List of hackathons in Salinas, United States in 2015

AngelsGlobal and China's most influential financial media and professional CBN TV are hosting "The First AngelsGlobal Silicon Valley Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summit". This summit will attract people from Sino-US economic and investment communities, to discuss about venture capital in depth from both international and domestic perspectives. The summit will bring knowledge of the world's top venture capital to Silicon Valley and China and through leading specialists in this field.

Java Game Design Hackathon will be building games with an open-source Java library. Students of all ages and skill levels are welcome to attend!

The Startup Monterey Bay Hackathon (formerly the Ideas of March Hackathon) is a three day Mobile App development competition that brings together teams of students to develop proto-type Apps for non-profits and small businesses in the Monterey Bay area.   Local software engineers will be available along with student mentors to help the teams during the weekend.  Participants will be provided with food all weekend to keep them fueled up for this intense hacking experience. Nonprofit organizations & small businesses that wish to pitch an idea for an APP should register at https://apppitchforstartuphackathonmb.eventbrite.com Space is very limited. Pre-Registration is required. Please register here to save your spot. Any Questions?     Email: innovation@csumb.edu Schedule: Friday, November 20 (snacks and coffee available) 4:00 pm - Registration - outside of Room 104 4:10 pm - Introduction, Application Pitches and selection - Room 104 5:30 pm - Tech Set Up: Intro to GitHub - Room 104 5:45 pm - Teams announced with application pitches - Room 104 6:00 pm - Dinner - provided in BIT building 6:30 pm - Hacking Time 10:00 pm - Work Day Ends Saturday, November 21 (snacks and coffee available all day) 8:00 am Team Work - in BIT Building (continental breakfast available) 12:00 pm - Lunch - provided in BIT building 1:00-5:00 pm - Professional mentors available 6:00 pm - Dinner - provided in BIT building 10:00 pm - Work day ends Sunday, November 22 (snacks and coffee available all day) 8:00 am Team Work - in BIT Building (continental breakfast available) 9:00 am Sign up for practice pitches 11:00am-1:00pm Pitch Practice 12:00 pm - Lunch - provided in BIT building 12;300 -2:00pm - Judges review prototypes - First Floor of BIT building 2:00 pm - Top Applications presented & winners announced - Room 104 2:30 pm -Team photos and closing remarks 3:00 pm - Reception - open to the public - outside of Room 104 4:00 pm - Clean up and go home - please help us by cleaning up your team's workspace in this new building! Thanks to our major sponsors:             Thank You to Our Newest Corperate Sponsor: Sticker Giant who will be promoting swag for our event! Check them out if you like to see more or order your own stickers! http://www.stickergiant.com/  

The Startup Monterey Bay Hackathon (formerly the Ideas of March Hackathon) is a three day Mobile App development competition at California State University Monterey Bay that brings together teams of students to develop proto-type Apps for non-profits and small businesses in the Monterey Bay area.    During the weekend teams of students will produce a real, working prototype application in return for meals and a chance for fame and fortune, should one create the next killer app.  We are looking for App ideas from local community organizations, small businesses, startups, and university departments.   If your organization, company or department is interested, please Register and describe your idea for an App. Provide a short description no later than Monday, November 16th that can be sent to the students ahead of time. Have someone from your organization give a 2-3 minute pitch to the students on Friday, November 20th, at 4pm.  This really helps in getting your App idea chosen. Have someone from your organization available by phone  to answer questions from the team about your App idea. Or stop by to visit the team.  Join us on Sunday, November 20th beginning at 1:00pm to see the Apps, see the winning Apps, and celebrate with the students on their hard work. The event kicks off on Friday, November 20, 2015 at 4:00 pm with ideas proposed by Monterey Bay community organizations and small businesses. Students will choose which Apps they are interested in working on and teams will be formed on those chosen by at least 4 students. Teams will have the rest of the weekend to build a working prototype application. The Apps will be evaluated by judges on Sunday, November 22, 2015  afternoon and the winners chosen.

