List of hackathons in Hong Kong in 2018

A 36-hour FinTech hackathon of product development, where diverse ideas collide and the best ones emerge as a new product or service. It's a madhouse of creative fun, with Coding, Designing and Marketing working together in teams for accelerated productivity. Shine in front of tech leaders presenting your project "on stage". HK$25,000 FOR THE WINNING TEAM A unique pedagogical experience - Be mentored by the best experts leading your team to success Your network of innovators - Meet and work with your future colleagues, co-founders, friends Gram Milosevic - Get a chance to go head to head with him in various challenges and workshops! Who is it for? Students, game changers, entrepreneurs, developers, basement hackers, bots that pass the Turing test ... We're not fussy as long as you bring leet skillz to the table. We welcome geeks in FinTech, InsureTech, RegTech, AI, UX designers, coders, idea generators, marketers, data scientists, mad scientists ... You get the idea. For more information, please visit www.finhack.io. * WALK-INS * You will be allowed to walk-in, however you will require $75 and not be gifted t-shirts.

This event is focused around having people meet, discuss ideas and build their teams before the Hackathon. FinHACK 2018, the FinTech Hackathon organized by WHub and Societe Generale will be held between July 6-8th, 2018. It's time to arm yourself with knowledge in different aspects to get yourself ready for 36 hours of inspiration, innovation and interaction! Secure your spot for a workshop to get yourself FinHACK-ready! This workshop will be for UI/UX Prototyping without any code. * This workshop is open to the public, however, priority goes to FinHACK attendees. If you have any enquiries, please contact the FinHACK team at team@finhack.io

Design your city. Everyday touchpoints and interactions. City Jam is a two-day, design-led hackathon. At it, experienced designers work together designing services for Hong Kong. Teams will develop concepts that look forward to the future of the city, while being founded in the reality of public services today. Founded in real challenges Experts will join at key moments to inform the designer’s process. Coming from the city’s biggest public service providers, they’ll add a dose of reality our the work. Collision of minds With designers and experts from all different backgrounds in the room, we’ll work across institutional boundaries to find the opportunities that lie in the gaps.  All the themes Rather than pigeonholing our work into sectors, we are looking at a broad array of challenges all at once: housing, public space, mobility and utilities. —— Why you should jam with us Learn from each other. Collaborate with the city’s best service and experience designers. Work together. Learn from each other. Break out of your day to day. Everyday issues. Get outside your routine topics, and work on things that affect everyone in the city everyday. Meet the experts. Get to know the people who make Hong Kong’s public services happen. Learn from what they know. Share your inspiration and ideas with them. —— What are we working on? We’ll design people-centric, future-facing services for Hong Kong. Public space Malls. Overhead walkways. Sitting-out areas. Sidewalks. Streets. Parks. Beaches. Plazas. Street cleaning. Benches. Playgrounds. Trash cans. Street lights. How do we use them? Why are there so many funny rules? What else is possible? Housing Apartment blocks. Communities. Housing complexes. Lobbies. Postboxes. Clubhouses. Co-living. Rules and regulations. Building management. How do we live together? How do we share our spaces? Could they be more accessible? What else can we do? Mobility Trams. Cars. Bus stops. Walkways. Push-carts. Bikes. MTR. Buses. Taxis. Gondolas. Stations and stops. Stairs. Airports. Feet. How do we get around the city? How do we move stuff? What else is possible? Utilities Water. Electricity. Landlines. Mobile phones. Internet. Gas. Pipes. Wires. Police. Fire department. Libraries. Post offices. How do we access utilities? How do we interface with them? Is there anything else we all need? —— Schedule Friday, you’ll be up to your ears in post-its. Saturday, you’ll have a finished prototype. Friday 9am to 10pm Come up with ideas. Talk to experts. Pick a challenge. Build teams. Get to work. Research the problem. Talk to users. Map and sketch solutions. Make mistakes. Have fun. Saturday 9am to 9pm Make rough prototypes. Make fancy prototypes. Keep talking to users. Keep building your idea. Get in a fight. Present your prototype. Win a prize. Celebrate. 

