List of hackathons in Santa Barbara, United States in 2017

#hackbythesea Bring your creativity, curiosity and passion to Ventura County’s first hackathon. A hackathon is a coding event in which teams “hack” together to create an awesome project like a game, website, or app. Team up with some of the brightest minds in Ventura County to turn that energy and free food into awesome award-winning projects. The 21-hour Hackathon begins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday Dec 1st and ends Saturday, December 2nd at 4:30 p.m. Open to all Ventura County High School students in grades 9-12. Dinner, breakfast, Lunch and snacks provided. Door prizes, awards and plenty of SWAG Space is Limited to first 200 students. Please bring a laptop if you have one - if not, one may be provided to you. ***IMPORTANT INFORMATION*** 1. ALL students must bring a completed copy of the Student Release form with you to the event in order to participate: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwGMgLskcvs7SEFFMnFiWHcwNDg 2. ALL participants must read and agree to Hackathon by the Sea's Code of Conduct: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwGMgLskcvs7UVJ5bUxRRlJHUGc 3. Please read the following document on how you can prepare for a hackathon, and what to bring to the event: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwGMgLskcvs7Y3NuRURZMG9MUEE

Sign up to become a mentor!    #hackbythesea Mentorship is an integral part of any hackathon and literally change lives. Over 50,000 students participate in hackathons every year. Students attend hackathons to learn more about programming or to get their first exposure to programming. Hackathons can be incredibly inspiring for students and mentors alike. Many say it's a life-changing experience.  This is where you come in: mentors work with students to help them create prototypes and turn their vision into reality. A good mentor can vastly improve a hacker's experience and learning, and inspire them to pursue their dreams. Make a difference in young people's lives and be part of this unique educational event by signing up to be a mentor at the Hackathon by the Sea today.

Amid what Fortune magazine has described as the "numismatic delirium" surrounding Bitcoin, Ethereum and the proliferance of Cryptocurrencies today, it's easy to overlook the long-term impact of the blockchain technology that uses consensus validation and complex mathematics, to sequence and verify cryptographically secured, "trusted" digital transactions to provide the foundational underpinnings for trust in these digital currencies.   Beyond this initial purpose, blockchain and distributed ledger tools are being developed to help assure data-integrity and ownership, easily maintain auditable records, and to secure contractual agreements.   Please join us on October 18th, 2017, for an insightful discussion centered on the role of digital currencies, blockchain, and distributed ledger technology in the financial markets, in enterprise applications, for identity verification and protection, and as a fundraising tool (Initial Coin Offerings, or "ICO's"), with our esteemed panel of industry experts:   Speakers: Vinny Lingham, Founder and CEO, Civic Technologies, Inc. Sheri Kaiserman, Head of Advanced Securities Division, Wedbush Stanislav Synko, CTO, Cryptix   Vinny Lingham, Founder and CEO, Civic Technologies, Inc. Vinny is a serial entrepreneur who previously founded the digital gift card platform, Gyft, which was acquired by First Data Corporation in 2014. He is well-known for his role as a Shark on Shark Tank South Africa, and most recently led the effort on Civic's highly-successful, over-subscribed, $33-million ICO in June of this year.  Vinny is a vocal advocate for implementation of blockchain and distributed ledger solutions, and has produced a wealth of reference knowledge via blog posts available at vinnylingham.com.   Sheri Kaiserman, Head of Advanced Securities Division, Wedbush. With over 25-years of equity sales and leadership experience, Sheri moved into her current role with Wedbush to further build the firm's Blockchain/Bitcoin initiatives, including raising money for Wedbush's early stage VC fund dedicated to investing in Blockchain enabled companies.   Stanislav Synko, CTO, Cryptix. Stan has been active in the software industry for 10-years, including 5-years building distributed teams, running a blockchain consultancy, and as a systems architect for entrepreneurs specializing in Hyperledger blockchain. He was Principal architect of the winning solution at IBM Blockchain Hackathon, and has hosted a workshop on the topic at Harvard Innovation Labs and a seminar at Rutgers University Business School. Stan joined the Cryptix team as CTO & Architect, to spearhead their technical work on a platform to provide enhanced security and digital contract capabilities in the event ticketing “arena”.

Interested in the real estate, AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) industries? Come sign-up and participate in Hub101 Hacks business hackathon! This is an ideal environment for you to showcase your creativity and mastery of business technology! You'll collaborate with industry professionals, UX designers, business consultants, lawyers, finance/accounting professionals, hardware and software mentors, and many more. Come with an existing Real Estate/AEC project, or create one at the event! Your goal is to create a startup idea that can become a successful business that can generate revenue and/or attract investors.