List of hackathons in Westlake Village, United States in 2015

  About This Event Join us for the kickoff of Hack the Beach: The Contest to hear how tech and government are teaming up to ignite civic change. Much more than a hackathon, Hack the Beach: The Contest allows anyone in the community to submit proposals for apps, ideas, processes, and/or technology to help Santa Monica improve our sense of community, mobility, and civic engagement. Join us for a happy hour and panel to get key details about the contest, and how your idea can make Santa Monica better.   About the Speakers Mayor Kevin McKeownCity of Santa Monica Kevin McKeown has been a Santa Monica renter for almost 40 years. He moved here to become general manager of KROQ, a career path begun at Yale's campus radio station. He also has been an award-winning advertising writer, done voice-overs, and owned a small radio recording studio on Main Street. McKeown now serves local children and teachers as Macintosh computer consultant for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. On the Council, where he is in his fifth term, McKeown focuses especially on affordable housing and environmental sustainability. He devotes much time and energy to responding to residents, and his leadership in helping people become more involved in local governance is longstanding. McKeown came to the Council after chairing a neighborhood group, serving on the Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights steering committee, and sharing his professional expertise as a founder of the city's Public Electronic Network (PEN) and member of the Santa Monica Telecommunications Working Group. McKeown has helped engage regional cities in working together on issues of homelessness, which he brought to the table as Santa Monica's alternate to the Westside Cities Council of Governments. He is an elected member of the Democratic Party State Central Committee, and Southern California vice-chair of the party’s Irish-American caucus. He has twice (2010 and 2013) been named our Assembly District Democrat of the Year. McKeown is committed to protecting Santa Monicans' quality of life. Understanding the link between pressures for overdevelopment and private political donations, McKeown continues to work in support of community efforts for local campaign finance reform.     Rick ColeCity Manager, City of Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole has 30 years of experience in public policy and administration. Most recently, he served as Deputy Mayor for Budget and Innovation for the City of Los Angeles where he was responsible for a budget of $8.6 billion and oversaw five city departments with more than 3,000 staff. He also supervised LA's Chief Sustainability, Technology and Data Officers. For 15 years, Mr. Cole was City Manager of two Southern California cities, Ventura and Azusa. He has been recognized as one of America's Public Officials of the Year by Governing Magazine and one of the "Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers" by Government Technology Magazine. He has won awards for municipal management excellence from the American Society of Public Administrators and the Municipal Management Association of Southern California, as well as for urban planning leadership from the Congress for the New Urbanism. Mr. Cole served 12 years on the Pasadena City Council and was Mayor when Pasadena adopted its landmark General Plan, an early model for smart growth. Called "one of Southern California's most visionary planning thinkers" by the Los Angeles Times, he has been an active leader in the International City Managers Association and the City Managers Department of the League of California Cities. As Santa Monica’s City Manager, Mr. Cole is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the City of Santa Monica, which includes implementation of City Council ordinances and policies, oversight of all City departments and a budget of $564 million.   About Our Partners City of Santa Monica Santa Monica is home to a mix of commercial districts, residential communities, recreational and art venues, three miles of wide beaches, high-profile corporate headquarters, hi-tech and entertainment companies, small entrepreneurial start-ups, and retail businesses. Santa Monica is also a full-service city. City departments provide police, fire, transit, water, wastewater, refuse, streets, parking, planning, building, engineering, free public Wi-Fi, a high speed fiber optic network, parks, affordable housing, economic development, sustainability, library, rent control, recreational, social, cultural, and educational services to the community.   Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce advocates and represents business’ interests and issues facing the community. We provide the environment to help our members prosper and succeed through a proactive working partnership with all levels of government and community organizations to achieve a healthy local economy and quality of life.   Expert Dojo Imagine a place where you can get all your business questions answered for free from the community, where everyones expertise is then rated by that same community. Imagine never having to worry about lack of knowledge in marketing, HR, sales, tech, legal, growth hacking, business skills or any other area where you are not an expert. That’s real business support, which makes a difference. In our community we are all experts in our field and our level of expertise is transparent. Join today and fuel the mentoring revolution.   CrossCampus Cross Campus is the leading collaborative, on-demand work space and business event venue in Los Angeles. With a focus on design & user experience, best-in-class event programming, and a diverse community of innovative members, Cross Campus has become known as "the nerve center of Silicon Beach." Founded in 2012 in Santa Monica, Cross Campus is expanding throughout Southern California. We opened our Pasadena campus in March 2015, and we’re actively exploring new opportunities throughout the Downtown LA region.   WeWork  WeWork's mission is to create a world where people work to make a life, not just a living. WeWork has 30,000 members in over 40 collaborative workspaces across four countries. This includes 5 buildings in London, providing space from single person hot desks up to 40 person offices. We’d love to personally invite you to learn more about joining our community!

