List of hackathons about media in 2016

Black Girls CODE and Capital One invite Black Girls CODE Tech Divas (age 11-14) to a special workshop lead by the bank's own software engineers! This 1-day program is designed to expose students to technology and foster a focus on software engineering. Students will work through a lesson that teaches fundamentals of software engineering through hands-on learning.

Come hear about an idea that came to fruition as the result of a hackathon! Hear Yaroslav Azhnyuk, co-founder and CEO of Petcube describe the process that resulted in an interactive pet camera that lets you see, talk to and play with your pets remotely from your smartphone. You'll learn about how he built a successful company as a Ukrainian founder. Yaroslav is a man of ideas, and he spends a lot of time thinking about innovation and entrepreneurship in Ukraine and beyond. He’ll also discuss how Ukrainian tech has grown and the opportunities that lie ahead, like heavy industries, education and human learning, and country branding via international food chains.

Come to Brooklyn's Made in NY Media Center for an interactive panel "From Film to Headset". Get ready for an engaging and informative discussion with some leading women & men currently working in the field of Virtual Reality. Panelists will share how they successfully made the leap into VR, dive into their creative process, the biggest challenges they face, how their past work informs their current work.

Want to help Women in Tech: Houston reach out to women techies? The Hacker Society is teaming with WIT:H to build a cool website for tech ladies in Houston -- and requests your help! The site is to provide information on local women in tech groups, upcoming events, and educational opportunities. You can help make it amazing by writing content, designing, and/or coding. Work with like-minded people to bring all women in technology — from astronauts to designers to biohackers to makers to everyone in between — together to share ideas, support each other and grow the Houston tech community.

The Final Frontier Festival 2016 is one of the largest celebration of space in Melbourne, aimed to engage everyone. From curious children to nostalgic adults, from science fiction enthusiasts to tech entrepreneurs and researchers. Together you will launch the next Frontier with a myriad of stellar workshops, talks, exhibitions and events happening over these five days. Come and celebrate the exploration, innovation and education of space and the burgeoning Australian space industry.

The TECHFACTOR brings together students who aspire to work in the digital industry and employers looking for tomorrow's technology leaders. Leading industry mentors will take attendees through fast-paced Creative-Mindset workshops on the skills and knowledge they'll for the digital industry. Teams will then complete and get their Digital business prototypes ready to pitch to a jury of young leaders and top employers, who have the power to bring their ideas to life!!

Singapore's Housing & Development Board (HDB) welcomes participants from all backgrounds--developers, designers, business professionals, marketing experts, etc.--for the HDB Cool Ideas Hack. You will take part in one of three categories: Start-up, Open or Student. Choose your hackathon challenge! Your can choose from one of (a) making HDB living greener, or (b) fostering neighbourly ties, or (c) connecting residents to the news they want. Be creative! Leverage leading edge IoT technologies like data collection sensors in a “smart housing estate”. Maybe build a "green information" app that equips residents with knowledge on environmental impact best practices? Register to participate today!

Wikimania is an annual gathering that celebrates Wikipedia and its sister projects for free knowledge with lectures, discussions, meetings, workshops and hackathons. Hundreds of volunteer contributors come together to learn and discuss projects and their potentials.

Students and professional developers across the Bay Area! Come and participate in HACK-AN-APP—AdsNative’s first ever Hackathon. Your goal will be to hack an effective, elegant and scalable ad experience into your favorite app. Be part of the conversation about AdsNative products and the future of digital advertising.

Come and participate in the Ladies of Paris Code meetup. Listen to great speakers with varied backgrounds -- combining mathematics, programming, UX, music, and more. The speakers and topics will be: --> Aurore Zhe Li - In Wonderland algorithmic music --> Emilie Zawadzki - Creating a digital installation --> Lucile Cossou - From signal processing to the creative development