List of hackathons in Watsonville, United States in 2017

and Present   David Drake at the Fintech Week Silicon Valley 2017   August 1st - 6th, 2017Doors open at 8:00 amDraper UniversitySan Mateo, CA   To register, pls. click here   Fintech Week Silicon Valley is a series of events that celebrate Fintech Innovation and Silicon Valley's disproportionate role in changing the way financial services serve people. It was launched in London in 2014 and now they are bringing the event to Silicon Valley where several events will run during Fintech Week. Though 2017 marks the first Fintech Week in Silicon Valley, it's not the first event in the area. In 2016, they ran Blockchain San Francisco. Silicon Valley is the 4th location of Fintech Week. Other cities include London, Tel Aviv, Chicago (New York will be the 5th). The event brings together senior figures in finance, tech, government, venture capital and start-ups into a room and lets the magic happen. Conferences, meetups, workshops, a hackathon and an eexhibition all make up Fintech Week. WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT. FAST PACED: They keep the talks short/interesting & networking long. Panels last 30 minutes, keynotes 20, and demo/intros 10. Plenty of networking time is built into each day. This is not a traditional corporate event. ECOSYSTEM: The people in the room are quality people. They take an ecosystem approach, which means they actively attract innovators, large firms, VCs, academics, government officials, press & start-ups. Having all the right people in the room makes for interesting chemistry. NO HARD SELL ON STAGE: They create an environment that's great for making connections, not sales pitches. They have no problem with selling. They just want you to sell more & prefer that it happens organically through networking. Partial List of Speakers: Jason ZalerFinTech Partnerships LeadPwC Simon YuCEOCakeCodes Inc. Don ButlerManaging DirectorThomvest Ventures Ryan StrausCounselFenwick & West Amar Singh RathorExecutive DirectorStandard Chartered Ron SuberPresidentProsper Marketplacespeaker imageLuis CarranzaDirectorFintech Worldwide Ltd. Andrey AydovDirectorQSystems Sarah SchaafFounderHeadnote Suresh SreeniCEOAYEIM Hoda MehrCofounder and CEOStock Card Samuel HarrisonBusiness Development & Operations ManagementNok Nok Labs Lloyed LoboCofounderBoast.AI jack sabampday one Alessandro VotoWest Coast DirectorConsenSys                                                                               David Drake Founder and Chairman,                                      LDJ Capital The Soho Loft Media Group   David Drake is the Chairman of LDJ Capital, a multi-family office; Victoria Partners, a 300 family office network based in London; LDJ Real Estate Group and Drake Hospitality Group; and The Soho Loft Media Group with divisions Victoria Global Communications, Times Impact Publications, and The Soho Loft Conferences.  Mr. Drake has been involved in TMT (technology, media, telecoms), realty, hospitality, cleantech, energy and social impact investments for more than 20 years. He is an advocate of innovative investing in early-stage equity, capital formation policies and developments globally, and the US JOBS Act which he lobbied for in the US Congress and the EU Commission. Because of his leading work in this space, he represented the US Commerce Department at the EU Commission in Brussels and Rome in 2012 and was invited to the White House Champions of Change ceremony in Washington, D.C. and as a speaker at the UK Parliament in 2013. His investment, The Soho Loft Media Group, produces and sponsors over 200 global conferences annually and his articles are syndicated in over 100 publications. One such event was April 2013 for the institutional media leader Thomson Reuters, with speakers from Nasdaq, NYSE, KKR and Carlyle Group. He advances financial innovation through his work as an international speaker and writer. He has spoken in top universities like Cambridge, NYU, Cornell, Columbia, and writes regularly for major publications like WSJ, Forbes, Huffington Post, Thomson Reuters. He is the co-author of the books Planet Entrepreneur and Crowdfunding and Other Animals and is the author of the upcoming books TheCrowdfunding Economy and LIFEE: Life Instructions for Entrepreneurs and Executives. Previously, Mr. Drake has acted as general partner in fund-of-funds, realty funds, venture capital funds, seed funds and hedge funds. Mr. Drake’s holdings have media partnership with the European Business Angel Network, European Venture Philanthropy Association and Angel Capital Association of North America. He sits on 4 angel networks and has co-founded two angel networks. His focus today is to take on board advisory positions at companies, angel networks and venture funds, and to guide them on international regulations, corporate strategy and fund structures, with emphasis on the growing trend of online investment automation for retail and angel investors. Privately, Mr. Drake has hosted the Harvard Business Club of NY at his home, produced Carnegie Hall concerts and raised funds for the charities Trail Blazers and Best Buddies for many years. Today he is a board director for the New York City Opera Renaissance, London-based UBS Charity of the Year ARCHIVE Global, and a board advisor for The Washington Ballet. He is a board director also of the Carnegie Hall Einhorn Oratorio Project in honor of the Ukraine MH17 flight victims which allows him to work and advise US Ambassadors from, but not limited to, Dominica, Ukraine, Marshall Islands, Australia, Canada and Sweden. Born in Sweden and fluent in six languages, Mr. Drake has an MBA in Finance and an MA in International Law and Economics from George Washington University, where he was awarded the Wallenberg Scholarship for academic merit.

