List of hackathons in Palo Alto, United States in 2018

Middle school & high school students from the San Ramon Valley Unified School District! You're invited to participate in the Imagineering Hackathon at California High School. You'll get to collaborate on a team with similarly skilled students and be challenged to design and build web pages in HTML.

High school students in and around San Ramon, California! If you're interested in learning how to make your way in a small business, then you're invited to sign up for the BrightSource Westea Conference. In this student-run community service project, you'll get to participate in a hackathon-style business competition and compete to devise an innovative solution for a real-life problem presented by a local business. Collaborate with like-minded students and compete for cash prizes.

***************** Learn new design thinking methodology and win a trip to Baidu Beijing Offices ******************* Baidu Design Thinking Hackathon is the first global challenge that invites participants to develop new ideas and technologies following a human-centered design workshop inspired on Gaudi, Barcelona’s most famous architect. Baidu Encyclopedia Digital Museum project is a large-scale corporate social responsibility project of Baidu Encyclopedia. It aims to cooperate with museums all over the world to allow users to enjoy all the exhibitions and to acquire knowledge more efficiently. The theme of the Challenge is “How can we use new technologies and human-centered innovation to find new ways of transfer of knowledge between cultures and countries to implement in Baidu Digital Museums?” This special Baidu Design Thinking Hackathon will provide a unique opportunity for participants to rediscover a completely different view of conceptual design, team value, and business management, as well as develop proposals that can later be incorporated and implemented by Baidu Encyclopedia.  A whole day of cutting-edge workshops will explore Gaudi’s principles of creativity, originality, sustainability, and people-centered design. These unmissable workshops will also feature an innovative challenge for participants, to present their revolutionary proposals that unite the worlds of knowledge, new tech, and culture. World-class experts and mentors on Gaudi, AI, new technologies, design, and entrepreneurship, will be available throughout the not-to-be-missed event, to help striving participants shape their best proposals. Grab this opportunity to get to know one of the biggest AI companies worldwide, while learning the new ideation processes, which can be implemented into your projects and professional career. Prizes Winning team will get:  A chance to present their insights and projects developed during the Challenge to Mr. Chen Hechun (Head of Baidu Encyclopedia), Ms. RONG Wei (Baidu Brand Manager), Ms. Hepburn JIN (Director of Baidu Encyclopedia Digital Museums) and Baidu artificial intelligence scientists in the Baidu VIP Dinner on 28th of January. A rare opportunity to visit the mysterious USA Baidu Artificial Intelligence Office in Sunnyvale, CA, to learn about the leading artificial intelligence technology in China on 29th of January.   Tickets for the whole winning team to visit Baidu offices in Beijing Agenda 8:30 Doors open + Breakfast9:00 Opening Ceremony9:40 Team formation workshop10:20 Break10:30 Investigation workshop 12:30 Lunch13:30 Ideation workshop15:00 Break15:10 Storyboarding workshop 16:30 Working time19:00 Dinner20:00 Pitch demos 21:30 Closing ceremony22:05 Networking and event end FAQs  What if I don’t know how to code? You don't need to code to participate in our event.  We provide great workshops and mentors to help you create an idea of something that you can be proud of by the end of the day. What should I bring into the event?  You need to bring with you a laptop, a lot of energy and positive attitude.   How can I contact the organizer with any questions? Contact us at hello@gaudinspired.com Why Gaudi? Gaudi firmly believes that creativity is an indispensable resource for success and a trait that innovators will never change. Colonia Guell in Gaudi’s time was like today’s Silicon Valley in the United States. Gaudi works with everyone and brings together a host of interdisciplinary partnerships and creativity. Gaudi Thinking Method explores the mind of a genius by in-depth study of Gaudi's most famous work, Gaudi’s ideas, and the concepts and circumstances that led to these great buildings. By analyzing and extracting the patterns and essences of how the genius Gaudi think, thereby Gaudi Inspired developed an innovative concept of Architectural Thinking which will be introduced in the Baidu Encyclopedia Gaudi Challenge.  