How to confirm your attendance:  Step 1: Fill out this application.  Step 2: If you're a student, please sign this Code of Conduct.  Step 3: Have your parent or legal guardian sign this Parental Consent Form. Step 4: Bring your Eventbrite ticket and valid/current school ID to your session.  *You must complete all four steps to attend any of the Hacktoberfest events.* About Hacktoberfest 2015! We're bringing a month-long campaign to spread the passion for computer science to more K-12 students in Los Angeles! With the help of our volunteers and community partners, we are delivering the industry-relevant educational resources that will empower students to make awesome projects! Contact Information: If you have any questions regarding any Hacktoberfest activities, please view the FAQ on the Hacktoberfest webpage first. Feel free to give a call to Justin Ezor, Hacktoberfest Program Director, at (310) 738-0683 for any questions or comments.  Educational Content:  Hardware & Wearables: Want to know what tools you can use to build Iron Man? Learn the skills necessary to harness the powers of arduinos, Myo and drones using a sampling of Python, C++, C#, Javascript, and even 3D printing! WearHacks will be providing a hardware lab and curriculum at select events! Web Development: Learn web development from the people that put hacker clubs at every high school - HackEDU. From discovering the power of Github to making your first website, you'll learn the HTML/CSS & Javascript you need to be ready for the world wide web!  Virtual Reality: Ever heard of the Matrix? This is very similar! Learn how to build your own worlds using Unity and port it to virtual reality (VR) headsets like the Oculus! Learn to build your own games and meet the people that are driving the industry forward!  Mobile Game Development: Ever wanted to learn how to make games like Clash of the Clans or Flappy Bird? You'll have the opportunity to learn iOS Development using the new programming language - Swift!  And for those of you that are more advanced, we will show you how to use secret ingredients they call APIs!  Hack Hours  Who: This event is open to 9th-12th grade students in high school.  What: Three-hour events in which mentors from Hacker Fund teach various technologies afterschool using curriculum & hardware from HackEDU & WearHacks.  When: Mondays/Wednesday from 4:00pm-7:00pm PST Where: Rhubarb Studios, located at 633 W 5th St, #1400, Los Angeles, CA 90071 Materials: Please bring your computer, valid/current school ID, and evenrbrite ticket. Snacks will be provided.   Virtual Reality Sessions Who: This event is open to 9th-12th grade students in high school.  What: Three-hour events in which mentors from Hacker Fund teach Unity & Virtual Reality Game Development. When: Fridays from 4:30pm-7:30pm PST (October 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th in 2015) Where: Hatch Studios located at 2260 Centinela Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90064. Materials: Please bring your computer, valid/current school ID, and evenrbrite ticket. Snacks will be provided.   Microsoft Hack Day Who: This event is open to 9th-12th grade students in high school.  What: We are teaming up with Microsoft to bring an unforgettable taste-test of technologies. We'll start with interactive maker kits and then an introduction to game development for the web and virtual reality.  When: Saturday October 17th, 2015, 10:00am-6:00pm PST Schedule: See detailed schedule below.  10am-10:30am (Snack/Mentor&Greet) 10:30am-12:30pm (Workshops) - MSFT Workshop: MakeyMakey  12:30pm-1:00pm (Lunch Break) 1:00pm-2:00pm (Workshops) - Choose: Unity Game Development or Web Development 2:00pm-3:00pm (Workshop) - Esri Workshop: Intro to GIS 3:00pm-5:30pm (Hacking) 5:30pm-6:00pm (Demo & Parents Exhibit)  Where: Microsoft HQ, 13031 W Jefferson Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90094 Materials: Please bring your computer, valid/current school ID, and Evenrbrite ticket. Snacks & lunch will be provided.  