List of hackathons in Trenton, United States in 2018

**UPDATE** IDT Unchained Hackathon is partnering up with Stellar.org to help participants integrate the Stellar decentralized network into their projects! Using Stellar.org's SDKs participants will be able to move money in a fast, reliable, and cheap way. Check out their website to see how the Stellar network could enhance your project at our hackathon!** **UPDATE** We are now also partnering with Blockstack! Check out their cool tech at Blockstack.org.** IDT is hosting its first Blockchain hackathon!! Over the span of 3 days you will work the chain to build solutions for international money transfer, calling, and/or retail transactions. The kickoff will be recorded and streamed live online. The building is closed on Friday/Saturday morning for Shabbat. In order to allow our participants more time to work on their projects, hacking will begin remotely on Friday. Doors will open at 8:30pm on Saturday at IDT. In order to be eligible for judging, participants must check-in by 10:30am on Sunday.  Prizes First place: Ledger Nano S Wallet pre-loaded with cryptocurrency (per team member) Second place: RetroPie Gaming Kit + 2 controllers (per team member) Partner Prize Blockstack - Schedule Thursday 7:00pm - Webinar kickoff/networking/team formation Friday  (optional) - Hacking remotely begins/team formation Saturday 8:30pm - Doors open dinner is served 9:00pm - Orientation begins 9:30pm - Pitches 10:00pm - Hacking begins and game rooms open Sunday 8:30am - Breakfast served 10:30am - Check in ends 12:30pm - Lunch served 7:00pm - Code freeze 8:00pm - Presentation starts 9:30pm - Event ends Updates Check back later for some cool updates ;) Who is eligable? Everyone! Front end, back end, and designers are welcome. No prior knowledge of blockchain is necessary (good way to get started with this cool tech!).

On February 23-25, 2018, the world’s largest-ever legal hackathon (legal technology innovation “marathon”) took place. Over 5,000 participants in 22 countries and 40 cities tackled wide-spread legal problems and created technologically innovative solutions. An estimated 600 teams presented their solutions to local and international judges. Winners were chosen from each host location, and from that a resulting 14 final-round teams will be pitching, presenting, and competing in New York City on April 21, 2018 in front of a global judging panel and an impactful audience of legal innovators. Add yourself to that list today! Can't make the event, but still want to contrinute toward the advancement of legal tech? Support us by going to https://globallegalhackathon.com/contribute/

Open to all College Students and Recent Graduates If you're a college student or recent graduate who wants to contribute to a greater cause, make a difference, add value or have an impact, you're invited to Hack. It's a 48-hour immersive hackathon where technologists, designers, and entrepreneurs collaborate to solve real-world problems using a variety of software and hardware tools. DEMO DAY Demo Day (Sunday, April 22nd) isan opportunity to network with VCs, startup founders, and industry professionals from across NYC. Teams of Hack Hackers will showcase and pitch their breakthrough innovations to a panel of established entrepreneurs and industry leaders for seed capital; and will be given an opportunity to turn their ideas into reality.

IgniteSTEM is a free conference for educators and thought leaders focused on transforming K-12 education through innovative approaches found in hackathons, design thinking, and maker spaces. Our keynote speakers this year will include Jonathan Rochelle, the Head of Google for Education; Pat Yongpradit, Chief Academic Officer at Code.org; Don Buckley, Co-Founder of Tools at School; and many more. Partnering with Google Education and Major League Hacking, we are hosting this year’s NYC conference on Friday, April 13th from 9am - 4:30 pm. A reception with drinks and snacks will be held afterwards at the venue until 6 PM.

**Registration fee will be refunded on attendance** Do you identify yourself as femme/female? Do you like making physical or digital board games?  Then come to our first Girls Game Jam at the MakerSpace! This event will be a day long hackathon focused around digital and physical gaming in a positive and welcoming environment. Participants are welcome to sign up with a team or solo, we will form teams based around interests at the beginning of the day. Free pizza, soylent, and a t-shirt will be provided for all participants. It will be happening on April 8th, from 10 am to 5pm. Come through for some fun, free food and t-shirt! Let us know your t-shirt size and type of game you are interested in making by filling this form.

