AG2 Hackathon @ Fordham Gabelli

Build a working multi-agent AI prototype in a day. Keynote from IBM Fellow Dinesh Verma, hands-on workshop from the AG2 core team, then you ship. NYC, May 3rd, free.
9:30 - 10:00 AM: Check-In & Team Formation
10:00 - 10:30 AM: Keynote by Dinesh Verma, IBM Fellow, https://research.ibm.com/people/dinesh-verma
10:30 - 11:00 AM: AG2 workshop by Qingyun Wu (AG2 co-founder & CEO), Vasiliy Radostev (AG2 Head of Eng)
11:00 - 4:00 PM: Build. Orchestrate. Ship.
4:00 - 6:00 PM: Present. Judge. Award.
AG2 is an open-source framework for building multi-agent AI systems. This is a full day hackathon — you'll start with a hands-on workshop to get up to speed, then spend the rest of the day building a working prototype and demoing it at the end.
You don't need prior AG2 experience, but you should be comfortable building software and apps.
Come solo or with a team. Both work.
Free to attend. Food provided.
Credits
All participants will get credits to use the AG2 platform, Tavily (web search), and Google Gemini during the hackathon. The first 120 participants will also receive a $100 Daytona coupon (code execution), distributed at check-in.

Prizes
Best Use of AG2 for Scientific Research: Built something that could actually move the needle in a research context — data analysis, literature review, lab automation, anything that makes a researcher work faster or better.
Best Multi-Agent Collaboration on the AG2 Network: Multiple agents working together, each with a clear role, solving something that a single agent couldn't do alone.
Most Impressive AG2 Build, Any Domain Open category. Best overall build wins, regardless of what it does.

Rewards Winners will receive:
$3,000 in Daytona credits for the best overall project (sponsored by Daytona)
Platform credits — AG2 platform credits to spend on LLM costs and other tooling as you keep building after the hackathon
Social media spotlight — featured coverage of your project across AG2's channels
AG2 swag — exclusive merch from the AG2 team
Huge thanks to Daytona for supporting the hackathon with participant credits and prize sponsorship. Daytona provides secure, isolated dev environments for running AI-generated code at scale.

Hosted by
Fordham Gabelli School of Business
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