Events

Participate, enjoy, learn!

Applied Computing Foundation hosts several global competitions to promote technology throughout the year, creativity, collaboration, teamwork, and even healthy ambition. Some of these competitions expect rigorous submittal requirements (ideal for high school students), while some are more informal and fun-oriented (suitable for middle school or younger kids). Find the one that sticks to you and compete with us!

P.S.: And oh, we have prizes for most of these contests, and you can participate in as many as you like.

Featured competitions

Future Impact Challenge

A Global Teen Tech Entrepreneurship Competition hosted from Silicon Valley for middle school and high school students aged 13 - 19.

Monthly App Challenge

A monthly challenge that provides a platform for students from underrepresented groups in STEM, to apply coding to real-world apps.

Game Impact Challenge

A challenge to celebrate middle school game makers who use coding to build educational games and make learning more fun.
Details coming soon!

Game Jam

A gala event where we host fun workshops for our participants AND others, alongside a competition between our existing pygame team projects.

Minecraft Hackathon

A 3-hours long hackathon where teams with up to 3-4 students collaborate on a themed Minecraft project, present it to judges, and win goodies.

Find more on our

2023 Calendar

Timeline	Event	Description	More Info
Jan. 3 - Jun. 1, 2023	Future Impact Challenge	An International Teen Tech Entrepreneurship Competition Hosted from the Silicon Valley for middle and high school students aged 13 - 19, to promote sustainable innovation.	https://www.fic.applied-computing.org/
Mar. 2023, Nov. 2023	SVTTT	Silicon Valley Teen Tech Talks features workshops and mentoring sessions by global technical innovators and Gen Z ambassadors	https://www.svttt.org/
Jul. 2023	Startup Teams Open House	A golden opportunity for startup teams to be able to interact with each other, alumni startup teams who are a proud community member of ACF even after crossing its portal, and for aspiring startup members to ask questions.
Aug. 2023	Macathon	Moving away from the barrier of one themed app per month, this an opportunity to work on your favourite open project, while winning prizes	https://mac.applied-computing.org/
Late Aug. 2023	FLL Team Tryout	Participants excelling in the tryout will be placed in the FLL team.	https://www.firstlegoleague.org/
Sep. 2023	Game Impact Challenge	A fantastic opportunity for all Pygame teams (as well as non-ACF teams) to be able to present their games live, host game nights, as well as a fun celebration week for ALL to relax, have fun, learn from industry mentors in game development, and network with each other, all while celebrating the spirit of gaming: which is to share joy and creativity!
Recurring monthly	Eco Hero Chess Tournament	An online tournament where players play a chess game designed to raise awareness about climate change and pollution.	https://www.ecohero4u.org/
Bi-annual (coming mid. Mar. 2023)	Scratch Demo Day	An opportunity for all our Scratch game-developers to be able to share their games with a passionate community, and learn from each other.
Quarterly (coming mid. Apr. 2023)	Pygame Demo Day	An opportunity for all our Pygame teams to be able to share their games with a passionate community, and learn from each other.
Recurring monthly	Monthly App Challenge	Creating a platform for students and adults, especially from underrepresented groups in STEM, to apply their theoretical coding knowledge in building real-world applications.	https://mac.applied-computing.org/
Quarterly (coming Apr. 2023)	Coach Mentoring	A career mentoring session for our commnunity of brilliant Code Coaches, who will get an opportunity to get coached by senior ACF Coaches who are all industry experts from the Silicon Valley	https://www.applied-computing.org/careers
TBD, in winter	Holiday-themed Competition	Coming Soon
TBD	Hackathon	Coming Soon