List of hackathons in Youngstown, United States in 2018

HACKATHON DETAILS Registration closed November 8, 2018. If you've already registered, updated details have been sent to the e-mail address on your registration. Details can also be found below:  If participants are under the age of 18, a waiver must be signed by a parent and turned in to us for the student to participate in the Hackathon. The waiver can be printed from this link.  If you do not turn in the form, you will not be allowed to enter the event. All participants, including those under the age of 18, are required to sign Cleveland State University’s Code of Conduct. The form can be printed from this link, and it needs to be turned in upon entering the event.  Do you need to find a team? There will be time after the Keynote Speaker & Event Overview on Friday evening for you to find and match up with team members. ADDRESS Cleveland State University, Washkewicz Hall 2300 Chester Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115 IMPORTANT PARKING & BUILDING ENTRANCE INFO Hackathon attendees are permitted to use the Prospect Parking Garage: 2350 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 4115. Attendees are required to use a parking permit if they are using the garage. The permit can be printed from this link.  Please click this Hackathon Campus Map PDF for directions you must follow to use the parking garage, and how to get from the parking garage to Washkewicz Hall. These buildings are 1 block apart from each other.    If you are not using the parking garage, the corner of East 24th Street and Chester Avenue is the best spot to get dropped off or picked up at any time during the weekend. You are welcome to stay at Washkewicz Hall throughout the entire weekend, just make sure to bring whatever personal items you may need with you. There will be security personnel on site during the entire event. You will be able to come and go as you please throughout the weekend, and you are not required to stay on campus overnight.  FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 5PM- Doors open for registration and dinner will be served 6PM- Keynote Speaker & Event Overview Our Keynote Speaker will be Matthew Johnson, Head of the Dan T. Moore Makerspace Lab at Cleveland State University’s Washkewicz College of Engineering 7PM- Hacking begins! SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 8-10AM- Breakfast will be available 12-2PM- Lunch will be available 6-8PM- Dinner will be available SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 8-10AM- Breakfast will be available 10AM- Code cut off, all projects are wrapped up 11AM- Judging starts 12PM- Lunch will be served 1:30PM (Roughly)- Prizes and Awards for the top teams will be announced MATERIALS & RESOURCES Remember to bring your own computers/laptops and chargers. We will have enough power supply for everyone. If you marked on your registration that you do not have your own laptop, we will be reaching out to you with a separate message.   BLOCKCHAIN DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES This hackathon will be a great educational experience for participants to challenge themselves to learn more about blockchain technologies. If you’re new to blockchain and don’t know what tools to use, please see the below suggestions (and do some research on them before the Hackathon): Modern web browser: Chrome, Firefox or Opera MetaMask extension for any of the above browsers Remix, a website-based IDE for Ethereum PRIZES There will be prizes for the top teams in each of the following categories: High School College Industry Professionals FOOD Meals, beverages and snacks will be provided throughout the weekend. If you have dietary restrictions, we recommend packing some food in case we don’t have what you need to eat. SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to post about the event on social media using #BlocklandCLE18   If you have any questions, please contact hackathon@blocklandcleveland.com.   These events are being held in partnership with the Blockland Solutions Conference. The above Workshop and Hackathon are different events than what is being offered at the Conference. However, attending the Workshop and the Hackathon can help better prepare you if you'd like to attend the Solutions Conference in December. For more information on the Blockland Solutions Conference on December 1-4, click here.   

