RSVP for Hackathon and Idea Bounce Registration, Free Lunch Ticket, and Free Merch ❗

DevFest WashU is a conference-hackathon combination hosted by the largest computer science and technology-focused student groups at Washington University in St. Louis, including Google Developer Group WashU, Association of Computer Machinery, Women in Computer Science, and Hack WashU, DevFest WashU brings together the software & technology community in WashU and the greater St. Louis region, where students and other attendees can learn about software development as a career through technical workshops, speaker series, hackathons, and networking. The event is a one-day conference combined with an overnight hackathon (spanning the weekend of April 12-13th).

Speaker Series/Networking 🎯

Register on this page to sign up for our speaker series events on Saturday, April 12th. We are hosting a group of incredibly talented speakers across many technological industries/careers, including cloud/infrastructure development, machine learning/artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship/startup, and more. Learn about creating a VC-backed startup, working for big tech companies, and industry applications for common software tools like generative artificial intelligence.

Google Developer Build with AI Hackathon 💻

If you are interested in the Hackathon portion of DevFest, please have every team member register on this page. Teams can sign up for the Hackathon on the link here.

🏆 Prizes

• 1st Place: $500 Cash – Sponsored by the WashU Skandalaris Center

• Innovation Award: $400 Cash - Sponsored by Arch Grants

• 2nd Place: $400 Cash – Sponsored by the WashU Digital Intelligence and Innovation (DI2) Accelerator

• 3rd Place: $300 Cash – Sponsored by the Cortex Innovation Community

🚀 Compete in teams of up to 4 and put your coding skills to the test! The Google Developer Build with AI Hackathon is part of a global series of Google Developer Groups that challenge participants to build innovative projects using Google technologies, including Gemini AI and other Google APIs. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced coder, this is your chance to collaborate, learn, and win big! Sign up for the conference and more details about Hackthon sign-up will be shared via email.🔥

IdeaBounce💡 

IdeaBounce is an event being hosted at DevFest in conjunction with the Skandalaris Center where aspiring entrepreneurs give 2-minute elevator pitches to seasoned entrepreneurs about their ideas. Judges score each pitch based on three criteria: clarity of the presentation, request for help, and passion of the presenter. You can sign up for the IdeaBounce here, with the top 3 pitches sharing a prize pool of $500.