List of hackathons about industry in 2016

Designers, developers, students or professionals in the sciences and humanities in and around Bogota! Are you interested in how technology can help address major human rights, health and environmental issues? The Institute Francais invites you to participate in BOG LABCIUDADANO Hackathon 2016, a "citizens lab" and collaborate to create new digital tools that can power human rights in Latin America and internationally.

Do you live in or around Kitui, Kenya? Interested in computer science and in learning how to code? Come signup and participate in VillageHack2.0. You'll get to bring your awesome ideas and work with mentors to brainstorm possible technology solutions to problems. Then you'll be taken through a crash course in computer science and the basics of coding. Then in the final phase, you'll be given a challenge and be expected to use the skills you've acquired to build a prototype solution.

Come and participate in the Softonic Better Life App Challenge. See the top ten hackathon finalists compete, as they work to put the finishing touches on their projects. The Better Life App Challenge began with the hackathon focused on projects that addressed the following themes: Personal Goals, Lifelong Learning, Work-Life Balance, Better Life At Work, Respect, Collaboration, Privacy and Safety.

New York area students in grades 6-12! Interested in computer programming? Come and participate in the Agile Youth Challenge hackathon. You'll get to interact with like-minded students, as well as with New York City's leading industry experts, developers, and designers. You'll collaborate in teams to develop a prototype solution to a problem of your choice. You'll work with partners, in sprints, throughout the day. Use any technology to solve the problem—desktop, web, or mobile—using your choice of agile development tools, such as Java, JavaScript, Objective C, Swift, PHP, Processing, Scratch, Snap!, or C#.

Hackers awake! Do you have what it takes to help make the planet Earth a better place? Well if you think you do, then Intel and Amazon Web Services want you to sign up today for Hack the Planet! Come along and strut your techie stuff! The focus will be on building technology solutions that better the planet. Once you and your team submit your Internet of Things project stub on hackster, you'll get access to a Seeedstudio Grove Starter Kit Plus for Intel Edison.

The growth of both the Internet of things and PropTech as a whole has opened up huge opportunities for innovation in the Smart home field that are just waiting to be taken advantage of. Whether you have been running a cyborg home from day 1 are are just now gaining interest in the smart home niche, everyone is invited to come compete for a prize pool of over 5000 Euros! Compete with a team in one of 3 categories, ecofriendliness, lifestyle, or value.

Want to help break down the barriers to female entrepreneurship? Want to help more women enter and succeed in the technology sector? Come and participate in the Lady Problem Global Hackathon Series in Miami, FL! 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. » Safety: Help ensure that women can be safe when they; go to, are at, and come home from work. » Economic Empowerment: Help women gain financial literacy and access the resources they need to grow their businesses. » Culture: Help women access better mentorship and feel less isolated in the workplace.

High school students in and around Austin, Texas! Want to showcase your techie creativity and coding skills? Are you ready for the Design for Progress Challenge? Come and participate in the Coding4TX Hackathon @ Galvanize. You'll be challenged to design and build a cool product that aims to solve an important youth problem of your choice. Collaborate and compete for awesome prizes!

Coders, designers, techies in and around Lagos, Nigeria! Are you passionate about helping using technology for good in developing countries? Come and participate in the Code2Earn Hackathon and create solutions that will help reduce unemployment and drive up income levels. You'll collaborate with like-minded individuals to develop apps to tackle issues in health, education, and the environment. Showcase your creativity and skills and compete for the chance to win seed funding for your project from Microsoft and The Future Project.

Developers, designers, marketers, entrepreneurs, etc.! Are you dissatisfied with the 2016 election cycle? Step up with an idea that could improve the next one. Debug Politics invites you to participate in Debug Politics: SF Hackathon II. a nonpartisan hackathon. Come along and collaborate to find innovative ways to make a real difference. You'll be part of a team that will be challenged to identify one specific thing about the election cycle you were dissatisfied with and build something to fix it. You can come as a team or form one on the night!