List of hackathons in Santa Cruz, United States in 2017

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Middle schoolers in and around Danville, California! You're invited to participate in the UpTempo Tech Robotics Hackathon. You'll collaborate as part of a team of five students to build a robot from a kit, program it using the Scratch language, and then race it against other team's robots around a NASCAR-style track! The fastest team around five laps wins!

Developers, designers, PMs, and security experts in the Oakland Bay area. Do you believe in using technology for the common good? Think you'd like to help AnnieCannons a not-for-profit that helps survivors of human trafficking? Sign up for the AnnieCannons Curriculum Hackathon. You'll get to help AnnieCannons is update and improve their curriculum of courses that teach survivors of human trafficking in coding and other in-demand technology skills.

Coders, designers and entrepreneurs in San Francisco and the Bay Area! AngelHack invites you to sign up to participate in the AngelHack Global Hackathon Series: San Francisco. Compete on your own, or collaborate as a member of a team to come up with an idea and turn it into a functioning prototype. You're not limited! You could build an app that delivers positive value to your community, a web site satisfying an unmet financial need, a virtual reality game, or whatever your imagination can conceive.

Open-source enthusiasts -- programmers, designers, QA types, UX designers, and other techies! Register for the Online Collaboration Tree Hackathon. You'll get to collaborate on the open-source Collaboration Tree (cTree) web platform for community think tanks. Come network and build your resume, while working with like-minded techies to help advance the cTree project by helping create an open-source tool for online collaboration around specific topics or goals. Visit the expert hackathon advice pagefor answers to your questions on participatiing!

Game developers, designers, artists, and others in San Francisco and the Bay Area! You're invited to sign up to participate in the Playcrafting & Extra Life Game Jam! You'll be challenged to collaborate with like-minded gamers in a week-long event where you'll create fantastic educational games for hospitals!

Fintech hackers! The Symphony Software Foundation invites you to participate in the Open Innovation Challenge. This two-month long virtual Fintech hackathon challenges you to develop a bot, app or integration for the Symphony platform. Showcase your skills and compete for prizes in a number of categories, including Best Integration and Best Open Innovation.

Document management techies and developers in San Francisco and the Bay Area! You're invited to sign up to participate in the DocuSign Momentum Hackathon 2017. Coe and showcase your technical skills and creativity in designing and prototyping an innovative eSignature implementation. One cool hack-for-good challenge will benefit TechBridge Girls -- a non-profit that helps inspire girls to develop a passion for STEM. Collaborate with your peers and compete for a $2500 cash grand prize.

