DefHacks Virtual 2020 hackathon (What is a hackathon?) is a free 36-hour event for high school and college students. It is a worldwide event in which students of all skill levels around can collaborate to create innovative projects to solve the worlds problems. Students can also participate in workshops to learn new skills, ask questions to top tech minds, participate in fun mini-events, and win amazing prizes!
Any high school or college student across the world is welcome to apply! However, we might not be shipping swag to students located outside of the United States.
Saturday, June 20, 2020 12:00 PM PST - Sunday, June 21, 2020 11:59 PM PSt
The hackathon will be COMPLETELY online. We'll conduct the majority of the hackathon on slack, and the opening/closing sessions will be on a YouTube livestream!
Registrations close on June 19th - so don't delay it! The registration only take a few minutes to complete. Be sure to read the Code of Conduct as well! Remember, you won't have to register as a team, just register individually. When it's time to submit your project, you can add the names of all your teammates there!
| June 20th (Saturday) | |
|---|---|
| 12:00 PM (noon) | Opening Ceremony |
| 12:20 PM | Live Q&A with Organizers |
| 1:00 PM | echoAR: Build a Cloud-Connected AR/VR App in 15 Minutes or Less |
| 2:00 PM | MLH Werewolves |
| 5:00 PM | Ask me Anything with Amjad Masad, CEO of Repl.it |
| 7:00 PM | Introduction to Mobile Development with Flutter (Ben Swerdlow) |
| 8:30 PM | Introduction to Machine Learning with Python (Zane Hasnain) |
| 10:00 PM | Kickstarting with ReactJS (Praveen Kumar Purushothaman) |
| June 21th (Sunday) | |
| 12:00 AM (midnight) | Midnight Check-in (informal chat, get feedback on project ideas) |
| 7:30 AM | MLH U.S. Airforce Cybersecurity Event |
| 10:00 AM | Ask me Anything with Tom Preston-Werner, Former CEO/Co-Founder of Github |
| 4:00 PM | Coding to Make Music: An Artful Design Story with Ge Wang |
| 5:00 PM | Ask me Anything with Ge Wang, Stanford Professor of CS & Music |
| 5:00 PM | Deadline: Submit initial copy to Devpost |
| 9:00 PM | Deadline: All Hacking Ends |
| 11:59 PM | Closing Ceremony |
COYTE COOPER
BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER
GE WANG
PROFESSOR OF CS & MUSIC
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
TOM PRESTON-WERNER
BILLIONAIRE, CO-FOUNDER OF GITHUB
AMJAD MASAD
CEO OF REPL.IT
A hackathon is an event, typically lasting several hours (or even days), in which a large number of people meet to code and show off their products.
Nope! If you already know how to code, that's great! However, if you don't know how to code, this is the perfect time to learn. We will be hosting beginner workshops for you, and we will have experienced mentors to help you with your hacks!
You can work individually or work in a team of up to 4! If you don't know anyone participating at the hackathon, don't worry! There will be many other people in the same situation as you. We highly recommend you reach out to other hackers on the slack workspace and form teams. You won't have to register as a team, just register individually. When it's time to submit your project, you can add the names of all your teammates there!
Your team has the freedom of making whatever you desire! In addition to our sponsored prompts, we will be having 2 other prompts you can submit your hack in: one for coronavirus related hacks, and another for best overall hack!
DefHacks is completely free for all hackers. Additionally, we will be providing DefHacks swag, and swag from the sponsors that have made this event possible.
The only thing you need is a device to access our slack website, and any materials needed for creating your hack!
Yes! DefHacks wouldn't be possible without our volunteers. We will open mentor and judge sign ups soon, and you can get notified when it opens by signing up for email updates above!
SHESHANK SHANKAR
CHIEF ORGANIZER
NATHAN YAP
HEAD OF MARKETING
JULIAN LEE
HEAD OF LOGISTICS
RON PECHUK
HEAD OF FINANCE
Akash Srivastava
Anjorin Olufemi Benjamin
Arijit Saha Ray
Athanasios Dimou
Gagandeep Reehal
June Chen
Kuldeep Singh
Preetish Juneja
Rushika Ramane
Sai Charan Todupunoori
Saksham Taneja
Saloni Goyal
Siddharth Dayalwal
Zeeshan Mohammed
Praveen Kumar
Zane Hasnain
Lummi Anton
M. Vineeth
Madhav Dihora
Maggie
Mia O’Brien
Mohit Bhat
Mohit Sharma
Nihar Zutshi
Nikita Starichenko
Nistha Gupta
Oliver Collins
Swapnil Undage
Tanishq Soni
Varun Panicker