Flawless Hacks is a one day, Beyoncé-themed hackathon in downtown New York City. We get together once a year to hack, build projects, meet amazing people, and jam to Beyoncé. It doesn't matter if you're a certified newbie or a seasoned coder — come dance with us and learn something new!

Important Note: This year's LVHack has been moved to April 6th-8th. Want to meet some incredibly interesting people? Push the limits of technology and yourself? Finally build something that's been bouncing around your head? Join us for this 2018 version of the Lehigh Valley's premier hackathon. What is #LVHack?  You supply the ideas, create teams, and bring a laptop. We'll supply a great venue, good food, and an incredibly fun time. If you’ve been to LVHack before, you know it’s a great event for stretching yourself, learning something new, and building relationships that extend far past the weekend. If you’ve not been to LVHack, this is a great opportunity to connect with the local tech community - don’t worry - we’re fun to be around. About LVHack LVHack is an open hackathon - anyone can attend, and there’s no established topic or challenge. Come with an idea - or come looking to find a good one - and build what you can during the event. And your idea doesn’t have to be software. Over the years we’ve had plenty of physical projects - and we don’t expect that to change. Pitch It, Hack It, Show It Anyone is welcome to pitch their project idea and receive feedback from their peers. Teams organically form around the top ideas and then it’s a 54 hour frenzy of designing, coding, and hacking. The weekend culminates with presentations and prizes! Fabulous Prizes and Great Food There are two things our hackathons are famous for: Prizes and Food. We know that you've probably gone to other hackathons and came away empty handed and feeling like you ate pizza all weekend. That doesn't happen at our hackathons. We gaurantee you won't be disappointed. If you don't believe us, listen to this LV Tech Radio Show Clip. Schedule Friday 6:30 PM - Registration7:00 PM - Welcome7:30 PM  - Ideas / Team Formation10:00 PM - Everyone Out Saturday 8:30 AM - Doors Open12:30 PM - Lunch6:00 PM - Dinner10:00 PM - Everyone Out Sunday 8:30 AM - Doors Open10:00 AM - Final Prep11:00 AM - Presentations12:00 PM - Judging and Prizes12:30 PM - We're Done! You'll love #LVHack A big thank you to Lehigh University for hosting us this year. It's a great new space, and once the HackClock starts - you won't want to leave. If you’re a student, have one of the faculty send us a note, and we’ll definitely explain why this is a valuable event, and you’re not just skipping a few classes. And if your company is interested in a unique off-site experience for your team, let us know, we’d love to have you.

Columbia Statistics Club organizes the "DataFest" each semester, which is a data-focused Hackathon. This smester, we will be hosting the DataFest 2018 organized by the American Statistical Association.  Come to join us!!

Come ‘hack’ mental health at Harvard’s Global Mental Health Open Day and connect with like-minded peers and community members! The Mental Health Hackathon kicks off on Thursday April 5th at 5pm where you will have the opportunity to work alongside a team of collaborators engaged in global mental health to design solutions to pressing mental health challenges. Content and entrepreneurial experts will serve as mentors to guide participants through ideation, prototyping, testing, and pitching. Technical skills and/or programming experience is not required. We encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds and disciplines including business, arts, engineering, mathematics, anthropology, computer science, medicine, public health, education, sociology, and others. Please bring your creativity, energy, and enthusiasm!  Tentative Schedule Thursday, 4/5/18, 5pm – 10pm: The event begins with a kick-off and overview of the Hackathon challenges from our sponsors. This will be followed by team formation and breakout sessions where teams will begin brainstorming, idea refinement and creating mockups. Group mentors and experts will support teams to design and build your ideas. We ask participants to come no later than 5:30pm.   Friday, 4/6/18, 10am – 12pm: Teams will have the opportunity to re-group to further refine their proposal and prepare their pitch. The official GMH Open Day kicks off at 12:30pm and teams can meet throughout the day with their mentors to further develop their project pitches. On Friday evening during Open Day events, teams will have 5 minutes to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. Judges will ask questions, assess based on a defined criteria, and share written feedback. Saturday, 4/7/18, 12pm: The Hackathon awards presentation will take place during the closing presentations of the GMH Open Day. The winning team as well as semi-finalist will be awarded cash prizes and ongoing mentorship to support efforts in launching their idea.  Note: To ensure the best experience for those who take part in the event, we are limiting the total number of participant slots. We will work to include as many interested participants as possible, but apologize in advance if we cannot accommodate everyone. 

