Presented this year by BrickSimple, Philly Codefest is a 36-hour hackathon that encourages students and professionals from all experience levels and backgrounds to work together to develop innovative solutions to help solve real world challenges.

Philly Codefest is a free software and hardware hackathon that is open to anyone. No coding experience is necessary – just bring your creativity!

The theme for Philly Codefest 2018, computing for social good, encourages participants to develop novel applications and tools to impact a variety of challenges affecting the Greater Philadelphia area and beyond. Click here to check out some of last year's winning projects.

Attendees will form teams to work on projects, and then will present their final creations to a panel of judges – comprised of Drexel faculty, sponsors and Philadelphia tech community leaders – for a chance to win awesome prizes.

Codefest 2018 will kick off with a keynote address from Drexel alumnus Det Ansinn, '95, President and Founder of BrickSimple.

Learn more at PhillyCodefest.com and follow us on Twitter at @PhillyCodefest to stay up-to-date on Codefest- related announcements!