Seattle Hackathons

*** To participate, you must sign up at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-sos-hackathon-tickets-101573567274 "Global SOS (Share our Strength) Hackathon is your opportunity to test ideas and develop solutions to heal our world in crisis. Showcase your project in front of the global audience and have your ideas evaluated by the world leaders. We are calling all thinkers, developers, technologists, scientists and entrepreneurs to join the Global SOS Hackathon! This online event is open to all countries, all genders, all technologies and philosophies. The prize fund of $100,000 is being raised and governed by the community via DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) on the blockchain. Each contributor gets a voting power to select the winning ideas and solutions. Your solution matters - registering now at https://soshackathon.com!" Note: The event is listed here in PDT. The official event uses EDT. Also, be aware the Eventbrite page lists the event from May 29 - June 7th, however the official website states May 29 - June 16th. Meetup will not allow long events so I just posted what the Eventbrite page says. Do check with the official channels about the dates if you join though.

*** To participate, you must sign up at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/draper-virtual-herothon-tickets-106275500884 "With entrepreneurs from 40 different countries, you will get the chance to hack the future of media and entertainment and work for 48 hours on the solutions of the future using new technologies. You will also have the opporunity [sic] to be mentored by global experts and win incredible prizes" Note: The event is listed here in PDT and the official event also uses PDT.

*** To participate, you must sign up at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hack-the-crisis-the-web-hackathon-tickets-105834477772 "Build Software solution that help us tackle challenges related to COVID-19 Who can participate? Any TEAM who has idea’s and technology skills to build a platform/service that helps to solve problems related to COVID. It’s open for college students, college dropouts, frustrated employees, happily unemployed, freelancers and those who can do wonders with zeroes and ones. A team can have maximum 4 members, and you should nominate 2 members as presenters. Our suggestion one can present the business side of the idea and 2nd member can present the tech side.​" https://www.ilink-systems.com/hack-the-crisis/ Note: The event is listed here in PDT. The official event uses IST.

*** To participate, you must sign up at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/options-hackathon-tickets-106622390440 "The aim of the OPTions Hackathon is to save and improve the lives of women and girls through expanded and improved choices for methods of pregnancy termination. The OPTions Initiative is seeking bold, innovative, transformational and ‘outside-the-box’ ideas for next-generation methods of pregnancy termination, including those that incorporate concepts, methods and technologies not currently being used for pregnancy termination. Timeline Now – Register Here June 1st,[masked]:00 AM (EST)/5:00 PM (CET) – Application Walk-Through Webinar June 8th,[masked]:00 PM (EST)/7:00 PM (CET) – Q&A Session June 11st, 2020 – Draft Application Submission June 15th – 17th, 2020 – Virtual Hackathon June 17th,[masked]:00 PM (EST)/7:00 PM (CET) – Final Application Submissions June 22nd, 2020 – Expert Peer Review Panel for Applications Begins" https://optionsinitiative.org/hackathon/ Note: The event is listed here in PDT. The official event uses EST. Also, the Virtual Hackathon time listed on this Meetup page is an arbitrary time. Please confirm with the official event.