List of hackathons in Palo Alto, United States in 2018

Dear hackers, DoraHacks is the largest hackathon organizer and hacker community in China. We're bringing the best Blockchain and AI Hackathon to 10 countries in 2018. Over three years, DoraHacks has organized more than 100 hackathons globally, operating in 10 cities, with 10k+ core hackers and 200k+ developers in our community. DoraHacks has produced more than 600 applications in its hackathons and incubated more than 20 successful startups (including blockchains).​ DoraHacks is going to stir a tidal wave of brainstorm in Impact Hub San Francisco, from April 28th to 29th!   We are super excited to invite all hackers in the San Francisco Bay Area to join our second round of US Hackathon tour. Within 24 Dora-hours, you as an innovative and passionate Dorahacker will team up with awesome brains and delve straight into variosu industries for real problem solving using Blockchain Technology! We would like to give special thanks to our Platinum Sponsor HUOBI, the Leading Global Blockchain Asset Service Provider. We are also thankful for all the help and guidance provided by our Gold Blockchain Leaders, the next generation public blockchain for real commercial applications—TRUECHAIN and the global mutual insurance community based on blockchain technology—SHINECHAIN. Over 9 ETH prizes awaits! ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩ What is DoraHacks Hackathon like？ ✩Teamwork: you'll team up with 3-6 hackers with diverse experts in blockchain, AI technology, UI design, front-end development, etc. ✩ 24-Hour Challenge:  Time pressure unlocks hacker potential in brainstorming and hands-on problem solving. ✩Ideas + Tech: Exploiting high-end tech to make real industrial changes! ✩Best Hacker Service: dynamic environment, enthusiastic volunteers, unlimited supply of beers and pizza that prepare you 100% for a brain surfing！ Who are we looking for? you could be: ✩ Tech Hacker: Blockchain DApp developers, Smart Contract designers, Artificial intelligence, data analysis, iOS/Android/Web front-end development, etc. ✩ Design Hacker: Product design, UI design, token economy design, etc. ✩ Industry experts: deep knowledge of industrial history, prospect and current problems. ✩ Blockchain Hacker: Blockchain architect, Blockchain Application Development, Smart Contract Development, Wallet Development, etc. We also welcome experts from all walks of life to join us for diverse perspectives and innovative projects!   Expected product outcome: ✩ Web / APP / Mini program / Algorithm Model / Intelligent Hardware...（no restriction on product forms） ✩ Products that can solve industry-specific problems and raise efficiency in enterprise ✩ Product with great user experience ✩ Big Data / AI / Blockchain(no limitation on skill set） ✩ Healthcare / Security / Games / Finance / Consumption / Environment(no limitation on industry) Schedule TIME: 9:30 a.m.,Saturday, April 28th -12:00 p.m., Sunday, April 29th VENUE: Impact Hub San Francisco(1885 Mission St) April 28th 9:00-9:45      Doors Open & Registration 10:00-11:30   Opening Ceremony & Keynote Speech                        Project pitching & Team-building 11:30-13:00    Lunch                        Team meeting 14:00-18:00    Hacking round 1:  Brainstorming & Product design 18:00-19:30    Dinner 19:30-7:00      Hacking round 2: Product development           7:00      Team Lots Drawing for Demo Order --- Overnight hack --- April 29th 7:00-8:00         Breakfast 8:00-9:45       Hacking round 3:  Design Iteration & Project Improvement 10:00-11:30     Team Demo with Panel Q&A 11:30-12:00     Judge Voting & Final Decision            12:00     Award Ceremony Special Thanks go to our premium sponsors Platinum Sponsor Gold Sponsors Community Partners

HerScript is back this year with HACK YOUR CURIOSITYCalling all beginner coders in Middle School to High School who are interested in exploring the world of Computer Science! Have you ever wanted to create something but just didn't know how to go about executing it?  Now's your chance to jump start that dream and HACK YOUR CURIOSITY with herScript!  We will explore simple robotics development using the MakeBlock mBot robot kit. MakeBlock mBot robot is a friendly entry-level robot for everyone! Unleash your imagination and make mBot come alive with simple drag and drop programming blocks. NO CODING REQUIRED. Design a robot, code with blocks to make it work, then watch it come alive! For more information, visit http://store.makeblock.com/product/mbot-robot-kit The hunger for learning something new NOT GOOD ENOUGH? Throw in some free food, and a prize for the first, second, and third place winners of the Hackathon! NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY (AND PREFERED), LEAVE WITH EXPERIENCE. PHOTO RELEASE WAIVER IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING------> https://goo.gl/QqQQSJ  PLEASE BRING A LAPTOP IF YOU HAVE ONE :). ONE WILL BE PROVIDED IF YOU DO NOT. Mentors will be assigned to help you through your project. http://herscript.org

