What are hackathons..

2. Hackathons (aka hackfests, hack days) are short term innovation events where hackers*
collaboratively code over a short space of time to create a working prototype from scratch
Software Developers
hardware hackers
researchers
entrepreneurs
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coders*
students*
designers*
Creatives*

3. … a place for self-expression and creativity through technology.
A playground where technical, scientific and artistic come together and
collaboratively code to solve challenges, and have fun!
Hackathons are…

4. Hackathons are not
about breaking into the

5. “Good” Crackers
Who use their computer security related
skills and knowledge to learn more about
how systems and networks work to
help to discover and fix security holes.
"Evil" Crackers
Who use the same skills to write harmful
software (like viruses, trojans) and illegally
infiltrate secure systems with the intention
of doing harm to the system.
“White Hat” Hackers “Black Hat” Hackers
Computer Security Experts Computer Criminals

6. The History of Hackathons

7. 1975
HOMEBREW
COMPUTER CLUB
1999 2005
Super Happy
Dev House
Communal Competitive Facebook
2006
Yahoo!
Hack Day
2007
Startup
Weekend
20092010
College
Hackathons
2011
Music
Hack Days
Startup
Hackathons
2014NOW
Green
Hackathons
IBC
Hackfest
’80 - ‘90
TV HACKFEST

8. CivicHackathons
CollegeHackathons
EnergyHackathons
SpaceHackathons
BrainHackathons

9. Civic Hackathons
Civic hacking events are focused on finding solutions to the solve local civic challenges.
Smart Cities, Open Data, Social Cohesion

10. College Hackathons
A student-run “mega hackathons", where more than a thousand student programmers
from all over the world come together to learn how to work with new technologies.

11. Energy Hackathons
Energy hacking events to find Smart Energy Solutions, climate-friendly initiatives

12. Corporate Hackathons
Hackathon hosted alongside a large single sponsor event

13. Space Hackathons
An international hackathon focused on finding solutions to problems faced on
Earth and in Space… 100 countries, 6 continents

14. Success Stories

15. Like and Chat came out of an internal hackathon

17. Twitter as conceived at a hackathon

18. Happy Hacking!
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