List of hackathons in Laguna Beach, United States in 2018

Join the lead developer of the Collaboration Tree, an open source collaborative design and innovation web technology (like an online think tank), at this Hack for LA hosted event.  He'll be there to give more information about the project, answer questions, and help people get started with it, especially in preparation for the hackathon event the following weekend. We'll meet in room 401 on the West side of the building. Volunteers for Hack for LA will be available to check you in and direct you. Links Project: github.com/F4IF/ctree-demo Slack: bit.ly/cTreeSlackNew Polymer: polymer-project.org

Software developers and other VoIP techies! If you're planning to attend KAZOOcon 2018, then be sure to participate in the 2600Hz KAZOOcon Hackathon at the event. You'll be challenged to use the newest version of Kazoo to design and build an innovative VoIP app. Collaborate and compete to win recognition and great prizes.

2018 ShuiMu Youth STEAM Innovation Hackathon 49 years has passed since Neil Armstrong achieved humanity’s first landing on the Moon andmade “one giant leap for mankind”. Now it’s the time for us come back to the Moon again. It’s soexciting that we have so many young scientists design and build their own robots so we maysurvive at the Moon surface. Come to see their projects and robots and share their joyful Moonexploration! 2018 Official Contest Rules 1.Eligibility Requirements 1.1 Each competing team consists of 2 to 3 student members. To be eligible to compete, the student must be enrolled for the current school year in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 at a middle school or high school, or a equivalent school (for home schooling or other special education program) in southern California area, and be born on or after October 1, 1999 and on or before October 1, 2006. 1.2 No student may compete on more than one team. 2. Competition Topics Scenes: “the Moon surface” – a 48”x72” cartoon board with two craters: one with 12” diameter, one with 18” diameter, both ~ 2” high. A 2” cube food package dropped in 18” crater. A 1”diameter and 2” long water tank is inside 12” crater. Both of them should be moved out thecraters.Each team IN/OUT time: 20 min.Team reset / preparation (program adjustment): 3 min.S1 ~ S3: Show the functions and design ideas – 10 Min;S4 ~ S5: 3 min.S6 ~ S8: 4 min. For more information, please email to  thuaasc.steam@gmail.com.

Okta-Amazon Alexa-UCLA Hackathon: Identity is Creativity!  Note: The event has been rescheduled from its original January dates to April 28th and 29th   Come hack with us!   Okta, Amazon Alexa and UCLA feel that innovation is best demonstrated by bringing ideas to life, even if the first version may not be perfect. At this hackathon, you can build any type of project you'd like. And then use Okta to secure it with authentication, authorization, and user management in a matter of minutes. You can also create a more personalized user experience with Alexa.    To join us register below, and on the weekend of Hackathon come create something cool! A new website, an awesome mobile app, a clever bot, a cool data visualization, an Alexa app, anything cool and useful. Requirements: Development experience  Team Size: Maximum 4 members. If you don’t have a full 4-person team, just show up and we'll find a team for you (Okta employees/partners will not qualify for prizes, although all are welcome to join the hackathon!) Registration: Register, and if possible, donate to the Association for Computing Machinery-Women (ACM-W) - Supporting Women Engineers. Once registered, submit your team info to HackLA@okta.com *UCLA Students – Please use your @ucla address Registration Deadline: April 26th, 2018 Judging Criteria:  Quality of the idea  Implementation of the Idea  Potential impact – Individual, school, community, or business Usage of Okta Platform Usage of Amazon Alexa Prizes: First place: $2000  Second place: $1000 Third place: $500  Amazon Alexa devices Dates and Times: Hackathon Hours: April 28th, 10:00 AM to April 29th 2:00 pm (We'll have coffee and energy drinks to keep you going!) Parking: UCLA Parking Structure 8 – Overnight parking available Prepay for parking using the Parkmobile App - Parking Zone# 2508 (Pick UCLA) - you need to add your vehicle to the app.  