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Aaron Swartz Day International Hackathon & Evening Event 2018
10 Nov - 11:00 AM
San Francisco, United States
At the Internet Archive – 300 Funston Ave, San Francisco, CA 94118
Ticket includes admission to the Opening Night Party at the DNA Lounge, November 9th - 9pm
Evening Event Speakers (8:00pm-9:30pm):
8pm - 9:30 pm Evening Event - Special Guests Speaking or Performing (or both)
Hosted by: Lisa Rein (Aaron Swartz Day, Creative Commons, The Swartz-Manning VR Destination, ASD Police Surveillance Project, ASD Solar Survival Project)
Special Guests:
A Live Analog Mixed-Media Performance by Projekt Seahorse aka Moun10
A Special Appearance by Chelsea Manning, giving her yearly "Statement for Aaron Swartz Day."
A Conversation with Journalist Barrett Brown & Trevor Timm (Executive Director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation) (Barrett Brown won a National Magazine Award for his prison columns, & is the Author of the upcoming book: My Glorious Defeats: Hacktivist, Narcissist, Anonymous: A Memoir. He is the Co-founder of the Pursuance Project, a Journalist, and a Former Political Prisoner.)
Jen Helsby (Lead Developer, SecureDrop) (CTO and co-founder of Lucy Parsons Labs)
Cindy Cohn ( Executive Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Brewster Kahle (Founder, Internet Archive)
Danny O'Brien (International Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation)
A conversation with Danielle Robinson (Dat Project, Code for Science & Society) and Karissa McElvy (Digital Democracy, Open Source Developer)
Steve Phillips (Privacy software developer; creator of CrypTag and Cypherpunks Write Code)
Note that there will be an after event gathering at The Emporium - 616 Divisadero St. To play games, drink and dance to DJs till 2am. (Sunday's schedule doesn't start till 11 am :)
Saturday Hackathon Schedule:
11:00 am -Doors Open - (Lunch served all day)
11:30 am - Internet Archive Updates:What's New at the Internet Archive - Tracey Jaquith (TV/News Archive) & Brewster Kahle (Founder, Internet Archive) Audience Q & A. Internet Q & A.
12:00 pm – The Decentralized Web and the Dat Project– Danielle Robinson, PhD (Co-Executive Director, Code for Science and Society) & Karissa McKelvey (Digital Democracy, Open Source Developer) Danielle and Karissa will explain exactly what the “open source decentralized web” is and how it can be implemented in the real world. (Complete with use cases!) Also, why you need to know and understand what the decentralized web is, and why it’s important. Audience Q & A. Internet Q & A.
1:00 pm How to Make Law Enforcement Accountable by Implementing A Surveillance Policy Framework - Tracy Rosenberg (Oakland Privacy), Dave Maass (Senior Investigative Researcher, EFF), Lisa Rein (Co-founder, Aaron Swartz Day). Audience Q & A. Internet Q & A
2:00 pm - Freddy Martinez (Director, Lucy Parsons Labs)
2:30 pm - Andy McWilliams How Technologists Can Fight Climate Change (Director, ClimateAction.tech)
3:10 pm - Break (20 Minutes)
3:30 pm - Danny O'Brien - Article 13, Article 11: The Copyfight Strikes Back (International Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation)
4:30-6:00 pm A conversation with Barrett Brown about his new book (My Glorious Defeats: Hacktivist, Narcissist, Anonymous: A Memoir) & the Pursuance Project with Claire Peters (Director of Strategy, Pursuance Project). Hosted by Lisa Rein. Audience Q & A. Internet Q & A. Including Questions all the way from ThoughtWorks’ Melbourne and Brisbane’s “Internet Freedom Hackathons”
6:00pm – 7:30pm – Hackathon Reception - More food and spirits!
7:30 pm – 8:00pm – Start migrating upstairs
8:00 pm SHARP! Evening event Begins (Upstairs in the Great Room)
Sunday Hackathon Schedule:
11:00 - Lunch- Hackathon Information and Sync up
Speakers in order with APPROXIMATE TIMES (Lengths of presentations will vary between 10-40 minutes - and all will have at least 5 minutes of Q & A . We will "go long" if we have to, to get questions in.)
