List of hackathons in Research Triangle Park, United States in 2018

The RTP Hacks 2018: Southeast Raleigh hackathon will be held on Saturday, October 27. If you are a student between the ages of 13-17 who attends a Triangle school, you are invited to attend the RTP Hacks 2018: Southeast Raleigh hackathon. It’s a hands-on interactive opportunity that will expose you to what a career in technology could be like. It will show you how to take the interests and ideas you already have and use them to be a force for good that can change your life and your community. Pre-registration is required. You will be required to attend both the Hackathon Prep Day and the Hackathon event: Hackathon Prep Day Date: Thursday, October 18 from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Location: Raleigh Career Pathways Center, 900 South Wilmington Street, Raleigh, NC Participants will form teams of two to four people Day of Hackathon Date: Saturday, October 27 from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Location: Google Fiber, 518 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC Dinner will be provided Teams will pitch their ideas to judges, who will then vote and choose the winning team A grand prize of $1,000 will be awarded and split amongst team members NOTE: All registration must be done through this link: https://mia484.typeform.com/to/E2Lj7H You will NOT be officially registered for the workshop if you (only) complete registration through Eventbrite. Please ensure that you are registered through the TypeForm website to guarantee your spot at the event.  Please see https://www.thelabormarket.org/rtphacks2018/ for more information.

This hackathon challenges developers, designers, and idea generators to create immersive projects using the tools in the blockchain ecosystem. We want to develop the new ideas to help foster the adoption of this bleeding-edge technology for a chance to win prizes and build out products in the space.  Join Our Discord to start talking to the team!   Registration and Team Formation   9am | Time to make friends and teams! We want to take this time to assemble 5-6 person teams to collaborate and co-invent! Workshops Let's Get on the Same Page -  9:30am   Steem Onboarding  - 10am Group Collaboration on Github.     11am | Learn how stand on the shoulders of giants! This workshop will speed up development time for any projects. Learn to collaborate with others with version control through Git. Team Registration ENDS 12PM  | Registration of all team members via Github are due in order to be eligible to be judged by our panel of experts and staffers.  Lunch Break Truffle Suite -1pm | Explore the creation of dapps from beginning to end. Quickly adapt to new stacks in Ethereum Blockchain development. Test development environments setup for Node.js, Python, and Solidity. Full Stack dApp - 2pm Explore all the moving parts of a fully functioning full stack dApp. We will do a deep dive into Node.js, React, IPFS, Truffle, and uPort. When we are trying to learn a new technology - it is good to see how all the pieces of the puzzle come together!  Team Checkup - 6pm | Is your team derailing or unsure? Lets use this time to recap what your team is doing. Keep the most important thing most important! We can really start seeing how your thoughts are crystallizing. Exhibition - Show each other what you have been working on. Our mission here at Coinvention is to create a place where innovation is paramount.  END - 12am - Phew! We can all relax and announce the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners!

Join us for the third annual Congressional App Challenge Hackathon hosted by Congressman David Price (NC-04) and Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01). Students that attend the Hackathon will have the opportunity to meet with mentors, complete an exercise in design thinking, and receive tips from public relations professionals on mastering a "pitch".  Students will have the opportunity to work in teams to start, develop, or complete an app for the challenge.  Please bring a laptop for the Hackathon. If you would like to participate, but do not have access to a laptop, please email Janssen White in Rep. Price's office at Janssen.White@mail.house.gov. Lunch and snacks will be provided!  App Challenge submissions will be judged by a panel of local science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) leaders from industry and academia, and finalists will have the opportunity to pitch their app to a panel of judges at an event in November. All App Challenge participants, parents, teachers, and administrators will be invited to join me at this event, the details of which will be provided to participants upon submission of their app. The winners will also have their work displayed in the Capitol building and will be invited to a reception in Washington, D.C.! Congressional App Challenge Background The Congressional App Challenge is designed to promote STEM education by recognizing and incentivizing young talent to create a concept or source code for an online or mobile application (“app”). Eligibility Open to Middle School and High School age students that attend school or live in the Fourth Congressional District or First Congressional District. Students are only eligible to compete once they have signed up for the Challenge at CongressionalAppChallenge.us. Students may only compete in one district. Students may compete as individuals or in teams of up to four.  If competing as a team: at least two of the teammates must be eligible to compete within the district in which they are submitting. There is no technical age minimum, but the App Challenge is intended for high school students.  Recent High School graduates are not eligible to compete. Submission Requirements Students must submit their apps by noon on October 15, 2018.  The app students create may cover any topic, but they must be original and appropriate. List of Submission Requirements: 1. Sign-up Form. Students must fill out a sign-up form so their eligibility can be verified on congressionalappchallenge.us.  If students are competing as part of a team, the sign-up form must include the relevant information from each student 2. App Information. Students will be asked to answer a series of questions including: title of the app, the coding language used, what they were trying to accomplish and why, an explanation of a difficulty they faced in programming and how it was overcome, and what improvements the students would make 3. Demonstration Video. Students must create a 1 to no more than 3 minute video, post it on YouTube or Vimeo, and submit the link on the Congressional App Challenge submission form. The video must be set up to public view. Videos that are longer than 3 minutes will be penalized per the judges’ discretion.  Past winners can be found here, as well as their videos for inspiration. 4. Exit Questionnaire. The questionnaire will be emailed to students after final submission. Judging  A local panel of judges will decide the winner of the App Challenge, and a reception will be held for all participants on Wednesday, November 7 at NC State's Friday Institute. More information will be provided to students that submit an app.  Questions? Contact Janssen White in Congressman Price’s office at Janssen.White@mail.house.gov or 202-225-1784.