Okta and Amazon Alexa team members to help you at the Hackathon:  Okta Developer Relations/Evangelist: Randall Degges Okta Solutions Architects: Joel Hanson, Payal Ajwani, Brent Garlow, Joe Correa, Shawn Recinto, Andrew van Beek, Ryan Shaller, Jim Faut Amazon Alexa Solutions Architect: Justin Jeffress UCLA Industry Relations/Career Center: David Mora Agenda: 10:00 – 11:00 am: Kickoff + Team Intros 11:00 am – 01:00 pm: How to sessions + Lunch: (Okta and Amazon Speakers) 01:00 – 09:00 am: Hack away: (*How to* help is always available) Communication/Announcements during this time will be through Slack Channel or in person 7:00 pm: Dinner (Snacks and drinks always available) 12:00 am: Midnight Pizza 07:30 am: Breakfast 09:00 – 9:45 am: Wrap up coding and prepare for presentations 09:45 – 10:00 am: Upload your Presentation (Link) – (this is what you will be presenting. No changes will be accepted after). 10:00 am – 12:30 pm: Presentation (No Laptops up for audience) 12:30 –1:30 pm: Lunch + Networking 01:30 – 2:00 pm: Winners announced  Rules: Have fun and work in harmony. Be respectful! Any misbehavior will lead to disqualification. Build something meaningful, new, and awesome! You must use Okta as the Identity provider in your project. Feel free to use any other tools or technologies you wish. You cannot bring previously written code. We will audit each team's code. Your code belongs to you and no one else. Track your code on Git. Your presentation + project must be submitted between 9:45 – 10:00 am on Sunday. No changes will be permitted after submission. Organizers are here to help! We'll keep your project confidential. Submissions: Submit your code in your Git repo and your presentation here at 9:45 am. No late changes will be accepted. TODOs before the event:  Sign up for a free Okta developer Account: https://developer.okta.com/signup/ (Required - One per team for the hackathon, you can sign up as individuals for learning purposes) Sign up for Amazon Developer Account: https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit Useful Links:  Okta APIs and Examples:  Here are the Okta SDKs for Authentication/Authorization/User management/Multifactor Auth/Social https://developer.okta.com/documentation/ Okta APIs: https://developer.okta.com/docs/api/getting_started/api_test_client.html Okta OAuth: API Access management - https://developer.okta.com/use_cases/api_access_management/ Authentication options based on the project needs/login experience – for this Hackathon, we encourage the Sign-In widget since that is the easiest to get started with - https://developer.okta.com/use_cases/authentication/ Alexa integration: https://github.com/pmcdowell-okta/oktaRental-alexa (with server side appl - https://github.com/pmcdowell-okta/okta-carrental-amazon-apigateway) Okta's Developer Blog: https://developer.okta.com/blog/ Use OpenID Connect to Build a Simple Node.js Website Build an Ionic App with User Authentication Okta Examples on GitHub:  https://github.com/okta  https://github.com/oktadeveloper Alexa Docs:   Amazon Alexa announced a new version of the Nodejs sdk. You are welcome to use either version.  https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/alexa/post/decb3931-2c81-497d-85e4-8fbb5ffb1114/now-available-version-2-of-the-ask-software-development-kit-for-node-js A few things to get you started developing with Alexa.   Tutorials & Getting Started: A 5 minute quick start tutorial: https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit/tutorials/fact-skill-1 Additional Tutorials here at both a beginner and advanced level:  https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit/tutorials Recommended Learning Path: Start with the Fact Skill Tutorial, and then follow the City Guide Skill Tutorial.   Design & Development: Voice Design Guides, contain design thinking and thought leadership around creating the best voice experiences for your customers: https://developer.amazon.com/designing-for-voice/   For useful code snippets and examples, take a look at the cookbook:  https://github.com/alexa/alexa-cookbook  Testing: An in-browser Alexa device, useful for testing your skill when you don't have a device handy:  https://echosim.io/welcome   We will also have test devices to loan out   Miscellaneous: For inspiration, here are some things Alexa developers around the world have built: https://alexa.devpost.com/submissions https://www.hackster.io/amazon-alexa Complete Technical Documentation: https://developer.amazon.com/documentation Official Developer Forum:https://forums.developer.amazon.com/topics/alexa+skills+kit.html Official Nodejs SDK: https://github.com/alexa/alexa-skills-kit-sdk-for-nodejs Alexa Voice Service (Adding Voice Control to any device with a microphone and a speaker):https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-voice-service If you have any questions, if you need help, a sounding board for your ideas, or if you want to swing by and chat -- feel free find us on our table during the hackathon. 

