List of hackathons about industry in 2020

Techies in Belgium! Are you self-isolating at home and want to fight boredom? Would you like to help people who are on the front-line of coronavirus battle, or maybe people who -- like you -- are sheltering in place? If so, then the Microsoft Innovation Center invites you to participate in the Stay The F *** At Home Hackathon. On your own, or as part of a team, you can design and prototype a solution that might: Improve teleworking, or Help front-line people -- medical staff, public transport, food sector, police, post office, etc.), or Help people shop smarter, or Another tool that contributes to solidarity in the face of Coronavirus.

Hackers in New South Wales and beyond! You're sheltering in place or self-isolating at home, so why not sign up to participate in the #StayHomeHack. Join the community on Slack at https://stayhomehack.com, introduce yourself and suggest a hot project or jump in on someone else's project idea. Work on your own or as a member of a team and work on a project that you care about! You can design, build, launch and share your project -- be it a website, an app, a web service, a data analytics tool, or another digital solution! Present your project online to the community and get recognition, feedback, and help.

NOTICE: The 2020 Hack for a Cause event has been postponed and will no longer take place in April. Please check the cancellation page for more information. Digital creatives, techies, students, civic leaders, and professionals in and around Eugene, Oregon! The Technology Association of Oregon invites you to participate in the Hack for a Cause 2020 philanthropic hackathon. You'll be challenged to use technology to solve pressing community challenges. You may choose from the following challenges: Adoptions Northwest -- website redesign, BRING -- "Tinder for Stuff" for donors of reusable building materials, St. Vincent De Paul Society of Lane County -- smart-phone-accessible intranet solution, City of Eugene -- 15-Night Homeless Youth "Choose Your Own Adventure" video game.

The EESTech Challenge is about Creating opportunities where students gain knowledge in the field of EECS and develop a professional network. You can apply for the hackathon here: https://www.eestec.tum.de/ec/teilnehmen/studenten/ To discover more about the EC visit: @ECMunich on Facebook and follow @eestech_challenge_munich on Instagram

Healthcare professionals and techies in the Netherlands! If you're interested in how technology can help ensure that every child enjoys the best possible start to life, then PLNT Leiden invites you to participate in the SDG Challenge. This hackathon is part of the national Making Future Together event, which is being held at 5 locations across the country. You'll get to tackle your choice of one of the following challenges: Challenge 1 - Healthy lifestyle: every pregnant or young parent has a chance to do it differently! Challenge 2 - How can professionals get a better idea of ​​vulnerable pregnant women or young parents? You'll compete to develop the best project idea from the Leiden area and be selected to represent Leiden at the national event in Utrecht. The winning project in Utrecht will win a €10,000 budget to complete development of their solution.

Students, young people, social entrepreneurs from Lecco! If you're interested in how to improve regional tourism, then you're invited to participate in Hack4Tourism -- a hackathon for the civil economy in Lecco. This 12-hour event will be held at the Lecco campus of the Polytechnic University of Milan. You'll get to collaborate with like-minded individuals to develop social and environmental entrepreneurial project ideas that have the potential to help improve tourism in the Lecco region.

Hackers and makers in Hannover and beyond! The Hafven Innovation Community invites you to participate in the #WirVsVirus - Open Prototyping Session (Zoom). You'll be challenged to apply your creativity and skills to help come up with as many ways as possible to contain and fight the Coronavirus! The event will be held on Zoom!

L’Oréal is looking for new products that can help wash and treat hair using zero, to less water (when rinsing). It is because of this, L’Oréal is calling on all startups, midsize companies and multinationals from various industries (chemistry, smart materials, medicine, cosmetics, electronics, etc.) who have a commercialized solution that can solve the issue of overconsumption of water. The selected companies will showcase their solutions to the L’Oréal Research & Innovation teams in Paris on February 3, 2020. Following this Showcase Day, L’Oréal’s internal teams will attend a hackathon to evaluate, test and prototype the solutions presented to them. The chosen companies will get the opportunity to secure a partnership contract with one of the top leaders of the beauty industry.

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Developers in and around the city of Leeds, UK! You're invited to participate in the INTEROPen Staff Hackathon. At this free two-day hackathon you'll be challenged to devise, test and develop an innovative solution that will connect systems and help deliver better patient care and staff access. You'll be expected to exploit identity, access management, authorisation and authentication to provide better tools for secure access. Developers must be a member of INTEROPen (for GDPR reasons). To become a member, complete the online joining form. Note that your $25 Hack Participant registration fee will be refunded to you at the event.