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Subspace User Testing Hackathon
27 Oct - 02:00 PM
Brooklyn, United States
We're about to launch, and we need your help!
Join us for a hackathon on October 27th to test and give feedback on our collaborative coding platform. Subspace is a code-hosting application where anyone can contribute to any project, and where skill ratings and peer-review help to guide the merge/pull-request process.
Participants will be rewarded with $30 worth of their favorite cryptocurrency, along with pizza and beer.
Requirements: you are a professional software developer who knows Javascript/React, you are experienced using git, and you have a StackOverflow account.
Definitely bring your laptop! :)
NumFOCUS Open Data Science Inclusion Sprint
26 Oct - 08:30 AM
New York, United States
Open source enthusiasts and hackers in and around New York City! The NumFOCUS DISC Program (Diversity & Inclusion in Scientific Computing) invites you to participate in an Open Data Science Inclusion Sprint. You'll get to collaborate with like-minded individuals to hack on JupyterLab, the next-generation web-based interface for Project Jupyter. You don't need to be an expert coder -- there will be hacks for beginners, intermediate, and advanced levels. It's your choice!
Blocktoberfest
25 Oct - 05:00 PM
NY, United States
As fall rolls around, it's time to celebrate Oktoberfest, blockchain style. Hydrogen & Consensys present to you - BLOCKTOBERFEST!
We've reserved tables at Radegast Hall & Biergarten for you to come out and network, have a drink, and meet the teams! You can find us in the Hydrogen t-shirts.
Let's talk about your favorite dApps, identity on the blockchain, the EthGlobal hackathons, or just about your favorite music and beer!
[ Register for a ticket so that we can add your name to the guest list. ]
Contact us for code to attend for free!
AEC Tech 2018: Interpolations
25 Oct - 09:00 AM
New York, United States
Programmers, developers, engineers, and others in the AEC sector! CORE studio at Thornton Tomasetti invites you to participate in the AEC Tech 2018: Interpolations symposium and hackathon. You'll get to attend workshops, masterclasses. and a full-day symposium before you participate in a 26-hour AEC Tech hackathon. The theme of the overall event is Interpolations -- focusing on the innovative processes, technologies, and workflows that are changing the way the AEC industry works, designs, and thinks.
genEquality Hackathon - NYC Hack Night #2
23 Oct - 06:30 PM
New York, United States
Up to $10,000 in seed funding
Calling all genEquality Hackathon participants!
Please join us for our Hack Night #2 in NYC, in conjunction with the Progressive HackNight network. We'll be joined by Ché Nembhard of Promundo-US, who will share Promundo's insights and data focused on engaging men and boys in the quest for gender equality. Hack Night will also have dedicated time for teams and participants to meet, brainstorm, and cowork. Pizza will be served!
If you already have formed a team, join us at our first working hack night and we can help you brainstorm and support you in your idea and product development. If you're looking to join a team or add to your team, join us so we can help connect you to other potential teammates!
genEquality team members and Hackathon Mentors & Expert Advisors will be on hand to answer questions, bounce around ideas, and facilitate discussions. Don't forget your laptop & charger!
Looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday, October 23 at 6:30PM!
Jersey Shore Makerfest 4.0
20 Oct - 10:00 AM
Toms River, United States
Begun in October 2015, Makerfest is an experimental, experiential, educational, and FREE (non-profit) annual community event, a celebration of creativity and imagination that's part MythBusters, part science lab, part county fair, and part art studio. It consists of 70-100 maker booths, LearningSpaces for workshops, an EdTalk stage, a Roborena, and -- In 2017, Makerfest hosted the Toms River United Sustainability Team (TRUST) Green Fair, supported the National Endowment for the Arts grant-funded community Big Read, and piloted the first Jersey Shore Hackathon. Over 250 makers and 10,000 attendees joined us in our first three years. Come be part of the fun!
LYLAS Lab: Policy Hackathon on Reproductive Rights
20 Oct - 08:00 AM
New York, United States
$500 Team prize ($100/person)
Addressing some of today’s most relevant societal challenges can’t be solved by one discipline alone- LYLAS Labs empowers women to come together to solve modern societal and political challenges on interdisciplinary teams. Each team is armed with open data sources and paired with subject matter experts to propose creative solutions and frameworks.
About the Hackathon:
For its inaugural hackathon, LYLAS is partnering with the Flatiron School to host a reproductive rights policy hackathon. The goal is to develop content and prototypes to aide candidates and advocates with the tools they need to understand the policies, opinions, and current state of abortion across the nation.
Information for Participants:
Participants will be organized a week before the event into groups. Each group will be formed by the LYLAS Labs production team to ensure that each team is interdisciplinary and includes a flatiron technical expert. Starter packs will be given to each teams and include: public data sets, lists of reproductive health organization tools that already exist, advice on ideation techniques for team brainstorms and project execution.
Throughout the day, teams will have access to subject matter experts at the event and opportunities for teams to “hack” the issue as well as pressure test their ideas with external experts on the project’s feasibility on real world application. The hackathon will bring ideas that will surely have potential to immediately impact your organizations and its role in the dissemination and public policy education pertaining to women’s rights and our vital upcoming elections.
Agenda:
8AM Flatiron School’s Breakfast Mix and Mingle
9AM Introduction of sponsors and the project
10AM Hack!
12:30PM Flatiron School’s Lunch & Learn
1:30PM Hack!
5PM Team Presentations
7PM Awards and words from our Sponsors
8PM Happy Hour Celebration of Collaboration
FAQs
What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?