11:30 - 12:10 pm - Keynote 1: Ashley Boyd Dumpster Fire or Opportunity? It's Up to Us. (VP Advocacy, Mozilla Foundation) Ashley will be focusing on how we can take advantage of the increasing public awareness and concern about digital safety to mobilize users to demand ethical, safe online tools. She will discuss some of the Mozilla Foundations latest accomplishments in the corporate sector, including examples like getting the easy-to-hack, privacy violating children's "Cloudpets" toys pulled from retailers' shelves (including Amazon).
12:10-12:50 pm - Keynote 2: Erin Gallagher - Mapping Twitter Networks (How to Map Complex Social Networks to Create Useful Visualizations) - Erin Gallagher uses open source network visualization software to see the complex webs our communications weave on Twitter. She will share some of the work she's done in the past 2 years analyzing hashtag networks.
12:50-1:15pm - Andy McWilliams - How Artists Are Reshaping Tech Research (Founder and Director of the ThoughtWorks Arts Residency program, the Art-A-Hack co-creation program, and the Hardware Hack Lab)
1:15 - 1:45 - Micah Blumberg - Brain Machine Interfaces 2018, 2019 & Beyond (Journalist, Researcher, Neurohacker, Founder Silicon Valley Global News)
1:45 pm-2:15 pm - Tatyana Griffin - Sound Design for VR: Best Practices & Practical Tips (Educator, Musician, DJ, XR Developer) (Speaking Sunday) (Tatyana is also Melotronix performing at Friday's Opening Night Party at the DNA Lounge)
2:15 pm-2:45 pm - Tracey Jaquith - Internet Archive and AR, AR for Architecture (TV/News Archive at Internet Archive, & Dev Team for the Swartz-Manning VR Destination)
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm - Ryan Sternlicht - The Future of Immersion and the Creation of the Next Layer of Reality (Educator, Researcher, Advisor & Maker - Noisebridge) If you follow technology you have probably heard many things about AR, VR, MR and XR. Many have given their opinions on the technologies and systems in those sectors, but very few have given detailed information about the whole larger picture. Ryan will share his insight, along with information he has come across while researching these fields, to help us understand the space, and what it means for the world.
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm - William Clark (Programmer, Year Up Participant) - New Options for Community-Based Education (That Is Also Good For Business) - How the "year up" program represents a positive trend of community education, which gives free education and job placement to college age youth.
3:30 pm - 3:40 - Olu Aganju - (Participant, Year Up)
3:40 pm-4 pm - Bernice Chua (Game and Algorithm Developer) - Intro to ROS (Robot Operating System)
4 pm - 4:20 pm Matteo Borri (Robots Everywhere, NASA Contractor) - Re: Matteo's latest inventions and robots and lasers and NASA Mars Rover fun.
4:20 pm - 4:50 pm - Steve Phillips (Privacy software developer; creator of CrypTag and Cypherpunks Write Code)
Break 4:50 - 5:00 pm
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm+ Lightning Talks on Hackathon Projects
Aaron Swartz Day International Hackathon & Evening Event 2018 Early Bird
10 Nov - 11:00 AM
San Francisco, United States
(From left to right) (Top Row) Aaron Swartz, Cindy Cohn, Brewster Kahle, (Bottom row) Barrett Brown, DJ Spooky
These Early Bird Passes are only available until midnight on August 15th.
Hello everyone in Aaron Swartz Day-land. We are expecting a full house this year for our San Francisco Hackathon and subsequent Reception & Evening Event. This will be our largest event to date, and many of our speakers are flying in from out of town.
For these reasons, in order to supplement our finances for this year's grand extravaganza, we have decided to sell some "Early Bird All Access" Passes.
So, until midnight on August 15th, you can buy an "Early Bird All Access Pass" for only $20! (For up to 100 passes, while they last.)
Each "Early Bird All Access Pass" Includes:
1) Admission to both days of the Hackathon ($25 value) (Don't panic. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. See the note at the bottom of this announcement :)
2) Admission to Reception and Evening Event ($50 Value)
3) Admission to November 9 Opening Night Party at the DNA Lounge - 10:00 pm-2am ($10 Value)
8pm - Evening Event - Special Guests Speaking or Performing (or both):
DJ Spooky (Multimedia Artist, DJ/Musician, Author, Historian, Educator)
Barrett Brown (Author of the upcoming book: My Glorious Defeats: Hacktivist, Narcissist, Anonymous: A Memoir, Pursuance Project, Journalist, Former Political Prisoner)
Lisa Rein (Aaron Swartz Day, Creative Commons, The Swartz-Manning VR Destination, ASD Police Surveillance Project, ASD Solar Survival Project)
Cindy Cohn (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive)
Steve Phillips (Privacy Software Developer)
Mek Karpeles (Open Library, Internet Archive)
Plus More Special Guests - We will be making daily updates here!
