AI Agent Hackathon!

# 🤖 AI Agent Hackathon

## Two Days. Two Locations. One Hackathon.

Join Coffee & Code Philadelphia for a hands-on, in-person hackathon focused on building, experimenting with, and shipping working AI-agent projects.
The main Build Day takes place on September 20 at Pennovation Center. Winners will be announced during our Awards & Community Night on September 22 at Cesium.
You can arrive with a team, meet collaborators at the event, build independently, or join without a finished project idea.

## 👤 Who Should Attend?

This hackathon is for developers, engineers, technical builders, founders, researchers, students, and anyone interested in experimenting with AI-agent systems.
Whether you already work with agent frameworks or are just beginning to explore them, the goal is to test ideas, learn from other builders, and leave with something working.
You may participate:

• With an existing team
• By finding collaborators at the event
• As an independent builder
• Without a finished project idea

## 🧠 What You Can Build

Projects may explore:

• Coding agents
• Multi-agent systems
• Tool use and automation
• Agent memory and context
• Evaluation and reliability
• AI safety and security
• Open-source agent frameworks
• Real-world agent applications
• Sponsor challenge tracks
• The Open Track / Bring Your Own Project

## 📅 Day 1 — Build Day

Sunday, September 20
Pennovation Center
3401 Grays Ferry Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19146

### Schedule

9:00–9:40 AM — Registration and check-in
10:00–10:15 AM — Opening ceremony
10:15–10:30 AM — Challenge track introductions
10:32–10:35 AM — Quirq
10:37–10:40 AM — The Code Registry
10:42–10:45 AM — GalaxyGate
10:47–10:50 AM — Human Standard
10:52–10:55 AM — Open Track / Bring Your Own Project
11:00 AM–6:00 PM — Hackathon build time

## 🏆 Day 2 — Awards & Community Night

Tuesday, September 22
Cesium
601 Walnut Street, Suite 250S
Philadelphia, PA 19106

### Schedule

6:00 PM — Arrival and check-in
6:15–7:00 PM — Featured speakers and lightning talks
7:00–7:30 PM — AI Agent Hackathon awards
7:30 PM onward — Food and networking

## 🎒 What to Bring

• A laptop and charger
• Your preferred development environment
• Any API keys, accounts, datasets, or tools you plan to use
• A government-issued ID if required by the venue
• Your project idea, if you have one

Please configure and test your development tools before arriving so you can spend more time building.

## 🏆 Challenges, Prizes and Judging

The hackathon will feature several sponsor challenges, each with its own prompt, judging criteria, submission requirements, and prize.
Participating tracks include:

• Quirq
• The Code Registry
• GalaxyGate
• Human Standard
• Open Track / Bring Your Own Project

Final track information will be shared with participants as it is confirmed.

## 🚀 Registration

Register on Luma:
https://luma.com/mhos0qub
Participants should also RSVP through Meetup to receive community updates.
Come build something ambitious, meet Philadelphia’s AI and developer community, and show us what your agents can do.