               AngelHack will be offering discounted Uber rides from the Fremont BART station to the venue. Every year, AngelHack adventures across the globe for our yearly Global Hackathon Series. Over the course of Summer 2018, we’ll hit six continents, bridging the gap between Silicon Valley innovation and entrepreneurs all over the world. This year’s theme? Seamless Technology. Hackathons are built for rapid innovation, and rapid isn’t always pretty. But no matter the roadblock, broken code or bumps, we continue on and push forward, together. There’s no boundary or limit to what we can create. So join us! Create something cool. Meet great people. Win great prizes. Who knows, your founder journey may begin at 42 in Silicon Valley! We offer our own Grand Prize AND team up with awesome sponsors who have their own challenges and prizes you can go after. Aiming for the HACKcelerator invite? Only in it for some cool hardware? Good news, you can go for as many challenges as you want! AngelHack Challenge: Challenge yourself and your entrepreneurial spirit. Make something innovative without limits, something that brings positive change to the world, even something that solves a small problem. It’s that simple. AngelHack Prize: The winning team from each hackathon will receive an invite into AngelHack’s HACKcelerator program. Bonus AR Challenge: Create a hack that enhances a real-world experience using AR (augmented reality). Bonus Prize: An Amazon Echo Dot for each member of the winning team.  Code For A Cause Impact Award Challenge: Build technology that solves a social or environmental problem and positively impacts your local community. Code For A Cause Impact Award Prize: One Impact Award will be given out at each event. At the end of the Global Hackathon Series, the top Impact Award projects will be chosen by an expert judging panel including; Chan Zuckerberg, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative; and more. These top five teams will receive an official invite into the HACKcelerator. Challenge #1: Best use of Veridium API'sPrize:Prize: $2500 in Cash (USD) and $2500 worth of VERDE cryptocurrency Challenge #2: Best UI Design   Prize: $2500 in Cash (USD) and $2500 worth of VERDE cryptocurrency Prize: All attendees will receive 1 year of GitKraken Pro for free. Prize: Interview Cake will give out free full access to their interview prep course to all attendees of this hackathon. The redemption link will be provided in person at the event. Prize for all attendees: 2,000 Ubidots credits, the promo code will be shared at the Hackathon! https://app.ubidots.com/accounts/signup/ Grand Prize: A complimentary IoT Lab License for 3 months (must be redeemed in the same year the Hackathon took place). Prize: Access to HubSpot's Seed Stage Startup Offer (90% Off HubSpot Marketing and Sales tools for 1 year- Up to $25,000 value)  Challenge: Best Use of AWS Fargate Link Here: https://aws.amazon.com/fargate/ Prize: 1 x Amazon Echo 2nd Generation for each winning team member Challenge: create a solution to improve the lives of the homeless with technologyPrize: The winning team will receive $2000 3 months supply of High Brew Coffee for the winning team members 1 month supply of High Brew Coffee for the runner up team https://www.highbrewcoffee.com/ Prize: $1,000 cash prize and $1,000 stipend to attend NEHA's conference in Anaheim, CA June 25-28 Stay Tuned for More Prizes to Come! All ages, genders, and skill levels are welcome. Come solo or in a team of up to five, and spend the weekend learning new skills, meeting your local tech community and tech sponsors, enjoying free food, and more. Our attendees typically consist of developers looking to improve their skills or expand their horizons, students, designers of all skill-sets, and serious entrepreneurs that can add value to teams. Bring your ideas and let’s go! Want to get involved in another way? We’re always open to chat with potential sponsors, mentors, and judges! Just email info (at) angelhack.com to get connected. Day 1 9:00 AM : Doors Open & Breakfast10:00 AM : Opening Ceremony, Sponsor Welcomes, & Team Building11:00 AM : Coding Kick Off1:00 PM : Lunch2:00 PM : Sponsor Breakout Sessions 7:00 PM : Dinner10:00 PM : Pitch Workshop*Venue open overnight Day 2 8:00 AM : Breakfast10:00 AM : Morning Yoga - please bring your own mat12:00 PM : Lunch1:00 PM : Code Freeze & Submission Deadline on hackathon.io 1:30 PM : A/V Check2:00 PM : Demos 4:00 PM : Winners are Announced / Prizes! We know some rules are meant to be broken, but you should probably (read: definitely) stick by these: 1. Fresh Code - We all start coding at the same time. It’s cool to work on designs beforehand, digital mockups, open source frameworks, and anything else available to everyone, but keep things within fair limits. 2. Code Review - Winning teams may be subject to a code-review at some point following the event or immediately before winning. This is to ensure that all code used is in fact fresh. 3. Ownership and IP - You own your IP and whatever you create. Simple as that. 4. Team Size - No more than five people. 5. Submissions - Each hackathon has its individual hackathon.io page where projects need to be submitted by the designated time. You’ll receive an email with instructions on how to do just that. 6. Demos - You’ll have 2 minutes to demo the functionality of your project and talk through your idea, and 1 minute for Q&A from judges. 7. Be cool to your fellow hackers! Check out our Code of Conduct. How is the hackathon judged?Projects will be judged based on the following criteria, with a total of 5 points per criteria: Fundability: How fundable is this idea? Is there potential for a sustainable business model? Execution: How well was the project executed and explained? Did it work? UI/UX: Beyond design, was the end-to-end user experience for the solution considered? Originality: How original, creative or unique is the idea? Scalability: How scalable is the solution? Will it make an impact? Judges Mentors Know someone who would make a great judge of awesomeness and innovation? Nominate them (or yourself!) at info@angelhack (dot) com Curious what it looks like to sponsor awesomeness and innovation? Reach out to us at info@angelhack (dot) com