This workshop, presented by Amazon and Code District is intended for anyone interested in learning how to program voice controlled devices. Amazon Alexa is a great place to start learning. Hands-on labs will teach you how to code cool skills for Alexa. Lucky participants will win a free Amazon device! The need for Alexa Skill Developers is growing rapidly, as many companies move toward adding Alexa voice control to their products and services.   Join Code District and Senior Solution Architect at Amazon and trainer, Justin Jeffress for this 2 day training event. You will learn how to build Alexa skills that reach millions of customers that utilize Alexa-enabled devices, including Amazon Echo, Fire TV and more!  Both seasoned and beginner developers are welcomed and encouraged to participate.  Workshop Dates and Times Saturday, April 21 - Beginning Alexa Skill DevelopmentSunday, April 22 - Advanced Alexa Skill DevelopmentCost: $30.00 for 2 days of expert training from an Amazon Alexa instructorWhat you will learn: Introduction to Alexa Skills Kit How to setup your development environment Introduction to basic concepts like intents, utterances, and slots How to build your first skill The development of template based, custom, smart home and flash briefing skills How to leverage AWS Lambda Best practices for voice user interfaces Complex Conversations Persistent Data Storage State Managment Testing How to set your skill up for successful certification And more! Requirements Be sure to bring your laptop/notebook computer. Get a developer account: developer.amazon.com (free) Get an aws account:  aws.amazon.com (free - but CC required for signup) Download sample templates to your desktop from github.com/amzn/alexa-skills-kit-js   Why Attend?  Take your experience to the next level! Amazon Echo and the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) open new doors of opportunities to build voice-enabled apps without deep knowledge of Natural Language Processing (NLP). This course, Developing Alexa Skills for Amazon Echo, will get you started working with voice-enabled devices.  Justin JeffressSenior Solutions Architect, Alexa Hackathons. at Amazon

The Los Angeles Tableau User Group is excited to announce our first Hackathon with Shelter Animals Count!! Do you enjoy building dashboards for fun?  Putting your powerful analytics skills to go use?  Have a passion for data and animals?  If so, we are welcoming you and other experienced Tableau users in the LA area, or beyond, to join us in helping this non-profit analyze thier data! Please only register if you know you can attend, as we are limited to a group of 25 individuals.   Unlike are other events, we will have a waitlist.  If we have enough interest we will look into breaking into two groups; morning and afternoon.   We will send out an email to those who have registered if anything changes.A signed NDA will be required before you will get access to the data.  Please provide the best email address, and we will send you the forms before the event.  We will have some available at the event, but would like to save paper where possible.  Note: There will be animals at the facility, so please plan accordingly if you have allergies. #LATUGHACK AGENDA Welcome by Jennifer Capps and Representatives from Shelter Animals Count Hackathon Lunch (Provided) More Hacking Dashboard Review   Location 1845 Pontius Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025 Parking Fee and on street parking is available surrounding the center.  Lots of options for public transportation.  Carpooling is encouraged.

