Registration is now open for the Chicago location of TADHack Global 2019. For the 6th year running, TADHack Global will be the largest telecom-focused hackathon in the world. Previous hacks include programmable telecoms (voice, video, messaging), internet of things, cloud computing, robotics, machine learning, speech and face recognition, mobile payments, enterprise communications, decentralized web, blockchain, encryption, open source, and many other technologies. Last year we had 3300 registrations, resulting in over 150 hacks, and $45k won in cash prizes. See the blog TADHack Global 2018 Winners for more information. It’s great to see the whole industry working together to build a global community around telecom app development.
This Fall, we’re excited to be moving into the beautiful new Kaplan Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship on IIT’s Main Campus. With a focus on innovative thinking and transitioning new ideas into products and processes, Kaplan is the perfect venue for TADHack. The Real-Time Communications Lab at Illinois Institute of Technology has been proud to partner with TADHack Global beginning with the inaugural event in June, 2014. The Lab has since hosted four additional TADHacks with increased participation at each, and we’re expecting another record crowd this Fall. As a result, we advise early registration in anticipation of a capacity crowd.
Sponsors whose developer-resources will be available include Simwood, VoIP Innovations, TeleSign and hSenidMobile. We’re eager to see what TADHackers from Chicago and around the world will create as they mash up programmable telecoms with many other services available over the web to solve problems across all aspects of people’s lives!
Whether you are a developer, an enterprise, a vendor or a non-coder, TADHack is here to help you…
- Get educated on the power of telecom app development – no coding skills necessary to attend!
- Listen to expert speakers and share best practices
- Create hacks (prototypes) using telecom technologies to solve local or global problems that matter to you
- Get your innovative service / platform / idea promoted and presented to the global industry
- Meet the global community of telecom app innovators
- Learn about the APIs, WebRTC, communications service platforms, cloud communications, decentralized / distributed web, and many other web- and IT-centric service platforms
TADHack Global has been scheduled this year to coincide with the Fifteenth Annual IIT RTC Conference immediately following on October 14 – 16. We’ll be inviting the winners of the Chicago TADHack location to participate by delivering their demo pitch to an audience of 200+ real-time communications thought-leaders from around the globe as part of a keynote presentation on Meet the TADHack Global Winners & TADHack Global Review, so you could get some great exposure for your work. It will be an exciting week at IIT in Chicago, filled with the latest innovations in real-time communications!
Whether you’re a hacker, hustler or hipster (developer, business-type or designer); TADHack is for Everyone!. You’ll learn about adding programmable telecoms to your apps, services or business; be able to share your experiences with others; do some “coding”; and potentially create a winning hack that makes a difference in your community. Oh, and don’t forget about the awesome food and prizes. Check out the Chicago location and register to reserve your place!