



What is FemmeHacks?
Celebrating our 10th year, FemmeHacks is a two-day collegiate hackathon hosted at the University of Pennsylvania by the university’s Women in Computer Science chapter. FemmeHacks aims to empower, educate, and inspire women and non-binary people across the nation. After forming teams, attendees build a variety of web, mobile, and hardware applications, learn from workshops, and attend various speaker events.
Who can attend?
FemmeHacks welcomes trans and cis women, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people of all levels of experience – equality for all! Participants range from students from a variety of schools such as University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Drexel, Rutgers, Bryn Mawr, Villanova, Temple, Haverford, as well as young talents from Philadelphia high schools looking to break into the tech field. Last year, we had over 300 attendees!
Why attend FemmeHacks?
FemmeHacks is committed to education — we host workshops on topics including GitHub, web development, iOS development, and computer graphics. Attendees can connect with women and non-binary people in tech. Last year, over 87% of our attendees made valuable connections with a fellow student or mentor! We also have free swag for all attendees and company-sponsored prizes for hackathon winners.

Schedule
February 16th
4:00pm - 6:00pm
4:00pm - 5:00pm
5:00pm - 5:30pm
5:30pm - 6:00pm
6:00pm - 6:45pm
6:00pm - 6:45pm
7:00pm - 7:45pm
7:30pm - 8:30pm
8:00pm - 8:45pm
8:00pm - 9:00pm
9:00pm - 9:30pm
9:30pm - 10:30pm
Check-in
Self-intro &
Team Formation
Opening Ceremony
Dinner
Beginner Workshop:
Intro to Web Dev Pt. 1
Intermediate Workshop:
Intro to UI/UX
Beginner Workshop:
Intro to Web Dev Pt. 2
Intermediate Workshop:
Intro to iOS
Beginner Workshop:
Intro to Git
Beginner Workshop:
Machine Learning
Team Formation &
Speed Dating
Game Night!!
February 17th
7:30am - 8:00am
8:00am
8:00am - 9:30am
10:30am - 12:00pm
12:30pm - 1:30pm
1:00pm - 2:30pm
3:30pm - 4:30pm
4:00pm - 5:30pm
6:00pm - 7:00pm
6:00pm - 8:00pm
8:00pm
8:00pm - 8:30pm
8:30pm
8:30pm - 9:10pm
9:40pm
Breakfast
Hacking Starts
Office Hours –
Ideation
PM Talk
Lunch
PhD Talk
Internship Panel
Skribble
Dinner
Office Hours
Hacking Stops
Submission Time
Devpost Submission
Deadline
Demo Fair
Closing Ceremony
Frequently Asked Questions
What is FemmeHacks?
FemmeHacks is a 2-day long event for women, non-binary people, and historically underrepresented groups to form teams, brainstorm an idea, and build it into execution.
Who can attend FemmeHacks?
Any women-identifying or non-binary people can attend FemmeHacks.
Register through this link!
I don’t have a team/idea. Should I still register?
Yes! We’ll have team formation and ideation workshops to help you find great people to work with on an idea that excites you. Many past attendees have formed teams or brainstormed ideas during the hackathon – we encourage you to register regardless!
When and where will FemmeHacks be?
This year, FemmeHacks will take place on February 16th-17th, 2024. We look forward to seeing all of you back in-person on Penn campus this year!
When do I need to register by?
Registrations will be considered on a rolling basis until February 3rd, 2024. After then, we will consider applications if we have the capacity for more hackers.
Will there be swag or prizes?
Yes, there will be swag handed out to all attendees at the event! Addtionally, prizes will be awarded to top projects! Attending FemmeHacks is also completely free.
What kinds of projects have past attendees made?
Past attendees have made all sorts of web, mobile, and hardware applications. View projects that our attendees have built here!
I don't have that much/any coding experience. Should I still register?
Absolutely. FemmeHacks is beginner-friendly – plenty of hackers come in without any coding knowledge. We host beginner-friendly workshops, such as Intro to Web Development and Intro to Python, to teach coding from scratch. We have mentors to help you during the hackathon, too!
Our Sponsors






Interested in sponsoring FemmeHacks 2024? Reach out to sponsor@femmehacks.io, we'd love to hear from you!
Our Team

Cherilynn Chow
Director of Logistics

Ani Petrosyan
Director of HackerX

Nora Han
Director

Ximing Luo
Director of Marketing

Maria Ramos
Director of Sponsorship