Limited amount of tickets for sale. Members of Node get free access, but please RSVP.Node presents the third of our weekly crypto events - MIKO MATSUMURAICO ADVISOR, INVESTOR, SPEAKER. FOUNDER, EVERCOIN EXCHANGE AND VENTURE CAPITAL LP.Miko Matsumura founded crypto exchange Evercoin, and invested in the Pantera Capital ICO Fund (a $100M ICO-only fund). He is a token holder in FileCoin, Brave, CIVIC, Propy, Polymath and an investor in Lyft. As chief Evangelist for the Java Language and Platform he participated in the first wave of the Internet, and is now fully engaged in the crypto-fueled Internet of value. As a 25 year operating exec in Silicon Valley, he has raised over $50 million in venture capital for Open Source startups and over $110M in ICO capital. He currently advises cryptocurrency startups like Naga Group ($50M ICO Stock Trading), SwissBorg ($50M ICO Swiss Banking), Playkey ($10.5M Streaming Gaming), Bee Token (Decentralized AirBnB), Celsius (Ether Lending), Wala (African Cryptobanking), Lottery.com (Online Lottery), Millenium ESports (ESport Gaming), Pundi X (Payments), WiFiCoin, Guardian Circle (Decentralized Global 911 Emergency Services), Blockchain Terminal (Bloomberg for Crypto) and Hub (Decentralizing Professional Social Networking). He is also an LP with Focus Ventures, a firm with over $800M under management, 9 IPOs and 44 exits. He holds an Master’s degree in Neuroscience from Yale University where he worked on abstract computational neural networks. He’s leads the Crypto Underground meetup in San Francisco and is a speaker at the upcoming Token Fest, Keynoting at ICOnference NYC, Blockchain Life in St. Petersburg Russia, Global Blockchain Summit, The Future of Money Summit, and Coin Agenda in Las Vegas.Come to San Francisco’s newest private members club and gain insider knowledge on the exploding blockchain and crypto industry. Network with like-minded people and dance to live DJ-sets by our in-house-DJ William Newton.Doors open at 8:00pm; talk starts at 9.00pm.Drinks will be provided and additional wine can be enjoyed at Maritime below Node.Become a member of Node:Node membership provides you with a place to hang out, work, create, and communicate. Unique and exciting events will be hosted every week, from yoga classes, to hackathons, to live music. A core theme in our event programming is focused around the crypto community. Node members get free access or discounts to all events.https://www.nodeworldwide.com/Node membership comes with 24/7 access to premises. Members receive their own app-key and may treat the space as their own. The cardinal rule is to treat the space and members/guests with respect. Book our soundproof room for meetings and company off-sites. Other convenient perks in the building includes a fitness center, wine bar, coffee shop, and restaurant.

Ethiopian Professionals and Ethiophiles in the Silicon Valley Area, you're invited to participate in a networking event. You'll get to network with like-minded folks and collaborate in ventures that can help Ethiopia. You'll also learn about plans for the upcoming Global Habesha Hackathon.

Students ages 15 to 21 in the San Francisco Bay Area! You're invited to participate in the IAC Social Impact Students Hackathon. At this all-day idea hackathon, you'll be challenged to take a unique perspective on a global challenge and collaborate to develop an innovative solution. Come as a team or join one at the event and compete to develop the best solution.

Hackers in the San Francisco Bay Area! You're invited to participate in DoraHacks@US: Empower AI+Blockchain to build a better life. This hackathon event is sponsored by DoraHacks, one of China's most influential hackathon organizers. Come and network, collaborate and compete for cash prizes.

Women are a dreadfully underrepresented group in almost all divisions of tech. There is no doubt that the tech industry can tangibly benefit from an increase in gender diversity. Not only the tech giants but, today, on a global scale the entire Industry is recognising the importance of gender diversity and how it leads to better problem solving and overall business management. So, we are launching International Women Hackathon 2018 to celebrate and promote women developers across the globe.

Developers in the San Francisco Bay Area! Have you got at least 2 years coding experience -- in any language? And are you interested in learning about Blockchain technologies? Then you're invited to participate in the CRYPTO-HEROES Ethereum Hackathon. You'll get to learn all about smart contracts -- the Blockchain way -- and then get to tackle a real project which you'll present for a full assessment by a panel of experts. Showcase your skills and win invitations for job interviews.

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