24-Hour Hackathon  Who: This event is open to 9th-12th grade students in high school. This is an over-night event.  What: Join us for a hackathon that is bringing the city together to inspire the youth in Los Angeles - an overnight innovation sprint with a skyline view from the tallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi. We will have workshops powered by Microsoft, HackEDU, WearHacks, and other technology partners. Here's the rundown of workshops:  Intro to Wearables Intro to iPhone Game Development (iOS) Intro to Unity & VR Intro to Github  Intro to Web Development When: Saturday,  October 24th @ 12:00pm PST - Sunday, October 25th @ 3:00pm PST  Schedule: Here's a timeline listed below -  Saturday October 24th 11:00AM - Student Arrival 11:30AM-12:00PM Opening Ceremony 12:00PM-12:30PM: Lunch & Mentor Meet/Greet 12:30PM-2:45PM: Hacktoberfest Pumpkin Hacktivity  2:45PM-3:00PM: Mayor's Address 3:00PM-7:00PM Workshops & Hacking Begins  7:00PM-8:00PM Dinner 8:00PM-11:30PM Workshops & Hacking 11:30PM-12:00AM Activity Sunday October 25th 12:00AM-12:30AM Snack 12:30AM-3:00AM Hacking 3:00AM-3:30AM Activity  3:30AM-8:00AM Hacking 8:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast 9:00AM-12:30PM Hacking 12:30PM-1:30PM Pitching Workshop, Judging & Expo 1:30PM-2:30PM Closing Ceremony & Parent/Teacher Luncheon 2:30PM-3:00PM Departure/Checkout       Where: Rhubarb Studios, located at the U.S. Bank Tower at 633 W 5th St, #1400, Los Angeles, CA 90071. Materials: Please bring your computer, valid/current school ID, and Eventbrite ticket. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, & snacks will be provided!  More Information: The various challenges and prizes will be posted on Devpost. There will be designated nap areas so please bring comfortable clothing and/or sleeping bags if you intend to take a nap.  Teacher Day - Sunday October 25th  We are inviting teachers and school administrators to come learn about how to incorporate the hackathon into the classroom. Attendees of this seminar will receive resources & materials that they can use in the future to engage their students. After the seminar, teachers & administrators will be free to explore the hackathon expo. Lunch will be provided.  What: The Seminar: "Hackathon in the Classroom" What is a hackathon? Classroom Resources Hardware List Project Examples Activity  When:  Sunday, October 25th @ 10am - 3:00pm PST  Where: Rhubarb Studios, located at the U.S. Bank Tower at 633 W 5th St, #1400, Los Angeles, CA 90071. Schedule: Here's a timeline listed below -  10:00am-10:30am-Teacher Arrival 10:30am-12:30pm - Seminar 12:30pm-1:30pm Hackathon Expo  1:30am-2:30pm Lunch 2:30pm-3:00pm Departure Materials: Please bring your computer, valid/current ID, and Eventbrite ticket. Lunch will be provided.  Thank you to our community partners!  i.am.angel Foundation, Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Rhubarb Studios, Digital Ocean, Hatch Studios, Make in LA, Microsoft, Moxtra, CGI, WearHacks, Bruin Entrepreneurs, Spark SC, Hack for LA, HackEDU, Bixel Exchange, Devpost, Make in LA, Polymail, & Noosa Yoghurt

Los Angeles! Join POV for the final screening of prototypes created at POV / Film Independent Hackathon (POV Hackathon 10) on Sunday, October 4, at 7 p.m. POV Hackathon is a weekend laboratory that since 2012 has provided matchmaking and mentorship for visionary nonfiction media makers and inventive technologists as they create prototypes that re-invent the documentary for the web. POV Hackathon has had a 100% prototype production rate, and teams have often continued to work together, premiering finished products at high-profile events such as the Tribeca Film Festival and the New York Film Festival, while other teams have attracted new funding, from organizations such as the Knight Foundation. Fast Company recently called POV Hackathon one of the year's "most anticipated events." A limited number of seats are available for this screening.

