List of hackathons in Kansas City, United States in 2017

K-12 students in the Kansas City area! If you're interested in VR/AR, then you're invited to participate in the VRoKCs Hackathon 2017. You'll get the chance to learn various VR/AR development tools and software and apply those tools to build an innovative AR/VR solution.

Session Topic: Cocktail Camp ***Please note the extended hours starting at 4pm through 9pm*** In our final session of the year, we set you up in a microenvironment that mimics a software development team in the wild.  Working together with a mentor acting as the 'team lead' your team of two or three will work to build a web site from scratch using whatever tools you feel comfortable using. Alternatively, you can also work towards making a contribution to an open source project to boost your code portfolio! Don't worry about making your own team; we'll pair you up with other participants as you arrive, or you can let us know if you want to work with another participant you know. Do you find hackathons intimidating or worry you don't have the skills to participate?  Come join our micro-hackathon where we'll support you the entire way if you feel overwhelmed or get stuck!  Don't worry, ours only lasts for 5 hours instead of the traditional 24 - you get your beauty sleep too!   Note: As a special offering, since this is our last session of the year, we are extending the hours from 4-9 p.m. to give you more time to work on your team project and to let everyone show off their great work. We will also serve the traditional programmer dinner of pizza, along with our usual cocktails.   There will be lots of guidance and support for those with no coding experience so come join the fun!  No coding experience necessary (we mean that!) Wifi-enabled laptop is required (don't have one? Borrow one of ours) Must be at least 21 to attend Cocktails, non-alcoholic beverages, and dinner served Please familiarize yourself with Kansas City Women in Technology's Code of Conduct.  Do you need financial assistance to attend? View codingandcocktails.kcwomenintech.org/financialaid for more information. If you are unable to attend, you must cancel 48 hours prior to the event to receive a refund!

HackEDkc is a student hackathon where students are challenged to solve a problem in their home, school, or community through the use of technology. High school students (9th-12th) throughout the metro will have 24 hours to build their solution and will have 5 minutes to demo to a panel of judges. Work will be judged on technical efficacy, community impact, and innovation. During the event, guest speakers will share information on User Experience Design, Being an IT Professional, Security, Virtual Reality Developer and more.  Meals and drinks will be provided.  Early registration secures a T-shirt. You don't need to be a programmer for this event.  In fact, a good team is made up of programmers, artists, and entrepreneurs.  Consider bringing friends that have various strengths.   EARLY REGISTRATION IS $10!  After October 17, registration is $15.

The First Annual Women Techmakers KC Hackathon will focus on virtual assistants, specifically interactions for the Google Assistant. These interactions can be used on compatible devices like Google Home, Android devices, iPhones and any other device where the Google Assistant is available. A basic interaction for the Google Assistant requires no code and both technical and non-technical attendees can build interactions! To build these, we will be using Dialogflow (formerly known as API.ai) and Actions on Google. Schedule Check-in and Networking at 9:00a Event Starts: 9:30a TechTalk on the tools Codelab for guided hands-on experience Lunch and networking Hackathon where you'll create your vision for the Google Assistant! The Technologies Our interactions will use Actions on Google, the platform provided by Google to communicate with the Google Assistant. This is the public API to the Google Assistant. Dialogflow (formerly known as API.ai) is one of the most common conversational language processing platforms used when creating applications and interactions for the Google Assistant. It supports other conversational platforms as well, including Facebook Messenger and Slack. Dialogflow isn't required when building for the Google Assistant although it provides a simplified interface and best of all, it's free. Get a head start! We will cover all the basics of these services during the event but if you'd like to look at these services ahead of time, here are a few places to start. https://developers.google.com/actions/ https://dialogflow.com/ Teamwork While it’s not required, we definitely recommend working in a team, especially for the hackathon portion of the day. You are able show up without one and find teammates the day of, but if you want to try to find teammates ahead of time, signup for our Slack at https://slack.gdgkc.org/ and start talking on #women-techmakers channel. Work better alone? That's ok, too! Questions Have any questions? Send us an email at wtm@gdgkc.org.