Coders, designers and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley! AngelHack invites you to sign up to participate in the AngelHack Global Hackathon Series: Silicon Valley. 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.

Techie kids -- aged 7-8 -- in the Santa Clara area! Know how to program in Scratch? Great! Then you're invited to participate in the Mini SCRATCH Hackathon. This is a mini non-competitive event, where you'll be able to practice your Scratch coding skills and collaborate with others to code a video game using Scratch. Come as a team, or meet new friends at the event. Come and strut your Scratch skills and win some cool door prizes!

PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE EVENT DESCRIPTION.  There is a cover charge to attend this event. A "YES"  RSVP on our meetup site does not confirm your reservation.  Space is limited.  Please only RSVP "Yes" if you will be attending.  Take advantage of early responder pricing!  Slots are limited.  First come, first served! First Responders            $9 plus   Eventbrite fees Second Responders      $13 plus  Eventbrite fees Third Responders          $17 plus  Eventbrite fees Fourth Responders       $20 plus Eventbrite fees In order to attend, you must register and pay via Eventbrite. Please bring your printed ticket to the event. Or, pay $25 (cash) at the door. "Financial technology, also known as FinTech, is a line of business based on using software to provide financial services. Financial technology companies are generally startups founded with the purpose of disrupting incumbent financial systems and corporations that rely less on software."  -Wikipedia Our distinguished  panel will hold a lively discussion on the latest innovations in FinTech.   Please come with questions and comments. If you are a FinTech startup and would like space on a demo table for the networking portion of the event, please send an email message to: idea.to.ipo@gmail.com Put this in the subject header: W 7/19    FinTech Demo Table Agenda 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm  Check In, Dinner, Networking Reception 7:00 pm to  8:30 pm  Panel Discussion, Audience Q & A 8:30 pm to  9:00 pm  More Networking About the Panelists (More panelists TBA.) Stephanie Louis is an Ecosystem Business Development Manager on the IBM Channels Team for North America. She covers the IBM Cloud portfolio and cultivates OEM technology partnerships with insurtechs and fintechs, traditional clients like banks and insurance companies, and business partners. Stephanie's experience spans IoT, adtech, pharmaceutical finance, and healthcare IT. She received an MBA from the University of Cambridge Judge Business School and a B.A. from Harvard University.  Hu Liang is a Senior Managing Director and founder of the Emerging Technologies Center (ETC) at State Street Bank & Trust. ETC focused on the prototyping of emerging technologies, such as machine learning, blockchain, augmented reality and others. A long time Silicon Valley veteran, Hu joined State Street as part of the Currenex acquisition in 2007, where he was one of its earliest members. He led numerous technology and business initiatives within Currenex including the design of its algorithmic trading engine as well as starting the global margin FX business. Prior to Currenex, Hu founded the technology service provider Forion in 2000 that provided managed authentication and authorization services to the then newly emerging ASP and SaaS industries. Earlier still, he was a principal member of an e-Commerce management-consulting firm focused on secure online transaction services for the financial service industry. Hu started his career performing software development for IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. Hu holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University in New Jersey and received his MBA from the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. Matthew Chagan has been working in Silicon Valley as a VC and executive for almost two decades. He is the co-founder of Synapse Partners, a venture capital firm focused on investing in data driven software applications.  