List of hackathons in United States in 2018

Blockchain Cloud Services Advanced Training – Charlotte, NC Charlotte, North CarolinaFebruary 9/10  $995 (Students $495) About the Blockchain Training Course & Aurablocks This Blockchain training course is being taught by Financial Services industry experts who have deep implementation knowledge of Blockchain.  Aurablocks is one of the very few companies in the world who has first-hand knowledge of the newly released Oracle Blockchain product and has built 2 applications of Blockchain that were showcased at Oracle Open World. This Blockchain training course will give you an overview of Blockchain and hands-on knowledge of the Oracle Blockchain product based on Hyper ledger. AuraBlocks At Oracle Open World  Covering Oracle Blockchain Sessions: We were one of the few companies at Oracle Open World that demonstrated 2 live solution use cases that were showcased at the Oracle Blockchain launch. For detailed reporting on our coverage of Oracle Blockchain at Open World check the links below: Replay Interviews with Top Oracle Blockchain Executives Oracle Open World – Day 1 Oracle Open World – Day 2 Oracle Open World – Day 3 Oracle Open World – Day 4 Oracle Open World – Day 5 AuraBlocks Launches Next Generation Lending Platform at Oracle Open World 2017 Aurablocks is the first Oracle partner to launch a next-generation lending platform based on Oracle’s Blockchain Platform. This platform was developed with industry lending SME leader, Biz2Credit.  This game-changing platform and its benefits were demonstrated at Oracle Open World. Press Release  Demo of the Platform AuraBlocks at University of North Carolina Charlotte Blockchain Hackathon We conducted Blockchain training with our very first batch of University students to participate in Oracle’s First OPEN Banking Hackathon. Watch our Highlights Below:  Highlights from Our Oracle Blockchain & Open Banking Hackathon at the University of North Carolina with Carolina Fintech HUB What will you learn in this Blockchain Training Course What is Blockchain History of Blockchain Architecture of Blockchain How to Build a Blockchain Network How to Build a Smart Contract Understanding ICOS Lab Exercises – Blockchain Solutions Who should take this Blockchain Training Course Anyone looking to Upgrade their Career to take advantage of the Blockchain revolution Business Analysts who want to apply Blockchain Project Managers who want to manage Blockchain based projects Architects who want to understand how to deploy blockchain correctly Developers who are interested in building blockchain smart contracts Why should you take Blockchain Training Now? Participate in the 4th Industrial Revolution: Blockchain has been ushered in as one of the revolutionary technologies that can herald the advent of the fourth industrial revolution. Relevance in Key Industries: Its finding increased applications across industrial sectors the prominent among them being banking and financial service New Jobs: In 2017 Blockchain Jobs have tripled and the number of jobs continues to increase in 2018 with many production-ready blockchain projects Blockchain Training Detailed Curriculum   Day 1 – Blockchain Training Introduction       Introduction to Blockchain Technology       Hyperledger Project       Introduction to Oracle Blockchain       Public and Permissioned Blockchains Architecture       Endorsers, orderers, clients, smart contracts       Transaction Flow Model       Privacy Model and Channels       SmartContracts       Integration with API       Connect with existing Application       Anatomy of config files and crypto material Building Your Blockchain Network       Setting up network and consortium       Setting up Channels Day 2 – Blockchain Training Building Smart Contracts       Identify a Sample Use Case for BlockChain       Design network, consortium       Go Programming for Blockchain       Working with APIs Cryptocurrency/ICO’s     Overview of Mining and BitCoin     Purchasing, Wallets, Storage and Safety     ICO Concepts, Structures, Alt Currencies     Financial Strategies to Wealth Creation Hands-On Blockchain Training Labs       Build a Use Case in Financial Services       Testing you use case       Demo       Wrap Up Training

Microsoft Cloud Workshops are the closest thing to building your own Azure solution. Experts will guide attendees through real case studies, architecture design whiteboarding, and full end-to-end solution hackathons. IoT on the Edge Case Study & Hackathon: The goal of this hackathon is to develop a POC-quality IoT Edge solution that shows how the following solution could be developed AdventureWorks Manufacturing (AWM), a discrete manufacturer of both aluminum and wooden baseball bats, wants to centrally and remotely monitor their production line A critical, and often failing, component of their production lines are the motors that drive their industrial lathes AWM wishes to provide the monitoring data to the cloud for use by their operations managers However, the overheating of a lathe motor is time-critical and requires local warning and immediate action by the line operator AWM wishes to implement a hybrid IoT solution whereby both telemetry and alert data is sent to the cloud for central monitoring, yet time-critical alerting of motor temperatures runs on the Edge Technologies Covered: Azure IoT Remote Monitoring Pre-Configured Solution Azure IoT Hub Azure IoT Edge Azure Stream Analytics (running on Edge) Azure Functions (running on Edge) Who should attend these workshops? IoT solution architects IoT solution developers Register here for the Microsoft Cloud Workshop : http://bit.ly/IoT-Edge-TX 

