List of hackathons about non-profit in 2017

Coders, developers, engineers, data experts, water professionals! Are you interested in the future of Lake Erie? ErieHack Toledo invites you to attend an information session about the Toledo regional component of the ErieHack Water Data and Engineering Hackathon. You'll learn all about how to participate in this hackathon competition which challenges you to participate in generating innovative solutions to the biggest challenges of Lake Erie. You'll start off with the Toledo regional coding days, before the semi-final in Detroit and the final summit in Cleveland.

Interested in social change? You're invited to participate in the 2nd edition of Madrid Change: Hackathon for Social Innovation. You'll be challenged to collaborate to build an innovative project in areas such as Information and Data Algorithms, Blockchain, Social Searchers, Time Bank, Local Currency, Fair Trade, Mobility, Pollution, and more.

High school student's in Mississauga! Want to participate in on Mississauga's first high school student led hackathon? Prove your coding skills and get an exclusive spot at this event. You don't have to be an expert coder — students at all skill levels can participate. You just have to be interested in computer science. The theme of this year's event is "school pains"! So sign up now. You'll be presented with a problem related to school pains and you will be challenged to build a prototype that solves the problem. You'll present your solution to a panel of judges and compete to win awesome prizes.

Come lend your "grey matter" to the School Ideas Drive! Collaborate with educators from Title I schools to design solutions they actually need! Five Title I schools will begin the event detailing a challenge that is preventing them from moving forward. Individuals will pick one of the five challenges presented and teams will work together throughout the day to develop an apt solution that the school will be able to implement.

Do you have ideas about how to use technology to address leading issues of sustainability? Las Brusquitas - Beach Club invites you to sign up to participate in a Sustainability Hackathon. You don't have to be a programmer to take part, you just need to have ideas and passion about solving the problems at hand. You'll be challenged to design and create prototype solutions for: »Sustainable House Construction »Renewable Energy Wind and Solar »Sustainability Solutions for Small Farms and Community »Sustainability for Forestation in coastal locations »Waste Management »Environmental Care »Substance Solutions for Surfing

Music researchers! The North East Music Informatics Special Interest Group (NEMISIG) invites you to participate in the HAMR (Highlighting Audio and Music Researchathon). This event is a hackathon where music researchers develop new techniques for analyzing, processing, and synthesizing audio and music signals. You'll be able to collaborate with like-minded researchers to innovate with new ideas and to present your project and compete for recognition and prizes.

Come and attend the final party of Legal Tech Hackathon 2017. You'll see the Legal Tech Hackathon participants pitch their projects to an expert jury. The solutions will be judged by degree of creativity, innovative power, feasibility, and social impact.

Students — high school, undergraduate and graduate students in and around Rowan University and the greater Philadelphia area! The Rowan University student branch of the IEEE invites you to sign up to participate in its second PROFHACKS II hackathon! You don't have to be an expert coder! All levels are welcome — from novice coders to full-stack developers. All you need is a cool technology idea and a desire to turn it into reality!

Interested in creating new tools and approaches to participatory governance and elections in today's age? You're invited to sign up and participate in the Upgrade Democracy Unconference. Come and collaborate with like-minded individuals to share ideas for improving the structures used for collective decision-making. Possible topics include: »Liquid Democracy »Instant Runoff Voting »Fixing the U.S. electoral college system »The epic battle against gerrymandering »The movement to overturn Citizen’s United

Portuguese higher education students, recent graduates! Are you interested in how technology can be applied to issues related to solidarity and social development? CeSIUM — the Student Center for Computer Engineering at the University of Minho — invites you to sign up to participate in the Return Hackathon. You'll collaborate with like minded individuals to develop a technology platform (website, app or other system) that helps solve social problems, such as: »Support for children and young people; »Family support; »Protection of citizens in old age and disability; »Promotion and protection of public or personal health.