MadAI

Have you heard about agentic systems but have no idea what that means. Would you like to learn and build products with claude code. If this sounds interesting come join use for our annual ForwardFest Hackathon.

During the hackathon we will be building an agentic system which will solve a real world problem.

Thinks you will need for this hackathon:

A Claude Code account - or some AI multi-agent development platform.
A willingness to learn from others

Join us for a half day of augmented development and prompt engineering. Whether you are looking to accelerate a side project, learn the nuances of LLMs, or just see how fast you can break an agent, this is your space. This is a 5-hour collaborative working session designed to get you out of "tutorial hell" and into building mode with the help of AI.
The Plan: This isn't a classroom. It's a lab. Bring your laptop and your current obsession.
We are focusing on:

• AI-Assisted Build: exploring how tools like Claude Code, Google Antigravity, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and others can handle the heavy lifting.
• Orchestration: Make a fleet of tools to do your bidding.
• Prompt Experimentation: seeing which models handle your specific stack the best.
• Classic Coding: Not into AI? No worries. We always need "Human-in-the-Loop" experts to review code and keep the machines honest.

Note regarding network access: You are free to use almost any tool you like, though please be aware that DeepSeek AI is currently blocked on the venue Wi-Fi.
The Logistics:

• Date: Saturday, June 13
• Time: Noon - 4:00 PM (Drop in or stay the whole time)
• Fuel: We break at noon for pizza.

Space is limited to 100 participants.