List of hackathons in San Francisco Bay Area, United States in 2015

Calling all socially conscious analysts, statisticians, data scientists, coders, hackers, designers, and eager-to-learn do-gooders! A DataDive is a weekend-long, marathon-style events where teams of volunteers rally together to help social change organizations do initial data analysis, exploration, and prototyping. Tickets are open to volunteers of all skill levels. We’re excited to be partnering with 3 amazing organizations: Community Technology Alliance (CTA), San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center (SFCAPC), and Skoll Global Threats. Schedule Friday, November 13th 7:00 PM: Doors open, sign-in 7:30 PM: Opening Remarks 9:00 PM: Reception ends On Friday we all get together to hear a bit from the organizations we'll be working with throughout the weekend. Community Technology Alliance (CTA) - http://www.ctagroup.org/ San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center - http://sfcapc.org/ Skoll Global Threats, Pandemics - http://www.skollglobalthreats.org/global-threats/pandemics/ It's also a great chance to meet the other volunteers you'll be working and you'll have a chance to talk with many people from our partner causes. Plus, there will be snacks and drinks. Not a bad way to spend your Friday night! Saturday, November 14th 8:30 AM: Doors open, sign-in and breakfast 9:00 AM: Brief review from Data Ambassadors, then data diving! 12:30 PM: Lunch 1:15 PM: Open Roundtables 6:00 PM: Dinner 11:00 PM: Everybody goes home for the night Saturday we'll get to the data!  Participants will choose which problems they'd like to work on and form teams around their individual questions.  Each team will have a Data Ambassador assigned to them who will help advise on and manage the projects throughout the day.  We'll have meals and keep the space open until 11PM for any late-night divers. Sunday, November 15th 8:30 AM:  Doors open, breakfast 12:00 PM: Presentations from teams to social organizations 2:00 PM: Another successful DataDive in the books! This is your chance to show the world what you have done with data!  There is no expectation of slides or other presentation materials, simply use whatever method of conveying your work to the organizations you feel is best.  This is also the chance for our partner NGOs to better understand what your team did. These presentations can be single or group work, but they can be no longer than 10 minutes each.  We want to give everyone a chance to speak, and get people out at a reasonable time. FAQs Unlike a hackathon, the goal is not (necessarily) to create an app.  Instead it is to work with teams of experts to understand a truly difficult problem through data.  You could end up with a visualization, an analysis, some graphs, or even just some new datasets by the end of the event, and all of those are fantastic results! We do not assign you to a problem.  We want you to work with the problem and data you feel most passionate about, so come Friday with an open mind and be ready to learn. You do not have to stay the entire weekend to participate in the event.  We hope that you will find a project you can dig into, but you are always welcome to come and go as you please. You do not have to work on the same project for the whole weekend.  Again, we hope that you will find a project to work on to completion, but if at any point you feel like you want to change simply let the ambassador from those teams know. We do not provide any hardware or software for you to use.  We'll have the data and some services set up (wiki, DropBox, Github), but otherwise you should bring your own laptop and come ready to use whatever data tools you like. Can't wait to see you all there!

Techie developers, UI/UX designers, civil engineers, built environment professionals in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction (AEC) field in the Bay Area! You are invited to participate in AEC Hackathon 2.8 – Silicon Valley! At this weekend-long event, you will be challenged to create cutting-edge approaches to the design, construction, and maintenance of the built environment. Answers to commonly-asked hackathon questions can be found on the tips page!

The hackathon is coming! #knocode2015 Knodemy hosts kode Hackathon on Veterans DAY -  in order to empower young students, guide them to become innovators and lead the way to the future through exposure to computer science and technology. Beginners programming in HTML. CSS and JAVASCRIPT Required Mandatory Workshops - If student doesn't have prior programming experience. Workshop I Saturday - Nov 7th 10am-11:30am - Register @ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kode-hackathon-mandatory-workshops-i-tickets-18379501584 Workshop II Saturday - Nov 7th 1pm-2:30pm - Register @ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kode-hackathon-mandatory-workshops-ii-tickets-18379539698 The Hackathon will provide an opportunity to students who are eager to learn computer science, to collaborate, innovate and bring their ideas to life. The Hackathon is structured to teach students to become builders and creators, and not just consumers of technology. What will you learn? Introduction to programming, basics in programming languages such as: HTML5 CSS JavaScript Concept of an idea to a product launch Skills: Time management Leadership skills Collaboration/team work Presentation/Pitching Skills Brainstorming Problem Solving  Check out Annual hackathon video - August 16, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOOTZupY_fM   FAQS What to expect? Students will be divided into teams where they will get a chance to collaborate to brainstorm ideas, create a project, and market the product. At the end of the Hackathoneach team will present their project judges and knodemy instructors. There will be prizes and certificate distributed at the end of presentations. Is there an age limit to enter the event? Ages 10 - 15 . Some programming experience required  What should I bring? BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop) & Headsets REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE Where can I contact the organizer with any questions? Please send your questions to hack@knodemy.com  * Free Lunch provided for every participant

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.

