List of hackathons in New York City, United States in 2018

Begun in October 2015, Makerfest is an experimental, experiential, educational, and FREE (non-profit) annual community event, a celebration of creativity and imagination that's part MythBusters, part science lab, part county fair, and part art studio. It consists of 70-100 maker booths, LearningSpaces for workshops, an EdTalk stage, a Roborena, and -- In 2017, Makerfest hosted the Toms River United Sustainability Team (TRUST) Green Fair, supported the National Endowment for the Arts grant-funded community Big Read, and piloted the first Jersey Shore Hackathon. Over 250 makers and 10,000 attendees joined us in our first three years. Come be part of the fun!

BASE in partnership with Mouse and Games 4 Change Sponsored by Con Ed Welcomes High School Students from across the Bronx and beyond to a day of Game Design, workshops and fun. Food and prizes are provided by a generous gift from our sponsors.

Addressing some of today’s most relevant societal challenges can’t be solved by one discipline alone- LYLAS Labs empowers women to come together to solve modern societal and political challenges on interdisciplinary teams. Each team is armed with open data sources and paired with subject matter experts to propose creative solutions and frameworks. About the Hackathon: For its inaugural hackathon, LYLAS is partnering with the Flatiron School to host a reproductive rights policy hackathon. The goal is to develop content and prototypes to aide candidates and advocates with the tools they need to understand the policies, opinions, and current state of abortion across the nation. Information for Participants: Participants will be organized a week before the event into groups. Each group will be formed by the LYLAS Labs production team to ensure that each team is interdisciplinary and includes a flatiron technical expert. Starter packs will be given to each teams and include: public data sets, lists of reproductive health organization tools that already exist, advice on ideation techniques for team brainstorms and project execution. Throughout the day, teams will have access to subject matter experts at the event and opportunities for teams to “hack” the issue as well as pressure test their ideas with external experts on the project’s feasibility on real world application. The hackathon will bring ideas that will surely have potential to immediately impact your organizations and its role in the dissemination and public policy education pertaining to women’s rights and our vital upcoming elections. Agenda: 8AM Flatiron School’s Breakfast Mix and Mingle 9AM Introduction of sponsors and the project 10AM Hack! 12:30PM Flatiron School’s Lunch & Learn 1:30PM Hack! 5PM Team Presentations 7PM Awards and words from our Sponsors 8PM Happy Hour Celebration of Collaboration FAQs What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event? Flatiron is located in the financial district on Broadway between Battery Pl and Morris St. For public transportation take: Subway: 4/5 at Bowling Green R/W at Rector J/Z at Broad St Bus: M55 at Greenwich St/Morris St BxM18, SIM1/2/4/4x/32 at Greenwich St/Battery Pl   What can I bring into the event? Please bring: 1) Your computer 2) Charger   3) Ticket 4) Creativity  5) Energy! How can I contact the organizer with any questions? Please email Margaret at margaretcsmiley@gmail.com  Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable? No, the name on the ticket must match the atendee as teams are set prior to the event.  

Women in the New York Area! If you're passionate about protecting women's reproductive rights, then you’re invited to participate in a Policy Hackathon on Reproductive Rights. You'll collaborate with like-minded individuals and subject matter experts on an interdisciplinary team using open data sources to develop content and prototypes to aid candidates and advocates with the tools they need to understand the policies, opinions, and the current state of abortion across the nation.

Technologists, scientists, designers, artists, educators, entrepreneurs, developers, and students in and around Greater New York City! NASA has commissioned the NASA International Space Apps Challenge (ISAC) to get people around the world to collaborate on its mission directives. If you're interested in space travel, then Space Apps NYC invites you to sign up for the New York edition. You'll be part of a 48-hour global collaborative hackathon focused on space exploration.