Join Code for KC for an exciting two day hackathon where we write apps that solve community problems. Do you love coding, design, project management, or community engagement? How does working on open source while solving practical problems sound to you? Then join us for this exciting two day event! The fun doesn't stop there either! Projects continue well after the hackathon until they are complete. Some apps from previous years have stayed on board for years!We want to address real problems in our community, such as environmental issues, transportation problems, and many more using open source coding networks.  Our projects are created around the idea that there are real issues in our community that can have a technological solution.  Through collaboration and networking we create a community-based solution and follow through with a team of coders, designers, writers (and more!) over the next six months or more to implement that solution. September 23, 20179:00 AM- 4:30 PM September 24, 20179:00 AM - 4:30 PMWe will also have a few 1 hour classes to teach crash courses in things like PHP, design and GIS - stay tuned for more information on those!

Join the Kansas City Code Brigade for an exciting two day hackathon where we write apps that solve community problems.  Do you love coding?  How does working on open source while solving practable problems sound to you?  Then join us for this exciting two day event! The fun doesn't stop there either!  Projects continue well after the hackathon until they are complete.  Some apps from previous years have stayed on board for years! September 23, 20179:00 AM- 8:00 PM September 24, 20179:00 AM - 6:00 PM

The emfluence And Then Some Conference We’ve transformed the annual emfluence event into the And Then Some Conference. You can still expect plenty of tips and tricks for getting the most out of our emfluence Marketing Platform, but we’ve expanded our sessions to include topics that apply to all digital marketers. Think of it as a catalyst conference—this is an event focused on your digital marketing goals and how you can achieve them.   What You’ll LearnThe And Then Some Conference will also feature sessions and topics for B2B and B2C digital marketers, with a special focus on:         Email automation         Integrating email and social         Email strategy         Success stories from the field         How to apply what you’ll learn to your goals This year’s conference will also feature an emfluence Marketing Platform Hackathon, an all-day digital marketing help desk, AND a Power User Showdown! Who Should AttendThe And Then Some Conference is for strategizers and producers. Whether you’re a hands-on digital marketer who spends your days in the thick of email, social, and marketing automation or leading your marketing team’s digital strategy, we’ll have content and specific takeaways you can apply to your goals. We’ll also have dedicated learning tracks for B2B and B2C marketers! This Year's Keynote, Trish Witkowski!We're really excited to host a special keynote session with marketing maven Trish Witkowski on the 2% advantage that transforms relationships into sales. Trish will apply basic Blackjack principles and fascinating insight from counting cards to help you remove the emotion and uncertainty from the sales process and gain a more rational view of your business relationships—and she'll back it up with powerful case studies from B2B, B2C and nonprofit business scenarios. Current emfluence Marketing Platform clients are entitled to a complimentary seat and additional client attendees get a discounted ticket rate. If you're not an emfluence client (yet), you'll register as an individual on the form above. To register for a complimentary client seat or for additional client tickets, keep your eyes peeled for a discount code sent via email to your inbox. 

Code for KC launched several projects in 2016 and we want to kick off the year by celebrating some of our success! CommunityKC continued its evolution with a migration to Drupal and additional functionality enhancements The I Got Mine team went from hackathon to launch in 3 months Side Lot Program direct mail pieces helped the Land Bank of Kansas City sell 26 properties (saving the city $9,100/year) Read about these projects and much more here. Join us if you'd like to meet the teams behind these projects, raise a glass to the volunteers, or learn more about how to get involved. For Brigade regulars, this will be one night of less hack, more yak. We’ll have beer generously provided by KC Bier Co., as well as pizza. Help us to toast Code for KC’s success as we look forward to accomplishing more in 2017. We’d also like to thank the sponsors who made our work last year possible, including Google Fiber, the Sprint Accelerator and Polsinelli. Thank you to our beer sponsor KC Bier Co.