The Internet Archive is hosting an Aaron Swartz Day Celebration on what would have been Aaron’s 29th birthday: November 7, 2015, from 6-10:00 pm. (Reception 6pm - Event upstairs begins at 7:30 pm.) The purpose of this event is to celebrate and remember Aaron, and also celebrate living hackers and whistleblowers that work hard to make the world a better place. Movies: 7:30-8:00pm – Including scenes from “From DeadDrop to SecureDrop," a history of the open source whistleblowing submission platform, SecureDrop, that Aaron prototyped with Kevin Poulsen in 2013. SecureDrop now lives on, at the Freedom of the Press Foundation: https://securedrop.org/ Speakers 8:00-10:00pm: Giovanni Damiola  (Open Library Project) Garrett Robinson (SecureDrop) Alison Macrina (Library Freedom Project) Brewster Kahle (Digital Librarian, Internet Archive)                                                                                     Cindy Cohn (Executive Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation)           Roger Dingledine (Interim Executive Director, Tor Project) Micah Lee (Co-founder, Freedom of the Press Foundation and Technologist at “The Intercept”) Jacob Appelbaum (Security Expert seen in Citizen Four, Wikileaks volunteer) (Appearing remotely) John Perry Barlow (EFF and Freedom of the Press Foundation co-founder) and Special Guests. A Special Statement from Chelsea Manning in celebration of this year's Aaron Swartz Day and International Hackathon The event will take place following this year’s San Francisco-based Aaron Swartz International Hackathon, which is going on Saturday and Sunday from 11am-6pm at the Internet Archive: http://tinyurl.com/privacy-hackathon Confirmed 2015 cities include:  Berlin, Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Mexico City, San Francisco and Sau Paulo.

Intro to Coding - Workshop Languages: HTML5, CSS & Javascript Ages 10 - 15th | 1.5 hours | Intermediat - Advanced No prior programming experience needed BYOD:  Bring your own device - Laptop/iPad   Preparation for kode Hacakthon - Programming languages taught relevent to hacakthon.

Intro to Coding - Workshop Languages: HTML5, CSS & Javascript Ages 10 - 15th | 1.5 hours | Beginners No prior programming experience needed BYOD:  Bring your own device - Laptop/iPad   Preparation for kode Hacakthon - Programming languages taught relevent to hacakthon.

Whether you're a current student, alumnus, coding expert, or a coding newbie, we encourage you to attend, join a team on-site, and work on a great project with enthusiastic, fun people. This event is open to the whole SF tech community. Seriously, you don't have to be an expert to join this hackathon. Food, fun and prizes will be had by all. Teams and project ideas will be formed at the start of the first day. Bring your ideas and computers with you.  Teams will be formed Saturday morning , based on skill level and interest. If you would like to come with a pre-formed team, please reserve 2 spots for additional members to be assigned at the kickoff. The theme is open! Bring your own project idea or join a team on-site. Please RSVP ASAP here on Eventbrite, so we know how much food to buy. We have limited slots available.  Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided. 

    Join Emirates Airline as they host a 24-hour Travel Hackathon to bring together talented developers and designers from Silicon Valley to build web and mobile applications that focus on improving the experience of travel. WHO should come?  Developers, Designers, Idea Generators, Marketing Ninjas from the SF Bay Area / Silicon Valley.  WHAT’s it about? (Theme)  Topic: ‘flight search’ What's the Objective? Enable different personas to search for flights online or on mobile devices in new and creative ways’ (each team should select a specific persona and re-invent search according to their specific needs) using web and mobile API’s. They can join an existing team or form their own.  What are the judging criteria? Apps will be judged on the criteria below  Unique Innovative Feasible Scalable Economically Viable Customer Appeal  Is it a FREE event? Yes it's a absolutely FREE to attend event.   ** The venue accommodates 300 so the first 300 check-ins on the event day will be considered for the hackathon participation.   Strategic Partner SquareCircle Tech's mission is to solve the Code to Customer gap and enable digital transformation for global corporations.  For more info visit SquareCircle Tech's website.      Strategic Partner / Venue Host  - Runway Incubator Runway is home to awesome startups. Located at 1355 Market St. (Twitter HQ Building) Runway's provides office space to approximately 70 startups in San Francisco. It's our mission to build the best environment for early-stage companies to work and scale their business. Learn more at:http://runway.is/   For more info and FAQs, please visit http://emirateshackathon.com/faqs

