List of hackathons about industry in 2016

Manchester Youth Hack #3 is here! Come and code with your friends — or learn to code and make friends. Digital companies will set challenges and offer prizes for the best hack. This doesn't just mean the best code — it's about working well as a team, being willing to learn, daring to fail! This is a fun event where the aim is to work together, learn and produce something cool. If you've not done a hack before, no matter — there'll be friendly mentors on hand to help you out. Just bring a laptop and some enthusiasm and be ready to work with other people.

Are you a techie teen — or want to be one? School's out now, so sign up for the Teen Hackathon (teenhackathon.com). Take this opportunity to "watch and learn" how to code!

Cyber Traders Sydney has teamed up with Quantopian to put on a hackathon to remember! The focus of the hackathon will be how the public opinion of news articles affects the price of a companies stock. Trading experts will be walking around the hackathon to assist hackers in manipulating the data sets provided by Quantopian as they compete to see who can create the most profitable algorithm. The cost of entry is $50 day of or $40 if you buy your ticket in advance. Hacking time is from 10AM-6PM, catered lunch will be provided.

Are you an aspiring entrepreneur? Don't build a hammer then go looking for nails.  To develop good ideas, successful entrepreneurs understand real needs that have addressable market spaces. This bootcamp will help you develop ideas that supported by a real user base that will become the foundation for your product's or service's growth

Are you getting started developing an app with OpenStack? Sign up for the workshop "How to develop my first Cloud-Aware App on OpenStack". You'll learn how to: --> Write a web application using patterns 'cloud' (micro-services, automated development). --> Use multiple public clouds (OSIC, Internap, Dreamhost, Datacentred) in multiple locations to optimize app response. --> Divide an application to increase the level of network security using code.

If you're planning to participate at Hackathon Express, then this workshop—Pre-Hackathon Express Workshop: Prototyping Interfaces—is for you! Attend and you'll learn how to design interface prototypes quickly and easily. The technique is characterized by creating cheap, testable and disposable prototypes so that you can test their interaction in the early stages of design.

Sign up for Big Data & Hadoop certification training. You'll get live instructor training and hands-on experience on industry specific projects. This course is designed to guarantee project experience and hands-on practical knowledge of working with Hadoop. You can select from the following projects to work on: →Data Analysis on Medicare Data (Healthcare Sector) →Perform Call-Drop Analysis (Telecom Sector) →Identifying Mortgage Defaulters (Finance Sector) →Real-Time Twitter Data Acquisition (Product Development/Marketing Sector).

Dallas techies! Come on down to the DevMountain quarterly Hackathon! This will be a crazy, exciting, exhausting, and awesome event, where DevMountain students will get the first taste of the hacker lifestyle. DevMountain Hackathons are open to the public development community, and DevMountain students/alumni/faculty. It is a unique experience combining junior, mid, and experienced developers to create a truly one of a kind community. There are no assigned projects or groups. Come work on your personal project, bring your team, or create a new crew at the event. Anything is possible.

Microsoft networking techies! Come attend dotnetConf.local Recife. You only need to take a 1/2 day from your office to get updated on the latest Microsoft networking and cloud information. The agenda will include sessions on: →NET Evolution and .NET Core →Microservices with Web APIs and Azure →Ads for Community.

Are you a techie teen — or want to be one? School's out now, so sign up for the Teen Hackathon (teenhackathon.com). Take this opportunity to "watch and learn" how to code!