List of hackathons in Hong Kong in 2017

Our 4th Hackathon for Data Science : a full day of fun and working together on YOUR data science projects ! This time we add to 2 new features to the usual coding day : a beginner's corner, for the ones starting off with Python, R or datascience itself. a talks cornerto share during 30' some thoughts, an experience, or introduce your project in depths. Schedule  10:00 : short introduction of the event 10:15 : 5' pitches to introduce your projector your talk 10:30 team forming and start coding for those joining new projects,start of talks for others  "an Overview of AI"by Lavine Hemlani, CEO of AcceleratedHK "Best practices for data analysis ; notebook with snippets in Python", by Michal Szczecinski, head of Data science - Gogovan "The usefulness of genetic testing: A data science perspective", by Robert Porsch, PhD, HKUST "Addresses in HK", by XiaoZhou "Downloading Data from Twitter with R", by Leif sigerson "open up data with Python", by Ho wa wong  18:00 : conclusion of the day with the presentation of projects, conclusion of talks 19:00 : end Requirements  Laptop / charger for those joining the coding prepared data, and projects pitches for the ones submitting projects 50HKD in cash for the space rental Recommendations for project submissions: Prepare data in advance as much as you can ; spending the day cleaning or retrieving data won't gather crowds of DS ! Contact organisers if you need a data repository to share data with all your team members. If the project is already started, prepare a an introduction to it so that people can join, and make sure the task you propose is feasible during the time of the event, and describe the skills you expect your team to have : R or Python ? AWS, Spark ? etc ... for final presentations : Start writing the final presentation right from the start and add elements little by little all day long. Recall the context of the project and articulate the presentations to make it understandable by the non-initiated public around you. If you wish your work will be published on the website  datasciencehongkong.com  with your bio, name etc ... Other details 50 participants max Where: Hive Kennedy Town, 10th floor, 12P Smithfield, Kennedy Town When : Sunday 10th December Food / drink : Only water, coffee and snacks are provided. Attendees can order their own food to the venue, take a break to find a restaurant in Kennedy Town or bring their own lunch. Price : 50 HKD.We charge a fee to cover venue and food costs. We are not a for-profit organisation and will aim to keep the costs of our events as low as possible to make it accessible to all.

First Code Academy's Open Day presents our very first AppJamming Hackathon. Whether you are a First Code Student or an avid AppInventor programmer, you are welcome to join and take on our AppJamming challenge! Join as a solo participant or form a team of 2. You will be tasked and work on an AppJamming Project and present by end of day your final work. If you have what it takes, come join our hackathon! This Hackathon is for Ages 9-15. Requirements: 1. Knowledge in MIT App Inventor1. Bring your own laptop2. Preferably bring your own Android device but we provide reservations, subject to availability. 

It's that time of the year again, where we open our doors! Discover what makes First Code, First Code Academy! In this Open Day, we invite you to come and have fun with us! Highlights:A. An exclusive Hackathon for KidsB. Fun & New WorkshopsC. Thought-leading talksand a whole lot more! All of our workshops, seminars and sessions are for free! Bring your friends and family and be part of our ever-growing family!

Product managers, designers, developers, and other tech-savvy folks in Hong Kong! Cathay Pacific Airways invites you to participate in their Cathay Pacific 24-hour Hackathon. You'll be challenged to create an innovative technology solution that enhances customers' travel experience with Cathay Pacific! Showcase your creativity and compete for the opportunity to fly to any destination within the Cathay network!

Hackers in Hong Kong! Are you interested in the use of technology to make smart cities? If so, you're invited to participate in the SmarTone Hackathon "Smart Properties" event. You'll get to choose from one of two challenges: Smart Workplace, or Smart Property Management -- you'll be expected to design and prototype an innovative and creative technology solution that enhances customer experience and enables smarter living and business operations for both landlords and tenants.