Join us for the next iteration of #Fix216! We’re intentionally bringing together people from Tech, Design, Community Organizing, and Policy backgrounds to ensure we hear from a diverse set of opinions and generate solutions that represent a wide variety of experiences. Fix216: Criminal Justice Reform is Friday, October 26, 2018, Doors Open @ 5pm | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Following that, we will reconvene Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm *Up to $10,000 in prizes are available for the top team(s) to help them follow through and develop their ideas into sustainable, publicly available applications. **If you would like to volunteer, be sure to indicate it by selecting the radio button on the registration form! It's the final selection.  All people who have an interest in supporting criminal justice reform in Ohio are welcomed to attend. You do not need to hold a formal role or be a technologist to be a apart of the solution. The only requirement is a desire to affect change! #SocialJusticeTechThe event would not be possible if it were not for the support of our funders! Please join us in commending our supporters: The Cleveland Foundation The George Gund Foundation Microsoft Digitial C’s MidTown Tech Hive We are incredibly grateful to be a member of the CRTL+ATL+CLE civic collaborative network! Learn More: On November 22, 2014, a 12-year-old boy playing alone in a familiar place became a martyr for a cause he didn’t volunteer to serve. Hack Cleveland came together as a response to the police involved killing of Tamir Rice. As a direct action, Hack Cleveland organized the city’s first civic hackathon called "FIX 216." A civic hackathon is an event where people work together with urgency and creativity to produce a technical solution that will make their cities better. #FIX216 engaged Cleveland residents to produce technical solutions that would facilitate an open dialogue, idea generation, and awareness-building around public safety, excessive force and the Department of Justice consent decree in Cleveland. It was held May 29th and 30th, 2015, and welcomed a diverse group of more than 70+ attendees, who came together to create five projects addressing various challenges facing Cleveland. To build upon "FIX 216" and our work since 2015, Hack Cleveland is organizing a community-centered event that will focus on sustainable solutions that will advance criminal justice reform. The event is akin to a hack-a-thon, and is aptly called a scope-a-thon. The purpose of a scope-a-thon is to scope out problems, break the problems down into manageable parts, and develop a plan to address them. While traditional hackathons are often focused on creating a technical tool during the event, a scope-a-thon focuses on understanding the purpose and use of technology in helping solve problems. A key component is centering and amplifying the voices of people who have lived experiences in our communities and to listen to them prior to and during the process of designing, testing and implementing a technical solution. Similar to a hackathon, scope-a-thons also feature teams but require that teams are led by community organizations and activists, with developers, designers, and data scientists supporting their needs.

IBM Z Legends of Z Master the Mainframe 2018 Hackathon at Pittsburgh Technical College. October 24th from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. The contest registration is at masterthemainframe.com. Please bring your own laptop. The MTM site will send you an ID and password in an email and will give you connectivity instructors on http://mtm2018.mybluemix.net/

Blockchain - how does one get started? Come join the leaders of the local Blockland initiative for an Introduction to Blockchain class where we'll cover everything from smart contracts, cryptocurrencies, and the real use-cases being implemented locally and throughout the world. These classes are for all blockchain and/or development experiences to align with the Blockland Solutions Hackathon November 9th-11th. Please register for only one of the below date options:  Wednesday, October 23 5:30-8PM (in conjunction with the October Crypto Cleveland Meetup, pizza is provided) Saturday, October 27 1-3PM Attendance at this workshop is highly encouraged if you plan to attend the Blockland Solutions Hackathon, but have no experience with blockchain. If you cannot attend the Workshop in person, it will be live streamed and recorded. Please note in your registration if you will be attending in person or via live stream. We will share the live stream information with registered participants.  *There is no cost involved to attend the Workshop or Hackathon* These events are being held in partnership with the Blockland Solutions Conference. This Workshop is different than what is being offered at the Blockland Solutions Conference, and we hope to see you there, too!

The first annual Avogadro User Group meeting will take place on August 25 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is hosted by Prof. Geoffrey Hutchison at the University of Pittsburgh. The meeting will take place in the Department of Chemistry, Chevron Science Center. Morning: Talks, lightning talks, roundtable discussion of development plans. Afternoon: Tutorials and hackathon There will, of course, be social activities, including dinner after the event. Registration is free. We are looking for people who are willing to do presentations, talktorials or posters. If you're interested in contributing, please contact Geoff and Marcus Hanwell.

