List of hackathons about industry in 2017

Tel Aviv girls and young ladies ages 16-20! Do you want a future in technology? Do you think you have passion, curiosity and willingness to learn? Programmers 4 Peace invites you to come and sign up for the Tel Aviv Hackathon — Solving Community Problems with Tech. You'll get to learn the basics of coding, product development and how to pitch ideas. You'll be challenged to work in a team to develop an innovative product that solves a community issue and then pitch your idea to a panel of judges.

Digital professionals — developers, designers, systems administrators, etc.! If you're a resident of Mauritius, then sign up and participate in the #RiSk [Solutions] Innovathon cybersecurity development competition. You'll be challenged to offer innovative digital solutions against the high priority IT risks according to Mauritius public policy. You'll be assigned a computer tool kit and scripts to free and open source code to use in developing your cybersecurity solution.

Australian UX specialists, designers, developers, web content publishers and editors! Are you interested in the development of the govCMS open source web content management system? The Australian Department of Finance invites you to sign up and participate in the govCMS Camp. You'll be challenged to collaborate with like-minded individuals to help improve govCMS. Work on one of the themes already identified, or suggest one of your own.

Hardware founders and product enthusiasts! Starting up and fearful of rejection? Come and attend the one-day Rejectionathon event that helps founders gain confidence in selling. At Rejectionathon, you’ll be given a list of challenges that will put you just slightly out of your comfort zone, and you’ll want to complete as many of them as you can with your team. Similar to a hackathon, you'll spend the day solving fun, adrenaline-packed "hustle challenges" with a small team.

Minority students aged 12-18 in and around Miami! You're invited to participate in Code Fever: Launch A Start Up In A Day Hackathon @ Northwest Branch Library. You'll learn the basics of coding, as well as how to pitch, model, and convert your ideas into businesses. At the end of the event you'll compete for cash prizes — putting your skills to the test in a Shark Tank-style competition!

Monthly Music Hackathon NYC has decided to expand its horizon and host the first ever Music Hackathon Bulgaria! During this hackathon teams will develop mobile applications for music, technology and robots for music and also will use existing technology to create innovative and inspiring projects related to music. The goal is to use either software, robotics, or your own specialty to create a visualization of music or to integrate technology in a new way, so that it may create its own music.

High school girls in and around Santa Clara! Interested in using technology to solve problems your community faces? Come and participate in PixelHacks! You'll get to learn the basics of iOS App development, how to build bots, and how to use image and video recognition. Collaborate and compete for cool swag and awesome prizes.

Boys and girls aged 9 and above — in and around Conyers, Georgia! The Conyers chapter of the 100 Girls of Code invites you to participate in the 100 Girls of Code Conyers Minecraft Hackathon. Be sure to bring your parents' permission slips in order to participate. If you already know Minecraft, that's great, but no worries if you don't — you'll get Minecraft training at the event. Come as a team, or join one when you get here. You'll collaborate against the clock to build an awesome Minecraft app!

Dapp developers in and around Tokyo! Recruit Lifestyle invites you to sign up and participate in the Ethereum Hackathon Tokyo. You'll be challenged to design and build Dapps (decentralized applications) using technologies such as the blockchain-based Ethereum distributed computing platform. You'll get to select a project theme based on one of Recruit Lifestyle's business areas such as food and beverage, beauty, travel, healthcare, and business support.

Coders, designers, journalists and anybody who cares about good journalism! Come and help Build the Future of Journalism. Collaborate with like-minded individuals who are passionate about journalism to come up with ideas and ways to make a difference. Come and help save journalism from the avalanche of fake news.