HACKATHON INFORMATION:
Saturday 11am - 11pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm
New This Year: On site Virtual Reality, Robotics & 3-D Printing Demonstrations
Hackathon Speakers Confirmed So Far (Many more coming):
Barrett Brown (Author of the upcoming book: My Glorious Defeats: Hacktivist, Narcissist, Anonymous: A Memoir, Pursuance Project, Journalist, Former Political Prisoner)
Steve Phillips (Privacy Software Developer)
Cyrus Farivar (Author of "Habeus Data," Technology Journalist, & Radio Producer)
Tracey Jaquith (Internet Archive)
Tracy Rosenberg (Oakland Privacy.net, Media Alliance)
Dave Maass (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Matteo Borri (Robots Everywhere LLC, NASA (Mars Rover Contractor), ASD Solar Survival Project)
Lisa Rein (Aaron Swartz Day, Creative Commons, The Swartz-Manning VR Destination, ASD Police Surveillance Project, ASD Solar Survival Project)
Mek Karpeles (Open Library, Internet Archive)
Lisa Rein and Barrett Brown at San Francisco's Noisebridge Hackerspace.
As always, please write aaronswartzday@gmail.com if you need a free ticket. There are student discounts too, but you need to write us first to get the code.
EOS Hackathon: San Francisco
10 Nov - 08:30 AM
San Francisco, United States
$100,000 (Cash + Travel)
The EOS Global Hackathon series is a first-of-its-kind event in the world of blockchain, with the continued goal of supporting a decentralized global community from the ground up.
Get involved and you will be joining hackers, product developers, marketers, and business leaders in creating a new wave of blockchain dApps that secure life, liberty, and property.
From June through the end of 2018, Block.one will be hosting a series of initiatives designed to find and give a platform to the most visionary architects of decentralization out there.
Four in-person events will be followed by a Grand Finale Pitch Competition that puts the best applications under the spotlight.
EOSIO: The Most Powerful Infrastructure for Decentralized Applications
(All prizes are in USD)
Those placing 1st - 3rd in the SF event will receive $2,000 USD per winning team member for travel and lodging to the Grand Finale in Cape Town.
1st Place: $100,000 (Cash + Travel)
2nd Place: $25,000 (Cash + Travel)
3rd Place: $10,000 (Cash + Travel)
Superlative: Three (3) $3,000 cash prizes delivered to superlative winners
The Hackathon Challenge will be released on the day of the event to ensure a level playing field for all participating! In the mean time, start getting familiar with documentation on the EOSIO Developer Portal and get involved with the community through our EOSIO social channels and Telegram groups.
EOSIO Version 1.0 Has Arrived.
Block.one released version 1.0 of their open source EOSIO blockchain software on June 2nd 2018. This software enables businesses to rapidly build and deploy high-performance and high-security blockchain-based applications.
EOSIO is designed to include:
Free Rate Limited Transactions
Low Latency Block confirmation (0.5 seconds)
Low-overhead Byzantine Fault Tolerant Finality
Optional high-overhead, low-latency BFT finality
Smart contract platform powered by Web Assembly
Designed for Sparse Header Light Client Validation
Scheduled Recurring Transactions
Time Delay Security
Hierarchical Role Based Permissions
Support for Biometric Hardware Secured Keys (e.g. Apple Secure Enclave)
Parallel Execution of Context Free Validation Logic
Inter Blockchain Communication
*Schedule is subject to change
Wednesday, November 7th
18:30 - 20:00 |EOSIO Global Hackathon Virtual Session via Zoom
Webinar Link: https://zoom.us/j/502434540
Meeting Number: 502 434 540
Saturday, November 10th
08:30 - 10:00 | Doors Open & Breakfast Served
10:00 - 11:00 | Opening Ceremony/Presentations from Partners
11:00 | Coding Begins
12:00 | Lunch Served
12:00 | Breakout Session 1 - Technical Breakout (C++)
13:00 | Breakout Session 2 - Technical Breakout (Web/UX)
14:00 | Breakout Session 3 - Entrepreneurial
18:00 | Dinner Served
20:00 - 20:30 | Breakout Session 4 - Pitch Workshop
24:00 | Midnight Snack / Hack through the Night*
*The venue will be open and staffed overnight if you’d like to hack through the night.
