List of hackathons in Mount Olive Township, United States in 2017

UX and UI designers, researchers, developers, and other professionals in the Greater New York area! You're invited to sign up to participate in a UX Mini Hackathon at NYU's EdTech Accelerator. This event is intended to help design the user experience for an actual EdTech startup. This company will provide a problem statement and you will be challenged to conceive and prototype a UX solution for them. You'll be part of a team and present their project to the startup. Winning teams may be offered the opportunity to productize their prototype.

Date is still uncertain. Numbers are pretty accurate with respects to last years try swift conference. A hackathon is a new addition to the conference. NYC is a bit expensive but we were hoping you can sponsor office space (with Internet) and food to accommodate that many people. Thank you for taking your time to read this email. For more information about try swift, check out

IoT, AI and Robotics startups around the world! OneTraction -- the first open innovation accelerator in Silicon Valley -- invites you to sign up to participate in their Internet of Things (IoT), AI & Robotics - Hackathon. This virtual event is open to anyone seeking to join or launch a startup. Register with your startup team -- or join one prior to the event -- and compete for up to $250k in startup funding and a place in OneTraction's accelerator.

Hyperledger Fabric is the leading open source software platform for permissioned enterprise blockchains. Learn how to use the latest version (1.0) of Hyperledger Fabric codebase in a real blockchain network environment where you can play with smart contract deployments. Is your team planning to build blockchain applications for your industry use case or project? Do you want to become fully skilled for building commercial-grade blockchain applications on Hyperledger Fabric 1.0 and deploying private blockchain networks? Then this advanced course is what you need! Course duration: 3 days (8 hrs per day). Objectives: Learn concepts and use cases of permissioned blockchains. Learn architecture of Fabric 1.0, setup network, run smart contracts. Learn to write smart contracts and deploy them in a complete blockchain application. Benefits to you: Solid hands-on technical skills developing and deploying blockchain applications with Hyperledger Fabric. Interactive experience with expert trainers who have built working blockchain apps, an opportunity to ask questions and get real-life examples. Who should attend? Developers who have understanding of blockchains and want to know how to design and write their own blockchain applications on top of Hyperledger Fabric V1.0. If you experimented with smart contracts, or worked with Ethereum, other blockchains, and want to dive into Fabric 1.0 - this is the right course for you. Prerequisites: Working knowledge of Java Basic understanding of PKI and docker Development environment with JDK 1.8, Gradle or Go, and Docker Compose (docker is optional) ssh access to AWS EC2, IBM Bluemix or local Ubuntu Bring your laptop Training Program Day 1 Introduction Introduction to blockchain technology Public and permissioned blockchains Use cases for permissioned blockchains Hyperledger project Fabric 1.0 Workshop Fabric 1.0 architecture Endorsers, orderers, clients, smart contracts Set up development network Anatomy of config files and crypto material Deploy and exercise example smart contracts Day 2 Fabric 1.0 Workshop You will study in detail the transactions workflow and spend a sizable amount of time on experiments with blockchain. The training helps developers acquire solid technical skills in building blockchain applications on Hyperledger Fabric v1.0. The students will learn how to develop working blockchain apps with Hyperledger Fabric SDK, how to deploy local blockchain networks, as well as understand the confidentiality basics in Hyperledger Fabric. Agenda: Write your own smart contract in Java Custom Events Endorsement policies Overview of SDKs for Node and Java Overview of Fabric Composer Day 3 Hackathon Students will leave with the ability to develop full-featured blockchain applications, write not only a smart contract in Java, but also the client code and full interface of the application. Learn from an experienced trainer who has delivered working blockchain solutions. Agenda: Identify a use case for a blockchain application Design identities, entities, transactions Design network, consortium Use Node SDK to create application API Create secure web front end About the Trainer: Oleg Abdrashitov, Blockchain Practice Lead, Trainer Oleg Abdrashitov heads the Blockchain Practice at Altoros and the Requirements Working Group at Hyperledger. Oleg's career spans 19 years in software development for the financial services companies. He has built systems supporting high frequency trading, middle office and online exchanges. Oleg has worked at top investment banks, hedge funds and has founded startups and consultancies. He is currently engaged by clients in finance and insurance to train engineers and architects on blockchain. Together with team Altoros, Oleg won the blockchain hackathon at Consensus 2016 with Decentralized Energy Utility Project, and delivered two working prototypes for the financial industry - Distributed Clearing Platform For Derivatives, and Bond Issuance and Trading. Contact the Organizers: Please email at training@altoros.com if you: have questions about the training agenda need an invoice for your company to pay for this training need this training on alternate dates or need private training for your team on-site Please send us a note at training@altoros.com! About the Organizer: Altoros is a digital transformation consultancy that has built a reputation in blockchain space. We are an active member of Hyperledger project, contributing expertise of our engineers. We have built a number of blockchain application prototypes for insurance and financial services clients and conducted technical training on Hyperledger Fabric 0.6 for a large financial services corporation, as well as a number of blockchain workshops for executives in (Re)Insurance, Lending & Securitization field.