Limited amount of tickets for sale. Members of Node get free access, but please RSVP. Node presents the fifth of our weekly crypto events - ANATOLY - Putting Time on Blockchain, featuring Greg Osuri on a fireside chat followed by live DJ sets from our in-house DJ, Pedro Arbulu. Anatoly is the creator of Loom, a new blockchain architecture based on encoding passage of time as data. Loom is a distributed ledger with a blockchain that can scale over 700,000 transactions per second on a google fiber connection, over 100,000x more transactions per second than Bitcoin.  Anatoly's programming career started with Agat, the Soviet Apple 2 clone, and led him to eventually work on operating systems at Qualcomm, distributed systems at Mesosphere, and compression at Dropbox.   Come join us and discuss the technical challenges to scaling blockchain and wax philosophical about a possible future where history is objective and cryptographically verifiable, and we can look back in time and know when events occurred with a millisecond resolution. Come join us and wax philosophical about a possible future where history is objective, cryptographically verifiable, and we can look back in time and know that events occurred within a millisecond resolution. Fireside chat featuring Greg Osuri - founder and CEO of Overclock Labs, where he focuses on building a democratized future of cloud infrastructure using protocols and tools to make its foundational elements open, decentralized, and secure. Previously, Greg founded AngelHack where he was the CTO for the world’s largest hackathon-based accelerator with over 90k developers in the ecosystem and presence in over 50 cities worldwide. —— Come to San Francisco’s newest private members club and gain insider knowledge on the exploding blockchain and crypto industry. Network with like-minded people and dance to live DJ-sets by our in-house-DJ Pedro Arbulu. Doors open at 8:00pm; talk starts at 9.00pm. Drinks will be provided and additional wine can be enjoyed at Maritime below Node. Become a member of Node: Node membership provides you with a place to hang out, work, create, and communicate. Unique and exciting events will be hosted every week, from yoga classes, to hackathons, to live music. A core theme in our event programming is focused around the crypto community. Node members get free access or discounts to all events. https://www.nodeworldwide.com Node membership comes with 24/7 access to premises. Members receive their own app-key and may treat the space as their own. The cardinal rule is to treat the space and members/guests with respect. Book our soundproof room for meetings and company off-sites. Other convenient perks in the building includes a fitness centre, wine bar, coffee shop, and restaurant.

Join the lead developer of the Collaboration Tree, an open source collaborative design and innovation web technology (like an online think tank), at this Hack for LA hosted event.  He'll be there to give more information about the project, answer questions, and help people get started with it, especially in preparation for the online hackathon event the following weekend. Enter from 2nd street and take the elevator up to the 2nd floor. If the elevator requires a keycard and security is unavailable, join HackForLA.org/slack and post a message to channel #west-side-wed Links Project: github.com/F4IF/ctree-demo Slack: bit.ly/cTreeSlackNew Polymer: polymer-project.org

Just what is a hackathon, anyway? And what's a civic hackathon? Join us Wednesday, Feb. 7, from 6-7:30 p.m. for the first workshop leading up to ATX Hack for Change 2018. Here you'll learn how anyone — even people without a coding background— can hack for Austin. We'll show you just how you can take your skills, whatever they may be, and put them to use on a project. We'll also showcase the types of projects we have worked on for the last five years.  Whether you're interested in being a hacker or a project champion, we'll cover the basics of what you need to get started and the tools you'll be using in this engaging Q&A.  About the Host  St. Edward's University is a liberal arts university in Austin — and that’s just the beginning. Our identity is shaped by our location in Austin, Texas, and strengthened by our partner universities all over the world. Who we are is rooted in where we come from. Our founders, the Congregation of Holy Cross, have been educating diverse students to think critically, act ethically and strive for social justice since the 1830s. Now it’s our turn. About Our Partners Open Austin is a volunteer citizen brigade advocating for open government, open data and civic application development since 2009. They are affiliated with the nonprofit Code for America, which believes government can work for the people and by the people in the 21st century. Open Austin is focused on the needs of our own community and uses design, technology and open data to improve the quality of life in our city. Google Fiber is committed to bringing reliable, affordable internet to everyone in Austin. By building a fiber optic network in Austin, Google is bringing 1000 MBPS internet speeds to the public. Google's mission is to make all information universally accessible and useful.  The City of Austin Innovation Office helps diverse and inclusive teams examine challenges and opportunities to surface better ideas and solutions that make a lasting, positive impact. The Innovation Office works with internal and external partners to develop, test, organize and encourage innovative projects with the goal of fostering a culture of innovation within the City of Austin.

