Technology Learning Day Conference by Major League Hacking

MLH's technology learning day conference is a global conference that allows the community to pick up new skills by experiencing a professional day of learning first-hand. Over the course of the day attendees will participate in a series of workshops where they’ll learn skills such as publishing their first website using AWS, sending their first SMS with Twilio, Blockchain, building their first game in Unity and more. This conference is for high schoolers, college students, coding newcomers, and technology professionals who want to know more about the world of technology from industry experts.

MLH's Local Hack Day is a series of simultaneous global events designed to spark a passion for technology in your local community. Spend the day getting hands-on experience and collaborating in a welcoming environment. Whether you are learning to code or are an expert hacker, Local Hack Day is perfect for you and your community. Learn new skills, build new projects, and share your creations.

This event is being held at one of Syracuse's newest premier co-working spaces... ShareCuse. Your attendance gives you first peek at what it would be like to be a part of the downtown Syracuse co-working scene for your business, personal projects, and freelancing needs.

Overall Timing

Doors open at 8AM, the opening ceremony starts at 9AM, and the first talk starts at 9:30AM. The event ends at around 7PM, you may come and go as you choose!

Parking

Parking is free in the parking lot behind 224 Harrison Street, off of Harrison Place. The gate will be open.

Snacks, Food

We will be providing breakfast, coffee, and snacks. Unfortunately, we were unable to provide lunch and dinner at this event but there are a lot of places to eat in Downtown. You are welcome to bring your own snacks and meals - there is a fridge to store all food.

Laptops

You are encouraged to bring a full-charged laptops! There will be several pair programming sessions as well as lectures.

Guests

You can bring as many guests as you wish, including children. There are small cubicles with see-through doors that (older) children can do homework in or bring toys or electronics to play with if they wish to not participate directly.

Here is the schedule (in PNG format and text) (there is a PDF version on the syracuse.io Slack in the general channel - we can guide you on how to sign up and navigate through the Syracuse.io slack tomorrow):

8:00 AM: Registration Begins, Breakfast

9:00 AM: Opening Ceremony

9:30 AM: Track 1: Twilio 101: Send Your First SMS Messages & Phone Calls - Dana McMullen (Careers in Code graduate, Web Developer with The Stand)

Track 2: Accelerate your C# Learning with Unity - Jason Scharf (Careers in Code Student Success Representative, Jingfu Chen, Industrial and Interactive Design student at Syracuse University, Unity Ambassador

11:00 AM: Break

11:30 AM: Track 1: Twilio 201: Build Your First App - Dana McMullen

Track 2: Accelerate your C# Learning with Unity - Jason Scharf (Careers in Code Student Success Representative, Jingfu Chen, Industrial and Interactive Design student at Syracuse University, Unity Ambassador

1:00 PM: Lunch break - You can bring your own meal or visit one of the Downtown restaurants

2:00 PM: Group Activity - Yu-Gi-Oh Game - JaQuay Winfield - Careers in Code graduate

3:00 PM: Track 1: Build a Mobile First, Responsive Portfolio Web Page using the W3.CSS Framework by Dana McMullen

Track 2: Drone Technology by Quindell Williams, Drone Instructor at PSLA and Mohawk Community College

Track 3: Bug-free Coding with SPARK ADA by Jennifer Tran, Software Developer at Metis Consulting Group

4:30 PM: Dinner

5:30 PM: Track 1: Alexa: Hacking with Amazon Alexa by Dana McMullen

Track 2: Blockchain Casino by Jennifer Tran

7:00 PM: Closing, Certifications of Completion Handed Out

Hope to see everyone tomorrow!

Dana, Jennifer, Jason, and Jesse