BroncoHack is a FREE 24-hour hackathon of straight code, food, and fun. We'll provide all your meals, snacks, caffeine, swag and sleeping spaces. Your project is only bound by your imagination, our only requirement is that you address a social issue.To sweeten the deal, the winner gets thousands of dollars of cash prizes! This is your opportunity to bring your ideas to life! Best of all: this event is open to all majors. Come participate in one of the only business/engineering co-hosted hackathons... and did we mention it's FREE!?

Background The Embassy of France in th US, in partnership with the University of San Francisco Data Institute, Big Data Hubs West, and Berkeley Institute of Data Science is excited to host a student hackathon to encourage Franco-US integration, particularly in higher education. After 3 succesful editions in Washington DC, we are hosting our first edition in San Francisco. This hackathon is open to technical and non-technical participants alike, focused on creating static and dynamic data visualizations to explore Franco-US cultural integration through student travel. The goal is to use data storytelling to identity and better target students based in US in order to attract them to study abroad in France. Topic: Visualization Challenge - "Visualize That Student!" The Higher Education Department of the Embassy of France in the US plays a key role in promoting opportunities and advocating for education abroad. As part of its hope for resurgence, France is looking to engage communities worldwide as part of a greater campaign to exclaim that “France is Back!” One particular focus is on higher education and educating students looking to study in foreign countries, particularly students in the United States. Where in the past year the Embassy has charged its team to advocate and examine the ways that students find programs, this year their team, as an extension of Campus France, looks to build a marketing campaign to engage and inform. Submissions may include (but are not limited to) a marketing campaign, data visualizations of provided French study abroad data and websites matching students to desired study abroad destinations. Key Details WHEN: Saturday, April 21, 9 AM - 7:30 PM (final presentations begin at 6:30 PM) WHERE: University of San Francisco, The Data Institute, 101 Howard St, San Francisco, CA-94105 Teams of 3-4 will form and compete until presentations at 6:30 PM.Breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided. Prizes The Embassy of France in the US will offer 3 prizes: 1st prize-Dinner at a French restaurant in San Francisco for the team, 2nd prize-Happy Hour at a French wine bar in San Francisco, 3rd prize-Decathlon voucher (the famous French sports gear/equipment company that just opened on Market street). Special thanks to Meredith Lee, Nicholas Ross, Chris Holdgraf, and Joseph Nelson

HerScript is back this year with HACK YOUR CURIOSITYCalling all beginner coders in Middle School to High School who are interested in exploring the world of Computer Science! Have you ever wanted to create something but just didn't know how to go about executing it?  Now's your chance to jump start that dream and HACK YOUR CURIOSITY with herScript!  At this workshop, we will explore simple Android app development using MIT App Inventor. MIT App Inventor is a programming environment where you can make simple apps. NO CODING REQUIRED. Design an app, code with blocks to make it work, then share your app in seconds. Now you can make your own fully functioning app!   Then NEXT WEEK, you can compete in the mini HACKATHON APRIL 28, 2018 @ Hartnell College Planetarium ------>https://herscripthycpt2.eventbrite.com The hunger for learning something new NOT GOOD ENOUGH? Throw in some free food, and a prize for the first, second, and third place winners of the Hackathon next week! NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY (AND PREFERED), LEAVE WITH EXPERIENCE. PHOTO RELEASE WAIVER IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING------> https://goo.gl/QqQQSJ  PLEASE BRING A LAPTOP IF YOU HAVE ONE :). ONE WILL BE PROVIDED IF YOU DO NOT. Mentors will be assigned to help you through your project. http://herscript.org

We’re a club that provides kids learning opportunities that are self-guided where kids determine their interests in exploring and creating code in a family-friendly learning environment. They are free to talk to their friends, meet new people, start new group projects, move around, and check out what other kids are doing — in short have FUN! We host sessions once to twice a month, have occasional special events, like hackathons and pizza parties, sometimes there are prizes, usually tasty snacks, but always there’s a welcome, supportive, atmosphere where kids can learn and still be…kids! 