Sunday, November 11th
07:30 | Breakfast Served
09:00 | Breakout Session 5 - Pitch Practice
12:00 | Lunch Served
13:00 | Submission Deadline
14:00 | Round 1 Judging (3 min pitches)
16:00 | Doors Open for Individuals with Spectator Ticket
16:30 | Closing Ceremony & Top 10 teams announced
16:45 | Round 2 Judging
18:15 | Winners announced
18:30 | Networking Drinks & Dinner
Each submission will be scored in each round based on the following criteria, with a minimum score of 0 and the maximum score of 20 points, and the final score being the average of the judges’ scores:
Utilization of Blockchain Technology (5 points): How well suited is the concept for blockchain? Is there a clear need for a token, smart contract, and distributed ledger technology? Was an EOSIO smart contract successfully implemented?
Creativity (5 points): How creative was the team in developing an innovative solution for the challenge? Is the idea defensible or unique?
Impact (5 points): Did the team create an application that can have a real and valuable impact? Is the idea feasible / if pursued could it actually work in the real world?
Scalability (5 points): What is the growth potential of this application? What impact can it have on the world as a whole?
Teams of up to 5 participants are allowed. All team members must have completed the participation agreement to compete.
You may not begin your project until the competition officially begins. Please don’t come in and build on top of previous projects if you want to win.
Teams have full ownership of everything they build and are free to do with it as they wish whether they win or not.
Winning teams will be subject to a code-review at some point following the event or immediately before the competition ends.
Samsung XR Hackathon
09 Nov - 07:00 PM
Mountain View, United States
SXR @ SDC: booth, workshop, and hackathon
Samsung XR is a development platform for creating AR (wearable and phone-based), VR and hybrid applications for Samsung mobile devices.
Join us in our first hackathon, where you will can join other hackers, and designers to create XR apps, and try them in our experimental wearable XR headset. Come as a team (up to 4), or lone hacker to learn, develop and play with our new platform and headset.
Surprise us with what you can do. As with any v1 release, it’ll be rough, but your feedback and experience will help us make SXR a more robust platform.
**YOU ONLY NEED ONE TICKET FOR REGISTRATION**
SXR Talk & Booth @ SDC
Hear our talk on November 7, 2018 at 1:30pm during the first day of SDC, and come visit our booth to learn more and preview the platform in our experimental headset.
SXR Developer Workshop
Fundamentals and getting comfortable with SXR
River Studio (1062 Folsom Street, Suite 301, San Francisco, CA 94103)
November 8, 2018 @ 1:00pm to 5:30pm
SXR Hackathon
SVVR STUDIO, 1931 Old Middlefield Way ste a, Mountain View, CA
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Kick-off: November 9, 2018: 7pm to 9pm
Hackathon: November 10, 2018 – 9am to 10pm, November 11, 2018 – 9am to 6pm
Prizes
o 1st Place: Samsung Galaxy Note 9
o 2nd Place: Samsung Galaxy Tab S4
o 3rd Place: Samsung Galaxy Watch
Code of Conduct
A primary goal of Samsung’s SXR Hackathon event is to be inclusive to the largest number of participants, with the most varied and diverse backgrounds possible. As such, we are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ability, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and religion (or lack thereof).The following behaviors are expected and requested of all conference community members:
Participate in an authentic and active way. In doing so, you contribute to the health and longevity of this conference community.
Exercise consideration and respect in your speech and actions.
Attempt collaboration before conflict.
Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech.
Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants. Alert conference community organizers if you notice a dangerous situation, someone in distress, or violations of this Code of Conduct, even if they seem inconsequential.
Remember that conference community event venues may be shared with members of the public; please be respectful to all patrons of these locations.
To report any issues immediately, and to share any feedback, please contact Juan Wee (juan.wee@samsung.com) or Linda Tran (linda.tran@samsung.com). Please take a moment to read through the full version below.
1. Purpose
A primary goal of Samsung’s SXR Hackathon event is to be inclusive to the largest number of participants, with the most varied and diverse backgrounds possible. As such, we are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ability, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and religion (or lack thereof).This Code of Conduct outlines our expectations for all those who participate in our conference community, as well as the consequences for unacceptable behavior.We invite all those who participate in SXR Hackathon to help us make the experience safe and positive everyone.