Are you passionate about making an impact in education, now? Register here right away before they sell out!  The event location is just a few blocks from the Lake Merritt BART station. For all event details, visit http://oakland.up.co/events/7209 There you will also find information on the incredible slate of senior Education and EdTech Judges, Coaches and Organizers who you'll meet from: EdTech companies:  Google for Education, BrightBytes, Edmodo, Clever, Junyo, EdSurge, One University Network, and Conceptua Math Schools/CMOs/programs:  AltSchool, Oakland Unified, Rocketship, Summit Public Schools, Girls Who Code and California Charter Schools Association Education Venture Capital firms:  Learn Capital and Reach Capital All startup ideas pitched and developed this weekend will be focused on education!  Pitches at this event will be new education or EdTech ventures.  You don't need to pitch a startup idea to participate -- just join a team that interests you!  Pitching a problem/solution is encouraged but not required, but only new ideas you have not previously worked on can be pitched. No existing startups, please! STUDENTS: Contact oaklandswedu@4pt0.org from your .edu email address for a discount code! TEACHERS: Omninox is giving away scholarships to entrepreneurial educators! If you’re an educator that would like to apply to participate in this event for free, please email us at oaklandswedu@4pt0.org with the name of your school and 2-5 sentences about your idea for how you want to improve education. Refund Policy:  No refunds will be granted within 7 days of the event as food and drink will have already been ordered. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. This is a non-profit, volunteer run community! Startup Weekend Education (SW-EDU) Have you ever had an idea for improving education? Here's your opportunity to  transform your education ideas into action in 54 hours. Find the right people with complementary skills & the passion & to work with and learn along the way. No tech skills required! Test your idea with real potential customers and receive coaching from community experts in industry & education. Join a community ready to help you take your concept to the next level! We're looking for passionate educators, parents, students, developers, designers and business/non-profit professionals who want to make a difference in education now. Come learn the basics of founding and launching a successful education or EdTech venture while solving real problems in education.   You can participate just for the experience -- serious creative thinking, inspired work, and a lot of fun!   And some teams go on to launch their ventures, like these recently in Oakland: Talking Points, which was hatched at a previous Oakland Startup Weekend EDU and further developed in partnership with Oakland teachers and public schools, just received $250,000 as a finalist in the Google Impact Challenge/Bay Area! Epic, a San Francisco Startup Weekend EDU winner, went on to found a real school, receive $600,000 of startup funding, and open in Oakland Unified! The event:   We bring together a diverse group of people passionate about making a positive impact on education.  In 54 hours, participants share ideas, form teams, build products and launch education or EdTech ventures. Startup Weekend EDU begins with open-mic 60-second pitches Friday night that result in the formation of small teams around the best, most viable concepts. Teams spend Saturday and Sunday focusing on developing and validating their ideas and target users and customers, building demo prototypes and models (optional, not required), and developing a high level business plan and pitch presentation, with the help of experienced coaches. On Sunday, teams demo or pitch their education solutions and receive valuable feedback from a panel of expert judges.     All kinds of education related ventures may be pitched, so be innovative, and think big and high impact!  If your idea is for an EdTech product company, for example for a software/SaaS application or tool that a teacher or student would use, a working product prototype or demo is optional, not required;  you can just pitch the idea, perhaps a mockup design, and proposed features/functionality ... i.e. while some teams may develop a demo like in a hack-a-thon, you do not need to do that.   Here are some of the things you get from attending: + breakfast with delicious coffee form our Sponsor Peets Coffee Alameda, and full lunch and dinner, for the whole weekend (if you just buy a ticket for the Sunday evening pitch presentations, Sunday dinner is not included so please eat before or bring some food for yourself) + Unigue opportunity to be mentored and coached by EdTech and educator leaders + A network of new developer, designer & entrepreneur friends that are also excited about improving education + A free .co domain name The Winning Team will receive: +  90 minute in-person consultation session with Gloria Lee, CEO of Educate78 and former President/COO of NewSchools Venture Fund, to provide feedback on the team’s plan or product and suggestions for increasing attractiveness to prospective donors or investors. + an automatic interview with education startup accelerator ImagineK12 + Free mobile app design by award-winning design agency, PLATFORM + 1 year subscription to the Ominox product + 6 month access pass to I-Gate  + 1 month ORG25 membership at co-working space Impact Hub Oakland   NBCUniversal Open Possibilties challenge: This Startup Weekend Education event is participating in the nationwide NBCUniversal Open Possibilities challenge! NBCUniversal is committed to using media and technology to connect and strengthen communities. Participants are encouraged (but not required) to design solutions which prepare students for the 21st century workforce and to lead 21st century communities! All teams will be considered for this special prize and the team who wins the NBCUniversal Open Possibilities challenge will receive up to 3 tickets to the SXSWedu Conference in Austin, TX.  View the eligibility rules and judging criteria for this prize here. Note:  the eligibility and judging rules for NBCUniversal Open Possibilities challenge are for the SXSWedu prize; they are not the judging rules and criteria for winning this Startup Weekend EDU event itself. View the eligibility rules and judging criteria Terms of Participation Agreement:  It is our job to provide you with an incredible networking and learning opportunity. Our intention is that you meet some amazing people that you might actually start a company with, build relationships with coaches, and learn from your peers. The event is intended to be a collaborative forum for sharing, learning, building, and having fun. As such, by registering as a participant, you acknowledge that any ideas shared by you or anyone else over the course of the event are contributions to the overall experience and community. If you as a participant are worried about someone stealing your ideas, please reconsider your participation in the event itself or simply refrain from sharing specifics about your idea. As a member of your startup community, you agree to to be inclusive of any and all people and their ideas. You agree to act professionally, treat everyone with respect, and treat the event facilities with proper care. You agree that you are responsible for any accidents or damages that you cause. 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