List of hackathons in Laguna Beach, United States in 2017

The Women’s Hackathon @ CSUSM is a bi-annual, 12-hour event that is open to high school girls and college women with varying background in computing technology. The term “hack” is used in the sense of exploratory programming, not its alternate meaning as unauthorized security breach to a computer system. Each event presents two challenges of local impact and asks student teams to propose and create computing technology solutions in the form of web-based or mobile applications. Students may come as a team or individuals interested in working with others at the event. Tech professionals serve as mentors and guide participants through the process of research, design, and development of their solutions. At the end of the event, teams present their solutions to judges from industry who in turn determine winners. Since its inaugural event in April 2014, the Hackathon has served over 250 young women from over 25 high schools and colleges in Southern California. For more information, please visit http://sandiegohackathon.org/.  The April 22 event appreciates funding from The Information and Communication Technologies & Digital Media Sector, California Community Colleges FAQs Do I need to be a Computer Science major or intend to major in Computer Science to participate? No. Creating effective computing technology solutions require talents from a diverse background. What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event? The event will provide free parking at a designated area on campus. More details will be sent to registered participants directly. Two great mass transit options are available that can help you get to CSUSM with ease: the BREEZE and the SPRINTER. More information about these two options can be found at https://www.csusm.edu/guide/transit.html.  Limited fund may be available for reimbursing costs related to public transportation, gas, or a group of students sharing Uber rides. Please contact event organizer for more detail. Do I need to bring a computer to the event? Many participants in the past preferred their own laptops at the event but a computer will be available for those who do not bring one. How can I contact the organizer with any questions? Dr. Youwen Ouyang can be reached at ouyang@csusm.edu. Professor Sahar Mosley can be reached at smosleh@csusm.edu.

Are you a maker? did you always wanted to showcase the million dollar idea you always had? Are you ready to build something innovative? Are you ready to take your idea to next level and showcase to the world? Now is the time, and here is your chance SoCal Microsoft Azure user group is hosting "Creative Days 2017" on March 26th at the Urbanworkshop, Its one of its kind IoT Hackathon Event with support from Microsoft How can I participate: There are many ways, If you are looking to participate as competitor here is what you have to do, Participate as Competitor team a)  Register via EventBrite. Make sure to choose “Participating Team” as your ticket type, This is a paid ticket, but don’t worry we will refund the fee on the day of event as far as you physically show up to participate., space is limited, do not delay!! b)  Once you register : Fill up this form and submit your project c)  Form your team. : If you need help finding your team members feel free to let us know and we can always look for like minded folks from our user group  d)  Start Working: You don’t have to wait for the event day to start, you can start coding part of your project or assembly as soon as your project idea is approved Participate as Volunteer We appreciate your support for the community and the event, We need your help. On the event day, pre event and post event. If you want to volunteer your time, please register via EventBrite. Make sure to choose “Volunteer” as your ticket type, and will get in touch with you. Participate as Viewer Well there is nothing more fun to just hang around, network with your other Industry pros, makers and really just to see all the excitement building live at the event, Make sure you register via EventBrite. Make sure to choose “RSVP” as your ticket type and be ready to be part of this exciting event. What hardware/ software to use: Well this is upto you, we will provide each participating team with following 1)  Microsoft Azure IoT Starter Kit w/ Adafruit Feather HUZZAH by Adafruit:  https://www.adafruit.com/products/3032 Although the kit comes quite loaded, but as you can imagine we cannot get all the hardware your project may require so we request you to bring more hardware as your project demands. You are free to use any hardware you like and not restrict yourself to the kit we will provide. What software: Again this is purely your choice, we do not force you to use one software or other but to qualify for participation and your project for winning, we require you to use Azure IoT Hub as mandatory technology and any other two Microsoft Technologies, for example Visual Studio, Azure, Cortana or anything else you feel appropriate for your project. What will we not be able to provide: Although the urbanworkshop facility is very nice and the lab setup is more than ideal setup for incubation style projects like yours, we have ample power points provided, and environment for you to succeed. we will not be able to provide you with any electronic hardware like soldering iron, electric wires, etc that your project work may need, so we request you to bring your own. When will you announce winner: We have a panel of 3 judges, and we expect to announce winner same day, the judging will be based on strict criteria and one of them is of course use of Azure IoT Hub and atleast two other Microsoft Technologies, What is the prize: Though for your million dollar idea a monetary prize will never do justice, so we could come up with something you may like even more. Winning team will get a 15 min air time to showcase their project on world famous channel9 in an interview format with Your local MVP Vishal Saxena and Evangelist Bret Stateham, this as you can imagine is a game changer, having this advantage will give you and your project instant visibility to entire world, will more than few million visits a month if you are serious about your project Channel9 is the place to be. We also have another special prize, we will showcase winning project on Hackster.io as winning project for SoCal Creative Day event, both prizes are support and backed by Microsoft so this is something you will cherish and brag about for long :) How will I submit my code and design: Your code belongs to you, and so does your project design and we seek you to figure a license that you want to use to make it open source to be shared with rest of the community and world, if this sounds all Greek to you, we can help, reach out to Vishal(Vishalishere@msn.com) What if?: Q) I do want to participate but do not have a team yet. A) No idea is small, it’s worth trying, if you believe in your idea, we can help you form a team with some of the very bright students to work with you, and can even connect you with other professionals from our connected groups, with many technology experts available. Q) I do not show up at event. A) It will be sad. In case you were participating team, and no one shows up from your team to participate, we will not be able to refund your participation fee. Q) I have more questions A) Reach out to your SoCal Microsoft Azure Organizing Team or Vishal (Vishalishere@msn.com) Sincerely, Your SoCal Microsoft Azure Organizing Team

