List of hackathons in Santa Cruz, United States in 2017

Synchronized global competition. Qualification trial will take place online, where talents will compete across the globe at the same time. Challenge winners will take home up to 45,000 USD cash prize and be offered positions at one of China's largest e-commerce companies.

Community members in the San Jose and Silicon Valley area! Code for San Jose invites you to participate in their Public Art Grantathon! At this day-long hackathon-style event, you'll be challenged to identify and write grant proposals for public art projects. Come as a team or join one at the event and help write grant proposals with the hope to add some artwork to public space in San Jose!

Hackers in the San Francisco Bay Area! Are you appalled by the lack of progress in helping Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria? You're invited to come and participate in a Hackathon to build 100 apps that fix 100 real problems in Puerto Rico. You'll be challenged to design and build a working app that will have a social and environmental impact on the Commonwealth. Pitch and demo your project to the panel of judges for a chance to win prizes such as Best Beginner Hack, Best Environment/Social Impact Hack, Best use of Blockchain Technology, or Best use of TensorFlow, Salesforce Einstein or any Artificial Intelligence API.

Developers in the San Francisco Bay Area! Have you got at least 2 years coding experience -- in any language? And are you interested in learning about Blockchain technologies? Then you're invited to participate in the CRYPTO-HEROES Ethereum Hackathon. You'll get to learn all about smart contracts -- the Blockchain way -- and then get to tackle a real project which you'll present for a full assessment by a panel of experts. Showcase your skills and win invitations for job interviews.

iOS / Android / Web app developers, bioinformaticians, entrepreneurs, physicians / medical researchers, and students interested in genomics! You know who you are! Awakens, Inc. invites you to participate in the Genome Link Hackathon. You don't have to be an expert -- beginners are encouraged to sign up. You'll be challenged to design and prototype a DNA-personalized app using the Genome Link API. Pitch your project to the panel of judges for a chance to win a $1000 cash prize.

Industry leaders in the Bay Area! You're invited to attend the TeenTechSF Global Youth Summit @Microsoft. You'll get to hear the announcement of the TeenTechSF World Pitch winners. This is an event, where teams of students, aged 12-18 years, create tech solutions to civic problems. The winning finalists in the TeenTechSF Civic Hackathon and other regional events will advance to the World Pitch finals.

Are you an engineer or a data scientist, a tech product marketer or a software salesperson, with a passion for your community and your country? Have you attended hackathons for politics and wished there were more you could do to apply your skills to improve our democracy? Do you wish that civic engagement could be your full-time job, but don't know how to make that happen? We are thrilled to show you those opportunities! We want you to know that it is possible and viable for your technology sector skills to serve the political causes that you care about. You can volunteer as a technologist, or you can find a full-time job in political tech, or you can found your own company innovating in tech for politics. You can have an impact on your community and your country with the skills you already have, and we can show you how.  Learn more at "Technology Jobs in Politics," hosted by Higher Ground Labs, Lab736, Ragtag, New Media Ventures, Tech for Campaigns, and TechEquity Collaborative! Meet political tech entrepreneurs who are building tech for politics to serve our country, and hear from progressive organizations about how technology and tech industry workers can play a role in building a better future for the United States.  This event is sponsored by Amalgamated Bank.

Future hackers -- techie kids ages 10-19 -- bring your parents along as you participate in Hack the Future 20. You'll get to hang out with experienced geeks who can show you stuff you won't learn in school, but that helped them get sweet jobs in the high tech space. You'll be challenged to do hacker and maker stuff like create your own video game, learn to solder electronics, build a webpage, or make things using a 3D printer.

Aspiring entrepreneurs and coders in the Bay Area and beyond! You're invited to participate in the NOC SV Innovate Hackathon. You'll compete in a team of between 3 and 6 people and address one of three challenges -- The Nexosis API Machine Learning Challenge, the Back4app Backend Service Platform, or the SingTel Innov8 Challenge. Present your project to the panel of expert judges for the chance to win your share of the $2,000 prize pool.

Kids in and around the Oakland Bay Area! Bring your parents along and participate in a Free: Hackathon for Kids - Google Home App by The MADE and PJMan & The The StarGazers. You'll be empowered to develop your own app and win the chance to have it submitted to Google Home.