We're excited to tell you about some key updates with regard to our Hackathon (Hack The Midwest) - including prizes & judge selection.

We're also happy to announce our fourth monthly showcase of innovation, entitled "Hack & Tell".... coming up on May 24th!!

Don't forget, we've got some awesome events planned for 2013, so stay tuned for future announcements :)



****HACK THE MIDWEST - June 15th - 16th*****

Over ONE HUNDRED developers have registered to create awesome apps in 24 hours for a chance to win over $3500 in prizes ($1000 in cash, iPad Minis, Lego Mindstorm, Raspberry Pi Kits & More)!!

We only have room for 3 -4 more teams in this LIMITED 2nd batch of regular priced tickets. DON'T wait until the last minute and miss out on the opportunity, go register: http://www.hackthemidwest.com


We're also happy to announce that we've selected a group of fantastic judges this year, real entrepreneurial minded founders & tech leaders in Kansas City:

- Naithan Jones, Founder - AgLocal

- Vercie Lark, Chief Information Officer - DST

- Dennis Ehrich, Chief Information Officer - SMG




****HACK AND TELL - Friday, May 24th *****

This monthly innovation showcase keeps getting more momentum!! In April we some great talks on locally built projects: a reverse proxy built in Node.JS, A Data Visualization API & Raspberry Pi (video below)

Are you interested in hearing about other cool tools, libraries & hacks that other local developers, makers & hackers have built?

Join us Friday, May 24th at CoWork Waldo - space is extremely limited, DON'T wait to register: http://www.kcitp.com/hackandtellkc/



Thanks,
Mike Gelphman
Founder/President, KCITP
Founder - The Disruption Institute http://www.disruptioninstitute.com