California Baptist University C4TK Hackathon

California Baptist University

Code for the Kingdom HACKATHON

 

 Ideate. Build. Impact.

 Create technology that matters.

A hackathon movement to ignite the 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 impact.

 

  --- WHAT IS IT?

Over Thursday, March 3 - Saturday, March 5, 2016, we are bringing together students, technologists, entrepreneurs, creative’s, businesspeople, ministry leaders, visionaries, and anyone passionate about faith and technology, to create technologies what would address significant issues confronting society, community, families, and spiritual lives.

See this video of what happened in the 2014 Bay Area Hackaton.

 

 

Together our vision is to provide more opportunities for people like you to use your talent and be the change by addressing 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 judging panel will choose the awards for best projects.

SOME OF THE CHALLENGES FROM PREVIOUS CODE FOR THE KINGDOM HACKATHONS INCLUDE:

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 March 3-5, 2016 - 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 Thursday will start with food and then individuals / teams will pitch their idea, and invite people to join with them to hack for the next 48 hours.
 

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! 

The CBU Organizing Team 

For more information visit our full website.

DRAFT TIMETABLE

 Thursday, March 3rd

6:00 PM Doors Open 

6:00 - 7:00 PM Dinner & Networking 

7:00 - 7:25 PM Welcome & Review Format 

7:25 - 7:35 PM API Presentations 

7:35 - 7:50 PM Review - Official Challenges 

7:50 - 8:30 PM Open Floor - pitch your own project 

8:30 - 11:00 PM Team Formation/Create Away

 Friday, March 4th

6:00 PM Doors reopen 

6:00 PM - 11:59 PM Hacking

6:30 PM Restart hackathon, Reconnect, Reboot, Rally

7:00 - 8:00 PM Dinner 

8:00 PM - 11:59 PM Hacking & meet with Mentors and Subject Matter Experts

 Saturday, March 5th

12:00 AM - 6:00 PM Creating & Hacking

8:30 AM Breakfast 

10:30 - 4:00 PM Meet with mentors 

12:00 PM Lunch 

5:00 PM Presentation Walk-thru & Judges Make Rounds 

6:00 PM Dinner & Code freeze

6:45 PM Submission deadline; Team Presentations Begin 

7:45 Awards Ceremony

8:30 PM Closing

 

Let us know if you have any questions!