List of hackathons about industry in 2019

Machine learning enthusiasts in the Cary, North Carolina area! You're invited to participate in a Machine Learning Hackathon at DB Vows.

The Blockchain Hackathon Stuttgart is back! In February 2019 for again 3 days, blockchain enthusiasts, developers and entrepreneurs from all over the continent will have the chance to ignite their creativity using blockchain technology to disrupt traditional industries. Besides great networking opportunities, fabulous prizes with a total of 15.000 euro await the most visionary concepts selected by a jury of experts of the field.

Legal techies in Singapore! If you're considering participating in the Global Legal Hackathon -- as a participant, a mentor, or another capacity -- then you should plan to attend the GLH pre-event boot camp/happy hour to find out more about the event!

Concerned citizens, innovators, startup types! If you're concerned about plastic pollution, then you're invited to participate in the Plastic Hackathon. This is a one-day event to find business solutions to plastic pollution. You'll be asked to come up with an innovative solution to a challenge in one of five areas: Ordering Takeaways, Personal Care, Grab & Go Food, Internet Shopping, and Grocery Shopping.

At the end of our fruitful semester of Women And Code - an event series for women - we want to celebrate - and how to better do that than with a HACKATHON? :) A hackathon is a full-day event where people - in our case women*, sorry boys ;) - create their own projects in small groups during the course of a day. Hint: These projects can be used by YOU as portfolio projects if you're looking for a job! http://womenandcode.org

Techies in and around Paris! The Renault Group invites you to participate in its second hackathon -- Light is Digital. You'll be challenged to imagine innovative new digital uses for vehicle headlamps. Come collaborate and compete for a prize pool of € 17,000.

Welcome to the Makeathon The Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering is a student-led undergraduate biomedical engineering organization at USC that serves the engineering student body via a comprehensive calendar of academic, social, mentoring, outreach, and professional events. Students gain insight into both their chosen field of study and the opportunities that are specific to the biomedical engineering major. The Makeathon is a medical device design competition meant to encourage students to innovate solutions for real-world applications in a collaborative environment. Students hone design, prototyping, and presentation skills throughout the competition, and develop skills that will continue to serve them in their future endeavors. The Makeathon is, in essence, a hackathon for designers instead of coders. In 30 hours, 15 teams of 4-5 people will brainstorm, design, and CAD a device under material and functional constraints. By working in teams, students engage in an interdisciplinary sharing of knowledge in order to solve a time-sensitive case. During the competition, corporate representatives and graduate students act as mentors, providing feedback to students, and offering advice. Students from other universities are invited to compete to provide exposure to Viterbi’s innovative and collaborative environment and to foster bonds with students and organizations from other schools. Though biomedical engineering students are the target demographic, undergraduates from other fields are encouraged to participate. The objective of the Makeathon is to submerge students in an environment that simulates engineering teams in the real world. We encourage students to form teams of varying levels of experience and pair students that may not know each other. Working with new people, and with people who know more or less than you is vital to being an engineer post-graduation. The added pressure of time and design constraints acts to accelerate the team experience. We feel that students walk away from the event with a deeper understanding of themselves and how they work with others, in addition to all of the product development and engineering design skills that are accumulated throughout the competition. Rules and Parameters The 14-15 teams will each consist of 4-5 people, with at least 2 underclassmen (freshman/sophomore) and at least 2 upperclassmen (junior/senior). You may register with an unfinished team and we will complete your team for you, you may also sign up as an individual and we will place you on a team. No outside materials may be used on the device for the fairness of all the participants (ex: don’t bring your own LEDs or power tools that you intend to use on your device). Bring laptops with Solidworks, AutoCad or whichever CAD software the team is comfortable with installed. CAD licenses will NOT be provided. Students have the opportunity to rent laptops from SAL, which have Solidworks for four hours at a time with a max of 8 hours.  The design prompt will be released 24 hours before the Makeathon so that teams have time to brainstorm before the event.  Any attempt to access the prompt before then will disqualify a team. While contact with professionals and scientists at the event is highly encouraged, contacting professionals outside of the event for design ideas and help will disqualify a team.

During the weekend of February 8th-10th, the American Digital Diversity Initiative will be hosting a hackathon at California State Univerisity Long Beach where more than 150 Hackathon participants (e.g. web developers, designers, UX/UI, project managers, Military Veterans) to compete for thousands of dollars in prizes to develop solutions to improve and the quality of life for individuals in cities and the future of work. Over the weekend, all participants will have the opportunity to work alongside veterans on software solutions to address these challenges: Civic Engagement  Smart Transportation  Community Safety  Future of Work  Top Prize: $3,000 2nd Place: $1,500 3rd Place: $500 Top Collegiant team: $1,500 Top Veteran team: $1,000 **Team Size of 6 Max** **In order to qualify for the collegiate prize, half of your team must be enrolled in a 2 or 4 year institution. If your team is at an odd number, it must be higher of the half. Example: Teams of 5 must have 3, teams of 3 must have 2.** **In order to qualify for the vetern prize, half of your team must be a veteran of any branch. If your team is at an odd number, it must be higher of the half. Example: Teams of 5 must have 3, teams of 3 must have 2.** For more information please visit: http://thehackathon.us Questions???  Peter Rojas Associate Director  American Digital Diversity Initiative  (424) 543-4387 peter@digitalequity.tech

THE INAUGURAL HACKING HEALTH ATHENS HACKATHON WILL BE HELD IN DOWNTOWN ATHENS ON FEBRUARY 8, 9 & 10, 2019 AND IS ORGANISED BY EHEALTH FORUM AND BIOMIMICRY GREECE RESEARCH & INNOVATION. Co-organisers: Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, GFOSS – Open Technologies Alliance, and Athens Startup Business Incubator (ThEA). Supporters: HL7 Foundation Europe – Trillium II, HL7 Hellas and Hellenic Society of eHealth Services and Education. Under the auspices of the Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology & Medical Statistics, Medical School, University of Athens. Hackathon starting point is the electronic Health record and International Patient Summary (IPS). Hackathon participants will be looking for innovative solutions for fostering HEALTH DATA AND MOBILITY. We invite healthcare professionals, scientists, patients, entrepreneurs, engineers, designers, developers, and others interested to team up for a long weekend and propel innovation in healthcare.

Ever wonder how those nut job hackers are able to hack the servers of companies and governments alike? Come to Ryerson Tech Society's and IEEE's Hackathon in VIC512, where you will learn how to protect yourself from these loons and pick up a trick or two of your own! Hurry and sign up through our Eventbrite link below, spots are limited!No previous hacking experience is required. Only light programming experience is required. All hacking methods will be taught. Please bring your own laptop.