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Nov 14, 2026 – Nov 15, 2026NASARegister by Nov 15, 2026
A free global hackathon on November 14–15, 2026 using NASA and partner open data to address space and Earth challenges. Participation is available at in-person or virtual local events and through a virtual Universal Event. An account and registration are required; minors have guardian requirements.
Details: Official participant FAQ confirms no participation cost. Account, email verification and event registration are required. Participants under 18 must be registered and accompanied by a parent or legal guardian; local events may have additional requirements.
Nov 14, 2026 – Nov 15, 2026NASARegister by Nov 15, 2026
A free global hackathon on November 14–15, 2026 using NASA and partner open data to address space and Earth challenges. Participation is available at in-person or virtual local events and through a virtual Universal Event. An account and registration are required; minors have guardian requirements.
Details: Official participant FAQ confirms no participation cost. Account, email verification and event registration are required. Participants under 18 must be registered and accompanied by a parent or legal guardian; local events may have additional requirements.
Devpost-hosted hackathon encouraging women's participation in technology; teams of 2-5 build a project and submit online.
Details: The Devpost page explicitly lists 'Free registration.' Open to students (17+) worldwide, standard country exclusions apply. The page is a little inconsistent about format (labeled Online in one spot, with a physical venue in Faridabad, India, in another) — submissions themselves happen on Devpost, so treat it as an online-submission hackathon unless you confirm otherwise.
Oct 27, 2026 – Nov 27, 2026DevpostRegister by Nov 27, 2026
A free online AI-application hackathon for eligible students above the local age of majority. Submissions close November 27, 2026 at 5 p.m. Eastern. No paid software, API subscription or purchase is required; Devpost registration and platform eligibility requirements apply.
Details: Restricted to eligible students above the local age of majority; companies and professional organizations are excluded. A Devpost account is required.
#hackathon#ai#students
build-your-first-ai-app.devpost.comAdded Nov 9, 20260 opens
Oct 22, 2026 – Nov 30, 2026DevpostRegister by Nov 15, 2026
An online competition to create AI Skills for UGREEN NAS using its developer package. Eligible adults in permitted jurisdictions can enter without owning NAS hardware. Round 1 closes November 15, 2026 at 11:45 p.m. Pacific; invited finalists receive limited free remote hardware access and submit by November 30.
Details: Official rules state no purchase or payment is necessary. A Devpost account and UGREEN Skill Developer Package are required. Participation is restricted to adults in permitted jurisdictions; companies are excluded and geographic restrictions apply.
#hackathon#AI#online
ugreenhackathon.devpost.comAdded Oct 26, 20260 opens
Nov 2, 2026 – Dec 15, 2026BlackBerry QNXRegister by Dec 15, 2026
An online QNX 8.0 development hackathon with submissions open November 2–December 15, 2026, closing at 2 p.m. Eastern. Eligible adults can submit applications, components, ports or developer tools targeting QNX. Entry and non-commercial development tools are free; account, licensing and geographic restrictions apply.
Details: Free entry requires a Devpost account and acceptance of QNX software terms. Participants must be adults; geographic and conflict-of-interest exclusions apply. Public repository, build instructions and demonstration video required.
Oct 27, 2026 – Dec 22, 2026AtlassianRegister by Dec 22, 2026
Atlassian's online hackathon accepts Forge apps integrating Atlassian products or platform capabilities from October 27 through December 22, 2026 at noon Pacific. Entry uses free Devpost and Atlassian developer accounts. Age, geographic and conflict-of-interest restrictions apply.
Details: Free entry requires Devpost and Atlassian Cloud Developer accounts. Participants must have reached the local age of majority; country and conflict-of-interest exclusions apply.
Free Southwest Minnesota SBDC and Vivid Image webinar on teaching AI about a small business and developing repeatable AI workflows. The November 12 session is part of a four-session series; official host registration is free for small businesses.
Free virtual session with a U.S. Army veteran and cybersecurity educator covering certifications, veteran-focused training and academic pathways into cybersecurity careers. Eventbrite registration is required; the official listing does not require WiCyS membership.
