List of hackathons about health in 2017

Are you passionate about climate change? If you're in the Washington DC area and want to help make a difference in preparing DC residents for merging impacts, then you should sign up to participate in the 2017 DC Climathon: Resilience. You'll be challenged to collaborate to create solutions that empower grassroots preparation and responses to climate change events such as urban heat island effects, extreme weather events, and increased flooding.

Bot enthusiasts in and around Paris! If you're interested in healthcare, then Pastel Health invites you to participate in a hackathon-style training workshop on Chatbots for Health. You'll be introduced to a specific platform for building chatbots for healthcare professionals. You will then be challenged to design and prototype a Chatbot on the special theme of Ophthalmology. Winning teams will receive sponsor prizes and an official, public launch of their Chatbot for Health.

Developers, designers, and business professionals in San Francisco and the Bay Area! If you are interested in health and wellness, NewPathVR invites you to participate in their VR Health and Wellness Hackathon. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you'll be challenged to conceive an innovative health and wellness startup project and pitch your project to a panel of expert judges.

Students, start-ups, freelancers and healthcare professionals! You're invited to participate in Hack'tion Against Cancer. You'll be challenged to use your skills and creativity to help patients in oncology and hematology with an innovative technology solution. In this Amgen-sponsored event, you'll have 48 hours to design and prototype a digital app to address one of two themes: > FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: Improve the flow of information between different services. > FOR ONCOLOGY PATIENTS: Provide for the personalized exchange of information between doctor and patient.

Designers, programmers, game engine and UX/UI experts, designers, and other techies in the Tampa Bay area! Do you want to help combat the Zika virus? Code for Tampa Bay invites you to sign up to participate in -- a community-powered civic hackathon to write apps which to help the Hillsborough County Public Works Mosquito Control District fight mosquitoes through education, data collection, and analysis. You'll get to address one of the following challenges: Mosquito Education Computer Game, Digital Inspector (reduce county staff time spent on service calls), Spray Truck Router, or Zone Picker (select daily spray zones based on relevant data).

Biology students and professionals in Costa Rica! iGEM TEC-Costa Rica invites you to participate in SynBioThon 2017. In this 3-day hackathon event, you'll participate within a team of 6 like-minded individuals to develop a virtual genetic circuit that helps solve a given problem. At the end of the event, you'll present and defend your project before a panel of judges.

Hackers in San Francisco and the Bay Area! Are you interested in the power of genomics? AWAKENS, Inc. invites you to sign up to participate in the Genomic Service Hackathon - G-SUPERNOVA 2017. You don't have to be an expert -- beginners are welcome to participate and learn! Come and create an innovative genomics-based app -- how about a fitness app that recommends personalized diet and training, a wine or coffee matching app to match the user's tastes, or a health records app that incorporates the user's genetic traits for drug response or disease traits? It's up to you! There are thousands of potential apps! Maybe yours will be the one to win a Whole Genome Sequencing ticket by Illumina Accelerator!

Data enthusiasts in the Washington DC area! You're invited to sign up to participate in the DC Government Health and Human Services Hackathon. You'll be challenged to come up with innovative ways to use data to answer complex questions and design new solutions to pressing Washington DC issues including health, aging, homelessness, and child well-being!

Digital technology innovators in Germany! Accenture Interactive invites you to participate in the Accenture Interactive Hackathon - Connected Edition. During this 24-hour marathon, you'll be challenged to prototype concepts and solutions for Smart Businesses or Future Lifestyle that integrate Artificial Intelligence into daily life. Come with your team and compete for great prizes in the local event. The first-placed teams from Berlin, Dortmund, and Munich will go to the Bits & Pretzels start-up festival in Munich to compete to be the overall winner.

Technologists, engineers and data analysts in Chicagoland! Are you appalled to know that people in this great city are going hungry? The Greater Chicago Food Depository invites you to bring your creativity and passion to the all-day Hackathon to End Hunger 2017! You'll collaborate and compete to develop innovative software, mobile, web, and hardware solutions that can help hack away hunger. Share your experience on social media using the hashtag #HackHungerChi.