Code for the Kingdom HACKATHON

Transforming Lives Hackathon

 Ideate. Build. Impact.

 Create technology that matters.

A hackathon movement to ignite the Christian passion and purpose of technologists and entrepreneurs
to innovate culture shaping technologies that would reclaim our times for the Gospel.

Engage, envision, challenge, and release the culture makers for sustained Kingdom impact.

  --- WHAT IS IT?

 Code for the Kingdom is pioneering Atlanta’s first faith-inspired hackathon this October – as part as the Global Code for the Kingdom hackathon weekend.

Code for the Kingdom is an initiative of Leadership Network, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization fostering innovation by bringing talented people together to take ideas to implementation to impact.

On the weekend of October 2-4, 2015, we are bringing together technologists, entrepreneurs, creative’s, businesspeople, ministry leaders, visionaries, and anyone passionate about faith and technology, to use their gifts to advance the Gospel.

 The Global Hackathon will run in 14 world cities simultaneously, including Addis Ababa, Albuquerque, Atlanta, Bangalore, Guatemala City, Houston, Jakarta, Kansas City, London, Los Angeles, Nairobi, Raleigh, Seattle and Waterloo.

You will be able to work with a local team in Atlanta, or even join with teams in one or more of the participation cities.

Together our vision is to provide more opportunities for communities all over the world to participate and showcase innovation and entrepreneurship. We expect over 2,000 people to participate across the planet, and address a number of challenges aimed at helping release the oppressed, teaching God’s Word, healing the sick, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and supporting the church and the body of Christ.

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?

• We want to catalyze friendship, passion, purpose, and collaboration in technical and entrepreneurial communities.
• To challenge and release you to create and use 21st century technologies to serve God’s Kingdom.
• To create a scalable community across the world to accelerate and encourage Christian innovators.

An Atlanta judging panel will choose the award prizes to the best projects.

The 2015 program will conclude in December 2015. Every participating city will give two of their local winners to a Global Judging Panel that will decide the best projects created across the world during the Global Hackathon Weekend.

A final report will be published, summarizing key highlights and results of the 2015 Code for the Kingdom Global initiative.

WE ARE LOOKING AT

Developing solutions that utilize wearable technology to advance the gospel

Creating tools to help advance accountability in the digital age.

Reaching the digital native in the Islamic world

Use Google Cardboard in Code for the Kingdom project.

Develop technologies that encourage and inspire others to participate in joyful, Christ-centered generosity

and much more... 

We will be using Indigitous.org as the place for projects, community, and collaboration. Indigitous.org serves the Global Hackathon by providing a global online community site that connects all Code for the Kingdom participants and projects. Indigitous is a movement passionate about connecting people to Jesus using digital strategies. In addition to adding your project to Indigitous.org, the platform will also enable you to: 

     Search for projects you might be interested in 
     Learn about projects others are working on 
     Join a project 
     Recruit others to join your project 
     Communicate with your project members 
     Submit your project for judging

CHALLENGES FROM PREVIOUS CODE FOR THE KINGDOM HACKATHONS

HOW CAN TECHNOLOGY...

• be leveraged to create, cultivate, and strengthen society's foundational relationships of marriage, family, friendships?

• bring the word of God to the first generation of children who are growing up with mobile devices?

 • help cut and/or combat the effects of fatherlessness in a child’s life, in turn strengthening families, reducing poverty and crime?

 • foster a culture of generosity towards each other?

• identify, promote, test, collaborate, augment, and fill the gaps of ministry programs around the city?

• disrupt human trafficking?

Join us on the first weekend of October - make new friends, get inspired and build something that matters. 

Everyone is welcome regardless of faith or worldviews - come as you are and join-up with a team on the Friday night, or bring a team with you.

The Friday will start with food and then individuals / teams will pitch their idea, and invite people to join with them to hack for the weekend.
 

What can you do?

• Sign up now - get an early-bird discount.
• Get some friends together - bring a team - or just come as you are.
• Think of a product you would like to build.

We can't wait to meet you.

 Love,

Your Atlanta Organizing Team

For more information visit our full Event website.

DRAFT TIMETABLE

Friday, October 2

7:00 PM Doors Open 

7:00 - 8:00 PM Dinner & Networking 

8:00 - 8:25 PM Welcome & Review Format 

8:25 - 8:35 PM API Presentations 

8:35 - 8:50 PM Review - Official Challenges 

8:50 - 9:20 PM Open Floor - pitch your own project 

9:20 - 11:59 PM Team Formation/Create Away

 Saturday, October 3

12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Creating 

8:30 AM Breakfast 

9:00 AM Schedule and logistics announcements, team rebalancing 

12:00 PM Lunch 

4:30 p.m.   Optional progress briefing, more developing  

6:00 PM Dinner 

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Meet with Mentors and Subject Matter Experts

 Sunday, October 4

12:00 - 2:15 PM Creating 

8:30 AM Breakfast 

10:30 - 12:00 AM Option to join with Sunday Service 

12:00 PM Lunch 

1:00 PM Presentation Walk-thru & Judges Make Rounds 

2:30 PM Submission deadline; Team Presentations Begin 

4:30 PM Judges adjourn 

4:50 PM Call-back 

5:00 PM Awards Ceremony

5:30 PM Closing