The Cardinal Game Jam is our one and only game jam event. Think of it as a hackathon focused on game development. Come make games, learn how to make games, or play games!   Our goal is to bring together people with all kinds of backgrounds to contribute to game development and creativity. It is an opportunity to push boundaries and collaborate on a fast-paced challenge.  Anyone is welcome to attend. Just bring your computer, toothbrush, and enthusiasm! Saturday, November 1, 2014 10:00am - Check-in 12:00pm - Game jam begins 1:00pm - Lunch 7:00pm - Dinner 12:00am - Midnight snacks Sunday, November 2, 2014 8:00am - Breakfast 12:00pm - Lunch 2:00pm - Submissions due 2:30pm - Demos 4:00pm - Award ceremony Eligiblity  Registration is open to all. Teams should consist of between 1 and 6 participants.  Participation We encourage you to plan your game in advance. Before the game jam, you can: pre-install software on your laptop; setup infrastructure (hosting, DNS, SSL, empty github repo, etc.); design a logo and create a color scheme; create wireframes, mockups, and user flows; and write documentation for your proposed design Art/Audio Assets may be created in advance of the event. All code, outside of public libraries and development tools/platforms available to all participants attending the game jam, should be completed during The Cardinal Game Jam. Please don't start coding before noon on November 14.   On-site participants may stay for the entire time or leave and return as convenient.   Electricity, Internet, and space will be provided. Participants are responsible for bringing their own equipment, including at least one phone they can build and demonstrate on.

2015 Bay Area Code for the Kingdom HACKATHON   Transforming The Bay and Beyond Hackathon  Ideate. Build. Impact.  Create technology that matters. A hackathon movement to ignite the passion and purpose of technologists and entrepreneurs to innovate culture shaping technologies that would reclaim our times for the Gospel. Engage, envision, challenge, and release the culture makers for sustained impact.   10 great reasons you should be at the Hackathon:  Listen to the keynote by Roberto Ortiz, Director of Mobile Design at Yahoo, co-founder of ELEO Conference, and one of the top designers in the world. Work with The Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition (BAATC) to create technology that activates individuals, families, and groups of friends to take tangible action to fight human trafficking. Heed the challenge from TBC and Pat Gelsinger, CEO at VMware,  to invent technology to help churches, non-profits, and businesses in the Bay Area adopt schools and respond to the community needs. Join Francis Chan and CrazyLove in building technology to encourage personal intimacy with God. Create technology to match an individual’s skills and passions with the right serving opportunity in the community. Design games to impart to the mobile first generation of children the need and benefits of being generous of mind, time, love, and resources. Learn how to win a hackathon from Chris Chan, winner of the most Yahoo hackathons. Connect with mentors, like-minded individuals, and explore your new venture idea. Pitch your project at the hackathon and recruit team members to join you to help your vision come to life. Use your skills to affect our communities and global culture by creating technology that addresses significant issues confronting society, families, and spiritual life. Create technology that matters!!!   --- WHAT IS IT? It's back, it's bigger, it's beautiful.  For the thrid time in three years, Code for the Kingdom, the world's largest faith-inspired hackathon movement, is coming back to the Bay Area.  On the weekend of November 13-15, 2015, we are bringing together technologists, entrepreneurs, creative’s, businesspeople, ministry leaders, visionaries, and anyone passionate about faith and technology, to create technologies what would address significant issues confronting society, community, families, and spiritual lives. See this video of what happened in the 2014 Bay Area Hackaton.     Together our vision is to provide more opportunities for people like you to use your talent and be the change by addressing a number of challenges aimed at helping release the oppressed, teaching God’s Word, healing the sick, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and supporting the church and the body of Christ. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? We want to catalyze friendship, passion, purpose, and collaboration in technical and entrepreneurial communities. To challenge and release you to create and use 21st century technologies to serve God’s Kingdom. To create a scalable community across the world to accelerate and encourage Christian innovators.  A Bay Area judging panel will choose the awards for best projects SOME OF THE CHALLENGES FROM PREVIOUS CODE FOR THE KINGDOM HACKATHONS INCLUDE: HOW CAN TECHNOLOGY... • be leveraged to create, cultivate, and strengthen society's foundational relationships of marriage, family, friendships? • bring the word of God to the first generation of children who are growing up with mobile devices?  • help cut and/or combat the effects of fatherlessness in a child’s life, in turn strengthening families, reducing poverty and crime?  • foster a culture of generosity towards each other? • identify, promote, test, collaborate, augment, and fill the gaps of ministry programs around the city? • disrupt human trafficking?  Join us on Nov 13-15, 2015 - make new friends, get inspired and build something that matters.    Everyone is welcome regardless of faith or worldviews - come as you are and join-up with a team on the Friday night, or bring a team with you. The Friday will start with food and then individuals / teams will pitch their idea, and invite people to join with them to hack for the weekend.   What can you do? Sign up now - get an early-bird discount. Get some friends together - bring a team - or just come as you are. Think of a product you would like to build.  We can't wait to meet you.  Your Bay Area Organizing Team  For more information visit our full website. DRAFT TIMETABLE   Friday, November 13th 7:00 PM Doors Open  7:00 - 8:00 PM Dinner & Networking  8:00 - 8:25 PM Welcome & Review Format  8:25 - 8:35 PM API Presentations  8:35 - 8:50 PM Review - Official Challenges  8:50 - 9:20 PM Open Floor - pitch your own project  9:20 - 11:59 PM Team Formation/Create Away  Saturday, November 13 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Creating  8:30 AM Breakfast  9:00 AM Schedule and logistics announcements, team rebalancing  12:00 PM Lunch  4:30 p.m.   Optional progress briefing, more developing   6:00 PM Dinner  9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Meet with Mentors and Subject Matter Experts  Sunday, November 15 12:00 - 2:15 PM Creating  8:30 AM Breakfast  10:30 - 11:30 AM Option to join with Sunday Service  12:00 PM Lunch  1:00 PM Presentation Walk-thru & Judges Make Rounds  2:30 PM Submission deadline; Team Presentations Begin  4:30 PM Judges adjourn  4:50 PM Call-back  5:00 PM Awards Ceremony 5:30 PM Closing  

