Hokie Health Code-a-thon
Venue: TechPad, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, April 14, 2012
Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Business Related
Cost: Free
Description:
The Hokie Health Code-a-thon 2012 will be a two-day coding competition, bringing together teams of student and professional developers to create innovative solutions to improve healthcare.

The Hokie Health Code-a-thon 2012 will leverage world-class student and professional software development talent with healthcare IT expertise to innovate and create solutions to healthcare problems.

The event will draw over 75 physicians, scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, students and enthusiasts that want to change the world and improve healthcare – all during an intense and enjoyable 2 days of hacking, developing, innovating and creating. The event will feature a number of excellent tech talks and buzz-worthy speakers discussing cutting edge issues in technology.

The event the will culminate in a judging session with the best creations taking home cash prizes of $5,000. The top team will be awarded $2,500 cash. The next five teams will each receive $500 cash.

The event is hosted at TechPad, a technology co-working space in downtown Blacksburg focused on providing an open collaboration environment for software product companies. TechPad is located at 432 North Main Street, Suite 200.

PROGRAM (tentative):
Saturday, April 14
9:00 am – Coding begins
3:00 pm – Final Presentations
5:00 pm – Award Ceremony

Registration is free and seating is limited to 100 participants.

To register, visit: http://www.thetechnologycouncil.com/HokieHealth#Register

For more information, visit: http://www.thetechnologycouncil.com/HokieHealth

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