2. Encouraging and Recognizing Participation
A supplemental goal of this Code of Conduct is to increase meaningful collaboration by encouraging participants to recognize and strengthen the relationships between our actions and their effects on our conference community.Intentional, positive action is essential to avoid replicating within our conference community the many forms of inequality that exist in greater society. For this reason, we outline in this Code of Conduct expected behavior as well as prohibited behavior.If you see someone who is making an extra effort to ensure our conference community is welcoming, friendly, and encourages all participants to contribute to the fullest extent, recognize them for their good work either personally or by letting conference organizers know.
3. Expected Behavior
The following behaviors are expected and requested of all conference community members:
Participate in an authentic and active way. In doing so, you contribute to the health and longevity of this conference community.
Exercise consideration and respect in your speech and actions.
Attempt collaboration before conflict.
Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech.
Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants. Alert conference community organizers if you notice a dangerous situation, someone in distress, or violations of this Code of Conduct, even if they seem inconsequential.
Remember that our venue may be shared with members of the public; please be respectful to all patrons of these locations.
4. Unacceptable Behavior
The following behaviors are considered harassment and are unacceptable within our conference community:
Violence and threats of violence.
Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm.
Derogatory comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, or socio-economic status.
Gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behaviour in spaces where they're not appropriate.
Posting or threatening to post other people's personally identifying information (“doxing”).
Deliberate misgendering or use of “dead” or rejected names.
Inappropriate photography or recording.
Physical contact or simulated physical contact (e.g. textual messages like "hug" or "backrub") without affirmative consent.
Unwelcome sexual attention. This includes, sexualized comments or jokes; inappropriate touching, groping, and unwelcome sexual advances.
Deliberate intimidation, stalking or following (online or in person).
Sustained disruption of conference community events, including talks and presentations.
Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior.
5. Consequences of Unacceptable Behavior
Unacceptable behavior from any conference community member, including sponsors and those with decision-making authority, will not be tolerated.Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behavior is expected to comply immediately.If a conference community member engages in unacceptable behavior, the conference organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including a temporary ban or permanent expulsion from the conference community without warning (and without refund in the case of a paid event).
6. Reporting Guidelines
If you are subject to or witness unacceptable behavior, or have any other concerns, please notify one of the points of contact, Juan Wee (juan.wee@samsung.com) or Linda Tran (linda.tran@samsung.com) or speak to a member of the event team.Additionally, conference organizers are available to help conference community members engage with local law enforcement or to otherwise help those experiencing unacceptable behavior feel safe. Organizers will also provide escorts as desired by the person experiencing distress.
7. Addressing Grievances
If you feel you have been falsely or unfairly accused of violating this Code of Conduct, you should notify the conference conduct team by emailing one of the points of contact, Juan Wee (juan.wee@samsung.com) or Linda Tran (linda.tran@samsung.com) with a concise description of your grievance. Your grievance will be handled in accordance with our existing governing policies.
8. Scope
We expect all conference community participants (contributors, paid or otherwise; sponsors; and other guests) to abide by this Code of Conduct in all conference community venues – online and in-person – as well as in all one-on-one communications pertaining to conference community business.This Code of Conduct and its related procedures also applies to unacceptable behavior occurring outside the scope of conference community activities when such behavior has the potential to adversely affect the safety and well-being of conference community members.
Contact info Juan Wee (juan.wee@samsung.com) or Linda Tran (linda.tran@samsung.com)
License and attribution
This Code of Conduct is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.It has been adapted with few modifications from Mozilla’s View Source code of conduct, which in turn was adapted from Stumptown Syndicate’s Citizen Code of Conduct, portions of which are derived from the Django Code of Conduct and the Geek Feminism Anti-Harassment Policy. Additional text from LGBTQ in Technology Code of Conduct.
Data Science Mini Hackathon
08 Nov - 06:00 PM
Palo Alto, United States
$500
Data scientists -- students and professionals -- in the San Francisco Bay Area! MatrixDS and Bajaware invite you to participate in the first Bay Area Data Science mini-hackathon. You'll be challenged to design and prototype a forecast and visualization of regional financial data from across Mexico. Come network, collaborate and compete with your data science peers. Win $500 for the best solution.
