List of hackathons in San Bernardino, United States in 2017

This FREE workshop, presented by Amazon and Code District is intended for anyone interested in learning how to program voice controlled devices.  Amazon Alexa is a great place to start learning. Hands-on labs will teach you how to code cool skills for Alexa. Lucky participants will win a free Amazon devices! The need for Alexa Skill Developers is growing rapidly, as many companies move toward adding Alexa voice control to their products and services.   Join Code District and Senior Solution Architect at Amazon, Justin Jeffress for this one day training event. You will learn how to build Alexa skills that reach millions of customers that utilize Alexa-enabled devices, including Amazon Echo, Fire TV and more!  Both seasoned and beginner developers are welcomed and encouraged to participate.  What you will learn: Introduction to Alexa Skills Kit How to setup your development environment Introduction to basic concepts like intents, utterances, and slots How to build your first skill The development of template based, custom, smart home and flash briefing skills How to leverage AWS Lambda Best practices for voice user interfaces Testing How to set your skill up for successful certification Requirements Be sure to bring your laptop/notebook computer. Get a developer account: developer.amazon.com (free) Get an aws account:  aws.amazon.com (free - but CC required for signup) Download sample templates to your desktop from github.com/amzn/alexa-skills-kit-js   Why Attend?  Take your experience to the next level! Amazon Echo and the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) open new doors of opportunities to build voice-enabled apps without deep knowledge of Natural Language Processing (NLP). This course, Developing Alexa Skills for Amazon Echo, will get you started working with voice-enabled devices.  Click here for important parking info! Justin JeffressSenior Solutions Architect, Alexa Hackathons. at Amazon

Young people ages 14-18 in the Watts community! Come sign up to participate in Hustle N' Code: Rise Up for Upward Mobility. You'll be introduced to computer programming and challenged to come up with creative solutions to address community problems. You don't have to know how to code! You'll work with mentors during the event, who will help you learn to code and advise you, as you develop your solutions.

Developers, designers, techie auto enthusiasts! Honda Innovations invites you to participate in in AutoMobility LA’s 2017 Hackathon. In this 24-hour event, you'll be challenged to use data from the City of L.A. to design and prototype an innovative technical solution to address mobility challenges posed when the city hosts major events. Examples include a navigation app so locals can avoid event traffic, an AR app for visitors, and a VR game app.

As part of the PCC 2017 Hackathon, Brian Allgeier will be visiting PCC to talk about his newly released book on directing games and his long career in the video game industry. He has worked on a large number of titles including Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet & Clank, Oculus VR, and Spider-Man. He will give a 30 minute talk followed by a Q&A and book signing. A limited number of copies will be available for purchase. Paperback and hardback copies available on Amazon. 

The PCC Computer Science Club in collaboration with She.Codes is hosting a Hackathon on Saturday, November 18th from 10:00AM - 8:00PM in the WIFI Lounge. This is an event for all members of the PCC community to come together and express their creativity through means of technology. The purpose of a Hackathon is to provide a place where people can gather and not only share ideas but act on them. Students will form teams around an idea or problem and collaboratively code a solution from scratch. Note that to come up and implement a great idea takes more than just code so team members are not restricted to just programmers. Throughout the day there will also be workshops, speakers, and of course food! People will create websites, apps, physical prototypes, and more that they will ultimately present to judges and compete for prizes.

Google Developer Group Los Angeles (GDGLA) is proud to announce the third annual DevFest Los Angeles taking place November 4th in Downtown Los Angeles. DevFest LA 2017 will bring experts from around the country who specialize in the latest Google technologies including Android, Firebase, Google Cloud Platform, Google Assistant, Flutter, machine learning, and more. As an attendee you can listen to talks, work on codelabs, participate in a hackathon and more. Tickets are being sold here on EventBrite, but more event details are at https://devfest2017.gdgla.org

The Valley Economic Alliance is hosting Valley Hackathon III on Friday, October 13 from 9am-5pm at Downtown Central Library's Auditorium. High school and college students are invited to come together to develop concepts and usable solutions to a challenge that is revealed at the technology focused competition. Teams will present their final solutions to a panel of industry experts for a chance to win first, second and third place prizes. Students will also have the opportunity to network with apprenticeship sponsors at the event, who are offering internship opportunities to applicable candidates. We are recruiting high school (9-12th grade) and college students interested in:  Technology Coding Website Development/Design Mobile Application/Design Computer Science Graphic Design Communications Marketing Environmental Studies Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts FAQ: Valley Hackathon III is recruiting high school (9-12) and college students only. Participants must bring their own laptop & flash drive to the event. Students will need to use PowerPoint & Microsoft Excel.    Teams & competition challenge will be revealed at the event. Students cannot create their own teams. First, Second & Third Place winning teams will be selected by a panel of judges & win sponsored prizes. Prizes will not be announced prior to the event. Continental breakfast & lunch will be served.  Transportation nor transportation reimbursement will not be provided. Parking is available in front of the library. Map & parking instructions to come. Bring your resume! There will be an internship networking portion where you may meet your next employer. This event will be photographed and videotaped. Minors must complete a photo/video release form, signed by parent, guardian or supervisor. Connect with us: www.facebook.com/ValleyEconomicAlliance www.twitter.com/ValleyAlliance www.instagram/ValleyAlliance Contact aamirkhanian@economicalliance.org for questions. 

