List of hackathons in Rohnert Park, United States in 2017

Startups need creative business models to attract investors and industry partners and for ultimate profitability. And business models must often evolve as companies develop. In conceiving business models, entrepreneurs can think as designers: use visual tools, consider scenarios, generate options, and test prototypes. Carley Jacobson and Maaike Doyer of Business Models Inc. are experts in applying design thinking to help companies succeed. Join us Tuesday, October 10 to learn how they operate. About the Speakers Carley Jacobson is a Strategy Designer at Business Models Inc. Through Business Models Inc she supports organizations with strategy, business model generation and validation, and value proposition design. For 6 years prior, Carley helped grow Autodesk's maker community Instructables.com. With over 115 do-it-yourself tutorials, Carley has gained over 13 million page-views and recognition from major publications such as The Huffington Post, GQ Magazine, Popular Mechanics, and more. She uses her experience in online community building, hackathons, content creation, and customer development to build new innovative strategies. Carley holds a degree in Computer Science and Visual Art from Union College and an MBA in Design Strategy from California College of the Arts. Maaike Doyer supports (inter)national organizations with the development and improvement of business models and the embedment of business models throughout the organization. Maaike’s specialization is strategy and business modeling, supporting organizations in realizing their vision and achieving sustainable business. She has a proven record in strategy and implementation of mergers and acquisitions. She has extensive experience in the Automotive and Financial Services Industry. Maaike is an expert in business design, design thinking and strategic visioning. She runs global projects, with a focus on the Americas. Maaike is very pragmatic and has a startup mindset. Maaike is the Global CFO of Business Models Inc and a professor at the California College of the Arts where she teaches design thinking in practice.

Fintech hackers, developers, designers, and entrepreneurs in the San Francisco Bay Area! AngelHack invites you to participate in Hack Your Tomorrow. You'll be faced with the U.S. Bank & AARP Challenge to design and prototype easy, accessible solutions that help people budget for caregiving, work independently, and protect their loved ones from financial exploitation.

Italian developers and tech experts -- students and professionals -- in and around the San Francisco, California! Are you interested in the use of technology to improve public administration? Then you're invited to participate in Hack.Developers SAN FRANCISCO-CALIFORNIA. Join in with your peers all over Italy in this 48-hour event organized by the Digital Transformation Team - Codemotion. You'll get the opportunity to work as part of a team and come up with an innovative solution for a public administration project using open source technology!

Join us for a mid-day lunch break as we discuss Artificial Intelligence and the basics of Machine Learning with Val Ward. Converse with like-minded individuals while enjoying the ambience of the only incubator in the city exclusive to the VR/AR industry. Lunch and good conversation provided.  Val Ward is a longtime A.I. aficionado currently working in Machine Learning / Computer Vision for Advertising technology.  He has won many awards, patents, and hackathons.  For fun, ask him about mathematics or cats!

Women professionals in San Francisco and the Bay Area! Are you planning to attend the Global Career Summit -- a career fair and TED-style conference? If so, don't miss the opportunity to participate in the All-Women's Hackathon that will run in conjunction with the Summit. You'll get to collaborate with like-minded women to create solutions to common career challenges, such as how to engage more girls in STEM, how to end the gender gap in tech, startup and/or venture capital, how to empower women to break the workplace glass ceiling, and more.

Developers, designers, entrepreneurs in San Francisco and the Bay Area! Are you passionate about retail and fashion? The San Francisco Fashion and Merchants Alliance invites you to sign up to participate in SFFW2017 - Fashion Hackathon: Retail & Fashion App Solutions. At this 2-day event, you'll be challenged to come up with an innovative retail and in-store WiFi solution to your selected challenge of one of Customer Engagement, In-store Operations, or Business Intelligence.

Developers, designers, and business professionals in San Francisco and the Bay Area! If you are interested in health and wellness, NewPathVR invites you to participate in their VR Health and Wellness Hackathon. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you'll be challenged to conceive an innovative health and wellness startup project and pitch your project to a panel of expert judges.

All-Women Hackathon San Francisco A one day hackathon for women from experienced coders to total newbies. Watch this video of our March 2017 All-Women Hackathon, which was a huge success. Come with an idea or join a team on-site and spend the day building a great project with enthusiastic, fun people.  Registration | We have limited slots available, so please sign-up here. Your registration fee covers lunch and dinner and admission to the Career Fair Teams | Teams of 5 - 6 women will be formed Saturday morning.  Judges | Our judging panel is made up of industry influencers, educators, hackathon pros and civic leaders. Bring |Your laptop, skills & ideas. Come with a collaborative, team-focused mindset and/or team-up in advance on the Hackathon FB page and/or slack channel/ Food, fun and prizes.  This hackathon will be held during our Global Career Summit and will be focused on career challenges and solutions. All participants are welcome to attend the career fair. Hackathon Challenges Engage more Girls in STEM End the Gender Gap in Tech, Startup and/or Venture Capital Empower women to break the glass ceiling in workplace Enable companies to hire and retain diverse candidates Make the job search process applicant friendly for new immigrants and refugees Improve a potential candidate’s job search experience to find the right role Help women find and connect with mentors, recruiters and investors Solution to any other jobsearch, startup or career related challenge  We have four Winning Categories  1.Originality: How unique is your idea 2. Technical: Best use of code to create your product 3. Design: Best looking product 4. Business Model: Is there a viable business model attached to the idea Judges Marily Nika, Engineering Program Manager at Google and TEDx Speaker Rania Hoteit, CEO & Co-Founder at ID4A Technologies Ivy Nguyen, Investor at Zetta Venture Partners Alison MacKay, Infrastructure Data Center Recruiting at Facebook Liza Moiseeva, Co-founder at Globein If you have coding/hackathon experience and are interested in volunteering as a mentor, please register here For sponsorship or demo table inquiries, please e-mail us at info@theexpatwoman.com Agenda 9:00am: registration, team & idea forming, and kickoff 10:00am - 1pm work on project 1:00pm - lunch and continue working on project 6:30pm - 7:30pm dinner and final project submission deadline 7:30 - 10:30pm - introductions, hackathon presentations and awards  Hackathon Sponsors Datometry Sunrun Food and Drink Noosa Yoghurt Califa Farms Kind Bars Hint Water Clif Bars Terms of Participation Agreement You agree that you are responsible for any accidents or damages that you cause. You also agree to not hold The Expat Woman, or any of the event supporters liable for any loss, damage, injury, or any other unforeseeable incident. By Participating at the event, you grant The Expat Woman permission to capture photo/video of the event. By registering for this event, you also consent to receive email communication from The Expat Woman and its programs about events and updates that may interest you. Tickets to this event are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend, you have the option of giving it to a friend or team member to attend in your place.

Developers, designers, and facial recognition enthusiasts! Wherever you are in the world, TrueFace.ai invites you to participate in the TrueFace.ai Virtual Hackathon. You'll be challenged to use Trueface.ai's state of the art technology to design and build an innovative app that uses facial recognition - for anything you choose. Compete for recognition by TrueFace.ai and for prizes.

Calling everyone to create, learn and explore new and yet to be known artificial intelligence, big data, IoT and AR/VR applications at HackerCircle. Come to the HackerCircle hackathon where technology is pushed beyond known boundaries and disciplines, where the mixing of unconventional thinking creates new disruptive technology! Bring your passion to HackerCircle and build it :