Inclusive Coding Festival
October 22, 2022
Engage Neurodivergent Students in Technical Projects and Connect them with IT Companies
Inclusive Coding Festival aims to promote the interests and participation of neurodivergent students in the computing domains. This event features coding project competitions, conference presentation experience and interactions with industry employers.
Inclusive Coding Festival 2022 will be held on October 22 2022 at Hyatt Regency John Wayne Airport Newport Beach, Newport Beach, CA.
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Showcase Your Talents
Develop Coding Skills
Challenge your skills with projects relating to the fields of computer science including cloud, games, AI/ML, and AR/VR.
Project Competitions
Compete with fellow neuro-diverse students and present your projects in a conference setting. Develop your presentation skills and win awards!
Meet Industry Professionals
Explore the opportunities of neurodiversity hiring programs in the industry and meet with industry employers.
Organizers
Platinum Sponsor
Gold Sponsors
Participation Important Dates
Last day to submit projects online. No registration needed for project submission.
Projects that enter the final stage of the competition will be notified and invited to the conference for presentations. Honorable mention projects will also be announced.
Finalist teams present their projects and answer questions from judge panel. Winners will be presented with prizes, and completion certificates.
All participants are welcome to attend the festival to listen to the technical project presentations, meet IT industry professionals, and interact with hiring experts from companies.
FAQs
Yes! The conference on 10/22/2022 at Newport Beach, CA is open to public. Whether you are an IT professional, a student interested in IT careers, a parent with kids on the spectrum, or from other groups, we welcome you to the venue, attending keynote speeches and technical presentations, chatting with employers and service providers and broadening your professional or personal network.
Sign up link for general attendance will be ready in September.
In order to broaden participation, no registration is required for you to submit your project for competition. The deadline to submit the project is 08/26/2022 09/02/2022.
All participants are required to present their projects in the conference if their projects get into the final round. We strongly encourage the attendance in person at the conference venue on 10/22. For reasons of health or restricted travel, we may also support hybrid mode with remote project presentations.