List of hackathons about industry in 2017

Geeks, entrepreneurs, young IT professionals in and around Johannesburg. You're invited to participate in the Geekulcha Annual Hackathon 2017. This event brings together people like you to come up with technology solutions to address pressing challenges for businesses, government, and communities. This year's theme is the Collaborative Digital Economy. You'll get to address a challenge that you select from Smart technology, Green, Rural/Township Economy, Youth, Property, Tourism, Agriculture and local community development.

Start-ups, innovators, ideas people in and around Melbourne! Have you invented something awesome? Would you like to have it validated by experts in innovation analysis? The Melbourne Innovation Centre invites you to bring your idea to the CAIxMIC Innovation Hackathon. Using the industry-leading technology analysis tool, M·CAM -- a global asset management finance firm -- will analyse your idea in real time

Hackers and machine learning enthusiasts in the Netherlands. Trifork B.V. invites you to sign up to participate in the Machine Learning Hackathon. In this one-day event, you'll first learn how to apply Machine Learning algorithms and understand how to integrate Machine Learning into daily life. You'll then compete for the award for the coolest solution by creating a Jupyter Notebook on the data that is applicable to day-to-day life in Amsterdam

Hackers and other techies in the Netherlands! AxonIQ invites you to sign up to participate in the EventStore HackathON. You'll get the opportunity to work with the new beta release of AxonIQ's EventStore. You'll get to discover what you can do with EventStore -- and test it rigorously with your own project. Present your prototype and give your technology assessment to the AxonIQ judges and you could win one of two prizes.

Coders, designers, travel industry professionals! Are you passionate about bringing the digital world to the tourism sector? Reed Expositions France invites you to participate in the IFTM Hackathon at the International Tourism Exhibition. You'll be challenged to create a compelling and innovative technology application that will bring positive disruption to travel and tourism! Compete for team cash prizes -- for the best innovation, for the best pitch, and for the public choice.

Developers, designers, and facial recognition enthusiasts! Wherever you are in the world, TrueFace.ai invites you to participate in the TrueFace.ai Virtual Hackathon. You'll be challenged to use Trueface.ai's state of the art technology to design and build an innovative app that uses facial recognition - for anything you choose. Compete for recognition by TrueFace.ai and for prizes.

Techies in and around Paris, France! Are you interested in the application of technology to physical infrastructures--roads, bridges, tunnels, utility structures, etc.? BIMobject invites you to participate in BIMscript® Hackathon 2017 France. You'll learn how to use BIMscript to create BIM (building information modeling) objects. You'll also get to build your own limited access catalog that you can use for non-profit purposes, demonstration, test, and education.

Boys and girls aged 7 to 17 in and around Melbourne, Australia! Are you interested in technology? If so, then sign up today to participate in the Hackathon @ CoderDojo Altona North. You'll collaborate with like-minded kids in teams, using your skills, knowledge, and creativity to undertake an engineering challenge. No experience is required — you only need to have desire and passion for technology and to be ready to roll up your sleeves and get involved.

Makers and hackers in Spain! Makers Of Murcia invite you to participate in the hackathon to be held in conjunction with the Maker Faire Murcia. Collaborate at the hackathon to showcase your skills and to compete for a pool of awesome prizes.

Coders in South Florida! You may be a newbie working on Flatiron's free introductory courses, or be part of their Full Stack Web Development Program. You may be an expert coder already and just eager to showcase your skills! Either way, you're invited to participate in Flatiron School's SoFlo Learn Codeathon -- a 2-3 hour mini hackathon, where you'll be challenged to build out a small application using an API. Come and participate -- collaborate and network with the SoFlo techie community!