration Required to Attend. Sponsored by Microsoft Chicago

To commemorate March Madness, the Microsoft Data and AI team is hosting an Analytics in a Day Tournament and Training Series for State and Local Government. The Data & AI Hackfest series is scheduled to take place across select cities and will be held "on court" at local Microsoft offices. Get Your Game On! Now is the time to modernize your data infrastructure and bring your team to the next level of data management by leveraging robust analytics. Attendees will engage directly with Microsoft experts while gaining new insights into how to organize and align disparate data, model it within SQL Analysis Services, and create powerful visuals and reports that drive informed decision making. Hackfest teams are encouraged to bring their own data, or simply participate in the event using preloaded public data sets. Each team will compete to extend and enhance their respective data set, delivering on-point solutions. Don’t miss this opportunity to go "head-to-head" with other Government teams in some cross-court action, get expert coaching from Microsoft Data Pros, and earn your standing in the “Final Four!” Agenda At-A-Glance 8:30 am              Arrival, Check-In 9:00 am              Welcome & Introductions  9:15 am              Data Services & Power BI  10:15 am            Analytics in a Day 11:00 am            Hackathon Begins   12:00 pm            Networking Lunch  12:30 pm            Hackathon Continues   3:45 pm              Final Presentations & Awards 4:45 pm              Free Throw Contest Who Should Attend  Business/Data Analysts  Software Developers & Architects  Technical IT Managers & IT Pros  Specifications Please plan to bring a laptop and charger for the hands-on portion of the event, being held in your local Microsoft office. Registration  Space is limited and available on a first-come basis. Register now to secure your spot at this local community event!  For details on event venue, logistics, and/or program agenda, please email Sal De Loera. 

Leading this workshop, Dev Bharel, is a Blockchain solution architect and ambassador, and serves as the Chicago Regional Ambassador for the Blockchain Education Network. He is  is a fourth year undergraduate student exploring his passion for Computer Science at Illinois Tech in Chicago. A hacker at heart, Dev loves participating in (and organizing) hackathons. His inspiration comes from finding other students who love to write code with real world applications. Dev got into blockchain in high school, when assigned to do a research paper, he chose the up and coming cryptocurrency at that time, Bitcoin. The more he read, the more questions he had, and the more he was drawn in by elegance of blockchains. Dev’s current projects include working on building a better blockchain developer ecosystem in Chicago by hosting a series of blockchain developer workshops on university campuses.  This workshop will be an introduction to smart contract writing. We’ll go over the basics of a smart contract and write a self-aware vending machine that can restock itself. BRING YOUR LAPTOP! PIZZA AND DRINKS WILL BE SUPPLIED!

HACK2IMPACT - A Hackathon for Social Good When:Friday, Feb 23, 6-10pmSaturday, Feb 24, 8am-10pmSunday, Feb 25, 8am-4pm Who: DePaul Universitty, Northwestern University, University of Illinois, Chicago, and other Chicago-area school college students and alumni What:On February 23-25, students and alumni of DePaul University, Northwestern University, and University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology, and other Chicago-area schools are invited come together and form teams of diverse talents, from developers and engineers, to designers and business students. Assisted by the Chicago Community Trust and DePaul’s Office of Mission and Values, area professionals will each present issues facing the Chicago community. Starting at 6pm on Friday evening and working over the weekend, professionals will mentor their team to develop a prototype or other solution to address the need. The hackathon will conclude on Sunday with each team presenting their creation, judged by representatives from the community partners. Winners will receive money and work space at the Idea Realization Lab to continue their project. Why:Participants will gain a broader understanding of real-world problems and how they can address them, as well as developing skills through the hands-on practice of working as a team to create a solution that can benefit their community. Cost:Free! For more information, contactJay Margalus: jmargal@cdm.depaul.eduTheresa Boyle: tboyle2@depaul.edu

NinjaHacks is the first ever student-run, hackathon at Northbrook Court Mall. Across the span of three days, students from all across the US will gather to build the coolest and most innovative projects, meet amazing people, and win some prizes along the way! This year, NinjaHacks seeks to provide freedom from fear. We encourage students to take a look at world around them, and devise innovative new ways to reduce anxiety, fear, and uncertainty in the community. We want you to develop a dynamic experience that will benefit generations to come. This might mean something special and we encourage you to come out and truly make an impact at NinjaHacks this year. ​* We encourage all developers regardless of technical ability or hackathon experience to apply. Admission and food is free for all hackers. http://www.ninjahacks.org

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 techies, bringing diversity of background to your team project