List of hackathons in San Ramon, United States in 2017

Agenda:   6:00 - Doors open. Networking. Members meet each other.  6:20 - Welcome. Members to share topics of interests for future meetings.  6:30 - Talk #1. Security of IoT Data: Implementing Data-Centric Security and User Access Strategy by Prasad Mujumdar, Software Engineer at BlueTalon 7:10 - Q&A break.   7:20 - Talk #2. Role of Mobile in Industrial IoT by Sundar Krish, CEO at waygum.io 8:00 - Q&A break & wrap-up. Want to give a talk? fill in this form #PredixSV Talk #1. Security of IoT Data: Implementing Data-Centric Security and User Access Strategy by Prasad Mujumdar, Software Engineer at BlueTalon  This session will articulate how a data-centric security approach unifies all security policies around the data, for full visibility and better control. Prasad Mujumdar from BlueTalon will provide a checklist to help you implement the best possible data security and user access control strategy. He will also describe how the BlueTalon security solution can be used in the context of the Predix platform to control and keep visibility over data access.  Talk #2. Role of Mobile in Industrial IoT by Sundar Krish, CEO at waygum.io Industrial IoT is generally believed to be accelerated by the technologies & products, getting better and cheaper in the sensor, egde computing, cloud, network connectivity and the big data space. However, one mega trend that actually contributes a lot more to Industrial IoT, yet somewhat under appreciated, is Mobile. Every industrial worker these days has a smartphone, and what this does is bring in a whole lot of users, compared to just a handful of them before, and this explosion of user base will be crucial factor for innovations in Industrial IoT. Sundar Krish, CEO & Founder of Waygum will talk about how mobile technologies, and the ubiquity of smartphones is revolutionizing Industrial IoT. About sponsors:   Altoros's unique specialty is turning services from Predix Catalog into apps carrying competitive advantage for its customers. For example, Altoros has built a real time baggage tracking solution - BagTrack - a service for airlines and airports that need to bring customer experience up to speed when it comes to letting the customer know, in real-time, status and location of your bag. Altoros provides private/public hackathons, training, application prototyping, development and integration services using solutions offered by GE, Predix Catalog and GE Digital ecosystem.  CBTS provides end-to-end IT and communications solutions that allow mid-sized and enterprise businesses to improve operational efficiency, enable innovation, mitigate risk and reduce expenditures. From building enablement infrastructure, to deploying cloud services, to employing managed services, to offering top-notch technology consultants, CBTS is your technology partner to gain a competitive edge and deliver quality services.  NOTE: This Meetup group is not affiliated with GE. This Meetup group does not own the GE Predix trademark; this Meetup has no affiliation, connection or association with such third party; Such third party has not approved nor sponsored this Meetup group's use of the trademark in any way.  

Interested in creating new tools and approaches to participatory governance and elections in today's age? You're invited to sign up and participate in the Upgrade Democracy Unconference. Come and collaborate with like-minded individuals to share ideas for improving the structures used for collective decision-making. Possible topics include: »Liquid Democracy »Instant Runoff Voting »Fixing the U.S. electoral college system »The epic battle against gerrymandering »The movement to overturn Citizen’s United

