AT&T Mobile App Hackathon - LA - Social Good
Date and time
Location
Los Angeles City College, Student Union Building
855 N. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90029
Description
Have an app idea or need an app built for your business?
Mobile App Hackathon is an event produced by the AT&T Developer Program that is designed for attendees (technical & non-technical) to build apps/mobile apps, get fed, compete for prizes across different categories and most importantly: meet new people and scout for teammates to work on new or current projects. Our hackathon will introduce you to the latest cutting edge tools to help deploy your own app with a website backend, fully hosted in the cloud.
We Supply: Quick presentations and code samples that help to bootstrap your hacking, food to keep you going, and caffeine to keep you awake. Along with technical senseis to assist you in building faster, smarter, and with new tools.
You Bring: Your laptop, skills & ideas. Come with a collaborative, team focused mindset and/or team up in advance on Twitter/Facebook/Google+ via the #atthack hashtag. Whether you are a backend person and code in Ruby/PHP/.NET or are a designer and only work with Illustrator, you are invited to attend this event. Every group needs a good balance of talent and your development skills are needed!
Location:
LA City College Student Union Building Lobby Floor
855 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90029
Event Schedule. The following is a list of the weekends agenda:
- 10AM - Saturday Morning - Kickoff event with drinks, networking, and developer dating which leads into idea pitches and team formation.
- 10:30AM - Saturday Morning - Learn about the latest APIs and how to build a mobile app from technical presentations with various API providers.
- 10AM - Sunday Morning - The fun continues with an all day hackathon. Work with the teams that you formed on Saturday to produce the app spec’d out the night before. Senseis will be available throughout the entire event to help you code up your solution. App submissions will be accepted throughout the day with a deadline of 3PM.
- 3PM - Sunday Afternoon - Promptly at 3PM, teams will begin pitching their ventures. Pitches are limited to three (3) minutes per team.
Prizes. The following prizes are experiential and geared towards accelerating you towards a successful business as well as expanding your network and industry knowledge:
- Best Hackathon Overall App
- 1st Place - $500 in Gift Cards for the team
- 2nd Place - $300 in Gift Cards for the team
- 3rd Place - $200 in Gift Cards for the team
- Best Microsoft Keep the Cash App
- 1st Place- Window Surface RT units for winning team (one for each person up to three, MSRP: $499 each), Gift Card for app , and an exclusive 3 hour mentorship with Sam Stokes, a Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist.
- For each completed and published app to the Windows Store and/or Windows Phone Store App, Microsoft will award $100 in Virtual Visa Gift Cards. Participants have the chance to win up to $2,000. Participants must submit their app to this link in order to recieve prize.
Judging Criteria. Apps will be judged based on the criteria below and weighted accordingly.
- 33% Weight - Ability to clearly articulate what your app does
- 33% Weight - Originality of idea
- 33% Weight - Working mobile app or in-simulator demo
Parking Information. Parking will be at LOT 4 and the daily passes will have to be purchased at the following link: http://parkinglacc.eventbrite.com. The area is restricted permit parking area around LACC. There are limited meters. The meter maids are strict and everyone should read the signs before parking.
Hackathon Legal.
- Hackathon Terms: http://db.tt/kyPS9ojR
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Speakers


Sam Stokes, Academic Developer Evangelist at Microsoft, has been doing software since he was 16. Sam is currently involved in Windows App designs and can put together a certifiable app quicker than most folks (except for the infamous Peli). His passion is to bring software to the masses so that all may benefit from coolness of app building!
Adam Tuliper works as a Technical Evangelist for Microsoft helping others implement their technical solutions. Prior to that he worked as a software architect in defense, finance, pharma, manufacturing, technology, and public sector fields over a span of 18+ years. He presents on technology nationwide at conferences and user groups.

Judges



Senseis




Anil Pattni is an entrepreneur with a strong background in International Business and Technology. He has held senior positions at the Retail, Corporate and Government level for many firms.
With a focus on Design, UI and UX, he is currently the Founder & CEO at WirelessAppz a smartphone technology startup.
He founded OCHackerz in 2010, one of the first startup focused technology communities in OC. Also one of the main drivers for OCMiniMakerFaire 2012 with over 1200 attendees.
More recently Mr Pattni is Chairman for the new Center for Multidisciplinary Innovation at IEEE, the worlds premier organization for technology professionals. Learn more at www.ochackerz.com

Josue Bustos is a designer, developer for Zukini Mobile. Specializing in enterprise and cross platform mobile application development targeting the Android, iOS, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone vendor platforms.
He is the Co - Manager of the Los Angeles PhoneGap user group.
Josue also Co - Founded Mobile Camp Los Angeles in 2012; a premier un-conference and training event for working professionals of all levels to discover, share, and innovate for the mobile wireless application industry.
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