Teachers in New Jersey and adjacent states! Are you enthusiastic about using technology in your classroom? Early-Adopter & HamiltonBuhl invite you to come and participate in TEACHERS HACK HISTORY. At this curriculum-based hackathon, you'll be challenged to create the most engaging lesson plan using ChronoQuest™ -- the augmented reality timeline.

Music-minded kids -- grades 6 -12 -- in Brooklyn and the Greater New York area! The Source and Blue 1647 invite you to sign up to participate in the SOURCE360 Youth Hackathon. You'll be challenged to be creative about how hip hop and technology can help solve community problems. You don't need to know how to code -- there will be plenty of people who can do that. Come join a team and build an awesome web or mobile app!

Musicians and sound engineers! Come along to the monthly Music Hackathon NYC. This month's topic is Music Education. It's a free, non-competitive monthly all-day event for participants to create new music-related projects from scratch, develop them over a period of ~8 hours, then perform or present them in a concert format.

MLH Hackcon is the official hackathon organizers' conference. It's an opportunity to meet the community, learn from one another, and to tackle the issues that we are facing together. With two full days of workshops, talks, and discussion sessions, new organizers can learn best practices for running a hackathon, and veteran organizers will share their experiences and help guide the next generation.

Fintech and blockchain enthusiasts in the Greater New York area! The Professional Hackathon League invites you to participate in the Global Blockchain Hackathon. You'll be challenged to design and prototype Blockchain solutions for security, transaction management, and other areas. Collaborate with like-minded individuals, present your project solution to an expert panel of judges and compete for awesome prizes.

Join SeamlessGov (in partnership with HackerNest and Rise New York) for the inaugural event of an on-going speaker series entitled “Diversity is Beautiful”. We will explore the challenges many of us face in the tech industry as we strive to foster inclusive working environments that encourage and promote diversity. Female Empowerment: This panel discussion will focus specifically on challenges faced by women in the tech industry. Topics may include: how to navigate obstacles, diffuse discriminative workplace behavior, and better empower our female coworkers along the way.  Our Panelists Ilana Sufrin – Software Developer at Refinery29, Inc.  Meg Hewitt – Director of Sales at Handshake Corp. Flavia Bento de Faria – Director of Growth and Programs at Findyr Ashley Gushue - Product Operations Manager at Google Moderator: Rachel Shatkin – Product Manager at SeamlessGov About SeamlessGov Here at SeamlessGov, we believe government is beautiful. Inherent in that belief is the idea that diversity is also beautiful. Diversity in the tech industry is essential in establishing the level of creativity and collaboration necessary to generate ideas and solutions that are as diverse as the population we serve. As a company, SeamlessGov aims to champion diversity internally, as well as externally in the tech community. Agenda: • 6:30pm - Meet & Greet / Light Refreshments • 7pm - Introductions • 7:10pm - Moderated Panel (audience Q&A at the end) • 8:15pm - 9pm - Networking / Event Wrap-up ABOUT OUR PARTNERS: Rise New York Rise New York is a global community of startups and corporates creating the future of commerce and fintech by helping startups and entrepreneurs connect, co-create, and scale innovation. In partnership with Barclays, we listen, nurture and oxygenate through our international network of Rise hubs. Rise New York also houses a world-class event space and is home to the U.S. cohort of the Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars. HackerNest HackerNest is a nonprofit that runs unpretentious Tech Socials, Tech Expo/Job Fairs, and Hackathons. Their mission: get more people into tech so they can afford to be healthier and happier. ABOUT OUR PANELISTS: Ilana Sufrin Ilana is a Software Engineer at Refinery29 and has worked on several major products ranging from native mobile features to desktop applications. Refinery29 is a leading digital-media company with a focus on millennial (and millennial-minded) women with a global audience footprint of over 500 million across all platforms.  Ilana graduated from NYU with a Bachelor’s Degree in Metropolitan Studies, and Masters in Computer Science. Meg Hewitt Meg is an Enterprise Sales Leader, Coach, and Trainer, as well as a Director at Handshake, a B2B eCommerce and mobile commerce solution transforming wholesale distribution. She is also a Founder and Co-Organizer of the NYC Sales Development Meetup Group. Meg has a Bachelor's Degree from Elon University in Strategic Communications and International Studies. Flavia Bento de Faria Flavia is the Director of Growth and Programs at Findyr. Businesses use Findyr for market research, due diligence and economic data. She is also the New York Regional Board Co-Chair for Indego Africa, a non-profit with the mission to empower and uplift artisan women in Africa through employment opportunities and education. Flavia has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Barnard College, as well as a Masters in International Relations and Affairs from Columbia University. Ashley Gushue Ashley is a Product Operations Manager at Google. She has been with them since April 2010 where she has also worked as a Senior Media Manager and AdTech Specialist. Ashley has a BA in Advertising, Psychology, and International Studies from Penn State University.