Springer Nature Hackathon: Data Visualization & Mixed Reality in Research Publishing
07 Nov - 05:00 PM
San Francisco, United States
Springer Nature invites you to participate in our upcoming hackathon. Create new applications that help researchers advance discovery, using data visualization and mixed reality.
Join us at the Microsoft Reactor in San Francisco from November 7-9 for an opportunity to build new and innovative mixed reality applications using Springer Nature’s data and research publications.
During the Hackathon, experts from Springer Nature will support teams as they work with our unique datasets. From eBooks to journals, to research tools like SN SciGraph or APIs from Bookmetrix, Unsilo or Dimensions, we’ll provide you with the metadata behind our products and services.
Motivation
We believe the future holds many exciting possibilities for scientific data, beyond the published page. Previous Springer Nature Hack Days have explored challenges in discovery, research data and analytics. This event in our series takes a more visual approach, inspired by advances in Mixed Reality technologies. From creating virtual science labs, to enhancing the reading experience, to interacting in real time with charts and diagrams - help shape the way we use scientific data by advancing discovery and improving research with applications that have never been thought of before. Participants will have access to billions of data points across scientific, technical, and medical publishing with applications across disciplines.
Prizes & Perks
Members of the winning team will each receive a Windows Mixed Reality Headset and an Amazon Gift Card. The winning team will also have the chance to pitch their concept to Springer Nature and win a partnership.
This event is completely free and will be held at the Microsoft Reactor in downtown San Francisco. We will provide food, drinks and snacks throughout the event. Participants will have access to HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality Headsets during the event, on loan from the Reactor (quantities are limited); mentors will be available to guide you in using these technologies. You’ll be able to network with developers and designers, and data experts from Springer Nature and other cooperating companies, and help shape the future of research data visualization, in a multidisciplinary environment.
Who should attend?
Creative minds across the board are encouraged to participate -- including (but not limited to): Developers, Designers, UX Experts, PhDs, University Students, Corporate and Academic Librarians, Knowledge Managers, Corporate Researchers, Product Designers, Data Visionaries, Evangelists.
Questions?
Please contact us at hack-day@springernature.com.
Intuit QuickBooks SmallBizHack Mountain View
03 Nov - 02:02 PM
Mountain View, United States
$US5,000
Developers in the Bay Area! QuickBooks and @IntuitDev invite you to participate in SmallBizHack 2018 -- a small business hackathon. Think you've got an awesome idea that will save a small business time or money? Your project will be judged based on its Impact, Innovation, Quality, and Ease of Use. Come showcase your stuff and compete for the Grand Prize of $5000.
Violet Hacks
03 Nov - 10:00 AM
San Francisco, United States
Female & non-binary techies in the San Francisco Bay Area! You're invited to participate in Violet Hacks -- a 2-day startup-focused hackathon for people like you! You'll get to work on a 4-5 person multi-discipline team of aspiring startup types. Collaborate to put together a brand-new business concept, prototype, and pitch. Demo your project to a panel of investors and founders for the chance to win an awesome prize!
Small Business Hackathon 2018
03 Nov - 09:00 AM
Mountain View, United States
$US5,000
Developers in the Bay Area! QuickBooks and @IntuitDev invite you to participate in SmallBizHack 2018 -- a small business hackathon. Think you've got an awesome idea that will save a small business time or money? Your project will be judged based on its Impact, Innovation, Quality, and Ease of Use. Come showcase your stuff and compete for the Grand Prize of $5000.
#HackABetterWorld with USA for UNHCR and DonorsChoose.org, hosted by Airbnb
02 Nov - 06:00 PM
San Francisco, United States
Inviting all data analysts, data scientists, data engineers, software engineers, developers and visualization specialists to #HackABetterWorld with USA for UNHCR and DonorsChoose.org, hosted by Airbnb!
We are excited to open registration for a hackathon for good in San Francisco from November 2 – 4. A broad range of skills and experience levels are welcome to participate.
Around the world, a record 68.5 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to war, conflict or persecution. Less than 1 percent of the world’s refugees are ever resettled, and those who are, often face challenges adjusting in their new home countries.
We hope that you will be able to join us as we #HackABetterWorld to use your skills to create tools that might directly impact the lives of refugees.
Schedule Friday: 11/02
6:00pm: Check-in6:40pm: Welcome & Presentations
WHERE: Airbnb HQ | 888 Brannan St | San Francisco
Looking forward to meeting everyone!