List of hackathons in Marina Del Rey, United States in 2017

Join us for the Social Justice Hackathon 2017 bringing all generations together to learn the basics of coding while creating apps that address the challenges of social justice activism in the United States. Join students, designers, developers, teachers, parents, activists, visionaries, entrepreneurs and YOU for a day of cross-generational brainstorming for social justice activism.  Closing out the Social Justice Hackathon 2017 are socially-conscious award-winning short films screening from the Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2016 and SpeedCollab networking with actors, filmmakers, writers and the hackathon participants. The Agenda | Monday, June 26, 2017Hackathon Kickoff 9:00aSocial Justice App Ideas 10:00aTeam Formation 11:00aDevelop App Flow 12:00pWorking Lunch* 1:00pDevelop and Design 1:00pWorking Dinner 5:00pPresentations and  6:30pUrban Mediamakers SpeedCollab Networking and Social Justice Short Films Series Screening - 7:00pACTIVATE 9:30pThe Social Justice Hackathon 2017 is presented by WeCodeAcademy, Urban Mediamakers - Santa Monica College West Chapter, Camrose Creative Services. for more information, visit www.wecodeacademy and www.umff.com.   FAQs  Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event? Must be 13 and older.  What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event? Free parking is available at the Santa Monica College - The Bundy Campus, 3171 South Bundy Drive, Los Angeles, California.  What can I bring into the event? Bring a WiFi-enabled device - laptop, tablet  and/or cell phone  How can I contact the organizer with any questions? If you have questions, please contact 404.460.2793 - ask for Renee Moses.  What's the refund policy? No refunds.  Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? Yes, please bring your ticket.  Can I update my registration information? Yes, you can update your registration information.  Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable? Yes, your ticket is transferrable.  Is it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn't match the person who attends? Yes.  

Bring holograms to life by participating in HoloHack Los Angeles!  Microsoft has partnered with VRLA, Unity, AfterNow, and Upload LA to bring you a 48 hour experience, where you'll form teams with other experienced AR/VR/MR engineers, designers and artists to create your own mixed reality app. Yummy food, HoloLens dev kits, pre loaded laptops and experts from Microsoft and Unity will be all be available, on site.  Attendees should have previous experience developing for AR/VR/MR and/or with Unity. If you are interested in coming to this event, please apply HERE. Because space and devices are limited, we do need to use an application process to ensure a great diversity of creators. Applications due by Friday 6/9 at 11:59PM PDT. If you are accepted, leading up to the hackathon you'll receive an access code that will allow you to register on this Eventbrite page.

Learn Where and How to Get Money for Your Startup! Attend this exclusive event and connect with investors.  This exclusive Women's Voices in Tech event is designed to help empower women entrepreneurs.  You will learn from and have the opportunity to talk to Angel Investors, VCs and successful women entrepreneurs.  You will get advice on how to take steps toward seeking business startup and growth capital.  Discussion Topics Include:  How to find the money you need to get your venture going The criteria VCs use to make investment decisions Where to find smart and strategic investments from VCs How to identify the right investors How to craft your pitch  Different options for funding including convertible debt, crowdfunding, pre-sales and other non-traditional methods How to negotiate a fair deal How to avoid business and legal pitfalls and more Meet Angel Investors & Sucessful Entrepreneurs   Event Schedule           6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. - Networking - (Appetizers & Refreshments will be served)          7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – Panel talk          8:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. - Audience Q&A Don't miss this chance to learn from some of the top women in tech in Los Angeles! All Are Welcome! About the Participants Katherine Gaffney - Founding Partner at Xcelerate Financial & Angel Investor Katherine is a senior financial executive with consistent track record of exceeding growth and profitability goals; proven success in facilitating organizational change within high-growth technology companies through strategic planning, financial management, operational improvements, and business development. Deborah Sellers - Business Development, Corporate Strategist, Entrepreneur & Angel Investor Deborah Sellers is a demonstrated  C-level executive, award winning entrepreneur and corporate strategist. with the ability to quickly surmise any business situation in any environment and create strategies to capture large opportunities. She has been awarded "Most Innovative Entrepreneur"​ SF Business Alliance & City of San Francisco and awarded "Entrepreneur of the year" City of San Francisco. Priscilla Vento - Founder/CEO at 30 Miles North 30 Miles North (30MN) is a Public Relations agency in Santa Monica, California specializing in fashion, entertainment and technology PR. Priscilla has an innovative marketing talent and has the ability to think outside the box to find unique and relative ways to market a product.  Nicole Klein - CEO of Betagig Betagig is a new tech company, two female founders deep. Betagig, was born March 2016 from a 1st place win at Launch Hackathon 2016 in SF. Betagig allows you to "beta test" your next career before deciding on a major and pursuing an educational path.  Aurora Meneghello - Event Moderator & Co-HostMarketing Director and Strategy Consultant Interconnected Strategy creates brands and strategic plans from scratch, marketing systems for companies at specific growth stages, and optimize your current marketing strategy.  This event is sponsored by Paru Tea - a new woman-owned company that focuses on energizing and healthy tea. Come to network with fellow entrepreneurs and investors, and sample Paru Tea!

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Join IAC Eitanim groups from Los Angeles and San Diego for an overnight mini-Hackathon event! We'll start with a bonefire (Lag-Ba'Omer style), and continue to a night of innovation, entrepreneurship, and fun activities! As always, IAC Eitanim will bring you the Startup Nation attitude by tackling real-world problem with expert mentors. In collaboration with Tarbuton and Beth Jacob. 

Coders, designers and entrepreneurs in Southern California! AngelHack invites you to sign up to participate in the AngelHack Global Hackathon Series: Los Angeles. Compete on your own, or collaborate as a member of a team to come up with an idea and turn it into a functioning prototype. You're not limited! You could build an app that delivers positive value to your community, a web site satisfying an unmet financial need, a virtual reality game, or whatever your imagination can conceive.

Programmers, designers, project managers, and more in Southern California! You're invited to participate in the first-ever ZipRecruiter Hackathon. Come and showcase your creativity and techie skills -- build a great app that will help someone find their dream, future, or next job, or help recruiters identify perfect-match candidates or whatever awesome idea you have!

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: Operation Save the Earth. You'll be challenged to pitch your idea for a tech solution that will better our planet. 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!

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.