List of hackathons in Highland Park, United States in 2018

Students, entrepreneurs and other techies interested in startups and other creative projects. DePaul University's Idea Realization Lab invites you to participate in their HACK2IMPACT Event #3. You'll get to network with other students and potential hackathon teammates to help get started on your next project.

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, January 27th starting at 9am. 2018 Hack & Tell Dates:- January 27- April 21- July 21- October 13 For more info, go to http://www.rokkincat.com/hack-n-tell

The Idea Realization Lab will be hosting a Jeopardy game January 26th in preparation for Hack2Impact, a DePaul and Northwestern BuildAThon to collaborate on better solutions for our community. Stop by the IRL, 14 East Jackson room 310, from 5-7pm on January 26th, to test your knowledge in categories like Memes, Music, and Movies! Get first pick at the team you will be competing with, and win a bundle pack of materials to aid your problem solving. After awards have been distributed, we will reveal the sponsoring companies AND prize pool of Hack2Impact. See you there! What is Hack2Impact? Over the last weekend in February, students and alumni of several Chicago-area schools will 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. 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. 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.

The Chi Hack Night is a free, weekly event in Chicago to build, share and learn about civic tech and tools to create, support, or serve public good. Join us every Tuesday from 6-9:30pm on the 8th floor of the Merchandise Mart to hear from interesting speakers, learn from each other and work on civic projects. Non-techies are very welcome!   What happens at a hack night? Every week, we have a 10-15 minute presentation by a government agency, non-profit, company or group who've made use of open data or built a civic technology application. The goal of these presentations is to showcase the different uses and opportunities, as well as challenges and successes in the civic technology movement. After the presentation, the format of the event is similar to that of a hackathon where breakout groups self-organize to work on civic apps, discuss policies and their implications, learn technical skills and network with a welcoming and diverse community at the intersection of technology and government.   But I'm not a techie! That's ok! We encourage non-technical folks to pair up and learn from our community's designers and developers. We've seen time and time again, he best civic projects come from teams with a diverse background. Remember, there's much more to making a great app than just coding.