Game Jam Pittsburgh (GJPGH) was a unique 48 hour hackathon where makers, designers, programmers, and tinkerers came together for a weekend of workshopping their game ideas. This year 19 teams created digital and physical games. We need your help picking a winner. Swing by for an evening of gaming and networking. Food and drink provided. Retro gaming and pinball provided by ReplayFX. Duck Game provided by Looking for Group. The event's front door can be found by putting 849 Manton Way (15210) into your Google GPS.

This workshop will be a hands-on introduction to cloud computing using Google Cloud Platform (GCP). In the workshop we'll discuss what the cloud is and cover some of GCP's tools that can bring your projects to the next level. The workshop will be led by CMU student Arman Hezarkhani. Arman is pursuing a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, but works part time as a Google Cloud Platform Student Consultant. He has traveled with Google around the country speaking at hackathons, conferences, and faculty summits.

University Students! Help Bayer bridge the gap between life sciences and tech. Show off your creative technology solutions to a Bayer business challenge, e.g. Chat-Bots, Big Data, etc. The event includes guest speakers, mentors, swag and a lot of food. Pitch your team's ideas to an expert panel of judges to win a cash prize and the coveted title of the Bayer Hackathon winner! Form your team and register now! Registration: Students must form a team of 3-5 prior to registration. However, each participant MUST register individually. Questions and concerns, check out the FAQs below and if you don't find what you're looking for please email hackathon@bayer.com.   FAQs Additional Information: Form your team (including name) before registering, and remember! Each team member must register individually! Once you have your team registered, it can't hurt to game plan. Determine your team's strengths and weaknesses. What is a Hackathon? A hackathon is an event for tinkerers, innovators, tech gurus, and those passionate about changing the world. They bring together the brightest minds for 36 hours to create new and exciting solutions to the challenges of today. Hackers are invited, but not required, to work throughout the night on their solutions. Who can participate? Any student who is at least 18 years of age and attending a college or university. (Don't forget to form your team of 3-5 prior to registering!) All fields of study are welcome! Does the hackathon cost money? Nope! Bayer will provide you with a weekend worth of meals, coffee, and snacks to get you through. Not to mention a bunch of free swag. What should I bring to the event? Bring your computer, cell, headphones, chargers, and any other devices you will need to hack. We strongly encourage that you bring a pillow, sleeping bag, toiletries, and a change of clothes.

Attend the 1st Annual Mahoning Valley Engineer of the Year Awards Dinner We will be honoring the top engineers of the Mahoning Valley and announcing the winner of the Civic Hackathon. The event will feature networking, buffet dinner, cash bar, and awards ceremony.  Please nominate engineers for the following awards: Engineer of the Year Distinguished Female Engineer Young Professional Engineer Community Impact Award To nominate an engineer, please email Rose Shaffer Saborse at rose@tbeic.org.  The nomination form can also be found on our facebook page. We are still seeking Civic Hackathon Participants, click or copy and paste the link in your browser to register and get more information: https://energyhackathon18.eventbrite.com.  All Hackathon participants are given a FREE to the awards dinner.  For more information or questions contact Rose Shaffer Saborse at rose@tbeic.org or 330-207-2635.

Register to Compete in the Civic Hackathon powered by The Valley Alliance for Science and Technology and The Tech Belt Energy Innovation Center. On Friday, February 23, 2018, The Valley Alliance for Science and Technology in partnership with TBEIC will be hosting a Civic Hackathon through a partnership with the City of Warren's Waste Water Department. The goal of the hackathon is to solve current issues and create new solutions for everyday operations.  The winning team will win $1,000.00. Anyone can register to participate in the Hackathon, an event where people get together and use technology and their collective skills to build solutions and solve problems around a common theme.  It's an opportunity to do good and make a difference in the community.  We're seeking: Project managers, engineers, developers, creatives, problem solvers, people working in economic development/ urban revitilization, accountants, attorneys, students, and the public to participate.  The winners of the Hackathon will be announced at the Mahoning Valley Engineer of the Year Awards Dinner directly following the Hackathon.  All competitors are invited to attend the dinner for free. For questions or concerns, reach out to Rose Shaffer Saborse at 330-207-2635 or email rose@tbeic.org.