List of hackathons about industry in 2017

Umbraco techies in the UK! If you're planning to attend the annual Umbraco UK Festival 2017, then don't miss participating in the Umbraco Hackathon and Bug Fixathon. This is your chance to show off your skills by finding and fixing bugs in your favourite open source content management system. Hack alongside the best-of-the-best including Cogworks and Umbraco engineers.

Tech and startup enthusiasts in San Francisco and the Bay Area! You're invited to attend Global Demo Day 2017 & Startup Bash, where you'll see the finalist winners from the local AngelHack Global Hackathon Series present their winning projects.

Hacker students—high schoolers, college undergrads, graduates—in and around Montreal! Concordia University's HackConcordia student group invites you to register to participate in the official HackConcordia Presents - ConUHacks III launch event. You'll get to meet the organizers behind this event, as well as like-minded hackers with whom you'll collaborate and compete. Get practical advice on participation in ConUHacks III from the hackathon expert tips page!

On any given day Macquarie Park is home to over 40,000 students, 60,000 workers, 7,000 visitors and 13,000 residents. Movement both to-and-from and within Macquarie Park presents a major opportunity for the precinct. The Macquarie Incubator will host the MPID Transport Hackathon - to look at solutions which enable mobility and connectivity for Macquarie Park. How can we continue to transform the precinct into a world-leading hub to learn, work and play?

Student hackers in the Greater New York Area. The Yeshiva University Computer Science Club invites you to participate in their InventYU 2017 student hackathon. In this 24-hour event, you'll be challenged to create something new and innovative -- an invention, an app, or some other technology -- on the theme of "Giving Back".

Hackers in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area! Are you interested in how tech can help solve problems that people face in the Third World? You're invited to participate in a weekly hackathon to build 100 mobile apps that fix 100 real problems in Africa.

Hackers in and around The Hague! Would you like to be among the first to participate in StarApple's newest programming competition on Riddles.io? Sign up for the StarApple Hackathon! Your challenge will be to write an awesome bot for StarApple's new game. Showcase your skills and compete for an awesome prize.

Techies in the Bay Area! Are you planning to attend the GDG Bayfest DevFest? Make sure to sign up for the Hack-a-thon @ Fremont. You'll be able to put in practice all the stuff you've learned at the Codelab and Conference on the first two weekends. Come and showcase your skills -- compete for prizes and bragging rights!

Developers, designers, entrepreneurs, and community members in the Greater Sydney Area! Are you stirred to action by the Iraqi/Syrian refugee crisis? Come and help by participating in the third Techfugees Sydney Hackathon. This event will focus specifically on hacking the challenges faced by newly arrived refugees. Come and collaborate to develop creative tech solutions for themes including: » Employment and under-employment where jobs don't match skills or overseas qualifications » Social integration and community connectedness » Timely access to support » Negotiating life events » Cultural adaptation » Transitioning to different labour market, education system » Financial security » Rental stress and securing long-term accommodation close to work/family

Developers, researchers, designers, civic activists, prototypers, data heads in and around New York City! The UX Lab NYC invites you to participate in Empathy Jam 2017. Interested in the future when many more jobs are automated? Come and apply your creativity to a selected challenge and work through the phases of research, design, and testing, on your project, before presenting it to a panel of judges.