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  Jump start your startup ideas at AngelHack's global hackathon competition, where you can win $100,000's in prizes, hack your way into our accelerator program, get flown out to Silicon Valley, pitch the Valley's top investors, and ALL that for just winning the hackathon!

  Starting May 18th at 11am, teams (1-2 people) compete to create the best application in 24 hours. Guidelines will be explained at the start, and the only rule is it has to be related to mobile or SMS. Each team gets their own Linux virtual instance (if you need it) for development and deployment. 24 hours later, each team presents to the judges for their chance at the prizes and glory.   All results of the contest are maintained as the personal property of those who developed/submitted it. ePrize does not claim ownership of any code written at this event.

Join us in Boston on May 20-23, at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf for Optimization Summit 2013. We'll help you discover what really works in website optimization and how to apply the science of optimization to your specific marketing needs.   Research analysts, industry thought leaders and marketing practitioners will share with you their successes and failures to help you optimize your conversion pages and processes.

IWNY, taking place this year from May 20-27 2013, was launched in 2008 in cooperation with the New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. It is a week-long festival celebrating Internet business and culture and will attract more than 45,000 Internet professionals, working across all sectors, attending 250+ events produced by IWNY and 150+ citywide event partners.

AppWeek Las Vegas is four days of apps conferences, sessions and exhibitions at one of the most important mobile events of the year, CTIA 2013.  Hear from mobile app experts, see the latest technologies from around the globe, and socialize with your peers. The App Zone Pavilion will showcase the latest companies that are shaping the future of consumer and enterprise applications. The App Zone Pavilion is front and center in the middle of the CTIA show floor.

  Digital Shoreditch 2013: Hundreds of speakers from the most innovative and successful companies and organisations across creative, technical, startup tech and digital spaces and beyond.   Digital Shoreditch celebrates the outstanding creative, technical and entrepreneurial talent of East London and Tech City.

Silicon Flatirons, ATLAS, and Kurtz Fargo LLP present David Cohen as our featured entrepreneur with moderators Brad Bernthal, Brad Feld and Jill VanMatre Speaker: David Cohen, Founder and CEO, TechStars David Cohen is the founder and CEO of TechStars. Previously, David was a founder of several software and web technology companies. He was the founder and CTO of Pinpoint Technologies which was acquired by ZOLL Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: ZOLL) in 1999. You can read about it in No Vision, All Drive [Amazon].

Join 1776 for a meetup to connect with top leaders in education, technology, and policy and meet the startups that are changing education.  Enjoy beer, wine, and snacks in the decidedly un-DC-environment. Please contact events@1776dc.com with any questions.  

SaaS University Program Overview   26 Sessions Six Keynotes Five tracks, including sales and marketing, community and analytics, business metrics, mobile and wearables Optional workshops on pricing, positioning, channels and demand generation Complimentary Wine and Appetizer Networking Event Three days   Our sixth year providing actionable SaaS and cloud applications benchmarks, metrics, and hard data not available from any other source   $999 per attendee, $799 Early Bird Pricing

The 17th annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference will be co-located with International CTIA WIRELESS 2013 on May 21-23, 2013, at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hosted by international research firm Parks Associates, with support from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), CONNECTIONS™ focuses on innovative technology and business solutions for the connected consumer.

Glue is the only conference devoted solely to solving the web application integration problem-set. People that should attend Glue include the architects, developers, administrators and integrators that have moved past the initial step of seeing the web as a platform, and are facing the real-world challenges of what "stove-piped" web applications mean for their overall strategy. Glue is about all of bits and pieces, APIs and meta-data, standards and connectors that will help us to glue together the varying applications of the new platform.

APPNATION returns to New York City on May 21-22 for our 3rd annual Cross-Platform Summit to explore the burgeoning world of apps across all connected devices.