Within the financial services sector he is focused on sectors where new sources of data and the maturation of AI offer new opportunities (Regtech, Alternative Data for Lending, Trade Finance, etc.).  Matthew led Synapse’s investment in Kountable, a trade finance company focused on emerging markets and Synapse’s most recent investment in Fintech.  Before founding Synapse, Matthew was VP of Corporate Development at Opera Software where he helped drive corporate strategy by evaluating new markets for Opera Software to enter through partnerships, investments and acquisitions. During his tenure he led four acquisitions and a divestiture prior to the Company’s acquisition for $1.2B.  Prior to Opera, Matthew was a Principal at Trident Capital, a Palo Alto based venture capital firm. While at Trident, he served as board member or board observer at AccountNow (sold to GreenDot), Merchant e-Solutions (sold to Cielo), Advanced Payment Solutions, Appia (sold to Digital Turbine), Bytemobile (sold to Citrix) and mBlox and was actively involved with Trident’s investments in BrightRoll (sold to Yahoo), NinthDecimal, Sojern and Teladoc (IPO). Earlier in his career, Matthew was the Director of Finance at SOMA Networks, a wireless broadband systems company. Before joining SOMA, he was part of the Technology Investment Banking Group at Banc of America Securities. Deepak Shah is a Silicon Valley based industry leader and an expert in financial domains like payments, FinTech, International Money Transfers, Options Trading Platforms and strategy consulting. He is passionate about mentoring FinTech startup teams and helping them shape their business model, get connected to clients. Deepak works with Envestnet | Yodlee as Engineering Director and has been instrumental in building Yodlee Payments and ACH transfer platform. Lately Deepak has been deeply involved in FinTech world helping shape developer experience at Yodlee. Deepak represents Yodlee as  Developer Advocate in various conferences, hackathons and FinTech events. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dshah/ About the Moderator  Christopher M. Forrester is a partner at Shearman & Sterling, LLP.  His practice focuses on the representation of public and private companies and investment banks in general corporate and finance matters, with an emphasis on mergers, acquisitions and strategic transactions, public and private securities offerings and corporate governance and compliance.  Mr. Forrester’s experience includes transactions in multiple industries, including, technology, telecommunications, action sports, transportation, life sciences, clean energy/renewables, project finance and development, industrial, insurance and financial/banking.  Photo and Video Disclaimer: By attending Idea to IPO events, you understand that you may be photographed or videotaped. You agree to allow your photo, video, or film likeness to be used for any legitimate purpose by the event hosts, producers, sponsors, organizers, assigns, and/or by anyone involved in the event in any capacity. This includes usage on social media platforms. Refund requests must be made at least 24 hours in advance of the event. For more info on Idea to IPO events, visit: www.idea-to-ipo.com

