Code Your Way to Dubai at Mashable's Boston Hackathon

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Miguel Chateloin (L) and Lazaro Gamio use their computers to write code that would allow people living in Cuba to use email to post to blogs during the Hackathon for Cuba event on February 1, 2014 in Miami, Florida.

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By Casey Brown2014-02-18 19:21:06 UTC

Calling all hackers who love to travel!

Boston coders can team up with other travel enthusiasts in the Boston area for MashHacks: Travel, presented by Emirates Airlines. This one-day hackathon will bring together programmers, designers and tech buffs to create apps that will change the way we travel the globe.

The hackathon will start at 8:30 a.m. on March 22 at hack/reduce, a local hack-space that facilitates hackathons and supports innovation in the Boston tech community. Mashable and Emirates Airlines are joining forces to challenge Boston to create innovative, creative travel apps that make travel easier, more accessible and fun.

Judges will be looking for apps that have the potential to shape the way we travel in the future: What developments will define the travel industry in the next decade?

The first place team will win round-trip tickets on Emirates Airlines from Boston to Dubai. Second and third place teams will win cash prizes.

Register (it’s free!) on Eventbrite to secure your space now, and follow @MashableEvents for more event updates and announcements.

Event Details:

MashHacks: Travel, presented by Emirates Airlines

Saturday, March 22, 2014

8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

hack/reduce

275 3rd St.,

Cambridge, MA, 02142

Register on Eventbrite here

*Food and beverages provided

Schedule:

8:30 a.m. - Doors open, check-in begins, breakfast served

9:00 a.m. - Event Kickoff

9:30 a.m. - Pitches and teams

10:00 a.m. - Hacking begins

12:00 p.m. - Lunch is served

5:00 p.m. - Hacking concludes, demo presentations

6:00 p.m. - Judges confer on top picks

6:30 p.m. - Winners announced

7:00 p.m. - Event completed

Topics: apps-and-software, Boston, Dev & Design, hackathon, Mobile, Tech, travel, Travel & Leisure