Learning is fun. Data is the new Clay. The killer-products of the new decade are data products. Rule based applications will transform to Smarter Applications. It is a pleasure to invite you to H2O World 2015, Nov 9-11th at the Computer History Museum. H2O World is our annual gathering of the community, creators, users and customers - A culmination of 250+ meetups in the past year. We'd love to have you in the audience.   This 3-day gathering with first day of a data hack-a-thons and training session where data scientists, developers, and to best utilize machine learning. Day 2 and 3 feature speakers from all walks of our community: users, makers, developers, customers and investors talking about their experiences, as well as panels  discussing practical data science for competitions. Insurance, Telcos, Marketing, Healthcare special panels and speakers will bring Day 2 culminates with book signing, DJs and after party.

We are so excited you have chosen to participate in the QuickBooks Connect Hackathon. The hackathon will bring together talented developers, designers, and entrepreneurs to compete over 36 hours by designing innovative applications to solve small business problems by leveraging the QuickBooks platform.   This Hackathon is a pre-conference event exclusively for people who have registered to attend the QuickBooks Connect Conference. Haven't signed up yet? Go to the QuickBooks Connect Conference page to register and be sure to select the optional Hackathon activity http://quickbooksconnect.com/.   Track 1: Existing Apps: If you have an existing SaaS small business app, build an innovative integration with the QuickBooks platform to make your app even more powerful and useful than before. Track 2: New Apps: Create a solution to a real problem faced by small businesses while leveraging the QuickBooks platform. This brand new app will integrate with QuickBooks Online and address a real world customer pain point. Track 3: Solutions for Non-Profits: For existing or new apps, create a solution to a real problem faced by non-profits by leveraging the QuickBooks platform. Add QuickBooks platform functionality to your existing SaaS app, or build a brand new app that leverages the QuickBooks platform. Either way, your solution addresses a real pain point for non-profits.   Grand Prize: A Grand Prize will be awarded to the best overall winner. The Grand Prize winner cannot also be a track winner. •  Track 1: Total potential value of $20k $5,000 cash (to be shared evenly among 1-5 team members). Also, if the winning app is published on the QuickBooks App Store, Apps.com, by May 2, 2016: $15k in marketing spend with an Intuit-approved agency.   •  Track 2: Total potential value of $20k $5,000 cash ( to be shared evenly among 1-5 team members). Also, if the winning app is published on the QuickBooks App Store, Apps.com, by May 2, 2016: $15k in marketing spend with an Intuit-approved agency.   •  Track 3: Total potential value of $20k $5,000 cash (to be shared evenly among 1-5 team members). Also $5000 cash to be donated to a charity (dev chooses from Intuit-approved list). Also, if the winning app is published on the QuickBooks App Store, Apps.com, by May 2, 2016: $15k in marketing spend with an Intuit-approved agency. •  Grand Prize: Total potential value of $40k $10,000 cash (to be shared evenly among 1-5 team members). Also, if winning app is published on the QuickBooks App Store, Apps.com, by May 2, 2016: $30k in marketing spend with an Intuit-approved agency.   Here’s the detailed schedule (subject to serendipity): Sunday, November 1: 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM - Arrivals, registration, breakfast 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM - Welcome and Small Business, Non-Profit Panels 11:30 AM - Coding begins 12:00 PM - Lunch 01:30 PM - 5:30 PM - Breakout Sessions 06:00 PM - Dinner TBD time - “Accountant Encounters” – get direct feedback on your app ideas 7:00 PM - “How to Pitch Your App” session **Through the night Snacks and raffles Although staying overnight isn’t required, we highly recommend it. Monday, November 2: 08:00 AM - Breakfast 09:00 AM – Iterating with Feedback from your Customers **Perfect Pitch coaching throughout the day 12:00 PM - Lunch 12:00 PM - “Accountant Encounters” – get direct feedback on your app ideas 03:00 PM - Hacking ends! 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM - Preliminary Judging 6-8pm #Unicornlibations Reception (quench your thirst and appetite before /during the finalist pitches) Tuesday, November 3: Winners announced   •  Quality and Design 33.3% (0-10 points) How elegant is the design? How well is the QuickBooks platform leveraged? How deep is the integration?   •  Impact 33.3% (0-10 points) How effective is the app at addressing the specific customer pain point? Can the team demonstrate proof points with real customer feedback?   •  Innovation 16.7% (0-5 points) How innovative is the solution? Are there similar solutions in the market? How is this different?   •  Simplicity 16.7% (0-5 points) Ease of use of app, and ease of understanding of app purpose. Is the application straightforward to use and is the UX/UI easy to use and appealing? Can the team explain it clearly?   Kaydee Peterson Ben Kepes Satya Patel Owner, Peterson Business Services Industry commentator, investor, adviser, board member Co-Founding Partner of Homebrew The official rules are here: All participants must sign their agreement to these rules upon arrival at the hackathon in order to participate. Fresh Code Rule: All code developed as part of the QuickBooks Connect Hackathon must be FRESH–that’s how we keep these things fair. Before the start of the QuickBooks Connect Hackathon, developers can create wireframes, designs and user flows. They can also come with hardware. But to keep things fair, all code must be written onsite at the QuickBooks Connect Hackathon. Other than that, almost anything goes and you can use any coding languages or open-source libraries you’d like. IP Ownership: Participants will own the rights to their work.  Code Review: Winning teams may be subject to a code-review usually following the event or immediately after demos. Team Size: Teams of up to 5 humans are allowed. You can also add 1 cyborg, Furby, drone, or Sphero. Teams may be created at the event, or prior to the event on hackathon.io.  Submissions: Projects must be submitted to Hackathon.io, which projects should be submitted on.  DEMO your hack: You must demo your hack in order to present. Don’t be scared if you didn’t finish… it’s okay long as you tried your best. You will have a maximum of 3 minutes to demo, 2 minutes for judges’ Q&A.   Code of contact : https://developer.intuit.com/docs/qbc2015_code_of_conduct NO ADD’L PUR. OR PYMNT NEC. TO ENTER OR WIN. Enter in person by 11:00am PST on 11/2/15. Must be 18+, paid attendee, and present at QuickBooks Connect 2015 Hackathon in San Jose, CA during 11/1-11/2 to participate. For complete details and prize descriptions see Official Rules. Void where prohibited. Sponsor: Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA.

Join the VetsinTech Hackathon @Facebook - one of our most popular annual events!! In this full-day event the VetsinTech and Facebook community will come together to support our returning veterans. Teams of approximately 5-10 people will be formed with a variety of skills -the vets can have the idea, help with business plan, marketing or just sit in to audit/participate for educational purposes – coding skills are NOT required. Chosen mentors from the tech community will come together (and to code) and recognize to the unique perspective our returning veterans have to offer.   What is it: The VetsinTech hackathon @ Facebook is a full day business and app development competition. The event’s goal is to invite returning veterans to be part of a team focused on building successful startups around the next generation social, mobile, gaming, ecommerce, health or other applications and to foster a community of (veteran) entrepreneurship. Our veterans can add a unique perspective to many of these types of applications. Registered idea generators are given 1 minute to pitch an app concept to a tech audience on day one. Attending veterans, engineers, designers, marketing and business people as well as our team of glorious mentors pre-select the best ideas that will be developed into applications during the day. Teams are formed around the most promising projects and the competition begins.   What to expect: Expect to find the complimentary skills that help you to connect in the tech community. Be open, share your ideas and don’t hold back – “Ideas without actions are usually called dreams” Expect to meet super talented and inspiring people, to work under time pressure, and to dedicate the whole day! Expect to gain valuable feedback and insight not only from your teammates but also from other participants and the all-star panel of Judges. AGENDA: — 9:00-9:15: Welcome – Facebook + Vets inTech — 9:30-10:00  Breakfast – VIP Speaker - Mike Vernal, VP Facebook  — 10:00-10:30 : Entrepreneurs pitch their business plans and ideas to the group — 10:30-10:45 Break — 11:00-11:30: Team formation — 11:30 – 12:00: Teams begin product and business plan work — 12:00-12:15: Grab lunch! — 12:15 – 1:00pm Keynote Speaker - Ramona Pierson - CEO, DeClara — 1:00 – 2pm - Facebook for Small Business presentation — 2:00-3:00pm: Product and business plan team work — 3:00-6:00pm: FB advisors/mentors and team work — 5:00-6:00pm: Dinner + Speaker - John Gossart, Co-Founder and COO GoodWorld, Inc and founding member of RideScout — 6:00-7:00pm Business presentations to panel of judges - Zack Hargreaves, Founders Fund - Craig Hanson, Next World Capital — 7:15-7:30pm Break (judging) — 7:30-8:30pm Awards!! and Networking      

