List of hackathons about industry in 2017

STEM professionals, designers, engineers and media professionals in Ireland! Are you interested in creative uses of technology in the area of the arena of science communication? You're invited to participate in THINK: TANK -- a hackathon that is focused on the social good. You'll be challenged to collaborate on an innovative way to address one of three problems -- how to increase energy efficiency in the workplace, how to reduce plastic waste, or how to improve the work lives of migraine sufferers.

Computational chemists, cheminformaticians, and molecular modelers! The organizers of Comp Chem Kitchen invite you to participate in the CCK-10 Hackathon. You'll get to learn about the CSD (Cambridge Structural Database) Python API and then take part in the hackathon.

Cyient Ltd and DJI invite you to participate in Hackadrone 2018—India’s first UAV hackathon, sponsored by Microsoft and the Telangana State Government. We are calling on all developers to create innovative commercial and industrial solutions on the DJI industrial drone platform. Hackadrone 2018 is open to start-ups, independent software programmers, developers, senior IT professionals, and technology students.

Future hackers -- techie kids ages 10-19 -- bring your parents along as you participate in Hack the Future 20. You'll get to hang out with experienced geeks who can show you stuff you won't learn in school, but that helped them get sweet jobs in the high tech space. You'll be challenged to do hacker and maker stuff like create your own video game, learn to solder electronics, build a webpage, or make things using a 3D printer.

Hackers in and around Barcelona! Barcelona Code School invites you to participate in the Major League Hacking (MLH) Local Hack Day. At this one-day, nine-hour event, you'll be challenged to learn new technologies, design and build something cool -- a website, a mobile app, hardware -- it's your choice.

Entrepreneurial spirits! Do you want to start your own business? King's Entrepreneurs Society invites you to participate in the KCL Business Hackathon 2017. In this 12-hour non-tech hackathon, you'll be challenged to build your business in a day -- from generating your idea to building your first prototype! Pitch your project to the audience and get the chance to win validation, recognition and great prizes.

Aspiring entrepreneurs and coders in the Bay Area and beyond! You're invited to participate in the NOC SV Innovate Hackathon. You'll compete in a team of between 3 and 6 people and address one of three challenges -- The Nexosis API Machine Learning Challenge, the Back4app Backend Service Platform, or the SingTel Innov8 Challenge. Present your project to the panel of expert judges for the chance to win your share of the $2,000 prize pool.

Student hackers in Ontario! You're invited to participate in the Major League Hacking Local Hack Day at the University of Waterloo. Take part in this 12-hour hack day -- one of many being held simultaneously around the world. Come and collaborate to build some awesome technology solutions.

Science-oriented techies in the Greater London Area! You're invited to participate in the Living Knowledge Network – London Hackathon. You'll get to tackle your choice of four Blockchain challenges: The Future of Collaboration, Network Data Science, The Future Of Peer Review, or Knowledge Tokens. Tech talent from all levels of capability is welcome to join in! You just need a passion for the future of science and knowledge creation!

Developers, web designers, graphic designers, musicians, data scientists in and around Metz! TCRM-BLIDA invites you to participate in the Serious Game Challenge -- a 48-hour hackathon where you'll be challenged to design and prototype a digital app that helps technicians of the Mosellane des Eaux Company to learn about safety issues on water distribution networks.