Description Members of a community are too often relegated to being mere spectators of change. How can they instead become active participants and influencers in the changes that affect them most? In this 1-day design hackathon, participants will use design thinking in an entrepreneurial spirit to address social, economic, and environmental challenges specific to the South L.A. community. Issues include homelessness, gentrification, lack of healthy food options, lack of tech opportunities, high foster child rates, voter discrimination, gun violence, the #MeToo movement, pollution and more. Participants will learn about these challenges with kick-off talks, and then form teams to brainstorm and rapidly prototype solutions. There is a possibility that projects developed during the hackathon may be featured at the next TEDx Crenshaw event. This is a great opportunity to: learn more about design for good develop portfolio projects around design activism stretch your design thinking skills grow your professional network Schedule 9:30am - Participant check-in 10:00am - Kick-off / Julian Scaff, Design Director @ Interactivism 10:15am - Talk on Social Entrepreneurship by Zaneta Smith, TEDxCrenshaw 10:45am - Teams assemble, hackathon begins! 12:00pm - Lunch provided to participants 4:00pm - Team presentations 5:00pm - Winners announced

The CryptoDabathon is LA's premier 4/20 event uniting the cannabis and crypto communities, centered on a 48-hour hackathon to develop blockchain solutions for the cannabis industry. Participation will be capped at 150 participants who will form teams of up to 7 people maximum to develop an idea/project/company that leverages blockchain to solve a real problem in the cannabis industry. Beginning on Friday afternoon teams will form and work throughout the weekend on their idea which they will then pitch on Sunday to a judges panel who will determine the top 3 winners which will carry prizes including tokens, developer tools, and CryptoDabathon swag. Participants must RSVP on Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-cryptodabathon-tickets-44725594457) and should join our Telegram group (@cryptodabathon). Sponsors interested in partnering with the CryptoDabathon can learn more about our sponsorship offerings here: https://docsend.com/view/xitkc44 Sponsors (anoynmous & known) can donate/contribute tokens to the following addresses: BTC - 1AgKathdEi5F8PJPX12UaTUKAKMUPHGST2 ETH - 0xb1f05885782088b4aa6c7fc92fb741d780f5abe3 LTC - LfKonY6Gxmy1sUk4ttpgkZgdwJGvSuacp2 Problem Statement: “The cannabis industry is one of the fastest growing segments of the global economy despite lacking banking, digital marketplaces, trust between operators, and software tools. Cryptoassets have the potential to revolutionize how cannabis business is conducted from the ground up, yet there are currently no real solutions that are widely used and that actually solve problems.” Lack of access to banking and merchant services, costly and burdensome seed-to-sale tracking software, and unsophisticated supply chain management software are all major challenges facing operators in the cannabis industry. Many of these seemingly intractable problems can be resolved in an elegant and effective manner by implementing solutions based on blockchain technology. The CryptoDabathon will bring together the world’s leading experts in cryptography and cannabis to develop blockchain solutions for the cannabis industry. Who is this for? - Blockchain developers - Owners/operators of mature cannabis businesses - High-growth startups in the crypto / cannabis spaces - Crypto & cannabis investors Judge Panel: - Richard Kimball (confirmed) - Founder of Samphire Capital Management, a cannabis investment fund, and former Partner and Managing Director at Goldman Sachs where he was Head of Global Healthcare Banking. Prior to Goldman, Richard was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley in their Healthcare and Equity Capital Markets investment banking groups where he ran over 140 Initial Public Offerings including for United Parcel Services, Pepsi Bottling, and more. - Tim Lewis (confirmed) - Venture Advisor at DNA.fund, a leading ICO fund and advisory firm, and current Chief Technology Officer at Genezen, one of the largest cannabis cultivators in California with over 1 million square feet of permitted canopy. Tim currently advises over 20 companies on their ICOs and was previously a lead cybersecurity expert at Kaiser Permanente, Oracle, and the American Medical Association. - Malik Spellman (confirmed) - Former business partner of Freeway Rick Ross (one of