16 Social Good Hackathons For Giving Back This Year Around the Globe

As you write your New Year’s Resolution, we hope you add “hacking for good” on your list.

Just one weekend or event can make an impact, we’ve seen it and heard from you firsthand on how these opportunities make a difference.

Here’s a recap video of some of our 2018 event highlights — don’t they look like fun?

Now our list isn’t complete since many more events have yet to be announced, so we encourage you to stay alert on Medium and on your other social media channels. Heck, if you want to throw your own event this year, give us a shout!

Here are some social good hackathons to watch for in 2019:

Abu Dhabi

The 2019 Annual NYUAD International Hackathon for Social Good in the Arab World_The Annual NYUAD International Hackathon is a three-day programming marathon for talented computer science students to…_nyuad.nyu.edu

Madison, Wisconsin

HackingKindness: A small but mighty hackathon for social good in 2019_Introducing HackingKindness, Acumium's first social good hackathon. We're accepting nominations and will be donating a…_www.hackingkindness.com

Prague

Prague INSPIRE Hackathon 2019_Big data, semantics and artificial intelligence This hackathon is organised in the frame of the INSPIRE Hackathon…_www.plan4all.eu

New Haven, CT

Yale Hack Mental Health 2019 - Hack Mental Health_Hack Mental Health is dedicated towards developing technology that can improve mental health. Whether its tracking…_www.hackmentalhealth.care

Davis, CA

HackDavis 2019 | February 9-10 at UC Davis_HackDavis is UC Davis' annual hackathon for students, run by students. On February 9-10, 2019, over 700 students…_hackdavis.io

Austria

Social Hackathon 2019_New Austrian Coding School team up with weXelerate to organize Social Hackathon 2019 for the third time. Social…_www.eventbrite.co.uk

St. Paul, MN

Hack the Gap All-Women Hackathon 2019_WHAT Hack the Gap is a two-day hackathon aimed at creating a high-energy weekend where women and non-binary people from…_www.eventbrite.com

Groningen, The Netherlands

Odyssey hackathon - Odyssey Program - Third edition of the biggest blockchain hackathon in the…_A track is a focus topic brought up by a partner, which we also refer to as launching customer. Within one track there…_dc-odysseyprogram.com

New Delhi, India

IIT Delhi Alumni Association_Edit description_iitdalumni.com

Austin, TX

Life Sci Hack_LifeSci Hack is Austin's first-ever bio-hackathon and we're focusing on 4 core pain-points felt by those in the life…_www.eventbrite.com

Richmond, VA

Earth Hacks | EarthHacks VCU_EarthHacks is an innovation-focused event where students from all majors develop solutions to real-world environmental…_earthhacks.vcu.edu

Boston, MA

TechTogether Boston_TechTogether Boston is one the world's largest all-female and femme non-binary hackathons. For 36 hours, we equip women…_boston.techtogether.io

Palo Alto, CA

TreeHacks 2019February 15–17, 2019 at Stanford Universitywww.treehacks.com

San Luis Obispo, CA

Camp Polyhacks_Camp PolyHacks is a student-run, multidisciplinary hackathon focused on social entrepreneurship and human-centered…_polyhacks.io

Charlotte, NC

Civic Hack - Splash_Join us for a day of killer keynotes, presentations and networking with peers and industry leaders who are shaking up…_civichack2019.splashthat.com

Wish List

Sydney, Austraila (We hope to see a hackathon for 2019 — stay tuned!)

Techfugees #Hack4Refugees Sydney : 24–25 November 2018_Following the success of the yearly Techfugees Australia Hackathons in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide since…_techfugees.com

Happy Hacking!

Experimental Civics Team