Now is your chance to discover the latest ways to add communications to your applications or services, to join in the on-demand revolution and create your own Uber or Airbnb. TADHack-mini Chicago will run over the weekend of the 3rd and 4th October at the Idea Shop in Chicago, just before the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Real Time Communications Conference. The Hackathon will focus on the Internet of Things (IoT), Next Generation Emergency Services, Telecom APIs and WebRTC, Identity/Federation, and Speech / Video processing.
All are welcome. Admission is free and there will be 8 prizes of $1,000 each given out by the sponsors!
This is a chance to meet with an amazing group of technologists and industry leaders from around the world in a relaxed technology-focused meetup/hackathon that runs over the weekend.
Learn more at the October 3-4 blog, TADHack-mini Chicago Blog
TADHack is for everyone, not just hardcore coders. Learn more at the blog, TADHack is for everyone !
The sponsors include:
- Clarify – an API to search and understand audio and video
- Dialogic – PowerMedia XMS is a software media server and video MCU for real time communications for SIP and/or WebRTC
- Flowroute – a carrier that provides intelligent communications for modern business
- Matrix – open standard for decentralized communication
- Telestax – the guys behind the open source project Mobicents and creators of an open market for telephony apps
- Truphone – the world’s coolest MVNO, used by the rich, famous, Russian oligarchs, and lots of geeks
- Tropo – automate communications, connecting your code to the phone network with both voice and messaging.
- IIT RTC Labs – will provide access to their NG9-1-1 test bed
It’s a unique mix of sponsors, the potential for interesting mash-ups across them is high.On Tuesday October 6 at 11 AM, the winners will also get a chance to deliver their demo pitches as part of a Keynote Address to the main IIT RTC Conference, a mix of industry leaders, academics, service providers and vendors.
If you’re interested in technology, particularly telecommunications related technologies like IoT, WebRTC, NG911, Telecom APIs, Voice over IP, Identity and Federation, speech or video processing, then join in. You do not need to be a hard-core coder, TADHack is for everyone. Just go to the TADHack-mini Chicago site to check out the sponsors resources, and register. We also accept remote entries for all TADHacks.
You can see some of the past hacks created at the TADHack YouTube Channel.vendors.
Where
Idea Shop at University Technology Park
Illinois Institute of Technology
3440 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL. 60616
IIT Idea Shop Chicago Center Schedule:
Saturday, October 3
10:00 – 10:30 AM Registration
10:30 – 12:00 Form Teams/Meet the Sponsors
12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 – 6:00 PM Hackathon
6:00 – 7:00 PM Pizza
Sunday, October 4
10:00 AM Start Hacking Day 2
12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 Demo Pitches
3:30 – 4:00 Judges Huddle
4:00 – 4:30 Prizes Awarded
