Work on projects & learn about Houston! All skills welcomed!

To celebrate the National Civic Day of Hacking, we invite all people who want to make a difference in our region to join us at the annual Houston Hackathon! This is a “civic” hackathon, focused on ideating, designing, and developing both policy-based and tech solutions to some of Houston’s greatest challenges. Project stakeholders will be there from the city, local organizations, and Houston's impact community!

We envision a more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable economy, where people are empowered with the skills, capacity, and resources they need to take action. We invite you to be a part of this vision by participating in this annual opportunity to develop systemic and transformative solutions for Houston – solutions that are rooted in local communities so that they are as diverse as Houston, and work for ALL of Houston.

The Houston Hackathon is an opportunity for people with different skills to collaborate on projects to improve life in Houston. Don't think you've got what it takes to hang? That's simply not true. We'll help you get oriented.

Houston Hackathon Schedule // Sept 17-18 ; Winners Announced Sept 26!

**Saturday, Sept 17th will be in person from 10AM-5PM. We will not be meeting again on the 18th! This will be a day for teams to continue working offsite before the Devpost submission deadline of 11:45AM on Sunday.**

Houston Hackathon Schedule // Sept 17-18, 2022

• 10AM Check-in, T-shirt, Coffee + Networking
• 10:30AM Welcome Remarks, House Rules and HouHack Overview
• 10:45AM Houston Hackathon Challenge Presentations
• 11:30AM Team Formation & Workspace Setup
• 12:00PM Lunch + Hacking Begins!
• 12:30PM Lightning Talk: Design Thinking
• 2:30PM Lightning Talk: Prepare Your Pitch
• 3:00 PM Coaching & Feedback Sessions
• 4:45PM Wrap-up and Next Steps

Houston Hackathon Next Steps Schedule

• Sept 18 @11:45PM -- Project Submissions Due on DevPost
• Sept 19 - Sept 23: Judges will review submissions on DevPost and submit their rankings.
• Sept 23: Next Steps with SBA -- What is the SBIR/STTR and how to apply?
• Sept 26: Winners Announced!!

Learn more about Impact Hub Houston at https://houston.impacthub.net and the Code for Houston initiative at https://codeforhouston.org

SIGN UP ON DEVPOST: https://houstonhackathon2022.devpost.com/

JOIN THE SLACK: https://codeforhou.slack.com/

Thank you to our Houston Hackathon T-shirt sponsor:

https://ninthwonder.org/

Thank you to our Coffee sponsor for Saturday:

https://www.allrealradio.com/tre-brew-coffee

Code for Houston Brigade Code of Conduct / Código de Conducta

• In English

• En Español

Thank you to our Houston Hackathon sponsors: