August 31 is GigaTECHs App Competition
The Forrest Four-Cast: August 28, 2017
Catch demonstrations from 11 GigaTECHS App Competition finalists on the evening of Thursday, August 31 at Capital Factory.
Led by Washington D.C-based U.S Ignite, this competition encourages next-generation Gigabit Internet applications that provide transformative public benefit. Finalists will have the opportunity to win $38,000 in prize money to seed and support the development of applications that focus on opportunities in local transportation, education, clean energy, health and safety (TECHs). The prize money is made possible by U.S Ignite and the City of Austin’s Communications and Technology Management Department.
The 11 finalists who will demo their ideas on August 31 include:
- 1AustinSol — A New Community Approach to Solar
- Accelerating World’s Mission towards Zero Hunger
- BloxMob
- Cognitive Roadway Knowbot (Carnak)
- Farm to City
- JoeVolunteer Keeping Austin Weird and Much Kinder!
- Just-in-Time VR Training for Ambus EMS Personnel
- Med Reconciliation + Incentives & Blockchain
- M.Y. H.O.M.E.
- The Path to Python: A Guide for Middle Schoolers
- PenPal Schools VR Field Trip to the USA
The Thursday, August 31 event at Capital Factory is FREE to attend. Doors open at 6:00 pm — RSVP here to ensure your spot.
Other events for week of August 28
August 28: AR/VR/MR Tools & Tech
August 28: Taste of PIE-thon for Data Science
August 28: Tech Talk @ BigCommerce
August 29: ATX Game Developers & Musicians
August 29: Data Science Fundamentals: Intro to Python
August 29: Austin PaaS, Cloud, and Bluemix Meetup
August 29: Front End Web Development Info Session
August 29: Web Development Immersive Info Session
August 29: Bunker Labs Austin Live
August 29: All the Ladies in Tech Happy Hour
August 30: 10 Years in Tech / Insights with Mellie Price
August 30: Alexa Workshop
August 30: Ed Tech Austin Meet Up
August 30: Advanced Excel: Beyond the Basics
August 30: Ethereum Meet Up
August 31: Capital Factory $100,000 Challenge Info Session
More upcoming events:
September 5: Austin Forum: “Technologies Transforming Manufacturing”
September 8: SXSW Art Program deadline
September 8: SXSW Early Bird Savings Registration Deadline
September 14–16: Creatives Meet Business
September 21–28: Fantastic Fest
October 4: 50 on Fire
October 6–8: ACL Fest, Weekend #1
October 9–13: Austin Startup Week
October 12–12: Star Wars: A New Hope
October 13–15: ACL Fest, Weekend #2
October 16: SXSW 2018 content announcement
October 21: ContentATX
November 6–10: Austin Design Week
November 10: SXSW Accelerator deadline
November 10: SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards deadline
November 10–12: Sound on Sound Fest
March 9–18: SXSW 2018
Stay tuned to this space as we review more creativity-focused events for the coming weeks. If you have an event that you would like considered for listing in this space, contact me at hugh at sxsw dot com.
Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW, the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals. He also tries to write at least four paragraphs per day on Medium. These posts often cover tech-related trends; other times they focus on books, pop culture, sports and other current events.