the largest drug traffickers in history) and peacemaker who settled the agreement between the Bloods and the Crips and starred in A&E’s show “The Peacemaker: LA Gang Wars”. Malik is currently the CEO & Founder of Rare Helium, a Los Angeles based vertically integrated cannabis holding company operating under LA’s Social Equity Program. - Ann Greenberg (confirming schedule) - Serial entrepreneur and founder of Gracenote, a music, video and sports metadata provider ($560M exit to Nielsen), current CEO & Founder of the Hugging Company, an incubator for Blockchain and immersive technologies providing cutting edge solutions for diverse industries, and Entertainment AI which leverages machine learning to automate content creation. Ann has developed creative technology projects for many leading entertainers including David Bowie among others. - Fred Krueger (confirmed) - Serial entrepreneur with multiple exits including Fauve Software, Random Noise, Traffic Marketplace, iWin, TagWorld, Adconion, GradientX, Minds and Machines, and is currently CEO & Founder, WorkCoin - a global decentralized marketplace for independent contractors and freelancers which is in now launching its ICO. - Adam Gillman (confirmed) - CEO & Founder of FIELD Extracts, the #1 Los Angeles cannabis extracts brand, recent winner of 1st Place in the Masters of Rosin solventless cannabis concentrates competition at Spannabis (the world’s largest cannabis competition); previously founded Cycle House, LA’s premier cycling studio chain, and Xtify (exited to IBM). - Daniel Finkelstein (confirmed) - Early investor in the cannabis space and Principal at Gotham Green Partners. Gotham Green Partners is one of the largest US-based venture capital funds focused on the cannabis space with investments in many of the best known brands in the industry. Confirmed Sponsors - Aficionado Estates (IG: @aficionadoestates) - One of the most awarded cannabis breeders in the world with 16 placements in the top 20 at the Emerald Cup including 1st place finishes for Long Valley Royal Kush and Chemdawg Special Reserve and a number of other top 5 finishes. Aficionado's boutique genetics command a premium of between 5x - 10x that of their next closest competitors. - F/ELD Extracts (IG: @fieldextracts) - LA's premier concentrate brand, recent 1st place winner in the Masters of Rosin solventless concentrates category at Spannabis (world's largest cannabis competition). F/ELD has done collaborations with best-in-class breeders including Terp Hogz (original breeders of the legendary strain Zkittlez) and Sherbinskis (breeders of Gelato). - Pistil Point (IG: @pistilpoint) - With over a million square feet of licensed canopy in Oregon and California for the cultivation of cannabis and hemp products, in addition to being the largest indoor producer of high grade indoor cannabis in Oregon, Pistil Point has established itself as a leading breeder and cannabis processor of branded products through collaborations with GPEN, Dying Breed Seeds and 3rd Gen Family Farms. Additional judges are being added and the full panel will be between 8-10 people with backgrounds as investors or C-level executives with leading cannabis and crpyto funds and companies. Event Format Friday 4/20 - Reverse Pitch from Cannabis Cos: 3:20pm - 4:20pm - High Tea: 4:20pm - 5:20pm - Networking: 5:20pm - 6:30pm - Entrepreneur solution pitches: 6:30pm - 7:30pm - Team formation and networking: 7:30pm - 8:30pm - DJ Dance Party: 8:30pm - late Saturday 4/21 - Breakfast: 8am - Work begins: 9am - Lunch: 12pm - High Tea: 4:20pm - Dinner: 6pm - Coding sprint goes all night Sunday 4/22 - Breakfast: 8am - Work begins: 9am - Lunch: 12pm - High Tea: 4:20pm - Pitch to Judges: 5:00pm - Winner announced: 7:00pm - Afterparty and networking (venue closes late) Venue VR Playhouse - LA’s premier virtual reality creation studio 3011 Verdugo Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90065 (near Dodger Stadium) About the Organizers: Royal Cannabis Advisors and Playhouse Innovation Labs have partnered to produce the world's first CryptoDabathon. More on each below: - Royal Cannabis Advisors is an elite cannabis consulting firm leveraging Fortune 100 experience to help leading cannabis startups with fundraising, business development and strategy, key executive hires and recruiting. Royal Cannabis Advisors currently serves the largest and most distinguished cannabis firms globally. - Playhouse Innovation Labs is LA's premier technology and culture creation laboratory featuring content and media production studios, cutting edge VR/AR equipment, and tech co-working space.