Austin - North Austin Monthly Real Estate Networking and Deal Finding Training These past months have been really disheartening for the rest of the world. As the widespread Coronavirus (COVID-19) puts the people into community quarantine and social distancing, keeping business in the real estate has been hard for investors. In line with this, Real Estate IQ moves this event online to allow real estate investors to still be able to invest in their knowledge and network. REGISTER HERE TOP Reasons to come to this event: Deals, Deals, Deals! We will find and analyze a LIVE DEAL using Real Estate IQ. This is a LIVE DEAL you can make an offer on! Deal Finding Training: Learn how professionals use Real Estate IQ to find and win great investment deals everyday. Real Estate Deals Update: Each month, we compile distressed and motivated seller data on the market to locate the hottest area for finding Real Estate Deals. Networking: Network = Net worth. Network with our speakers and real estate investors and grow your business! Raffle Drawing: Prizes include gift cards, class passes, gift certificates, and more! Deals Heat Maps: Every registered attendee will receive a digital copy of the Real Estate Deals Heat Map! Bring a friend and each of you will receive an extra raffle ticket. Agenda: 6:00-6:15 PM: Networking6:15-6:30 PM: Introduction/ Deal Pitch6:30-6:45 PM: Real Estate Deals Update6:45-7:45 PM: Deal Finding Training - Let’s find a deal together!7:45 PM: Raffle & Networking What to bring:  Bring a friend and an appetite for knowledge! Bring a Laptop for hands-on training. Who should come: New and Experienced Real Estate Investors, Real Estate Professionals, Private Money Lenders, Hard Money Lenders, Contractors, Business Owners, Asset Managers, and anyone who wants to learn about real estate investing! Testimonials: “One of my good friends gave you glowing reviews…additionally this event is very informative for both a beginner to a savvy veteran.” - Dale, Real Estate Professional "This is a great opportunity to network with other investors and learn more about real estate investing!" - Becky, Real Estate Investor Meet our speaker, Joseph Sun de la Cruz With a background in Mechatronics Engineering, Joseph Sun de la Cruz started his career in the high-tech industry in Austin focusing on computer vision while becoming involved in the growing DIY/maker and startup culture. His first experience in real estate came as a first time homebuyer where he was constantly outbid by investors, sparking his curiosity with the "all-cash investor buyer" crowd. Several seminars, books and networking events later, he stumbled across Real Estate IQ and was intrigued by the combination of technology, big data and real estate. Now, as part of the leadership team at Real Estate IQ, Joseph manages the Data Operations and Engineering team to bring new features, tools and data into the system with the goal of helping real estate investors increase their returns by leveraging technology and data. Born and raised in Toronto, Joseph is a Texas transplant of 7 years and currently resides in Austin. This event is co-hosted by:  REAL ESTATE IQ and PATTEN LAW FIRM

The Must Attend Fam Reunion. #blacktechweek BlackTech Week is a minority centric ecosystem building festival based in Miami. Blacktech Week partners with founders, corporations, and the community to create a valuable six-day national experience for investors, entrepreneurs, and techies of every kind. 3 Awesome Conferences #GovEduCon Ending Innovation Desserts GovEduCon is a day event on smart cities, robust public K-12 STEM education, ecosystem building and competitiveness, and smart cities and open data for Black and Brown municipalities. #HustleReunion Blacktech Fam Reunion HustleReunion is a two-day minority centric ecommerce, entrepreneurship, employment, and inclusive innovation and competitiveness event. The BET hip hop awards will take place on Friday. #MaskoffLab Empowering Women and Educators Maskoff Lab is a day-long workshop designed to empower educators to expand steam opportunities for communities around the globe by tackling real-world issues through innovation while unleashing their personal brand. Maskoff includes the WomensInnovationBrunch, and our youth HipHopHackathon in partnership with BET.

Techies and non-techies in and around Chicago! Interested in the application of technology for the civic good? Come and participate in Chi Hack Night! You'll collaborate to build, share and learn about civic tech and conceive and build tools that will help serve the good of the people of Chicago. You don't have to be a techie to participate and contribute. You'll be able to network and team with some of Chicago's techies, bringing diversity of background to your team project

Join the lead developer of the Collaboration Tree, an open source collaborative design and innovation web technology (like an online think tank), at this Hack for LA hosted event.  He'll be there to give more information about the project, answer questions, and help people get started with it, especially in preparation for the online hackathon event the following weekend. We'll meet in room 401 on the West side of the building. Volunteers for Hack for LA will be available to check you in and direct you. Links Project: github.com/F4IF/ctree-demo Slack: bit.ly/cTreeSlackNew Polymer: polymer-project.org

Nintex Hackathon!McLean, VA • Monday, February 5, 2018Presented by Protiviti & Nintex Protiviti is hosting a Nintex Hackathon at our McLean VA office on February 5, 2018 from 3pm  - 7pm. Attendees will be divided into teams of 4 or 5 and work on a real life Business Process for a local DC Non-Profit. Teams will have 3 hours to design and build a Nintex workflow to solve the business challenge. Who wins? Everyone – our NFP will get your solutions, you can export and take your workflow home, and most importantly – you will gain experience in working with others on the Nintex Platform. Each team will have a Protiviti Nintex expert. We will be serving drinks and a light dinner during the event. So come join us for an afternoon of Nintex workflow collaboration. Any experience welcome! Please bring a laptop computer. Questions? Contact us at ECM@Protiviti.com.