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The MIT Global AI Hackathon 2025 brings together brilliant minds from around the world to develop AI solutions using MIT App Inventor. This year's theme focuses on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity. Participants will build AI apps that demonstrate creativity, social impact, and technical skill.

NASA's Space Apps Challenge 2025 is a 48-hour global hackathon where innovators tackle challenges using open data from NASA and 14 space agency partners. This year's theme "Learn, Launch, Lead" focuses on Earth observation, space exploration, and solutions that benefit life on Earth and in space. Join 450+ events worldwide or participate virtually.

The Creative Computing curriculum, developed by Harvard's Graduate School of Education, offers an introductory creative computing experience using MIT Scratch. This program provides ideas, strategies, and activities for educators and students to explore programming through creativity. Scratch, developed by MIT Media Lab, is used worldwide in 70+ languages to teach computational thinking.

IKCC organizes several international programming contests for children, including Scratch Olympiads and Digital Olympiads. Open to kids from around the world for free, these competitions celebrate young programmers' creativity and technical skills. With participants from 44+ countries, IKCC provides a global platform for coding education.

The International Computing Olympiad 2025 features multiple tracks based on age and expertise, with competitions open to all ages. Participants showcase their best work competing for substantial prizes totaling $30,000 USD. The competition emphasizes algorithmic thinking, problem-solving, and programming excellence across various difficulty levels.

Devpost hosts thousands of hackathons worldwide, connecting developers with opportunities to build innovative solutions. From AI and climate hackathons to student competitions, Devpost provides a platform for participants to showcase their projects, win prizes, and connect with the global developer community. Find virtual and in-person events throughout 2025.