DESCRIPTION Join us for the first ever Genentech / BCHT Hackathon!  Come spend the day ideating and networking with Genentech and fellow graduate students on a question of strategic importance to Genentech and the patients it serves.  Please read below for details on the event, we hope you can make it! Challenge/Prompt Genentech's Access Solutions team is a key cog in the company.  Their mission is to help patients access the Genentech medicines they need.  After a Genentech product is prescribed, Access Solutions helps providers and patients navigate questions regarding insurance coverage, reimbursement, and financial support.  Learn more about Access Solutions services at https://www.genentech-access.com/hcp.html. As the US healthcare space and patient needs evolve, so must Access Solutions.  Therefore, we are challenging Hackathon teams to create a scalable, sustainable, and flexible Access Solutions operating model that simultaneously allows them to address annual volume growth (without adding staff proportionally) and prepares them to best serve the patient of tomorrow.  Specifically, we'd like teams to consider: What innovative approaches or technologies might Access Solutions adopt to scale their services cost effectively? As Genentech’s portfolio expands into new therapeutic areas, how might Access Solutions address the needs of increasingly diverse patient populations? How might Access Solutions services need to evolve given macro trends in healthcare and consumerism? To help teams consider this challenge, Genentech will make a background information slide deck available digitally starting 4/13 and present that information live at the start of the Hackathon.  Additionally, Genentech Access Solutions and managed care experts will be available throughout the day of the Hackathon to talk through questions. Structure Teams of 4-5 will spend the day working together to generate innovative approaches to the strategic challenge outlined below.  At the end of the day, teams submit a short deliverable and live presentation of that deliverable to a team of Genentech experts.  Following the event, a Genentech team will evaluate the deliverables and decide upon one winning team and one runner-up. The winning team will receive $5,000 and the runner-up will receive $2,500. In order to facilitate team formation, we are asking students to please use this Google Doc (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CAIB2gzj7UcxELwthIgkkGoPSyrVHu9-p91dB8oWJeo/edit?usp=sharing) to sign up for a team in addition to registering through this Eventbrite page.  Please don't forget to do both! Logistics Date: April 20, 2018 Location: Haas Innovation Lab Time: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

SHIFT is proud to present Expo, an on-campus conference that works to recruit talent to the healthcare space by showcasing technically challenging problems, inventive solutions and inspiring professionals that are fueling today’s breakthroughs in healthcare technology.  Reserve a table today and look forward to demoing your company's revolutionary technology to hundreds of Stanford students and community members. Stanford Health Innovations in Future Technologies (SHIFT) is a team consisting of undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students whom have specialties ranging from medicine to design.  We are advised by a nine-person board that includes Dr. Lloyd Minor, MD, the Dean of the Stanford School of Medicine.  SHIFT spearheads initiatives such as the Blueprint Datathon and the health++ hackathon to promote and cultivate health innovation at Stanford

Overview: Website: www.hackcupertino.com hack Cupertino is a 13-hour overnight hackathon organized by Cupertino's Teen Commisisona and Cupertino's Recreation Department.  During our opening ceremony, we will present a problem which you and your team will work together to address. Please note that this even this is a lock-in, if you leave the premises at any point in the evening you will not be allowed back in. What makes this hacakthon unique (besides prizes, of course!)? Winning teams will have the opportunity to present their projects to the Cupertino City Council during a live, televised meeting for maximum expousure of their success.  Teams will also reveive a formal commendation from the Cupertino City Council. Website: www.hackcupertino.com Date/Time Location: Quinlan Community Center 10185 North Stelling Road. Cupertino, CA When: April 14th - 15th, 2018 Time: 6pm-11am Check-in Begins: 5:30pm Quick Overview: Registration Check-In: 5:30pm Opening Ceremony Begins: 6pm Hacking Begins: 7pm Judging Occurrs: 8am Participants: 13-18* years old *18 year olds must posses a 2017-2018 high school ID. Teams: Teams must be a maximum of 4 people. No exceptions. What to bring: Signed forms (see 'Forms and Waivers' section below) Laptop Chargers and power strips Sleeping Bag/Blankets Reusable Water bottle Toiletries USB Stick Medication and any personal items Forms and Waivers: Before being allowed to participate, you must turn in the following forms during registration: Hackathon Liability Form Hackathon Rules Event ticket (optional, but it will make the check-in process go by quicker!)