# Project Helix Hackathons

## Upcoming Hackathons

5. [May 20th-24th 2019, Basel, Switzerland](5-bsl.md)
6. [August 2019, Strasbourg, France](6-sxb.md)
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)
4. [January 28th-Feb 1st 2019, Berkeley, CA](4-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 :-)
- Barcelona
- Bordeaux ( [Cité du Vin](https://www.bedouk.fr/la-cite-du-vin,L89668), [Opéra National](https://www.bedouk.fr/opera-national-de-bordeaux,L90884) )
- [Basel](https://www.basel.com/en) :)
- [De Watertoren](https://www.watertorenvlissingen.com/), Vlissingen, Netherlands

## 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