# Project Helix Hackathons

## Upcoming Hackathons

4. [January 28th-Feb 1st 2019, Berkeley, CA](4-sfo.md)
5. May 20th-24th 2019, TDB
6. Summer 2019, TDB
7. [October 21th-25th, Norddal, Norway](7-aes.md)

## Past Hackathons

1. [Early Summer 2018, Salt Lake City, UT](1-slc.md)
2. [Late Summer 2018, Basel, Switzerland](2-bsl.md)
3. [Fall 2018, San Francisco, CA](3-sfo.md)

## Ideas for future Hackathons

> Why don't we have a hackathon in…

Just put your idea on the list:

- Japan (somewhere in the mountains or in a cool city (not Tokyo or Kyoto :-)

## Let's do it!

> How to organize a hackathon

1. Start a few months in advance, so that people have time to plan and get travel budget
2. Suggest a couple of dates and share a [Doodle survey](https://doodle.com/poll/g9y6sb72nz9yb7rw) on `#helix-chat`
3. Find and book a venue with: Wifi, space to work, hotels and restaurants nearby
4. Measure the network speed at the venue (in Basel we had 10MBps up, which was a bit on the slow side)
5. Copy one of the existing Hackathon pages
6. Invite everyone