Do you have a Fintech idea or startup that you would like to pre-integrate and certify with Core Banking APIs and offer to some of the top financial services firms? This is a Hackathon you don't want to miss. Hack the Core is a Fintech Hackahton with CeleritiFintech Core Banking APIs (Hogan Core Banking). Create new experiences, customer journeys and create the next generation of Digital Banking capabilities. Registration is free but spots are limited. Selected submissions will be notified and given access to API Sandbox. iValley reserves the right to reject submissions.

Techie teens in the Santa Clara area! Know how to program in Scratch? Great! Then you're invited to participate in the Teens Teach: Mini SCRATCH Hackathon. This is a mini non-competitive event, where you'll be able to practice your Scratch coding skills and collaborate with others. Come as a team, or meet new friends at the event. Come and strut your Scratch skills and win some cool door prizes!

Event Overview Merge VR will be hosting a game jam focused on their recently released product, Merge Cube, which allows you to hold a hologram in your hand. Also available for development will be Moonshot, their universal mobile motion controller for creating engaging experiences in virtual reality. Moonjam is like a game jam, but focused on creating experiences in virtual reality and augmented reality. This isn’t a contest or an all-night hackathon. It’s a fun collaborative space where creative people get together to make mind-blowing VR and AR experiences. Attendees will be the first in the world to use this exciting new tech, and be allowed to take home a set of Merge Goggles and a Merge Cube. Meet new people, learn new things, and be a part of the booming VR scene! We will also be awarding Vuforia Classic Licenses to the top 3 games ($1500 value), so this is a great chance to develop something and get your vuforia license paid for! Schedule of Events Friday, July 7th, 7PM - 9PM // Developer Meet & Greet Saturday, July 8th, 8AM - 10PM // Jam!! Sunday, July 9th, 8AM - 4PM // Jam!! Sunday, July 9th, 5pm-7pm // Show and Tell! FAQs What computer do I use? Bring your own computer! Load up your favorite game engines and be ready to roll! We'll have iPhone's with us so if you plan to develop on iOS make sure to bring a Mac! Do I have to focus on mobile? Yes! Bring your own development device too! But just in case, we’ll have limited mobile devices for you to borrow. Can I use the controller or do I have to use the cube? Merge VR will supply a Moonshot and Merge Cube SDK, but you should bring any other code, prefabs, and other game materials you might need. I want to participate but I don't have a team, can you help? If you don’t have enough people to make up a team, let us know and we’ll help you find your missing skill sets! There will be several opportunities to meet other developers and artists and form your team, and we're happy to help you out! Where do I park?  Cogswell has parking available at the building. Organizer: Jeremy Kenisky Organizer Description: Jeremy is Vice President at Merge VR and leads content development, software, and creative design teams. He will be on site along with several of Merge's lead developers to help facilitate MoonJam and give all the teams the best chance they have at success. Facebook / Twitter: "/MergeVR" Public Page: Yes Event type: Gaming / Competition Event Topic1: Film, Media, & Entertainment Event Topic2: Gaming

Are you passionate about helping advance gender equality? CHIME FOR CHANGE, Global Citizen, Facebook and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers invite you to sign up to participate at ChimeHack 4. Come to this two-day hackathon and help create ways to overcome barriers to equality. You'll collaborate with like-minded hackers, issue experts and non-profit leaders to create tech-driven solutions focused on gender equality.

Directors, script-writers, transmedia architects, production designers, sound designers, actors, VR developers, editors, and more! Think you can create a VR film in 36 hours? Garage Stories invites you to sign up to participate in their Garage Stories_36h VR Storytelling Hackathon. You'll collaborate with other VR film enthusiasts to create your own immersive world and a VR set that will be open to the public in Palo Alto + VR short.

VetsInTech Hackathon @ Facebook  In honor of returning Iraq and Afghanistan veteran entrepreneurs [vetrepreneurs], join VetsinTech & Facebook as we support aspiring & current vetrepreneurs in a fast paced hackathon where teams are formed around ideas, ideas are refined into pitches, and tech prototypes are created for next generation technology to strengthen our community.  Veterans are natural born entrepreneurs who bring leadership, decisionmaking, persistence, and attention to detail to a team. During the event, attendees will also hear from successful Veterans and industry leaders about the value of driving innovation to disrupt their respective markets. In this full day event, teams will work with Facebook mentors and fellow veteran entrepreneurs to pitch and demo their product/service to a panel of judges. Top winners will receive prizes.  Competition Guidelines: Veterans can pitch an idea or join a team  Teams of approximately 5-10 people will be formed Skills can range from product, marketing, engineering and general business (coding not required) Registered idea generators are given 1 minute to pitch a product/service concept to a tech audience at the beginning of the event. Attending veterans and mentors pre-select the best ideas that will be developed into applications during the day, teams are formed, and the competition begins! Agenda: 9:00 – 9:30am:  Breakfast 9:30 – 9:45am:  Welcome | Facebook and VetsinTech 9:45 – 10:30am:  Ideas & Pitches 10:30 – 12:00  Team Formation | Hackathon Begins 12:00 – 12:45pm:  Keynote Speaker | Lunch 12:45 – 1:00pm:  Break 1:00 – 1:30pm:  FbStart Team Presentation for Startups  1:30 – 5:30pm:  FB + ViT mentors | Teamwork 6:00 – 7:00pm:  Dinner | Veteran Entrepreneur Spotlights  7:00pm – 8:30pm:  Final Pitch Event to Judges | Prizes Awarded What to expect: Expect to find the complementary skills that help you to connect in the tech community. Be open, share your ideas and don’t hold back – Ideas without actions are usually called dreams! Expect to meet inspiring community leaders and other talented veterans to work under time pressure to build a minimum viable product.  Expect to gain valuable feedback and insight not only from your teammates but also from other participants and the all-star panel of judges.