Are you a DIY, Hacker, Maker, or Space Enthusiast? Are you interested in coming up with creative solutions to space-related problems, including how to fund your own space–related project or business idea?  Then don’t miss Hack the Moon!   During this two and a half day hackathon, you’ll have the opportunity to work on specific space-related challenges (or one of your choosing), meet some of the best and brightest hackers, makers, students and entrepreneurs, and hone your problem solving and collaborative skills. Site locations include San Jose and Sacramento (Folsom), CA. (or you can participate remotely)   Friday, October 9           7-9 PM Pacific (Opening Session) Saturday, October 10     9-5 and 7-10 Pacific (Hackathon) Sunday, October 11        9-12 and 1-5 (Hackathon, Presentations, Awards) So if you’re a hacker or maker and interested in space, starting a NewSpace company and in need of funding, or simply a space enthusiast and in love with space, get your hack on at Hack the Moon, October 9-11, 2015. It's Your Moon... What Are You Waiting For! 3 Themes - 5 Competitions #1 - A Killer Asteroid An asteroid will destroy all life on Earth in 5 years. How can we redirect the asteroid? Can we build a Lunar lifeboat colony for 10,000 people? #2 - The Yukon Trail To Mars Global space agencies will fly a mission every two years. A million people have $100,000 deposits on Mars homesteads. Layout a 30 year plan for settlement on Mars. Where do we start, what do we do now? #3 - Life In The Ethane Lakes Of Titan We have discovered a new form of life in the cryogenic ethane lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan. Exploring lakes at 90 degrees above absolute zero. How do we build Lunar cryogenic analog labs? 5 Competitions: Writing, Visual Arts, Hardware, Software, Games and Filk Fest (Music)   Real Planetary Data Learn how to find and use the many large, free data sets of real scientific planetary data available to you through the NASA Planetary Data System and other sources. • Planetary Data System • Lunar Moon and Modeling Portal • Google Moon Real Solutions Learn how to use the latest cutting edge tools and techniques in the cloud and on your laptop to access planetary data for fun and profit. We will have training for platforms like: • Google Cloud, Amazon AWS, IBM Bluemix • HP Haven OnDemand, Clusterpoint, Autodesk 3D Real Opportunities Learn how to use the latest in crowd funding and crowd sourcing platforms to fund your project and grow your team. • Crowd Funding - Kickstarter, Krowdster and more • Crowd Sourcing - heroX, topcoder, AngelHack Also, robots, hardware, art and more. Bring your own project!   Looking to fund your own space-related project?  We will also have mentors and coaches on hand to assist you in developing your crowd-funding, Kickstarter program and/or writing your business plan to raise equity funding.  *   *   *   *   * This event is part of the 5th International Workshop on LunarCubes held in San Jose, CA from October 6-9, 2015. To learn more about our LunarCubes workshop, where "The Experts in Lunar Science and Exploration Meet" please visit www.lunar-cubes.com   Free public events during LunarCubes include: New Launch Meets New Space panel discussion (San Jose) Cislunar Navigation Prize announcement (San Jose) The Lunar Renaissance – Challenges, Hackathons & Artwork! (San Jose) Hack the Moon (San Jose and Folsom/Sacramento) Register for each public event separately at Eventbrite: New Launch Meets New Space Cislunar Navigation Prize The Lunar Renaissance - Challenges, Hackathons and Artwork! Hack the Moon - San Jose Hack the Moon - Folsom/Sacramento