BUY TICKETS HERE DownToDash, Entre, Start It Up NYC and Sharebert are teaming up to bring NYC startups and investors together for a night of connections, fun and a lot of rose. Wander the rooms in The Mansion while sipping Rosé from around the world and meet NYC's top Venture Capitalists.  We have 4 amazing speakers: 1. Charlie O'Donnell, Partner and Founder at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures Charlie O'Donnell is the sole Partner and Founder at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures.  The fund makes seed and pre-seed investments and was the first venture firm located in Brooklyn--where he was born and raised.  Brooklyn Bridge invested in the first rounds of Canary, The Wing, Orchard Platform, Tinybop, Hungryroot, Clubhouse, Ringly, and goTenna among others.  Working in venture capital since 2001, he apprenticed his way through the asset class with analyst roles on the original Union Square Ventures team as well as at the General Motors pension fund--a long time limited partner in many top tier funds.  At First Round Capital, he sourced the firm's investments in Singleplatform (sold to Constant Contact) and GroupMe (sold to Skype).  Charlie discovered GroupMe at the Techcrunch Hackathon where the service had been built.  He also sourced investments in Backupify (which was an idea he had tweeted to the founder, a friend of his), chloe + isabel, and Refinery29. Charlie bikes to work, has done seven triathlons, four marathons, and runs the kayaking program in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The longest he has consecutively been outside of the five boroughs of New York City is three weeks.2. Brandon Andrews - Investor and Lead Consultant ABC's Shark Tank Diversity Tour Brandon Andrews is a senior consultant at Values Partnerships. He leads a nationwide casting tour for ABC's Shark Tank. He writes about business, politics, and crowdfunding. 3. Lisa Burton - Executive Director of HearstLab Lisa Burton is the Executive Director of HearstLab, a community of early stage, women-led startups innovating in media, data and technology. HearstLab provides assistance with building teams and refining products, along with office space in their New York City offices. At HearstLab, Lisa meets with prospective startups and supports the portfolio companies in residence, including advising on data and data science. Throughout her career, Lisa has built and led data science programs at startups and as a consultant across diverse industries -- from mobile payments to advertising to healthcare. Most recently, she cofounded a startup that leveraged data from social media to help brands understand and connect with their customers. Lisa came to data science from Mechanical Engineering, where she specialized in data-driven modeling and machine learning to predict the motion of swimming animals. She holds a PhD and SM from MIT and BSE from Duke. 4. Polina Marinova - Editor at FORTUNE and the author of Term Sheet Polina Marinova is an editor at FORTUNE and the author of Term Sheet, FORTUNE's newsletter about deals and dealmakers. Her coverage focuses on venture capital, technology, startups, and sometimes crypto. She has worked on lists including 40 Under 40, the Fortune 500, and Most Powerful Women. TICKETS INCLUDE Admission into Rose Mansion8 samples of wine (about four glasses)Rose Mansion, GoVino wine glassRose Mansion, Collectable Enamel PinOther fun surprisesEntry to The Grand Tasting Lounge @ Rose MansionGreat advice from our VCs Network with amazing founders and investors IF YOU WANT A TABLE & SPEAKING OPPORTUNITY AT EVENT FOR YOUR STARTUPS EMAIL US HERE- sama@downtodash.com DownToDash is a millennial focused app that connects people in the same location based on what they are down to do, whether it’s workouts, sports, movies or other activities. Users can post specific plans, for example, play Tennis on Thursday at 5 pm at McCarren Park and other users can join. Entre is the fastest growing community for entrepreneurs, artists, creators, and innovators. Our monthly events bring people together to openly discuss and share ideas with like-minded individuals. We welcome entrepreneurs of all types, start-ups of all sizes, industries and stages to join us in finding the inspiration, resources and friends that will make them successful. Whether our members are just beginning to build a company, or are years into their venture, Entre aims to refer the best services available for helping them achieve their goals. We aim to work with sponsors and partners who share our vision in helping the start-up community grow and succeed. Start It Up is a media network site that provides a platform for the most game-changing startups in NYC to break through the noise, and share how they're shaping our future. Sharebert makes shopping fun. Users win prizes and earn rewards just by browsing Sharebert's inventory of over 100M high-end brands & products.

This registration option is only for attendees who are not competing in the Design Competition. Scribbling is the first of many steps in coming up with a solution. Scribbling helps us think, remember our ideas, and communicate with others. Scribble NYC 2018 is first annual gathering of students interested in product design. Whatever your interest, there will be something at Scribble NYC for you: Team-based competition (think a design hackathon) themed around "students enhancing student life" Talks and workshops from design professionals at NYU and at industry-leading firms, like Apple Inc. and Upperline Code Networking with other students and design professionals All students in grades 6-12 and undergraduate and graduate programs are welcome to join.

This registration option is only for attendees who are competing in the Design Competition. Scribbling is the first of many steps in coming up with a solution. Scribbling helps us think, remember our ideas, and communicate with others. Scribble NYC 2018 is first annual gathering of students interested in product design. Whatever your interest, there will be something at Scribble NYC for you: Team-based competition (think a design hackathon) themed around "students enhancing student life" Talks and workshops from design professionals at NYU and at industry-leading firms, like Apple Inc. and Upperline Code Networking with other students and design professionals Local students in grades 6-12 and undergraduate graduate programs are welcome to join. 

Music Community Lab presents an event exploring the intersection of music, education and technology. Featuring talks and workshops from innovative practitioners, as well as open time for discussion, hacking, collaboration, and serendipity. This event aims to offer a diverse range of perspectives on music education and cross-pollination of ideas across disciplines and institutions. We'll hear from special guests from all types of institutions and disciplines. Participants will likely include educators of all types, as well as students and self-guided learners with an interest in music and/or education. Music Community Lab participants typically include musicians, programmers, artists, educators, scientists, composers, hardware tinkerers, designers, musicologists, students, entrepreneurs and many more. Free with RSVP! Propose a talk here, or propose a workshop here [Deadline: Sept 15th]. Reach out if you'd like to get involved. We can't wait to hear from you!

Calling manufacturers, suppliers or startups that can deliver visible lip volume for fuller lips in order to launch a revolutionary lip product next to L'Oreal! Submit your solution for a chance to fly out to New York by November 15th! If your solution is chosen all expenses are paid by L'Oreal* ANY category or Industry is welcomed! Let's get Creative! Date Showcase Day: December 10, 2018 - New York City, NY USA Date Prototyping Day: December 11, 2018 - Clark, NJ, USA