Flatiron is located in the financial district on Broadway between Battery Pl and Morris St. For public transportation take:
Subway:
4/5 at Bowling Green
R/W at Rector
J/Z at Broad St
Bus:
M55 at Greenwich St/Morris St
BxM18, SIM1/2/4/4x/32 at Greenwich St/Battery Pl
What can I bring into the event?
Please bring:
1) Your computer
2) Charger
3) Ticket
4) Creativity
5) Energy!
How can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Please email Margaret at margaretcsmiley@gmail.com
Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable?
No, the name on the ticket must match the atendee as teams are set prior to the event.
LYLAS Labs: Policy Hackathon on Reproductive Rights
20 Oct - 08:00 AM
New York, United States
$500 Team prize ($100/person)
Women in the New York Area! If you're passionate about protecting women's reproductive rights, then you’re invited to participate in a Policy Hackathon on Reproductive Rights. You'll collaborate with like-minded individuals and subject matter experts on an interdisciplinary team using open data sources to develop content and prototypes to aid candidates and advocates with the tools they need to understand the policies, opinions, and the current state of abortion across the nation.
NASA Space Apps Challenge 2018
19 Oct - 07:00 PM
New York, United States
Technologists, scientists, designers, artists, educators, entrepreneurs, developers, and students in and around Greater New York City! NASA has commissioned the NASA International Space Apps Challenge (ISAC) to get people around the world to collaborate on its mission directives. If you're interested in space travel, then Space Apps NYC invites you to sign up for the New York edition. You'll be part of a 48-hour global collaborative hackathon focused on space exploration.
Startup and Investor Mixer
15 Oct - 07:30 PM
New York, United States
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DownToDash, Entre, Start It Up NYC and Sharebert are teaming up to bring NYC startups and investors together for a night of connections, fun and a lot of rose. Wander the rooms in The Mansion while sipping Rosé from around the world and meet NYC's top Venture Capitalists.
We have 4 amazing speakers:
1. Charlie O'Donnell, Partner and Founder at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures
Charlie O'Donnell is the sole Partner and Founder at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures. The fund makes seed and pre-seed investments and was the first venture firm located in Brooklyn--where he was born and raised. Brooklyn Bridge invested in the first rounds of Canary, The Wing, Orchard Platform, Tinybop, Hungryroot, Clubhouse, Ringly, and goTenna among others. Working in venture capital since 2001, he apprenticed his way through the asset class with analyst roles on the original Union Square Ventures team as well as at the General Motors pension fund--a long time limited partner in many top tier funds. At First Round Capital, he sourced the firm's investments in Singleplatform (sold to Constant Contact) and GroupMe (sold to Skype). Charlie discovered GroupMe at the Techcrunch Hackathon where the service had been built. He also sourced investments in Backupify (which was an idea he had tweeted to the founder, a friend of his), chloe + isabel, and Refinery29.
Charlie bikes to work, has done seven triathlons, four marathons, and runs the kayaking program in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The longest he has consecutively been outside of the five boroughs of New York City is three weeks.2. Brandon Andrews - Investor and Lead Consultant ABC's Shark Tank Diversity Tour
Brandon Andrews is a senior consultant at Values Partnerships. He leads a nationwide casting tour for ABC's Shark Tank. He writes about business, politics, and crowdfunding.
3. Lisa Burton - Executive Director of HearstLab
Lisa Burton is the Executive Director of HearstLab, a community of early stage, women-led startups innovating in media, data and technology. HearstLab provides assistance with building teams and refining products, along with office space in their New York City offices. At HearstLab, Lisa meets with prospective startups and supports the portfolio companies in residence, including advising on data and data science. Throughout her career, Lisa has built and led data science programs at startups and as a consultant across diverse industries -- from mobile payments to advertising to healthcare. Most recently, she cofounded a startup that leveraged data from social media to help brands understand and connect with their customers. Lisa came to data science from Mechanical Engineering, where she specialized in data-driven modeling and machine learning to predict the motion of swimming animals. She holds a PhD and SM from MIT and BSE from Duke.
4. Polina Marinova - Editor at FORTUNE and the author of Term Sheet
Polina Marinova is an editor at FORTUNE and the author of Term Sheet, FORTUNE's newsletter about deals and dealmakers. Her coverage focuses on venture capital, technology, startups, and sometimes crypto. She has worked on lists including 40 Under 40, the Fortune 500, and Most Powerful Women.
TICKETS INCLUDE
Admission into Rose Mansion8 samples of wine (about four glasses)Rose Mansion, GoVino wine glassRose Mansion, Collectable Enamel PinOther fun surprisesEntry to The Grand Tasting Lounge @ Rose MansionGreat advice from our VCs Network with amazing founders and investors
IF YOU WANT A TABLE & SPEAKING OPPORTUNITY AT EVENT FOR YOUR STARTUPS EMAIL US HERE- sama@downtodash.com
DownToDash is a millennial focused app that connects people in the same location based on what they are down to do, whether it’s workouts, sports, movies or other activities. Users can post specific plans, for example, play Tennis on Thursday at 5 pm at McCarren Park and other users can join.
Entre is the fastest growing community for entrepreneurs, artists, creators, and innovators.
Our monthly events bring people together to openly discuss and share ideas with like-minded individuals. We welcome entrepreneurs of all types, start-ups of all sizes, industries and stages to join us in finding the inspiration, resources and friends that will make them successful.
Whether our members are just beginning to build a company, or are years into their venture, Entre aims to refer the best services available for helping them achieve their goals. We aim to work with sponsors and partners who share our vision in helping the start-up community grow and succeed.
Start It Up is a media network site that provides a platform for the most game-changing startups in NYC to break through the noise, and share how they're shaping our future.
Sharebert makes shopping fun. Users win prizes and earn rewards just by browsing Sharebert's inventory of over 100M high-end brands & products.