FinHACK 2018, the FinTech Hackathon organized by WHub and Societe Generale will be held between July 6-8th, 2018. It's time to arm yourself with knowledge in different aspects to get yourself ready for 36 hours of inspiration, innovation and interaction! Secure your spot for a workshop to get yourself FinHACK-ready! This workshop will be for UI/UX Prototyping without any code. * This workshop is open to the public, however, priority goes to FinHACK attendees. If you have any enquiries, please contact the FinHACK team at team@finhack.io

Are you a tech-minded person, a policy nut, or maybe just someone who's always on the hunt for an exciting new challenge? This month - on Saturday, June 23rd - blockchain RegTech company QRC will be holding the Summer 2018 Crypto RegTech Hackathon in Hong Kong. This full-day event will be a unique chance for programmers, data scientists, business people, and hackers of all stripes to get together to solve some of the most pressing and interesting problems in blockchain – compliance with new and rapidly changing data security regulations. The Crypto RegTech Hackathon will feature a unique challenge relating to a real-world implementation of blockchain technology. Your task will be to create a royalty token that facilitates the registration and usage of intellectual property, royalty payouts, and transfer of ownership. Are you up to the task? Rules:Team size: 2-5 people Participation limit: 6 teams (or a total of 30 participants).Scoring will be based on: - Technical sophistication - Feasibility - Relevance Prizes: 1st place – 6,000 HKD 2nd place – 3,000 HKD 3rd place – 1,000 HKD All participants will receive a free tech gift. Lunch will be provided. Agenda 9:30-10:00 - Registration 10:00 - 10:30 - Opening Presentation 10:30 - 10:45 – Introduction to the Challenge 10:45 - 13:00 - Hack 13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch break 14:00 - 16:45 - Hack 16:45 - 17:15 - Presentation of Solutions to the Judges 17:15 - 17:30 - Scoring 17:30 - 17:45 - Announcement of winners 17:45 - 18:00 - Closing Remarks NOTICE: To ensure that we have only maximum 6 teams, team will be required to answer a questionnaire after signing up for the event.  Selected teams will be invited to the event and will be required to pay a refundable deposit.

***SPECIAL NOTE: Participation for this event is FREE. The 120 HKD 'ticket price' is simply a deposit and it will be fully refunded post-event. Please note there is also a screening process and we will refund your deposit if you are not accepted into the hackathon. We will let you know if you are accepted into the hackathon by batches. The earlier you apply the higher chance you can get in! Calling all data scientists, developers, UX/UI designers and supply chain professionals! Fung Group is hosting its next hackathon on June 22-24, bringing together tech professionals, industry experts, entrepreneurs and students over 2.5 days to co-create solutions for the digital supply chain.   Participants will be provided with actual data from the retail, logistics and sourcing businesses within Fung Group to tackle real challenges facing the industry today. This is a great opportunity to stretch your imagination and creativity, collaborate with experts in diverse fields, and utilize data to devise, plan and prototype solutions for real business challenges. You will work in teams from the start of the Hackathon on Friday evening; the event concludes with a prototype pitch on stage to industry experts during the finale on Sunday, June 24.  To get you ready for the hackathon, we will provide hands-on training workshops from our sponsor Microsoft, as well as experienced mentors to guide participants throughout the journey. And what’s a hackathon without some brain food right? Food and beverage will be provided throughout the event.  Prizes including Microsoft Surface Pro, DJI spark drone, BeatsX wireless headphones - more to be announced! For more information about the event and the incredible prizes up for grabs, please visit our official website: http://www.hacktherack.org See you there! #hacktherack

FinHACK 2018, the FinTech Hackathon organized by WHub and Societe Generale will be held between July 6-8th, 2018. It's time to arm yourself with knowledge in different aspects to get yourself ready for 36 hours of inspiration, innovation and interaction! Secure your spot for this workshop to get yourself FinHACK-ready! This workshop is focused around teaching Developers how to get Blockchain using Hyperledger up and running. * This workshop is open to the public, however, priority goes to FinHACK attendees.  If you have any enquiries, please contact the FinHACK team at team@finhack.io

Smartz.io is the platform for launching and managing smart contracts. On June 9-10, the Smartz team will participate in the first EOS Hong Kong hackathon with their IoT-billing project.The day after the hackathon (June 11) we would like invite you to a meetup, where we will share the latest experience of blockchain development.We will talk about the application of smart contracts in everyday life. We will describe how to launch your smart contract in a few clicks and how to develop it for Ethereum and EOS blockchains.Blockchain enthusiasts will learn how to:- launch ERC20 token- launch and hold an ICO or a crowdfunding campaign- launch collectible ERC721 tokens- launch multisignature wallet on EthereumDevelopers may be interested in the following topics we are going to cover:- Development Features on Ethereum- Smart contract Security- Ethereum vs EOS comparisons- Hierarchical EOS Accounts- Comparison between the implementation of different contracts for Ethereum and EOS- Real case of launching DPoS Block Producer on the EOS networkCome and join us, we assure you an interesting time!Food and beverages to be provided.This event is free of charge. https://www.meetup.com/Smartz/ Disclaimer: Event details are provided by smartz.io. Genesis Block is only the venue provider for this event.