Event Summary  herScript Hacks is an annual regional hackathon meant to engage and excite the tech community by creating technological solutions to real-world problems. This year’s herScript hackathon will be an agTech themed hackathon for college level students interested in AgTech. Event Vibe herScript will create an environment that fosters innovation. Each team will be encouraged to think outside of the box and their imagination will have no bounds. Attendees will feel as if they are in an AgTech incubator. A trialogue between students, facebook engineers, and agriculture experts will feel natural, and each conversation will help all parties form relationships and better understand agriculture. Registration Requirements  Floor: Be familiar with Object-Oriented Programming and Data Structures Ceiling: It doesn't exist. Whether you're a student, first-year engineer, or senior engineer, feel free to take the weekend off and hack with us! FAQs Is this open to any gender?  Yes!  Do I have to be a student to attend?  No, we do have a floor defined, though. It would be helpful if you know OOP and data structures or have experience creating a software program. Whether you're a student, first-year engineer, or senior engineer, feel free to take the weekend off and hack with us!  What can I bring into the event? 1) Grit + Creativity  2) Laptop 3) Sleeping bag 4) Photo ID Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event? Bring a form of identification to confirm your admission into the event. There are no age requirements; if you know object oriented programming and feel as if you can develop a prototype solution, please register.  What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event? We encourage that you carpool with people that you know will be attending. You may want to route to the parking structure next door.  Monterey Street Parking Garage 20 E Market St, Salinas, CA 93901 Since it's 2017, this might be more helpful:  https://goo.gl/maps/4SggZx22Xak Is parking free?  Bad news: Not all of if. Good news: It's very inexpensive and we are covering 4 hours! (If you let us know you need a 4 hour voucher from us) The Monterey Parking Garage charges $4.00 for a full day pass and $2.00 to stay overnight until noon, and $0.50 per hour.  We do, however, have a free voucher to cover your last four hours (noon - 4pm on Sunday).  If you take a voucher from us, you will only have to pay $6.00. If you don't then you will have to to pay $8.00. How can I contact the organizer with any questions? Contact herScript.io@gmail.com. Please title the email with "herScript Hacks Eventbrite Question" Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? No, just your ID with your name and picture. You can bring your confirmation email if you would like.   Is it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn't match the person who attends? No, please make sure your name on the ID matches the name that you submitted on your registration form. If you need to change it, please contact the organizer of the event.  Can I sign up with a team? / How will teams be formed? No, but don't worry all teams will be self-formed on day one. Reference the itinerary on Saturday from 11:00a-12:00p for more information on this.  Team sizes will range from 3-4. We will allow larger teams if you can justify the size.  I don't want to participate, but I would still like to attend, can I? Yes, you can, but on Sunday. We will have our participants demonstrate their work on Sunday, April 30th from 1:00p - 3:00p. Feel free to attend during these hours! Please bring a friend to join you.  Where is the code of conduct? It's currently being authored, but just follow the golden rule and you'll be on our good list! Event Itinerary *Subject to change Saturday, April 29th  9:00a - 10:00a Check in (Coffee and pastries)   10:00a - 11:00a Agriculture Expert Series       In this segment, you will hear a few words from agriculture experts. They will talk about the impact that agriculture has, the problems that farmers are facing as an industry.   11:00a - 12:00p Team formation + Open trialogue between mentors, farmers, and participants       In this segment, the floor will be open for participants to speak to farmers about different operational problems they face to inspire an idea. Facebook engineers will also be present to help you think of a way you can produce a software solution. The floor will be divided into 5 - 10 clusters. Each cluster will have a mentor and a farmer. It will be a fluid experience, as participants can float from cluster to cluster until they find an idea they are interested in hacking. Students who wish full autonomy on their project idea do not need to participate with the purpose of finding an idea. Instead, they can use the time to pitch their idea to get feedback and valid the industry need of their idea.  12:00p - 1:00p Lunch  1:00p - 5:00p  Finalize Project Idea + Mock up + Development plan       During this time, you can begin developing a development plan for the evening.  5:00p - 6:00p Dinner          Saturday 6:00p - Sunday 9:00a Hack        During this time, you will receive help from a facebook engineer as needed.  Sunday, April 30th 9:00a - 10:00a Breakfast  10:00a - 12:00p Last minute work + Presentation creation + Demo practice      During this time, each team will be given a final presentation template. Each presentation will be planned to take no longer than 3-minutes, including a demo if possible.  12:00p - 1:00p Lunch  1:00p - 3:00p Public Showcase       During this time, each team will present to the panel of judges and compete for a grand prize (soon to be mentioned).  Event Partners  Western Growers Innovation Center Western Growers, founded in 1926, is a trade association of California, Arizona and Colorado farmers who grow, pack, and ship almost 50% of our nation's produce. To help our members do more with less, Western Growers launched the Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology (WGCIT) in Salinas, CA. The Center was created to help identify industry priorities, discover technologies to address those priorities, set up testing, facilitate industry feedback and communicate progress to California, Arizona, and Colorado fresh produce farmers. Facebook Founded in 2004, Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what’s going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them. Google IgniteCS The goal of igniteCS is to encourage undergraduate students who have an interest in computer science, diversity, and helping others to apply what they’re learning in the classroom through mentoring. We provide funding, resources, and support while student groups develop a program, find a faculty advisor, and take it into their local community.

Coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, and technologists in the Bay Area! You're invited to participate in the NASA Space Apps Challenge Silicon Valley - West Coast. You'll be part of a 48-hour global collaborative hackathon focused on space exploration. The theme will be solutions for the Earth -- and challenges will involve robotics, data visualization, hardware, design, and much more! You can select one of the following challenges: 1. The Earth and Us, 2. Planetary Blues, 3. Warning! Danger Ahead, 4. Our Ecological Neighborhood, and 5. Ideate and Create.