Code for the Kingdom HACKATHON   Transforming Lives Hackathon  Ideate. Build. Impact.  Create technology that matters. A hackathon movement to ignite the Christian passion and purpose of technologists and entrepreneurs to innovate culture shaping technologies that would reclaim our times for the Gospel. Engage, envision, challenge, and release the culture makers for sustained Kingdom impact.   --- WHAT IS IT?  Code for the Kingdom is pioneering Los Angeles’ first faith-inspired hackathon this October – as part as the Global Code for the Kingdom hackathon weekend. Code for the Kingdom is an initiative of Leadership Network, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization fostering innovation by bringing talented people together to take ideas to implementation to impact. On the weekend of October 2-4, 2015, we are bringing together technologists, entrepreneurs, creative’s, businesspeople, ministry leaders, visionaries, and anyone passionate about faith and technology, to use their gifts to advance the Gospel.  The Global Hackathon will run in 14 world cities simultaneously, including Addis Ababa, Albuquerque, Atlanta, Bangalore, Guatemala City, Houston, Jakarta, Kansas City, London, Los Angeles, Nairobi, Raleigh, Seattle and Waterloo.   You will be able to work with a local team in Los Angeles, or even join with teams in one or more of the participation cities.   Together our vision is to provide more opportunities for communities all over the world to participate and showcase innovation and entrepreneurship. We expect over 2,000 people to participate across the planet, and address a number of challenges aimed at helping release the oppressed, teaching God’s Word, healing the sick, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and supporting the church and the body of Christ.   WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?   We want to catalyze friendship, passion, purpose, and collaboration in technical and entrepreneurial communities. To challenge and release you to create and use 21st century technologies to serve God’s Kingdom. To create a scalable community across the world to accelerate and encourage Christian innovators.     A Los Angeles judging panel will choose the award prizes to the best projects.   The 2015 program will conclude in December 2015. Every participating city will give two of their local winners to a Global Judging Panel that will decide the best projects created across the world during the Global Hackathon Weekend.   A final report will be published, summarizing key highlights and results of the 2015 Code for the Kingdom Global initiative.   WE ARE LOOKING AT   Developing solutions that utilize wearable technology to advance the gospel   Creating tools to help advance accountability in the digital age.   Reaching the digital native in the Islamic world   Use Google Cardboard in Code for the Kingdom project.   Develop technologies that encourage and inspire others to participate in joyful, Christ-centered generosity   and much more... We will be using Indigitous.org as the place for projects, community, and collaboration. Indigitous.org serves the Global Hackathon by providing a global online community site that connects all Code for the Kingdom participants and projects. Indigitous is a movement passionate about connecting people to Jesus using digital strategies. In addition to adding your project to Indigitous.org, the platform will also enable you to:       Search for projects you might be interested in       Learn about projects others are working on       Join a project       Recruit others to join your project       Communicate with your project members       Submit your project for judging CHALLENGES FROM PREVIOUS CODE FOR THE KINGDOM HACKATHONS HOW CAN TECHNOLOGY... • be leveraged to create, cultivate, and strengthen society's foundational relationships of marriage, family, friendships? • bring the word of God to the first generation of children who are growing up with mobile devices?  • help cut and/or combat the effects of fatherlessness in a child’s life, in turn strengthening families, reducing poverty and crime?  • foster a culture of generosity towards each other? • identify, promote, test, collaborate, augment, and fill the gaps of ministry programs around the city? • disrupt human trafficking?   Join us on the first weekend of October - make new friends, get inspired and build something that matters.    Everyone is welcome regardless of faith or worldviews - come as you are and join-up with a team on the Friday night, or bring a team with you. The Friday will start with food and then individuals / teams will pitch their idea, and invite people to join with them to hack for the weekend.   What can you do? Sign up now - get an early-bird discount. Get some friends together - bring a team - or just come as you are. Think of a product you would like to build.   We can't wait to meet you.    Love,   Your Los Angeles Organizing Team   For more information visit our full Event website. DRAFT TIMETABLE   Friday, October 2 7:00 PM Doors Open  7:00 - 8:00 PM Dinner & Networking  8:00 - 8:25 PM Welcome & Review Format  8:25 - 8:35 PM API Presentations  8:35 - 8:50 PM Review - Official Challenges  8:50 - 9:20 PM Open Floor - pitch your own project  9:20 - 11:59 PM Team Formation/Create Away  Saturday, October 3 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Creating  8:30 AM Breakfast  9:00 AM Schedule and logistics announcements, team rebalancing  12:00 PM Lunch  4:30 p.m.   Optional progress briefing, more developing   6:00 PM Dinner  9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Meet with Mentors and Subject Matter Experts  Sunday, October 4 12:00 - 2:15 PM Creating  8:30 AM Breakfast  10:30 - 12:00 AM Option to join with Sunday Service  12:00 PM Lunch  1:00 PM Presentation Walk-thru & Judges Make Rounds  2:30 PM Submission deadline; Team Presentations Begin  4:30 PM Judges adjourn  4:50 PM Call-back  5:00 PM Awards Ceremony 5:30 PM Closing  

About This Event Legal Hackers LA is partnering up with law firm Nixon Peabody to throw the second Code the Deal Hackathon, and the first one in LA. Join us for drinks, food, and to learn about the challenges and cash prizes on offer at the Hackathon. This is also a great opportunity to meet potential teammates for the hackathon.        

