List of hackathons about industry in 2017

Developers , designers, techies interested in the use of technology for the public good! Fintech Worldwide invites you to participate in the Blockchain Hackathon! Your challenge is to collaborate with like-minded innovators to improve citizen and municipal services. Sign up, come and generate awesome concepts that help government at all levels better assist their citizens — perhaps by exploring ways to help the unbanked, track the movement of goods, voting, e-citizenship, licensing, etc. Winning teams will be judged on concept originality, feasibility, level of development and appropriate use of Blockchain.

Students and professionals interested in the circular economy! Circle Economy invites you to participate in the ERN Hackathon. You'll get to showcase your creativity and network with experts and companies in the field of the circular economy. In the ERN hackathon, you'll be challenged to develop solutions for specific challenges faced by ACtronics, a Dutch automotive company and two Swedish re-manufacturing companies.

Innovators, entrepreneurs, change-makers in Hong Kong! You're invited to participate in ICE Days 2017 in StartmeupHK, a special 5-day idea and experience sharing marathon. You'll network with like-minded individuals to brainstorm in areas such as fintech, digital health, smart city technologies, IOT, retail innovation and more.

Interested in the health and future of Lake Erie? If you're an environmentalist, water enthusiast, engineer, student, interested citizen, or concerned businessperson, come and Aquahack for Lake Erie! AquaHacking is a multi-event hackathon focused on the water issues of Lake Erie. Start the process by participating in this ideas session to generate a priority list of Lake Erie water issues. These will become the hacking challenges for Aquahack for Lake Erie.

Innovators, entrepreneurs, change-makers in Hong Kong! You're invited to participate in ICE Days 2017 in StartmeupHK, a special 5-day idea and experience sharing marathon. You'll network with like-minded individuals to brainstorm in areas such as fintech, digital health, smart city technologies, IOT, retail innovation and more.

42 school students! Interested in man-machine interfaces? Eli Lilly and Danone invite you to participate in the Hack the UI hackathon. You'll meet and collaborate with like-minded individuals to use chatbots to reinvent the man-machine interface in industrial settings. you'll have plenty of scope for innovation — task automation, personalization of machines, maintenance notifications, and much more. Collaborate and compete to be one of the three top projects and win an awesome prize, as well as the chance for a coaching and mentoring program to help turn your project into a going concern!

Expert programmers! Want to showcase your skills to world-leading companies and research institutes? Want to delve into the world's largest materials science database? Great! The Novel Materials Discovery (NOMAD) Laboratory invites you to apply to participate in a 48-hour NOMAD Analytics Hackathon in Berlin. You'll be collaborating and competing with the best-of-the-best to create innovative big-data analytics and web-based tools for materials science and engineering. Be aware! Only the best and brightest will be selected to participate.

Coders, designers, hackers in the Washington DC area! Are you passionate about your city and its history? The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. invites you to participate in the DISTRICT II Wymer's (Downtown) DC Hackathon. You'll be challenged to help update the interactive WymersDC.com website, which displays the iconic photographs taken by hobbyist photographer John P. Wymer and donated to the Historical Society in 1977. This website is a valuable resource for tourists, citizens, and historians of the district.

Do you have a project that you're trying to get off the ground? Not sure of the next steps to take? Well here's your chance to move forward. Come and participate in the NoTosh @ The BETT Leadership Hackathon. You'll go through three fast-paced sessions and get the time and tools to leave with your challenges defined, ideas created and concrete prototypes ready for feedback. So sign up today and bring your project challenge or serious hurdle that's getting in the way of your awesome new idea.

Interested in sustainable food supplies? The International Trade Centre and Google Food Lab invite you to participate in the CHOCOTHON. Your challenge is to create software solutions that will help support the movement towards a shared-value platform for sustainable cocoa supply chains. In this two-day hackathon, you'll network and work with developers, economists, cocoa producers and experts in the sector to collaborate to design new and innovative software tools and tech solutions to support Ghanaian cocoa farmers in the supply chain.