What does it take to launch entrepreneurs and technologists from disenfranchised and underrepresented communities? What unique challenges do these communities face? How do gender, culture, and economics affect founders' journeys? Join us for a candid discussion on topics ranging from daily microaggressions and representation to access to financial and social capital and family support. Speakers Madelena Mak is a designer and entrepreneur working in tech. She is currently the National Director at StartupBus, an international community that empowers the next generation of founders through the unique experience of a road trip and a startup competition combined. She has spoken at Facebook and Google to advocate for trans youth in tech, and she was also an award-winning mentor-in-residence at Startup Institute. She designed Trillian, an instant messenger that had reached the top of iPhone and Android app stores, as well as ZocDoc and FindDoc, both critically acclaimed doctor search engines serving the United States and Southern China respectively. Her work has been featured in Wired Magazine, CBS, Engadget, TechCrunch, technical.ly, and Brooklyn Paper. She has been awarded at TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon in 2013, NYC Big Apps in 2013, and AngelHack in 2014. She received a BArch and BFA at Rhode Island School of Design. Stefan Dienstag, StartupBus NOLA 2017 participant is a born and raised New Yorker who has consulted in various fields ranging from fashion to mobile apps. He has spent the past few years working more in social impact, ecosystem building, and inclusivity most notably at Propeller, an impact accelerator in New Orleans. Stefan worked in the health sector and investments for underserved communities. He moved back to New York recently where he currently seeks to increase access to capital and give resources to companies seeking to do good in NOLA. Alex de Aranzeta, M.A., J.D. is a public speaker, mediator and people strategist, committed to moving the needing in the civic and innovation communities for social good. She is the Founder and CEO of Accessity, a professional services company that solves beyond equal to train and advise organizations and startups on diversity, inclusion, equity and access strategies.  Previously, Alex worked at a leading civil rights enforcement agency, where she investigated, mediated and resolved 300+ of cases of harassment, discrimination and sexual misconduct; led statewide learning and development reaching 200+ organizations; and built a model language access program. She’s also worked in higher ed, scaling diversity programming and leading Title IX investigations. Today, Alex leads Accessity and manages diversity compliance, serving 50,000 government employees.  Jerelyn Rodriguez is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Knowledge House. As an alumna of the first KIPP schools, Jerelyn was raised with the belief that knowledge is power. This hunger for knowledge and the opportunity to leverage technology for social good inspired her to start The Knowledge House. Previously, she coordinated STEM after-school programming at Beyond Z and was the Bronx Field Director for Reshma Saujani's 2013 campaign for New York City Public Advocate. In 2011, Jerelyn joined Students for Education Reform (SFER) as the National Program Director, organizing and coaching college students in 35 states to advocate for education reform. Prior to SFER, Jerelyn worked in the public school system, teaching and designing student programs. Jerelyn has a degree in film studies from Columbia University. Jerelyn has recently spoken on panels at SXSWedu, the New York City Social Innovation Festival and NASA’s SpaceApps Challenge. She is on the leadership council for South Bronx Rising Together, a founding Datanaut at NASA, a fellow at Camelback Ventures, and the Entrepreneur in Residence at the BXL: Bronx Business Incubator. The panel will be moderated by Colleen Wong, lead conductor of StartupBus New York 2018, Women⁺ in Blockchain Edition. This event is made possible by the generous support of Galvanize. Special thank you to Insomnia Cookies for fueling our evening with delicious treats!