List of hackathons about industry in 2017

Want to help break down the barriers to female entrepreneurship? Want to help more women enter and succeed in the technology sector? Come and participate in the Lady Problem Global Hackathon Series in Berlin, Germany! Collaborate with like-minded women—and men—in an effort to build creative solutions to realize the potential of the female half of our world population! You'll be asked to hack a solution to one of the following challenges: » Health: Help women access health resources to ensure that they can have successful careers, regardless of whether or not they choose to have children. » Safety: Help ensure that women can be safe when they; go to, are at, and come home from work. » Economic Empowerment: Help women gain financial literacy and access the resources they need to grow their businesses. » Culture: Help women access better mentorship and feel less isolated in the workplace.

Civic minded techies in and around Harlem! Interested in using technology for civic good in Harlem and other communities? Harlem Business Alliance invites you to participate in the #HackHarlem 2017 hackathon. You'll be challenged to work with like-minded techies to design innovative technology solutions that will help improve Harlem and the lives of its citizens.

Web developers, Java and JavaScript developers, engineers and architects! Macaw Software invites you to participate in the Macawthon Java microservices hackathon. Come learn how to create microservice-based apps and to create, deploy and manage using Cloud Native methodologies. Collaborate and compete — there will be awesome prizes for the winning microservices.

Programmers and developers from across Quebec! Interested in intelligent city technology? Cognibox, the City of Shawinigan and Digihub invite you to participate in the 36-hour Cognibox Hackathon 2017 programming competition. Come and collaborate with like-minded technologists from all over the province and accept the challenge of building innovative intelligent city solutions for Shawinigan.

Data analysts and individuals passionate about education! The Data Science club of the CRI (Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires) invites you to participate in the EduData Hackathon. The theme of this event is how to improve the grade levels of French 15-year old children in the international PISA test. You'll be challenged to dig into educational testing data for OECD countries. Collaborate and compete to develop the best insights that will be reflected in a report to the French minister of education.

Developers, designers and IT professionals in and around San Francisco! Think you've got what it takes to compete with the best-of-the-best hackers in the Bay Area? Come and show what you've got at the Collaboration Hackathon by LiveH2H! You'll be challenged to build and pitch education, enterprise, or social media solutions using LiveH2H’s API and SDK functionality to provide a customizable meeting room experience within a company’s platform. You'll get to pitch your project to a panel of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, investors and advisors.

Professional game designers, or interested gamers who would like to develop your own game! Kartfabrique invites you to participate in Hack the Game - Prison Island Hackathon. You'll be challenged to brainstorm to create an awesome 'grand finale' for the Prison Island game. Compete for terrific prizes. The winning team's concept will become part of the escape game from Prison Island and you'll be immortalized in a mural in Prison Island.

Hackers and makers in and around Zurich! The Things Network & Stadt Zürich invite you to participate in the Make Zurich 2017: Hackathon. You'll be work with like-minded individuals and Zurich city administrators to explore ways of solving the problems of the city. You'll be challenged to create solutions to one of the following areas: »Groundwater meter »Nightlife noise »Bicycle commuter »Bicycle tracking »Environmental Exploration »City gardens »Open Topic

Interested in the real estate, AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) industries? Come sign-up and participate in Hub101 Hacks business hackathon! This is an ideal environment for you to showcase your creativity and mastery of business technology! You'll collaborate with industry professionals, UX designers, business consultants, lawyers, finance/accounting professionals, hardware and software mentors, and many more. Come with an existing Real Estate/AEC project, or create one at the event! Your goal is to create a startup idea that can become a successful business that can generate revenue and/or attract investors.

Lawyers, law students, future leaders! Shape the Law invites you to participate in Leadership in the Law: An Unconference & Hackathon. You'll be challenged to contribute to identify potential roadblocks to leadership and then to collaborate to develop innovative prototype solutions to those roadblocks.