List of hackathons in Watsonville, United States in 2017

On March 14th -- Pi Day -- thousands of people in and around the tech community will rally to make a strong statement in support of the same values that drive Silicon Valley:- The open exchange of ideas- Community participation- The idea that meritocracy is where the best ideas win regardless of status or power- Experimentation and discovery to find the best possible solutionOur goals are:-- Urge our tech leaders to stand up and speak out for our users when the current administration enacts policies that negatively affect our community.-- Connect technologists to organizations that are being directly impacted, through hackathons, fundraising, mentoring programs, and donating skills/time;-- Work together with other organizations to bridge the divide between the tech industry and people that technology has disrupted.We believe in creating a space that respects, empowers and includes all. We believe in standing up for the fundamental rights of all communities and persons. We believe in standing up for something, not simply against it.This is intended to be a peaceful event. We will be working closely with the Palo Alto Police Department to ensure that everyone has a safe and inspiring day. Thank you, everyone, for your support. We are just getting started!Stay tuned for more details on speakers, organizations, and activities at our Pi Day rally! *** PLEASE NOTE: Any Contributions to Tech Stands Up are not tax deductible ***

Fintech startups are rapidly changing the financial industry landscape by embracing state-of-the-art technologies, attracting new customers and expanding their businesses into newer territories. Today, Credit Unions face increased pressure to reduce costs and drive stickier, more profitable relationships with their members. Come and collaborate with attendees from leading credit unions across the nation and share ideas on how to augment traditional business intelligence with a modern data platform that enables agile decision making. NOTE: Location to be finalized.

Santa Clara students in grades 7-12! Would you like to learn new programming skills and be challenged to solve problems and create an awesome project? The Santa Clara City Library invites you to sign up for the SCHacks hackathon. You can chose your type of project -- website, web app, phone app, or other software.

Developers, designers and entrepreneurs from all over Silicon Valley! Angelhack and Febreze invite you to sign up to participate in the Febreze Home Hack. You'll be challenged to come up with innovative technology solutions that can personalize your home, your scent, and a whole lot more! Using IoT based connected technologies you can create solutions that bring innovative new ways to bring scents into the home.

Female high school students in and around Mountain View, CA. Symantec and Girls Teaching Girls to Code invite you to sign up to participate in the all-female XXHacks 12-hour hackathon. You'll be challenged to collaborate to design a website or mobile application that addresses a real world problem.

Techies and hackers in and around the Silicon Valley area. The Foothill Inventors' Club and Computer Science Club invite you to come and sign up to participate in OwlHacks. This event is the first hackathon hosted by Foothill College students! Come and compete for great prizes -- cash and movie tickets! All participants will also get free stuff, so bring your Swag bag!

Hacker and AR/VR enthusiasts in the Bay Area. ProtoHack invites you to sign up to participate in ProtoHack: AR/VR - Process of an AR product + Use Cases. This event is a lead in to ProtoHack's upcoming hackathon. At this event you'll learn how to prototype augmented reality and virtual reality products.

Agenda:   6:00 - Doors open. Networking. Members meet each other.  6:20 - Welcome. Members to share topics of interests for future meetings.  6:30 - Talk #1. Security of IoT Data: Implementing Data-Centric Security and User Access Strategy by Prasad Mujumdar, Software Engineer at BlueTalon 7:10 - Q&A break.   7:20 - Talk #2. Role of Mobile in Industrial IoT by Sundar Krish, CEO at waygum.io 8:00 - Q&A break & wrap-up. Want to give a talk? fill in this form #PredixSV Talk #1. Security of IoT Data: Implementing Data-Centric Security and User Access Strategy by Prasad Mujumdar, Software Engineer at BlueTalon  This session will articulate how a data-centric security approach unifies all security policies around the data, for full visibility and better control. Prasad Mujumdar from BlueTalon will provide a checklist to help you implement the best possible data security and user access control strategy. He will also describe how the BlueTalon security solution can be used in the context of the Predix platform to control and keep visibility over data access.  Talk #2. Role of Mobile in Industrial IoT by Sundar Krish, CEO at waygum.io Industrial IoT is generally believed to be accelerated by the technologies & products, getting better and cheaper in the sensor, egde computing, cloud, network connectivity and the big data space. However, one mega trend that actually contributes a lot more to Industrial IoT, yet somewhat under appreciated, is Mobile. Every industrial worker these days has a smartphone, and what this does is bring in a whole lot of users, compared to just a handful of them before, and this explosion of user base will be crucial factor for innovations in Industrial IoT. Sundar Krish, CEO & Founder of Waygum will talk about how mobile technologies, and the ubiquity of smartphones is revolutionizing Industrial IoT. About sponsors:   Altoros's unique specialty is turning services from Predix Catalog into apps carrying competitive advantage for its customers. For example, Altoros has built a real time baggage tracking solution - BagTrack - a service for airlines and airports that need to bring customer experience up to speed when it comes to letting the customer know, in real-time, status and location of your bag. Altoros provides private/public hackathons, training, application prototyping, development and integration services using solutions offered by GE, Predix Catalog and GE Digital ecosystem.  CBTS provides end-to-end IT and communications solutions that allow mid-sized and enterprise businesses to improve operational efficiency, enable innovation, mitigate risk and reduce expenditures. From building enablement infrastructure, to deploying cloud services, to employing managed services, to offering top-notch technology consultants, CBTS is your technology partner to gain a competitive edge and deliver quality services.  NOTE: This Meetup group is not affiliated with GE. This Meetup group does not own the GE Predix trademark; this Meetup has no affiliation, connection or association with such third party; Such third party has not approved nor sponsored this Meetup group's use of the trademark in any way.  

Hardware founders and product enthusiasts! Starting up and fearful of rejection? Come and attend the one-day Rejectionathon event that helps founders gain confidence in selling. At Rejectionathon, you’ll be given a list of challenges that will put you just slightly out of your comfort zone, and you’ll want to complete as many of them as you can with your team. Similar to a hackathon, you'll spend the day solving fun, adrenaline-packed "hustle challenges" with a small team.

High school girls in and around Santa Clara! Interested in using technology to solve problems your community faces? Come and participate in PixelHacks! You'll get to learn the basics of iOS App development, how to build bots, and how to use image and video recognition. Collaborate and compete for cool swag and awesome prizes.