The Traver Hack-a-Jam-a-thon marks the official kickoff to the larger year-long Traver Creative Technologists Founders program (https://www.rit.edu/magic/programs#traver-creative-technologist-founders-program), that focuses on entrepreneurism and matching problems that creative industries face with software and technology solutions. The ideation weekend merges the best parts of an immersive design jam and a development hackathon to exploit the strengths of the RIT creative and technical communities in an intensive focus on new product ideas. The Hack-a-Jam-a-thon is perfect for software developers, technical artists, technical directors, media and games engineers, designers, artists, and any other student passionate about the intersection of art and technology.