The Second ShuiMu Youth STEAM Innovation Hackathon is open to middle/high schoolers.  The competition is aimed to inspire the next generations with STEAM enthusiasm and innovation, teach critical STEAM knowledge and skills, nurture artistic and creative talents, promote excellent teamwork and workmanship, develop effective communication and presentation skills, and prepare the next generations to survive and thrive in the changing world. To help prepare for the competition, the first free workshop will be held on Saturday April 7 In Irvine featuring hands-on talks by three scientists from NASA/JPL and Siemens. Come and join us to hack into Space and have fun! Program Second STEAM Innovation Hackathon Overview Computational Thinking and Programming IoT and Robotics Speakers Dr. Yutao He, NASA/JPL Dr. Shouhua Huang, NASA/JPL Dr. Jun Wan, Siemens

Learn to hack the hood with “HOOD HACKS” every Wednesday night at an undisclosed South LA location, beginning Feb 28th, 2018. Hosted by Forbes published tech startup entrepreneur Cassie Betts, HOOD HACKS will grant you insider info to what's happening in our community of South LA, from local businesses, to programs and opportunities. At MISLA, we believe one way to battle the ill effects of gentrification is to educate ourselves and to apply our learning in the world of startups, entrepreneurialism and coding.  Tech startups have the ability to generate millions, if not billions of dollars for the economy.  The average starting pay for a high-level programmer is $100k+.  By focusing on startups and technology training, our communities can not only survive, but thrive in this technological era. HOOD HACKS will inform the community about organizations and resources devoted to aid the entrepreneurs and startups of South Los Angeles, followed by JavaScript coding battles in which Young and Old can learn JavaScript introductory coding through fun, competitive battles and challenges.   ================================== HOW TO PREPARE FOR CODING BATTLE: ================================== Download this Javascript For Kids book (great for adults as well) and read up to chapter 3. We will be learning & battling concepts from chapters 1 & 2 as well as other basic principles learned at the beginning of the workshop.  Sign up for Kahoot! and download the app to your mobile device such as phone or tablet, we will use this for javascript battles! =============== WHAT TO BRING: =============== Your laptop and charger (though if you do not have a laptop, don't worry as you can share with someone else for pair programming) Portable Whiteboard if you have one, as well as whiteboard markers and erasers Pens, pencils, paper Your parent or guardian if you're a kid. :) Money for food, snacks, or drinks from our sponsoring location. Willingness to learn and a positive attitude. ================== HOW YOU CAN HELP: ================== Provide us with laptops or mobile devices needed to help train the community If you speak fluent Javascript, agree to volunteer to help train (at least FOUR Wednesdays between now and the end of April). If you are a location in South LA, agree to sponsor space (at least FOUR  Wednesdays between now and the end of April) -in exchange for marketing exposure. Get the word out. Interview us if you have a media platform Donate to our crowdfunding campaign Purchase a donation ticket below (contactus@misla.org for free tix if you are a non-profit) All ages are welcome. Children under 9 will probably not be able to follow. Minors must be accompanied by an adult at all times.  #diversity #diversitymatters #diversityintech #southLA #coding #codingbootcamp #techindustry #techinclusion #startup #entrepreneur #javascript #learntocode #learnjavascript #startuplife #js #hoodhacks #hackathon #southlosangeles #inglewood #watts #compton #southcentral #southcentralla #carson