AWS re:Invent 2018 - Hackathon & Jam Sessions

Опубликовано 16 ноября 2018, 17:26

Hackathons and Jam Sessions are highly gamified events where participants complete tasks that challenge and educate on the use of a wide range of AWS services and have fun in the process. Learn more at - amzn.to/2QJFhzJ.

Each event will provide fun, action-packed challenges that you tackle as part of a team formed before coming onsite or on the day by the event organizers. Score points to win some unique prizes! We will provide access to the required AWS infrastructure. Your task will be to find the best solution or answer while getting to learn and experiment with many AWS services and varied use cases.

You just need to bring your laptop. No specific domain knowledge required, but we recommend foundational knowledge of the AWS platform.

You can reserve a seat in our hacks and jams when reserved seating opens for all other content!

ALEXA HACK DAY: COME BUILD AND LEARN
MGM Studio Ballroom
Monday, Nov. 26
10AM—6PM
Doors open at 9AM

Do you love building things? Do you love Amazon Alexa, the voice service behind the Amazon Echo and Echo Dot? Do you love winning awesome prizes? Of course you do! Come join us at Alexa Hack Day—a one day, eight hour hackathon that challenges developers and designers to build something awesome with Alexa. You can use Alexa to build whatever you like. It could be a fun game, a personal life hack, something that helps a community, or something specific for businesses. Mash it up with your favorite AWS service, and other APIs. Alexa can be a concierge, sous chef, fitness coach, personal shopper, DJ, or anything else you’d like. The opportunities are endless.

2018 RE:INVENT NPO HACKATHON FOR SOCIAL GOOD
MGM Studio Ballroom
Tuesday, Nov. 27
9AM–MIDNIGHT
Doors open at 8AM

Welcome to the sixth annual re:Invent NPO Hackathon for Social Good, sponsored by Accenture. This year, we’ve teamed up with Compassion International, GameChanger Charity, Girls Who Code, and Goodwill Industries International to identify specific challenges facing each of the non-profits today. If you’re passionate about applying your coding skills for social good, come join us in Las Vegas to make new friends, learn new skills, and build functioning prototypes to address those challenges. At the end of the hackathon, all teams will present their demos to a panel of judges for a chance to win prizes. In past years, these winning solutions have often been put into production by the non-profits. Open to all AWS skill levels. Please bring your laptop!

Schedule of events:
Nov. 26 – NPO Hackathon Mixer (6–9PM): Get to know your fellow hackathon participants over food, drinks, and games and form your teams during the NPO Hackathon Mixer at Level Up in the MGM Grand, adjacent to Hakkasan. Confirmation of your reserved seat at the NPO Hackathon is required to gain entry.

Nov. 27 – NPO Hackathon @ MGM Grand Studio Ballroom: Doors open at 8AM, and the challenges are unveiled at 9AM. Teams will present their demos at 10PM with winners announced and prizes awarded at midnight. Throughout the day, we will have food, snacks, and drinks, plus Nintendo Switch gaming stations with Mario Kart.