PLEASE NOTE YOU MAY PURCHASE UNLIMITED PASSES BUT YOU MUST BUY ONE TICKET AT A TIME. Slated for October 4th in Los Angeles at The Line Hotel in Koreatown, Hispanicize Los Angeles’ Hispanic Heritage Month edition will focus on the industries of diversity tech, content creators and entertainment. If you are a Latinx content creator ( blogger, youtuber, instagrammer, FBer,) a musician or filmmaker, or in the tech industry, you won't want to miss this event. Come network with brands, PR & Marketing professionals, social media influencers, musicans, actors and producers. VIP Tickets include breakfast, lunch, and swag bag. Event will also serve appetiers, snacks, drinks, and host giveaways. For the Latest SCHEDULE and NEWS, VISIT www.HispanicizeLA.com The three industry showcases that form the core of Hispanicize L.A are: Digital Creators Showcase: Led by HMG’s DiMe Media team, the Digital Creators Showcase will connect brands with influencers through a variety of dedicated sessions, workshops and sponsor activations that will take place throughout the entire event. Diversity Tech Showcase: The Diversity Tech showcase will be co-presented in partnership with the San Francisco-based Latino Startup Alliance and will feature keynotes, entrepreneur workshops, a hackathon and Office Hours, among other activities. ​Entertainment Industry Showcase: Curated by Hispanicize Pictures, The Hispanicize Music Board, and the Latino Filmmakers Network, this showcase will focus on Latinos in Hollywood, including actors, producers, directors and writers, and Latinos in the music industry, musicians, label executives, concert promoters, DJ’s and producers.

Update: To clarify, the hackathon is being held from 10AM-6PM on both Thursday and Friday of this week. The hackathon will not operate overnight, though you are welcome and encouraged to continue your efforts with your team after hours at a mutually agreed upon offsite location of your choosing; however, the ballroom at the J.W. Marriott will close at 6pm on Thursday and will be unavailable to participants. Girls in Tech Los Angeles has teamed up with the Linux Foundation to bring its members a unique  two-day hackathon program to tackle global challenges.  We invite women and men across all fields, including developers, designers, product developers and entrepreneurs, plus businesses that want to embrace the idea of social innovation, or initiatives that combine a positive missions with business. WHO: Women and men across the globe, including developers, designers, product developers and entrepreneurs, plus businesses that want to embrace the idea of Social Innovation, or initiatives that combine a positive mission with business. WHAT: More social enterprises are launching worldwide, every year, with the goal to radically transform sectors such as education, healthcare, environmental conservancy, at-risk youth and more. Participants will be challenged to spark new ways to foster stronger collaborations and communications amongst people in the private, public and people sectors, and build a robust social marketplace to accelerate the growth of the social sector. For this hackathon, we'll be working on challenges from the following organizations: Girls Scouts of Greater Los Angeles: The preeminent leadership development organization for girls. With programs from coast to coast and across the globe, Girl Scouts offers every girl a chance to practice a lifetime of leadership, adventure, and success.  The Raw Science Foundation is a non-profit that promotes STEAM education to raise awareness of the impact science and technology have on humanity, particularly for girls and women.   The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world, with 132,000 members. NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies. The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship's mission is to provide programs that inspire young people from low-income communities to stay in school, to recognize business opportunities and to plan for successful futures. WHY: Because women don’t just do good when they work together—they become a force for global change. WHERE: The hackathon will take place in conjunction with Open Source Summit North America. Participants can save 15% on All-Access Summit Registration with code GIT15. Note you are NOT required to register for Open Source Summit to participate in the hackathon. WHAT TO BRING: Laptop and charger

Join us Saturday and Sunday, August 19-20 (10am-6pm) at ArtCenter/MDP to participate in: Artificial Protests: Embodying X Realities Anti-Hackathon. During these two days we will use creative tools to digitally record, interpret and transmit our facial expressions using the Wekinator AI tool as a form of protest and civic engagement. All are welcome and tech experience is not necessary.  What will we be doing? Groups will create protest pieces in the Unity game engine.  We will use Wekinator to collaborate across environments and engage in "extreme reality" design, combining protest methods with behaviors from the animal kingdom and natural environment.  Who is it for? All are welcome to join us and tech experience is not necessary. Each group will bring their own unique expertise to the event (developers, non-developers, researchers, mothers, creators - all types of knowledge are equally valued and welcomed).  What is an "Anti-Hackathon"?  An Anti-Hackathon focuses on process, encourages collaboration, and builds from existing work in a non-competitive and inclusive manner. We value from experts and non-experts alike, both within and outside of the usual tech space. There are no winners and the works may continue beyond the event.  Photo credit: Amanda Jensen & Christine Meinders, with Olive Kimoto, Lee Tusman, Camila Sobral, Jake Klorman, Jen Diamond Poster Design: Olive Midori Kimoto