List of hackathons in Watsonville, United States in 2017

Members of the San Francisco Tableau User Group! You're invited to participate in the #SFBATUG Hackathon for Good! You'll be challenged to use your data skills to come up with innovative ways to visualize water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) solutions to children living in urban poverty in Asia and Africa. One week before the event, you'll have access to data provided by Splash.org. Your solution will help bring a world closer where all children have clean water, clean hands and clean toilets, no matter where they are born.

Developers, designers and data scientists in the Silicon Valley! Are you planning to participate in the CMU/Emirates iLab AI travel hackathon? If so, then you should attend the pre-event workshop for the hackathon. You'll get to learn about the Hackathon problem sets and the data that will be available to you. Intel will also introduce the Nervana AI platform that you can use to address the Hackathon challenges.

Join 300+ Developers & Hackers at the Nation's Largest API Challenge-Driven Hackathon.     The API World 2017 Hackathon is the largest API hackathon focused on sponsored challenges.   Join 300+ developers building new apps, bots and more -- all within hours! Participants can build any app of their choice and compete for $25,000+ in cash, products and prizes. Get all the details on the hackathon schedule, challenges & prizes by visiting the API World 2017 Hackathon website. Please note, due to venue size constrictions only the first 300 hackers to show-up will be admitted inside the hackathon. Doors open at 10am. Subscription: By registering for this event, you are opting into DevNetwork email updates and one-time email-based promotions from top-level API World sponsors including exclusive invitations to API World parties and partner events. These updates will notify you about API World news, as well as announcements about DevNetwork events. You can opt out of DevNetwork email newsletters at any time. 

If you're an AI enthusiast, Rocket Juice Consulting invites you to participate in the TechCode AI Hackathon. You'll get the chance to be mentored by AI technologists, successful start-up founders, and NASA Engineers during a 54-hour immersive experience. You'll be challenged to find innovative artificial intelligence solutions to difficult problems, with the chance to win cool prizes.

NOTE: Available slots are very limited. We cannot allow in participants who are not signed up. If you sign up and find you cannot attend, please change your ticket order to allow in someone from the waiting list.   What is Hack the Future? Hack the Future is an all-day party / hackathon for young adults to show you what it's like to be a hacker and see if it's for you. We won't tell you what to do. You'll be free to work on whatever you want. We'll try to keep you from getting stuck, and we'll give you a place to start (if you want one). This is a unique opportunity to learn about state-of-the-art software, hardware design, and engineering from mentors working for Bay Area startups as well as big companies like Google, Nvidia, Intel, Facebook and Microsoft.   What can I do at Hack the Future? You might learn how to: Make your own video games Learn to solder electronics Create a webpage Make mods for existing games like Minecraft Create things using a 3D printer Design and present a new product And a ton more Along with all the fun, lunch will be provided!   What hackers need to do: Bring a laptop.  Visit our website and install the recommended programs. Bring laptop's administrator password to install programs. Ask questions!  Try new things, and have fun!   What parents need to do: Ensure that your child has the Administrator Password for their laptop. Check hackers in at the event at 10:00am, along with these items: a copy of your ticket(s), the signed waiver form, and the medical information sheet. Tickets are required due to limited capacity. Come back at 3:45PM to see the Lightning Talks (voluntary presentations on what hackers have been working on). Come back by 5PM to check your child back out so they can go home. Additional Notes to Parents 1. Help us create an environment of independent exploration Parents are highly encouraged to drop participants off and let them explore independently, although you're welcome to check in on them if needed. Come back and check out your hackers promptly at 5PM; we'll need to clean up, and our volunteer mentors have to stay with your child until he or she is picked up.  2. Sign out when you leave with your hacker Parents it is very important to remember to sign your child out of the event! Any names which we do not have parent signatures for check-out are given a follow up by HTF volunteers to verify that your child has been picked up, so please do our volunteers a favor and save them an unnecessary call. 3. Only get a ticket for the hacker Parents, please don't reserve a ticket for yourself.   We Need Your Help to Keep HTF Running If you'd like to support Hack the Future, please consider making a one-time donation or becoming a monthly supporter.  Any donations go directly into our programs.  Visit our Rally Page for more information.  We are also always in need of more mentors.  If you'd like to help run one of our future events, please let us know.   Keep Hacking with Us! To learn more or sign up for our mailing lists, find out about more Hack the Future events, or see pictures from previous events, visit hackthefuture.org or Like us on Facebook and Twitter!

Developers, Designers, Marketers, and Innovators! Are you planning to participate in the NDC Hackathon? Not part of a team yet? No worries -- just reserve a 'spot' at the event and you can get together with like-minded people and form a great team! At the NDC Hackathon itself, you'll be challenged to use one or more NDC APIs to create an innovative new solution that helps enhance airline retailing.

Developers, Designers, Marketers, and Innovators! If you're interested in the airline industry, then you're invited to sign up to participate in the NDC Hackathon. At this round-the-clock event, you'll be challenged to create innovative new solutions that help enhance airline retailing. You'll get the opportunity to use one or more NDC APIs to address challenges around leisure or business travel.

Developers, Designers, Marketers, and Innovators! If you're interested in the airline industry, then you'll want to participate in the NDC Hackathon. Unfortunately, the event is fully subscribed at the moment, but click on the SEE THE WEBSITE button above if you want to be added to the waiting list. At this round-the-clock event, you'll be challenged to create innovative new solutions that help enhance airline retailing. You'll get the opportunity to use one or more NDC APIs to address challenges around leisure or business travel.