A Weekend Hands-on Workshop 360/VR is blowing up! This 3-day event with hands-on training provides essential skills for producing 360/VR video. *We have very limited spots* PRE-PRODUCTION Introduction to Storytelling For our first workshop, we will explore various aspects of 360/VR storytelling including scripting, perspective, interactivity, working with actors, spatialized sound, and storyboarding. Producing 360/VR Brief information on budgeting, location scouting, permits, and scheduling. We will teach the importance how to properly prepare to create a professional looking project. PRODUCTION A hands-on overview of various 360/VR equipment. This includes a basic introduction to building 360 worlds with cameras, sound recording and tripods/rigs. Shooting/Prototyping  your 360/VR Film You’ve planned you 360 cinematic short. Now, you’ll divide roles within your film team, check equipment and create a narrative experience working with our Showdown actors. POST-PRODUCTION Putting it all together. Please bring your laptops *See requirements below* 360/VR filmmaking post-production where we will teach such as editing, plug-ins, sound design to create a new cinematic VR piece. We will include a very brief overview of stitching, (*please note we will not be doing actual stitching due to time constraints). Publishing and distributing your new 360 piece. It's time for a 360 cinematic VR Premiere! Enjoy viewing the piece with our group, while we offer constructive feedback/helpful tips for your future 360/VR projects. Class Times: Friday, February 3rd: 6:00 P.M - 9:00 P.M Saturday, February 4th: 10:00 A.M - 6:00 P.M Sunday, February 5th: 10:30 A.M - 4:30 P.M Requirements VR production equipment is provided during the workshop. All participants must bring their own WIFI-ready laptop for use during this workshop. You must upgrade your operating system to the latest version before attending the course so there are no issues. You will need to sign up for a free 7-day trial of Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere) for use during the course. Bring an external hard drive to store your video files if you have that. Not a problem if you do not. INSTRUCTORS: Don Alvarez  Don creates software for artists and filmmakers, most recently as co-founder of the leading VR/360 film planning and pitching app http://FilmmakerLive.com. Before launching Filmmaker Live to help filmmakers share their vision, Don was Technical Art Director for Microsoft's Halo 4 game studio and wrote software for many films including Walt Disney's animated film Dinosaur. Don holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Princeton University, undergraduate degrees from MIT, and convinced two people to stand naked, outside, at the South Pole (-40F) for photos.  Nathalie Mathe Nathalie is an experienced VR creative who worked on more than thirty cinematic Virtual Reality projects. She contributed to Zero Point, the first VR documentary presented at Sundance New Frontier 2015. As Jaunt’s Director of Creative Technology, Nathalie supervised the  post-production of many 360 stereo videos, including “Paul McCartney in concert”, “North Face Climbers”, and “North Face Nepal”. She was one of the few women creating visuals effects on Fast & Furious 6, Skyfall and Dark Knight Rises. Nathalie now runs NativeVR in which she co-created and produced Uturn, a VR series celebrating gender diversity in the tech industry. She is an active member of Women in VR and a Film 360/VR instructor in the Academy of Arts University. She holds a PhD in Computer Science and an M.A in New Media. Sherrie “Shero” Robertson  Sherrie is the founder of Blaze VR. Past clients in traditional film include Red Bull, Body Mints, Fuel Television (Fox), First Hawaiian Bank, Ma Cher, and Triple Crown of Surfing. She was recently invited to show “My Name is Te” virtual reality doc at "VR on the Mountain" during Sundance. Shero has also won several awards for her Virtual Reality storytelling/producing work including “Best in Show” at the SF VR hackathon and “Best Design” Google’s Project Tango hackathon. Dramatic feature script, Juke Box Hero, is a two-time Sundance Feature Film Lab finalist currently in post-production. She also produced/directed action sports surf movies that were picked up for U.S and international distribution. Limited seats. Get your tickets today! 

Hardware founders and product enthusiasts! Starting up and fearful of rejection? Come and attend the one-day Rejectionathon event that helps founders gain confidence in selling. At Rejectionathon, you’ll be given a list of challenges that will put you just slightly out of your comfort zone, and you’ll want to complete as many of them as you can with your team. Similar to a hackathon, you'll spend the day solving fun, adrenaline-packed "hustle challenges" with a small team.

High school girls in and around Santa Clara! Interested in using technology to solve problems your community faces? Come and participate in PixelHacks! You'll get to learn the basics of iOS App development, how to build bots, and how to use image and video recognition. Collaborate and compete for cool swag and awesome prizes.

GIF Hackers in the Bay Area! Come and participate in the GIF Hack. At this 24-hour hackathon, you'll collaborate with other GIF hackers to create a project based on Gfycat's API. Come as part of a team or join one at the event. You'll be able to showcase your creativity and techie expertise, while competing for the Grand Prize. Come with your awesome ideas — all your coding must be done at the Hack!

Developers, designers and IT professionals in and around San Francisco! Think you've got what it takes to compete with the best-of-the-best hackers in the Bay Area? Come and show what you've got at the Collaboration Hackathon by LiveH2H! You'll be challenged to build and pitch education, enterprise, or social media solutions using LiveH2H’s API and SDK functionality to provide a customizable meeting room experience within a company’s platform. You'll get to pitch your project to a panel of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, investors and advisors.

Lawyers, law students, future leaders! Shape the Law invites you to participate in Leadership in the Law: An Unconference & Hackathon. You'll be challenged to contribute to identify potential roadblocks to leadership and then to collaborate to develop innovative prototype solutions to those roadblocks.

SFUSD is out of school for the Lunar New Year Observance! Bring your wi-fi enabled laptop (Windows PC or Macbook)! Watch and learn how to code an app in a day! Choose any topic (Unity, website development: Ruby, PHP, Python, iOS, Android). Fee covers access to online courses and licenses for source code. All apps are published under the Apple and Android develop accounts for WHOmentors.com, Inc. SMS text 415-373-6767 with any specific instructions!

Reboot Democracy invites you to participate in the Reboot Reunion - Where We Go from Here — following on from December's Reboot Democracy to discuss creative ways to solve the nation's political crisis. If you're interested in leveraging technology to solve political issues, then come to this event to network, discuss ideas, and potentially form teams for future events.