List of hackathons about industry in 2020

HCL is calling for the top startups, developers, solutions architects, and hackathon enthusiasts to develop imaginative solutions built around how technology can keep us connected and help the world get better leading to a brighter future. Let’s build high-tech solutions to address the need of the hour through a hackathon exploring themes across pandemic containment, community enablement, crisis communication, vaccine discovery, remote healthcare and clinical trials at the Better Health #CodeforCovid19 Hackathon.

University, business school, and college students in the UK! You're invited to attend the Academic Client Conference. At this day of learning, discussion, and best practice sharing, you'll prepare yourself to improve your chances of employment using the Abintegro Career Centre platform. In addition, you'll get to participate in the #Careers #Hackathon, where you'll be challenged to collaborate in the design of a careers tool for students. Make sure you're prepared for your hackathon experience -- visit the tips page!

European data scientists - professionals and students! The Data Science Society invites you to participate in Datathon 2020 - the international hackathon for data scientists! Be prepared with the best hackathon advice from the tips page!

Developers, analysts, entrepreneurs, and creative types in the Netherlands! You're invited to participate in the Hack4SmartServices hackathon, where you'll be challenged to create a dynamic digital solution that serves the society of the future! Come with a team of 4-6 members, or join a team at the Hack4SmartServices event. Your team will tackle a given challenge and then imagine and create a proof-of-concept and business plan and pitch your idea to a panel of expert judges. Come collaborate and compete for awesome prizes -- and have a blast while you're doing it!

Fashion industry techies and professionals -- all those who care about fashion, apparel, data, and technology! You're invited to sign up for the 2020 Detroit Fashion + Tech Hackathon: Hack Weekend! During this 36-hour challenge, you'll work in a multi-disciplined team of 2-5 individuals to create an innovative solution that addresses a real-world challenge set by a brand-leading in the apparel and retail industry. The top 3 teams will pitch their prototypes and supporting business case to a panel of judges for the chance to win the $1,800 in cash and prizes Check out the tips page for advice on taking part in the hackathon!

******** POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 ******** Space and space medicine enthusiasts! You are invited to attend and participate in the Astropreneurship, Space Medicine, and the Dataverse Hackathon 2020 and Harvard University's Innovation Labs. At this day-long event, You'll be challenged to create solutions to biomedical, social, policy, and data-driven challenges of people pioneering in space. Find useful info at this hackathon tips page!

Agricultural pros, IT coder, economists, designers and other agri-friendly people in Switzerland! You're invited to participate in the Agricathon 2020 agriculture hackathon. At this one-day event, you'll get to collaborate on producing a prototype of an innovative agricultural tool or service.

Legaltech professionals -- marketers, programmers, data scientists, psychologists creatives, legal students, and designers! You're invited to participate in the Bierens Hackathon 2020! In this 24-hour event, you'll be challenged to come up with an awesome creative concept for a start-up law firm -- the law firm of the future! Come with your own team of up to five people, or join a team at the event! You'll collaborate and compete to develop the best concept or product. The winning team will be awarded €2000 for their idea. Get the most out of your hackathon experience with advice from the tips page!

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Hackers and developers from member organizations of the Book Industry Communication (BIC) and/or BIC LCF Consortium organisations! You're invited to participate in BIC Library Communication Framework (LCF) PlugFest #4 -- a series of 12 weekly, online hackathon sessions,Communications outside of the weekly online meetings will be via GitHub.You'll be expected to tackle the following challenges: Ability to specify which attributes of an entity and its sub-entities to retrieve (GitHub Issue #218) Inter-Library Loans (Github issue #243) Selection Query Language (Github issue #113)