MakerTour is an open community of explorers, traveling around the world to explore the diversity of collaborative fabrication workshops and makers. They share their discoveries on their platform and foster collaboration between maker spaces and makers.Marie Levrault and Lucas Graffan, explorers at MakerTour, are currently on a journey in Asia since March 2017, at the discovery of 50 collaborative workshops and 100 projects towards 13 countries. Come and join to hear about the amazing projects of makers they've discovered so far! Time: Saturday, Sept 2nd, 18:00 - 19:30 Location: MakerBay Central at PMQ H508 Lucas Graffan Maker enthusiast, he used to spend his free time in makerspaces as a hobbyist. Lucas participated in many hackathons dedicated to IOT and co-founded a french start-up helping companies to prototype and test new ideas using the power of makerspaces and maker spirit. He joined MakerTour in 2016 to help building connections and collaborations between labs and makers. Marie Levrault Former consultant to help companies innovating differently, she co-built a French community to promote social entrepreneurship and collaborative economy (YESS). Passionate about new educational models and social innovation, Marie joined MakerTour to expand and explore the maker movement in Asia. http://www.makertour.fr

This free workshop is for beginners and non-designers who want to: Discover the user experience (UX) design principles behind web and mobile products that are useful, delightful, and easy-to-use Understand how to apply a human-centred product design approach for refining websites and mobile apps Learn about the prototyping tools that are used to test ideas at different levels of realism for user feedback No previous experience or laptop required. Limited spaces available! 一件產品好看丶好用丶受歡迎，全關乎設計心理學。“How to Design Products People Love” 教你如何令顧客第一眼就愛上你的產品；改良設計，增加產品的價值。 About the Instructor Barney has 8 years of design experience and has worked on over 200 projects with startups, SMEs and multinational corporations. He has also taught design to over 1,000 students at Google Campus London, WeWork, The University of Oxford, The London School of Economics, Imperial College London and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for over 3 years, and has run private design sessions with startups, hackathons and incubator cohorts. He is currently working on Notes.Design (www.notes.design) — a project to bring notes, videos and workshops to people who want to explore and understand design. Also interested in learning Graphic Design and Photoshop? Explore more advanced design techniques and how to use Adobe Photoshop for Creative Photo Editing and Advertising at the Masterclass we're running from 21 June! Learn more and register here: http://masterclass.notes.design

This free workshop is for beginners and non-designers who want to: Understand the creative process behind designing brand identities from start to finish Discover the tricks and techniques used to create an attractive and meaningful logo that people can recognise and remember Learn about the design tools used to turn initial sketches and ideas into digital format ready to be used on marketing material No previous experience or laptop required. Limited spaces available! 商標代表你的品牌，幫顧客認識你丶記得你丶選擇你。 “What Makes a Great Logo” 教你自己動手做商標設計，低成本，高效益。 About the Instructor Barney has 8 years of design experience and has worked on over 200 projects with startups, SMEs and multinational corporations. He has also taught design to over 1,000 students at Google Campus London, WeWork, The University of Oxford, The London School of Economics, Imperial College London and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for over 3 years, and has run private design sessions with startups, hackathons and incubator cohorts. He is currently working on Notes.Design (www.notes.design) — a project to bring notes, videos and workshops to people who want to explore and understand design.

This free workshop is for beginners and non-designers who want to: Discover the graphic design principles that are crucial for designing engaging visuals and professional looking layouts Understand the tricks and techniques that are used to engage, persuade and tell the story of your project, product or business Learn about the design tools and features that are used to create handouts, animated slides and interactive appendices No previous experience or laptop required. Limited spaces available! 學生做功課，創業者做推廣丶集資，跟顧客和上司有效溝通，設計是重要一環。“Secrets of Great Presentation Design” 教你設計技術，令小設計變得專業。 About the Instructor Barney has 8 years of design experience and has worked on over 200 projects with startups, SMEs and multinational corporations. He has also taught design to over 1,000 students at Google Campus London, WeWork, The University of Oxford, The London School of Economics, Imperial College London and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for over 3 years, and has run private design sessions with startups, hackathons and incubator cohorts. He is currently working on Notes.Design (www.notes.design) — a project to bring notes, videos and workshops to people who want to explore and understand design.

Foundations of UX Design and Design Psychology This free workshop is for beginners and non-designers who want to: Learn the UX design principles behind creating digital products that are useful, delightful, and easy-t0-use. Understand the tricks and techniques for turning insights from users and human behaviour into refined user interface designs Get comfortable with prototyping products at different levels of realism to test ideas in the real world No previous experience required. Limited spaces available! About the Speaker: Barney Yau has 8 years of design experience and has worked on over 200 projects with startups, SMEs and multinational corporations. He has also taught design to over 850 students at Google Campus London, The University of Oxford, The London School of Economics, Imperial College London, The University of Warwick and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for over 3 years, and has run private design sessions with startups, hackathons and incubator cohorts. Website: www.notes.designPortfolio: www.behance.net/notesdotdesignYouTube channel: https://goo.gl/H897oV