List of hackathons about industry in 2016

Healthcare and life sciences developers and professionals! Interested in the possibilities of semantic web technology for healthcare and life sciences? SWAT4HCLS invites you to sign up and participate in SWAT4HCLS 2016 (Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Health Care and Life Sciences). The event agenda includes tutorials, a conference, and a hackathon. Participate in the hackathon and develop innovative technology solutions to the following challenges: »Innovative uses of Wikidata in the life science & health section of the semantic web. »Clinical interpretation of Variants in Cancer »Applying shape expressions on Wikidata subsets. »Model a novel open life science/health resource in Wikidata.

Google Developer Group is a community run by volunteers which creates exciting projects and shares experience about Google technologies. Join them at this years DevFest in Las Angeles to learn about google tech and hack in your area of specialty for awesome prizes!

Developers, hackers and IT students in and around Bangalore! Interested in diving down into Linux source code? IF YES, THEN... Sign up to participate in the Linux Kernel Hackathon, Bangalore. You'll meet with and learn from some of the best Linux technicians and kernel enthusiasts in the industry. There will be sessions on Linux Kernel Hacking, File-System Internals & Btrfs, and Linux Tracing. In between, you'll get to work on as many Linux kernel patches, as you can crank through!

Linux hackers in Uppsala Sweden. The Uppsala Linux User Group invites you to come and participate in Hit / hack 16:12. Bring your hardware or software project. Showcase your Linux skills and network with your peers in the Linux community. Discuss Linux technology and solutions and collaborate with other members in the ULUG mini-hackathon.

Students in and around Toronto! SAGE Canada invites you to participate in the Innovation Hack 2016. You will collaborate with like-minded people with an entrepreneurial spirit to create innovative solutions to pressing social challenges? You'll work in a team and apply out-of-the-box thinking to develop innovative, maybe unconventional solutions to real world problems.

Middle and high school students in the Lucia Mar Unified School District! Come and participate in the Central Coast Youth Hackathon (2016)! You'll have an awesome opportunity to be exposed to hands-on coding. You will work in a mentor-supported team to build a project in one of the following areas: web page, mobile apps, digital art, or game. Team members will work together, with creative problem solving and conceptual thinking.

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 Los Angeles! 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.

University students in London! Kick off the 2017 hackathon year by participating in the Local Hack Day - Hacksmiths. Sponsor GitHub invites you to join like-minded student hackers for a 12-hour hack day on the Goldsmiths University campus. You'll work with some awesome technology and network with talented technologists!

Coders, designers, other creative people! Want to showcase your development skills and compete against like-minded individuals in the Johannesburg area? Mann Made Media invites you to sign up and participate in their Hackathon. Bring your own team, or make up a team with other participants. So come to Sandton and show your best stuff as you collaborate and compete to win a R5,000 prize!

All developers, programmers, hackers, IT professionals and students! Are you an advocate for peace? Do you have ideas for digital solutions that will help deter violence and promote peace throughout the country? If so, then sign up for iDEYAHACK: Peace Edition. You'll have 36 hours to conceive and build a Peace and Order solution from scratch! Come with your team, or join a team at the event. Collaborate and compete to win with the freshest, most innovative, and practical solution.