If you love dogs and digital, this is perfect for you! Join us in celebrating National Dog Week, by featuring Silicon Beach dog-related startups and content creators that all help us take care of man's best friend, and get a bite of the estimated $60B pet care industry, according to the American Pet Products Assocation.  Meet Zingy (on demand dog walkers), Dog Land (Yelp for dogs), PrideBites (custom pet accessories), Bark'N'Borrow (dog sitters), Vet On Demand (Skype with vets), and Reach Agency (digital content strategy for Purina). We'll discuss how these startups and content crators market and promote their services from digital marketing to social media and influencers (and cute puppies!), determine which new features to add, grow their teams, and gain trust of dog owners. We'll be at the new Santa Monica WeWork - Santa Monica Promenade, which is dog friendly, so yes you can bring your (friendly, plays well with others) dog!   SCHEDULED SPEAKERS (more to be added) - Tobi Skovron, Zingy, CEO & Founder. Zingy is "Uber for Dog Walking", a convenient on-demand pet service that allows dog owners to use their mobile app to promptly book a trained and trusted dog walker when they're unavailable. @ZingyPet - Jonathan Kolker, Dog Land, CEO. DogLand is a social app for dog lovers built around useful, engaging, and entertaining content for dogs and their owners. With the app, you can capture and share your favorite pet moments, and gain access to our massive database of dog-friendly resources. DogLand is the perfect convergence of the digital dog-loving community -- all in one app. @DogLandApp - Sean Knecht, PrideBites, Chief Marketing Officer. PrideBites is an online store that sells customizable prodcuts - including beds, blankets, collars, toys, placemats, hoodies, and more - for your dog or other pets. You can pick the color, and even add your dog's name and photo on most products. @PrideBites - Liam Berkeley, Bark'N'Borrow, Founder. Bark'N'Borrow is a trusted community of dog lovers, where borrowers take care of dogs when owners are busy. @BarkNBorrow - Gabe Gordon, Reach Agency, Managing Partner. Reach handles digital content for Purina, including dog-related videos and pet-related digital talent. Gabe also worked with Purina on its Pet Hackathon at Amplify a few years ago. @ReachAgency - Curt Revelette, Vet On Demand, CEO, Co-Founder. Vet On Demand is the first app to hit the market allow pet parents to video chat with a licensed veterinarian for common health related questions. - Stephen Chen, Petnostics, Founder allows you to easily perform the same urinalysis test that veterinarians perform at their clinics. And at a fraction of the cost of a visit to the veterinarian, you're now able to be more proactive and affordably check your pet's health regularly (we recommend monthly). @petnostics - Moderator: Kevin Winston, Digital LA. @DigitalLA @kevinwinston CALL FOR SPEAKERS: If you have a dog-related startup, email info@digitalla.net with DOG a subject and a link to your AngelList. PARKING: Parking isn't included or validated. Recommended: First 90 minutes free at Third St. Promende lots, next hour is $1, then more after that. Or downlaod the Luxe Valet app and use code DIGTALLA for $15 credit first use, to get a valet to meet you to pick up and return your car.