A SC Piedmont SCORE webinar with SBA specialist Earl Gregorich on cash flow, economic trends, tariffs, labor shortages and inflation, using business processes and SBA resources.
Details: Free online live webinar; registration required. Scheduled for 12:00–1:00 p.m. EST.
AWS re:Invent runs November 30–December 4, 2026. Free livestream registration opens November 9 and includes streamed sessions, guided hands-on labs, selected advanced chalk talks and live Q&A. This does not provide in-person conference access; the standard full conference pass costs $2,499.
Details: Free registration applies only to the online offering. In-person attendance requires a paid conference pass.
Free Mason SBDC live webinar on local SEO, website optimization, social selling, lead generation and evaluating paid-ad spending. Held online December 9; Zoom access is provided after registration. The official SBA page lists a $0.00 cost.
SANS Institute's calendar of free live cybersecurity webcasts, combining expert speakers with hands-on topics such as threat hunting, incident response and security controls. A free SANS account is required to register; check the page for each session's date.
Nov 12, 2026Connecticut Small Business Development CenterRegister by Oct 16, 2026
Pitch competition for established Connecticut businesses with a practical way to use AI, data or analytics to solve a current business challenge. Competition November 12, 2026, 6-8pm at SCSU School of Business, New Haven, CT. Applications close October 16, 2026.
Online hackathon run by PayPal on Devpost: build something new with PayPal and AI. $67,500 in cash prizes. Submissions close November 12, 2026 at 12:00pm Pacific.
#hackathon#ai#online
paypalaihackathon.devpost.comAdded Oct 5, 20260 opens
A free eight-hour online beginner-focused Jeopardy CTF on November 14, 2026, 15:30–23:30 UTC. Participants may enter solo or in teams of up to four, including international players. Challenges cover web, cryptography, forensics, OSINT and miscellaneous topics.
Details: The organizer states that entry is free with no hidden costs. One registration is required per team; solo participants and teams up to four are accepted.
Pitch competition from the Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute at the University of Alabama for innovators and early-stage businesses. Ten $1,000 prizes. November 17, 2026; registration portal is open.
8-hour online jeopardy CTF, teams of 1-4, explicitly described as 'free and open to participants across India and internationally.' Marked 'casual' by organizers. Runs Nov 14, 15:30-23:30 UTC.
Details: This is the one CTF this week that explicitly states it's free on its own page, which is a nice confirmation versus the usual implied-free pattern. Times are UTC.
Nov 20, 2026 – Nov 22, 2026University of Florida Student InfoSec Team
Free 48-hour online jeopardy-style capture-the-flag competition November 20-22, 2026, run by the University of Florida Student InfoSec Team, with challenges in pwn, reverse engineering, forensics, and cryptography.
Details: Student-run CTFs are usually the most welcoming. Team up with two or three people and split the categories.
The fourth global online PyLadies conference, 5-7 December 2026, free and run across multiple timezones in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Japanese and Chinese. Tutorials, open-source sprints with project maintainers, panels on Python and career growth, open spaces and networking.
Details: Free, online and explicitly welcoming to first-time speakers and first-time open-source contributors, with no prior experience required. Runs on Discord to keep the barrier low; the sprints are the fastest honest route to a first real contribution.
Free virtual conference on 9 December 2026, 8:30am to 2:00pm Pacific, on running streaming data and AI agent systems in production. Sessions cover streaming plus SQL and agents on one platform, locking down agent access with an agentic data plane, streaming at scale, and open Q&A with the product and engineering teams. Speakers are engineers, architects, customers and industry experts.
Details: Worth a morning if you work with data pipelines and want to hear how agents are actually being governed in production rather than demoed. Two honest flags: it is the vendor's own event, so the answer to most architecture questions will be Redpanda, and registration asks for your job title, company and work email, and signs you up for their marketing email. Use a filterable address if that matters to you.
A free virtual career fair from CareerCircle on November 17, 2026 (12:00–3:00 PM EST) where job seekers meet recruiters and hiring managers from participating employers. Registration is required.
An experimental bootcamp in Berkeley, California, where creators post short-form videos about AI risk every day. The first cohort of 57 creators (July 2026) tracked 112M+ views; the next is tentatively January 2027, with rolling applications.
