Horizons is an art+tech make-a-thon that encouraged participants to bring their most creative and quirky ideas to life by fiddling with the intersection of art and tech. Whether you’re an artist in disguise :art:, high-key music enthusiast :musical_note:, knitting aficionado :cat: , dance machine :carousel_horse:, or a puzzler :video_game: at heart, Horizons is THE event for you!

HackGT’s 6th annual installment of our marquee collegiate hackathon! In 2019, participants followed our mascot “Beardell” on a 36-hour adventure down the rabbit hole. As participants explored Wonderland they encountered magical workshops, created fantastical technology, and formed friendships to last a lifetime.

HackGTeeny 6 was the 6th iteration of our beginner-friendly workshop series! Miss the event? All workshop slides and content are posted on the event website.

For Catalyst 2019, we re-wrote our event curriculum in collaboration with student organizations at Georgia Tech. At the event, we paired over 100 mentors with 200+ high school students from the Atlanta area. Students were able to pick from four curriculum tracks to explore throughout the day.

Horizons was HackGT’s first Art + Tech makeathon and a celebration of the arts community at Georgia Tech. At Horizons, participants were challenged to create projects integrating art and technology that related to the prompt “Tell me a story”.

HackGT’s third hardware hackathon! This year, we partnered with The Invention Studio and The Hive to provide tooling, materials, and mentorship at the event! Hackers just getting started could attend our beginner workshops, and we held more advanced workshops in robotics for experienced attendees.

HackGT’s 5th annual installment of our marquee 1000 person, 36-hour collegiate hackathon! In 2018, we helped participants reach New Heights, but this year we wanted to try something different. Specifically, Dare to Venture with our participants into the unknown. Inspired by the lush greenery of the Pacific Northwest, we organized a myriad of workshops, fireside chats, and mini-events in an effort to empower participants to learn something new and have fun in the process.

HackGTeeny 5 was focused around helping students jump start their CS career. At the event, we offered 5 hours of beginner-friendly workshops on web development, mobile development and artificial intelligence.

For our second iteration of Catalyst, we hosted a day of STEAM exposure for more than 150 high school students from the Atlanta area. Students were able to pick from three curriculum tracks: design, development, and hardware. Throughout the day, participants explored their track with the help of specialized mentors, interactive workshops, and guided projects.

HackGT’s second hardware hackathon! We partnered with the Invention Studio to host BuildGT, a twelve hour hackathon with beginner-friendly workshops, crash courses on Invention Studio tools, and tons of hardware.

The motivation behind this hackathon was to merge the worlds of healthcare and computer science to allow for participants to create meaningful, real-world solutions in the healthcare industry.

HackGT’s 4th annual signature 36-hour hackathon! In 2016, we received tons of great feedback about our event, and this year, we wanted to take it to New Heights. Motivated by the desire to better the experience of our participants and sponsors, we focused on cultivating a fun, resource enriched environment. From ceramics painting to AI workshops, this event spanned the gamut of an amazing hackathon experience.

After listening to participant feedback, HackGT decided to complement our main HackGT event with a series of beginner workshops to introduce critical skills for application development. At the event, we offered a 5 hour hands-on, mentor-guided workshops for students with introductory coding experience.

A #spicy event centered around crazy ideas. Whether it’s a meme-based application or a random, fun project that you would love to bring to life, this is the place to be!

HackGT’s first ever day of Computer Science exposure for more than 200 underserved high school students in the Metro Atlanta Area. The day consisted of workshops in HTML, CSS, and Android Development in addition to mentor pairing that helped students learn new technologies. Ultimately, each student went home with at least 3 projects to call their own.

HackGT’s first ever Hardware Hackathon! An event focused on bringing together students who are interested in bridging the worlds of hardware, electronics, and computer science.

HackGTeeny 3 was focused on taking HackGTeeny to the next level. This event brought in over 200 participants for a 12-hour hackathon centered around the education and application of fundamental computer science concepts.

HackGT’s third annual 36-hour hackathon! The underlying purpose of this event was to create an environment centered around healthy meals, self-care, and overall unblockage of ideas. Quite the contrary of normal hackathons!

HackGT’s second small-scale hackathon focused on the development of skills needed to create full-stack projects!

HackGT’s second annual 36 hour hackathon! Focused on surpassing the edges of understanding and venturing into an abyss of uncertainty.

HackGT’s inaugural HackGTeeny, a hackathon geared towards beginners.

HackGT’s first ever 36 hour hackathon! Founded on the motivation of making Georgia Tech students cool again, Pavleen and Shehmeer set out with the ambition of bringing the first ever hackathon to Georgia Tech turf. Strapped with grit, hardwork, and sacrifice, the original HackGT team not only brought together the organizations first hackathon, but inadvertently birthed the culture of innovation that we see today.