List of hackathons in Lebanon in 2018

If you love fintech and entrepreneurship, join us and Bank Audi for the Beyond Banking Hackathon by Bank Audi final pitches at antwork, on November 29, 2018, to hear what the hackathon participants have created and developed during the 3-day sprint.  Data scientists, finance enthusiasts, software developers, marketers, designers and business developers will be coming togther to take on the challenges that Bank Audi has launched and find, build, test, and pitch solutions to: Reinvent the digital banking user experience. Create a personal touch in banking. Imagine the banking e-advisor. Rethink the customer’s lending, saving, and transacting journeys. Starting on November 27, 2018, with private brainstorming sessions, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, the hackathon will culminate on the morning of November 29 with demos and presentations that will be open to the public. Throughout the hackathon, participants will create working startups, collaborate with like-minded individuals outside of their daily networks, and receive valuable feedback from local experts. Join us to discover the future of Lebanon’s fintech and banking sectors. To participate in the hackathon, fill in your application form here. The deadline to submit your application for the Beyond Banking Hackathon by Bank Audi is on November 20, 2018 at noon.

The ConsenSys Lebanon Blockchain Developer Bootcamp is a coding-intensive training program carried out over 3 days, followed by a 2-day hackathon where pre-selected developers will be required to create projects based on their learnings. The bootcamp will cover Ethereum concepts, introduce key developer tools and other aspects of smart contract and dApp development including building a front-end, and will include security best practices. Participants will be presenting their work on Sunday October 21 at 2:30 PM at BDD in front of the following panel of judges: Marc Ziade, Business Operations & Strategy Director @ ConsenSys, Co-founder @ Helena Robby Greenfield, Global Technical Lead @ ConsenSys Social Impact Imad Atwi, Manager @ Strategy& Middle East, (formerly Booz & Company), Part of the PwC network Rawad Assaf, Chief Technology Officer @ UK Lebanon Tech Hub Riyad Abou Jaoudeh, Managing Director @ Middle East Venture Partners Fawzi Rahal, Managing Director @ Flat6Labs Beirut Top 3 Winners will be selected and given prizes. Everyone is welcome to attend the pitches and demos! Join us! For more info: https://lebanonbootcamp.consensys.net

The ConsenSys Lebanon Blockchain Developer Bootcamp is a coding-intensive training program carried out over 3 days, followed by a 2-day hackathon where participants will be required to create projects based on their learnings. The bootcamps’ objectives are to: Train programmers and students and provide them with skills to enable them to find jobs in the Blockchain space Create awareness around blockchain in Lebanon Leverage blockchain technology to solve some of the challenges Lebanon is facing  The bootcamp will cover Ethereum concepts, introduce key developer tools and other aspects of smart contract and dApp development including building a front-end, and will include security best practices. https://lebanonbootcamp.consensys.net

Let’s innovate to make our cities better !Are you an engineer, a designer, an urban enthusiast?Whatever's your expertise, we are looking for people who want to make Beirut better.The hackathon is a 72-hour event during which participants will work in teams to find solutions to make the city better! During the hackathon, the teams will undergo extensive training and mentorship with experts in Business, Urbanism, Design, IT and Pitching to enable them to pitch their solution to two selection juries (local and international).2-3 winners will be chosen and prizes will be awarded.For those interested, registration opens in August: www.hackthecitylb.comFor more information, please contact us on: info@hackthecitylb.com

During the hackathon, the teams will undergo extensive training and mentorship with experts in Business, Urbanism, Design, IT and Pitching to enable them to pitch their solution to two selection juries: the first selection will be made by a local jury and the second selection will be made by the international jury of RETHINK THE CITY.lb Conference. Subsequently, winners will be chosen and prizes will be awarded.