Join us for Inspiring Capital's Social Impact Hackathon, which brings together business professionals and not-for-profit leaders, facilitating a design-thinking exercise to ideate and generate solutions to pressing challenges local not-for-profits are facing. After the hackathon, join us for happy hour where we can continue our conversations from the event! 

On Saturday, April 7th, the American Bar Association's Coalition on Racial & Ethnic Justice and NCCU School of Law will host a free, full-day ABA JusticeHack. All meals, including breakfast , lunch snacks and evening lite bites are included. This hackathon will bring together teams of community, legal, law enforcement, criminal justice and technology stakeholders in a collaborative, engaging environment to develop technology-based solutions to address tension points between law enforcement and communities of color. Seeking innovators, coders, and technologically savvy individuals.  For more information and the complete schedule, click here: https://www.abajusticehack.org/upcomingevents/nc2018To register, click here: https://www.abajusticehack.org/register/ 4/7 from 8am-6pm @NCCU Law, 640 Nelson Street Durham, NC 27707

Join us to learn about what hackathons are useful for, and then watch individuals compete in a campus Hackathon.  *This Lunch and Learn may be held on campus – watch for updates.

The mission of the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is to promote global financial access, literacy, and inclusion. SDF accomplishes this by expanding worldwide access to low-cost financial services through the development and maintenance of technology and partnerships. This event is a meetup for those interested in cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, financial technology, or the Stellar Development Foundation to gather and network. Additionally, we will be having a guest appearance from  the director of partnerships at Stellar, Lisa Nestor. This session is primarily aimed towards students. Lisa will touch on how students can get involved through build challenges, hackathon's etc. Prior knowledge of cryptocurrency not required.  3:30 - 3:50 : Refreshments 3:50 - 4:30: Presentation from Lisa Nestor 4:30 - 4:50:  Q&A + Networking  Everyone who attends will recieve free Lumens, Stellar's native currency.  (Facebook account required)  ***ALL SALES FINAL****   ****PLEASE PRINT TICKET OR PRESENT YOUR TICKET BY PHONE AND BRING VALID ID**** This session is intended for students and will be held in the Devolve room at HQ Raleigh, for everyone else please click here

Gaming enthusiasts in the Research Park Triangle Area! Come and participate in the Fuquay Varina, NC location of Global Game Jam — the world's largest game jam event, where you can collaborate with like-minded individuals to create awesome new games! You're invited to explore new technology tools and testing your skills by designing, creating and testing your own new game — all in less than 48 hours.

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. Youth Innovation Summit Theme: "Possibilities" The Triangle Uplift Foundation is proud to partner with the Triangle Martin Luther King, Jr.Committee to sponsor a Youth Innovation Summit for young people in the Triangle area. The goal is toreach minority, female, and other underrepresented students by providing an opportunity to increasestudents’ confidence and identity, and to inspire them to pursue study in STEAM-related fields of study.The Summit will provide a rich, collaborative environment exposing them to innovative ideas andprogramming that will ignite their interests and help them see pathways to a successful future in thesecareers. The event will target middle and high schools students in the Triangle area. Structure: The Youth Innovation Summit will be an event where participants will engage in a variety ofactivities including: guest speakers, hands on workshops, and participatory activities. Examples wouldinclude: drone and aerial photography, robotics, programming and gaming, forensic chemistry, digitalstorytelling, and beats making hackathon. There will also be innovation immersion sessions for parents toprovide them with the tools to help inspire, support, and develop their students’ interest in STEAMlearning.Date: Saturday, January 13th, 2018 – 8am—2pmLocation: Cary Academy, Cary, NCItinerary:8:00-9:00 Registration/Continental breakfast9:00-9:45 Joint Opening SessionMotivational speaker – hype and energyLayout logistics of the day10:00-12:15 Breakout workshops – (students will preregister for their desired sessions in advance)10:00-11:00 Session 111:00-11:15 Break/move to next session11:15-12:15 Session 212:30-1:30 Lunch w/ keynoteInclude DJAwards and recognition – individuals and team1:45-2:00 Wrap up/AdjournmentRecruitment: Schools (public and private) as well as churches, local organizations, and youth programs.Space is limited. Must pre-register by December 31, 2017. No registration fee.Launch Events:November 6th 6:30pm -- Communities in Schools Wake, 971 Harp Street, Raleigh, NCNovember 13th 6:30pm -- The Holton Career and Resource Center, 401 N. Driver Street, Durham, NC A light breakfast and full lunch with vegetarian options will be provided to students free of charge. Email nctufoundation@gmail.com if you have any questions.