Blockchain enthusiasts and hackers in and around Hong Kong! You're invited to participate in the EOS Hackathon: Hong Kong. You'll get to join with other hackers, product developers, marketers, and business leaders and be challenged to create an awesome blockchain-based dApp that secures life, liberty, and property. You'll get to present your project for the chance to participate in the Grand Finale Pitch Competition. Those placing 1st - 3rd in this event will receive $2,000 USD per winning team member for travel and lodging to the Grand Finale in TBA.

AI has become one of the hottest topics in technology, and skills in data science and machine learning are highly in demand. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, AI and AI-related tech will contribute at least USD 15.7 trillion to the global economy in 2030. Does this sound familiar?: You have an interest in Data Science. You’ve taken online courses and are confident in your coding. You want to take the next step but aren’t sure exactly how. Millions of people have signed up for Andrew Ng’s machine learning class, but few take the plunge into an enhanced career. This panel discussion seeks to explore the impact of big data – specifically Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence – and the jobs and industries (including Finance) that will be affected. Will you be able to adapt your career? It’s time to understand how you can ride the wave of AI. Our highly qualified speakers will not only discuss which repetitive or labour-intensive jobs will likely be automated, but also explore how continuing lifelong education can help the workforce of today cope with the increasingly rapid changes occurring in the workplace. Who should attend? -Anyone interested in learning about the impact of AI on jobs -Anyone looking for insider tips on how to take steps to build a career in AI -Anyone looking for advice on how to enhance their current role with AI -Anyone interested in finding out if a career in AI is for them -Founders and entrepreneurs -Anyone interested in joining Accelerate’s full-time Data Science course Rodolfo Rosini -  Partner @ Zeroth.ai Rodolfo Rosini – Rodolfo has been CEO and founder of several startups over a career spanning over 20 years. He started his first AI company in 2010, Storybricks, and became one of the most famous game AI startups in the market. Before that he founded companies in cybersecurity providing encryption for secure communications to the military and Fortune 500s. He is a technical advisor on AI to UK Parliament. Efstratios Tsougenis - Overseas Technical & Business Director @ Imsight Medical Technology With a total of 10 years experience in the field of Image Processing, Computer Vision and Machine Learning (Ph.D. (DUTH) & Post-Doc (HKUST)) and 4 of them in the A.I. Hong Kong Market, Efstratios, an experienced A.I. Engineer and Entrepreneur, currently serves as Overseas Technical & Business Director for Deep Learning Medical Imaging Diagnostics company, Imsight Medical Technology (top 50 A.I. companies in China for 2017, 1st place Software Start-up and 2nd place Smart Living for 2018 ICT Awards, 1st place for Bayer Pharmaceutical Accelerator). In the past, he served as Team leader & A.I. Consultant in the A.I. HK Market in the fields of Healthcare (Imsight Medical Tech, Oya Clinics), Retail (Radica Systems, Popsquare), Smart City (HKSTP), Weather Analytics (Hong Kong Observatory), Manufacturing (Lung Kee Group) and Sports Analytics (Statsmaster). He is the founder of Orasis A.I., a consultancy company focusing in Computer Vision and one of the finalists for B4B Challenge 2016. Efstratios is a guest lecturer for HKU Space & Centennial College (Big Data Specialization) and also judge – mentor - speaker for multiple events like Google A.I. Start-up Weekend, HackUST (largest hackathon in China) and Brinc Accelerator (Drones Program). He has been also columnist for IT PRO Magazine HK Ivy Luk - Sales Engineer @ Claire.AI Ivy is the Sales Engineer at Clare.AI, an end-to-end AI digital assistant solution focuses on Asian Languages. She spent half of her professional years in major tech companies, and half in prominent Hong Kong startups, working at the intersection of technology and business. Passionate about bringing technologies to commercial adoption, her work at Clare.AI spans from Presales, Delivery to Product Development. Kirill Pavlov - Recruiter and Head of Data Science @ Terminal 1 Kirill Pavlov is a Recruiter and Director of Data Science at Terminal 1, a Hong Kong-based technology recruitment company. He is responsible for machine learning services helping recruiters to find and assess candidates. Before joining Terminal 1, Kirill was a Data Scientist at Asia Miles (Cathay Pacific) where he was responsible for financial and travel data analysis, acquisition/retention modeling, LTV calculation and operational data analysis using Apache Spark and various machine learning techniques. Prior to that, Kirill developed advertisement relevancy models in Yandex, listed search engine company with 100M user base. Moderator: Lavine Hemlani -  Co-Founder & CEO @ Accelerate Lavine is passionate about eliminating the financial barrier between education and opportunity for motivated learners to unleash their potential. Prior to Accelerate, Lavine co-founded FLYR and worked with deep learning start-up Thread Genius. Lavine began his career in investment banking in NYC at Lazard M&A and held roles at the following funds: Atlas, Marwar Capitaland Union Park Capital.