List of hackathons about industry in 2016

Brazilian university students and post-grads! Interested in business ideas for senior citizens? Come and participate in teams -- a developer, a health science professional, a business professional and a designer at the the 48 hour Hackathon Challange: Opportunities for Active Aging. Conceive, design and create an app or website, etc. that addresses one of the Hackathon challenges that will be unveiled at the event!

Women interested in technology! You don't have to be a coder to create something awesome! Come to SheHacks Vancouver! At this #ShePowered event, you'll be using prototyping tools, drag and drop editors, mockups, and wireframes to create and present your idea. Collaborate as part of a team, or fly solo! Learn to use best-in-class prototyping as part tools, network with your peers, and sharpen your creative skills. And, by the way, just for registering, you'll get over $500 worth of tools and goodies!

Developers, engineers, UX designers! Come and participate in the 2016 TechCrunch International City Hackathon in Beijing. You'll have 24-hours to accomplish the design and development of your product solution. Compete for prizes for the most innovative product, the most valuable product, and the most completed product.

Developers, UX, content and visual designers, tech project managers and coordinators! So bring all of your design, technical and organizational talents and participate in Europe's biggest LGBT+ Hackathon! The theme is #MakeStuffBetter, so you'll be challenged to come up with innovative ideas to help spread tolerance, promote health, and create awareness!

Students and recent graduates! Come and participate in Aston University's second student hackathon! The AstonHack event has been expanded to allow for even more student hackers to participate in 24 hours of designing, coding, and making! Be prepared to collaborate with other participants to build cool software.

Brazilian hackers, designers, entrepreneurs, social activists, and more! Do you want to help break down the barriers to female entrepreneurship? Want to help more women enter and succeed in the technology sector? AngelHack invites you to come and participate in the Lady Problem Global Hackathon Series in São Paulo! You'll get to collaborate with like-minded women—and men—in an effort to build creative solutions to realize the potential of the female half of our world population! You'll be asked to hack a solution to one of the following challenges: Health: Help women access health resources to ensure that they can have successful careers, regardless of whether or not they choose to have children, or Safety: Help ensure that women can be safe when they go to, are at, and come home from work, or Economic Empowerment: Help women gain financial literacy and access the resources they need to grow their businesses, or Culture: Help women access better mentorship and feel less isolated in the workplace. Compete for an array of awesome prizes from sponsors and community parters including Women Who Code, IBM, Proctor & Gamble, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The winning team in each city location of the Lady Problem Global Hackathon Series will be inducted into the AngelHack social good accelerator, a 12-week mentorship and acceleration program. Visit the hackathon tips pagefor the best advice on how to participate in the Lady Problem Global Hackathon!

Seattle-area hackers, designers, entrepreneurs, social activists, and more! Do you want to help break down the barriers to female entrepreneurship? Want to help more women enter and succeed in the technology sector? AngelHack invites you to come and participate in the Seattle edition of the Lady Problem Global Hackathon Series! You'll get to collaborate with like-minded women—and men—in an effort to build creative solutions to realize the potential of the female half of our world population! You'll be asked to hack a solution to one of the following challenges: Health: Help women access health resources to ensure that they can have successful careers, regardless of whether or not they choose to have children, or Safety: Help ensure that women can be safe when they go to, are at, and come home from work, or Economic Empowerment: Help women gain financial literacy and access the resources they need to grow their businesses, or Culture: Help women access better mentorship and feel less isolated in the workplace. Compete for an array of awesome prizes from sponsors and community partners including Women Who Code, Proctor & Gamble, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Upwork. The winning team in each city location of the Lady Problem Global Hackathon Series will be inducted into the AngelHack social good accelerator, a 12-week mentorship, and acceleration program. If you need answers to your questions, then visit the hackathon tips page!

Do you want to make both America and Taiwan great? Come and participate in the g0v hackathon! If you have programming skills, or UI/UX, or design talent that you want to showcase, then this is the place for you! Collaborate with like-minded enthusiasts on your ideas to make society a better place!

Developers and designers! Interested in how technology can help improve the future of learning? Come sign up to participate in HackEDU. You'll collaborate with like-minded people to design and build pedagogical tools. You don't need to be an expert! You'll get to work with all levels of expertise to brainstorm, design and build prototypes for presentation and judging.

5th-8th grade students in San Jose. Ask your parents to sign you up for the Scratch Hackathon for 5th-8th Graders, a premiere hackathon for elementary and middle school kids. You'll meet with kids like you and work in teams to compete for prizes. You don't have to be an expert Scratch coder! There are prizes for beginners and for advanced students at both the elementary and middle school levels.