FinTech Week: Blockchain Workshop Presented by FinTech Week, Draper University, Day One Ventures & Unbank.Ventures Why you should attend: Want to learn about Blockchain?  We have the workshop for you.  This is a must attend event for anyone looking to enter the exciting world of Blockchain.  This workshop will introduce and teach on the most relevant topics in Blockchain development.  The program will start with the basic and conclude with entry level coding activities. Who should attend: Anyone looking to understand Blockchain Technology Schedule 9am-10am Blockchain Platforms (60min) 10:00am-10:15am Break 10:15am - 11:45am Ethereum Stack (90min)  11:45 - 1pm Lunch and Learn (Legal) 1pm - 2pm Smart Contract Intro - Ameen 2pm- 3pm Smart Contract Lab - Ameen 3pm-3:30 Break 3:30-4pm Discussion Program Overview: Blockchain Platforms The technology has been around for a long time but its only recently been applied in combination to provide more secure decentralized system of record that could be applied to revolutionize many different industries. We will be discussing the basics of blockchain and focus on some specific prominent organizations to highlight features, differences and important information of this relative new and exiting technology. We will also be discussing some communities, projects and highlighting some interesting use cases and how the technology can be applied in the industry. Instructor: Mike Myburgh Principal Consultant at TIBCO Mike Myburgh has been working in the Business Process, Case and Document Management industry for the majority of his life. He has called TIBCO Software home for over 17 years. In the last year he has been studying and using blockchain technology to enable processes that spans organizations. He gets great pleasure in seeing customers implement, use and improve the productivity by using BPM, Integration and Analytical solutions provided by TIBCO Software. BPM and SOA allows companies to get more out of their existing software investments. Blockchain will extend the reach of processes from single organizations to processes that spans multiple organizations like supply chains. Ethereum Stack Welcome to the workshop on Ethereum stack/ During the workshop, you will learn the fundamental principles and techniques that can be applied to design and develop decentralized applications. We will cover basics of Ethereum platform, components, and concepts of transactions, mining, gas and shared computations. The workshop will include hands-on exercises in a browser.  Instructor: Igor Barinov Co-Founder of Block Notary, Inc. IIgor Barinov is a member of Oracles Network https://oracles.org, an open platform based on Ethereum protocol with Proof of Authority consensus by independent validators. Prior to Oracles Network, he started Block Notary, Inc. https://www.blocknotary.com, creators of blockchain enabled mobile products. He studied at BlockchainU in 2015. He is a winner of several blockchain hackathons (Texas Bitcoin Hackathon, Consensus 2016, Consensus 2017, BitHack, Distributed Trade Hackathon). He is a teacher at Innopolis University with a course "Decentralized applications on Ethereum platform" Legal - Lunch and Learn Navigating the unchartered arena of Blockchain can be difficult and potentially consequential for early Blockchain pioneers and entrepreneurs.  In this non-technical section we will discuss legal issue facing Blockchain technologies and community.   Instructor - Ryan Straus Legal Counsel at Fenwick & West, LLP Ryan Straus focuses his practice on providing strategic advice to companies on legal, policy and business issues relating to financial technology. Ryan has significant experience advising financial technology clients on a broad spectrum of regulatory issues and has long-standing relationships with state and federal financial regulators. As an attorney with a background in both technology and financial services, Ryan assists clients with payment and lending matters, including electronic payments, mobile payments, prepaid cards, virtual and digital currencies, consumer lending, and federal and state licensing. Ryan also assists banks with operational compliance issues, new product development, and regulatory matters. Ryan is a recognized expert on non-bank providers of financial products and services and frequently counsels participants from both the public and private sectors regarding innovations in consumer finance. In addition to his law practice, Ryan is Adjunct Professor at Seattle University School of Law and co-developed the Digital Commerce and Financial Technology curriculum for Seattle University’s new LLM in Innovation and Technology Law. Ryan is the author of Bloomberg BNA’s Emerging Payments portfolio, part of Bloomberg BNA’s Banking Practice Series, and co-author of the United States chapter of “The Law of Bitcoin​.” Ryan is a frequent speaker on a wide range of consumer finance topics, including issues related to new product development, operational compliance, and Bitcoin and the Blockchain, and has been interviewed by, and written for, many national publications, including Forbes, Time, American Banker, Bloomberg Brief: Financial Regulation, Communications of the ACM, the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists, and The Hill. Smart Contract Intro & Lab Introduction: 20 mins - Overview of smart contract concepts (gas, transactions, functions, variables, data types)40 mins - Hands-on tutorial to implement the DMV on a smart contract Smart Contract Lab20 mins - Advanced smart contract concepts (deployment, contract calls, modifiers, tokens)40 mins - Hands-on tutorial to deploy and interact with a token contract Instructor: Ameen Soleimani Founder of Moloch Ventures Ameen Soleimani is the founder of Moloch Ventures, a blockchain venture production studio based in SF. Prior to starting Moloch Ventures, he worked at ConsenSys on P2P energy markets, state channels research, and adtech. He helped launch AdToken in June, which raised $10M in 23s.

Think you want to build awesome FinTech solutions? Unbank.Ventures invite you to sign up to participate in the FinTech Week: FinTech & Blockchain Hackathon. You can choose to undertake one of two challenges: 1. Blockchain Challenge: Conceive and prototype a blockchain-based solutions to an unsolved problem in Insurance, GovTech, Energy, Healthcare, IoT, Supply Chain Management, or other industry. 2. FinTech Challenge: Create an innovative solution to a consumer, bank and financial institution problem -- such as consumer savings app, Bitcoin wallet, cross-border money transfer, etc.