Mobile App Hackathon is an event produced by the AT&T Developer Program that is designed for attendees (technical & non-technical) to build apps/mobile apps, compete for prizes across different categories and most importantly: meet new people and scout for teammates to work on new or current projects.
This hackathon will introduce you to the latest cutting edge tools to help deploy your own app with a website backend, fully hosted in the cloud.
Check out the details & register today!
When:
Friday, September 11, 2015, 06:00 p.m. – Saturday, September 12, 2015, 09:00 p.m.
Where:
AT&T Foundry
75 5th St NW, Suite 110
Atlanta, GA 30308
What to expect:
Quick presentations and code samples that help to bootstrap your hacking, food to keep you going, and caffeine to keep you awake. Along with technical senseis to assist you in building faster, smarter, and with new tools.
What to bring:
Your laptop, skills & ideas. Come with a collaborative, team focused mindset and/or team up in advance on Twitter/Facebook/Google+ via the #atthack hashtag. Whether you are a backend person, designer, entrepreneur, student, or just interested in tech; you are invited to attend this event. Every group needs a good balance of talent and your development skills are needed!
About the Speakers:
Ben Nelson, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at AT&T, is based out of sunny Seattle! His passion is educating developers young and old about mobile application development best practices through events like hackathons that fuse the collective interests of multiple technology and business leaders.
Carlton Hill, Vice President of Device Operations and Developer Services at AT&T, manages the AT&T Developer Program, an award winning application developer support organization with more than fifty thousand members. She also oversees operational issues associated with customer devices on the AT&T consumer networks including quality, hardware and service integration, testing and certification management, special device projects, and rebate programs.
Erica Stanley is a technologist with notable success delivering innovative tools for diverse client industries, including education, government, media and communications. Her specialties include: Object Oriented Design and Architecture, Social Media Strategy and Development, Interactive Strategy and Development for Mobile and Web, 3D Application Development, Data Visualization and Simulation.
Rich Dunbar is the Developer Community Manager at HARMAN International. Rich is a developer himself with apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace, Blackberry App World, and HP webOS App Catalog. He has been involved in the mobile tech community with webOS for the last several years as a forum leader, writer, Sr. Editor and community Ambassador.