High school student hackers in and around Santa Monica! The Crossroads School for Art & Science and The Archer School for Girls invite you to participate in a Hackathon for Teen Health. You'll be challenged to collaborate with experts and students from all disciplines and skill levels to identify problems that affect teens and then work together to develop prototypes to solve those problems.

Hackers, coders in and around Los Angeles! Are you interested in using technology to address medical needs? The UCLA Business of Science Center invites you to sign up to participate in Inventathon 2017. This event will challenge you to create new and innovative solutions to a given medical need. It will be your choice as to the form your project takes -- an app, a device, a website, or whatever demonstrates your concept.

Biomedical engineering students and undergraduates from other fields! The Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering invite you to participate in the ASBME Makeathon 2017. You'll collaborate with like minded individuals to brainstorm, design, and computer aided design a medical device. Five teams will be selected to move their device to fabrication, using USC’s Fabrication Lab. One Grand Prize Winner will be selected, with two runner-up prizes.

Developers, designers, marketers, entrepreneurs, etc.! Are you dissatisfied with the 2016 election cycle? Step up with an idea that could improve the next one. Debug Politics invites you to participate in the nonpartisan Debug Politics: 1st Los Angeles Hackathon. Come along and collaborate to find innovative ways to make a real difference. You'll be part of a team that will be challenged to identify one specific thing about the election cycle you were dissatisfied with and build something to fix it. You can come as a team or form one on the night!

WHENThursday, January 26th6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (PST)  WHERESparkhouse / Devise Interactive2850 Red Hill Ave. Suite 140Santa Ana, CA 92705 You and your friends, classmates and colleagues are invited to meet some of the leading creative talent in Orange County on January 26th. With the Forge54 hackathon-inspired marketing weekend in last year already, now is the time to review all the great work that was created, network with this upcoming year's newest members and chat with the board about being more involved this year. We are still looking for more Board Volunteers to join us in our efforts to support Forge54 year round. So, grab a few drinks, make some new friends and learn how you can use your skills for good. Looking to support this year's Forge54?!Please donate and share our donation page. Looking forward to seeing everyone!

AI and Machine Learning fanatics in and around San Diego! The Machine Learning Society invites you to sign up to participate in the New Satellite Image Classification Kaggle Hackathon with Neural Networks. You'll get to network with like-minded AI fans to address the New Satellite Image Classification challenge.

Kids aged 10-17 in the Long Beach area! Do you want to overcome the diversity gap for women and minorities in the high tech sector? Operation Disrupt invites you to sign-up to participate in the Disrupt Hackathon. You'll be challenged to pitch your idea for a tech solution to a problem you have identified in your community. You'll be part of a team and you'll be expected to take your idea -- a website or mobile app -- from concept, to design, and all the way to testing. Be one of the three winning teams and win an awesome prize!

Jewish or Israeli project founders! Are you looking to launch a project that can help enrich Jewish life in San Diego? Finding it's hard on your own? Come and participate in the Jewish Engagement Lab. You'll network with like-minded entrepreneurs and pro-bono mentors and business coaches. Your project may be one of the five that get selected for project grants — to be eligible, you must first participate in the Idea Slam on 1/8/2017 and then the Hackathon on 5/7/2017!