List of hackathons in Antwerpen, Belgium in 2018

Students, designers, scientists, makers, or just enthusiasts in and around Rotterdam! If you are interested in the circular economy, then you're invited to participate in the Crack The Material | Concrete Waste hackathon. You'll get to collaborate with subject matter experts to come up with an innovative way to reuse concrete waste into a valuable product -- for example, paper, jewelry, or building foam!

Border Sessions is a yearly tech culture festival on a mission to kick-start and fuel challenging ideas, experiments, and multidisciplinary projects. We unite creative and critical minds from around the globe who share the belief that technology should be a powerful instrument for positive change. We offer a multifaceted platform that connects various participants from public and private sectors. Together with our partner network and community we examine GROUNDBREAKING technologies and work towards SOLUTIONS FOR A BETTER WORLD. Border Sessions does this by organizing networking meetings, co-creation labs, workshops, sessions by inspiring speakers, a hackathon and the Border Labs Award. Each year at Border Sessions you get to meet new partners, like minded people and gain new experiences and ideas. Together we present and discuss our work, merge networks, explore and implement new instruments and materials, as well as, celebrate our successes and launch future goals and important missions. LABSCentral to this year’s Border Sessions Festival are various labs to provoke critical thinking, problem solving and explore innovative management skills. The labs focus on a specific topic or theme and a have clear mission and goal. CONFERENCEThe conference includes different international speakers, book presentations, workshops, a hackathon and the Border Labs Award. There are five tracks central to the conference and festival: Humanity, Society, Cities, Nature and And Beyond. Keep an eye on our website for conference updates. HACK THE PLANEThost the Hack the Planet Hackathon. During the “Hack the Planet” Hackathon creative minds will gather to collaborate with the organizations that aim to improve the world. Work in small teams to tackle some of the most pressing challenges they face and work on the problem that you are most eager to solve. The goal is to come to a solution that will actually be implemented right after the hackathon!

Dutch hackers, developers, makers, technicians, and entrepreneurs! Are you interested in the application of LiFi technology? BlueCity Lab invites you to participate in Hackathon LiFi during OSCEdays 2018. You'll get to collaborate and brainstorm with other LiFi fans -- working with open source LIFI wireless data communication technology. Help work on various research questions such as the influence of other light sources on the signal of the LiFi.

À la recherche de développeurs .NET ? Venez assister au Demo Day à Bruxelles Formation, le mercredi 6 juin de 10h30 à 12h30. Après 6 mois de formation intensive, 6 candidats spécialisés en applications web ASP.NET et certifiés MCSA Web Applications sont prêts à rejoindre vos rangs pour un stage ou un emploi ! Ces candidats ont pris part à la formation organisée par Bruxelles Formation, Cefora et Business Training. Ils ont également pris part à notre hackathon sur le thème des Smart Cities et de l'IoT organisé conjointement avec le Microsoft Innovation Center et le CIRB. Ils présenteront leurs applications développées pendant leur formation. Venez les rencontrer !

The first ever Bitcoinference will also feature a hackathon! Come join us to meet like-minded people and work on exciting projects using the blockchain technology. The two challenge themes we’ll work with are: Blockstack open source ID management on blockchain Ethereum sidechain   (more on these themes below) This event is open for all who want to get hands-on with the possibilities of blockchain technology. You don’t have to be a blockchain developer to join! Agenda flow: We’ll kick off the day at 9AM with registration and a welcome coffee. Soon after, the challenge owners will introduce the themes from stage and you’ll have the choice to join either group. We’ll organize well-balanced teams per challenge theme to hack away on creating meaningful solutions that you’ll get to present at the closing ceremony, around 6PM. The closing audience will include the full conference participants and speakers (listed here: https://www.bitcoinferenceeurope.com/). So, you’ll have a good chance of meeting potential supporters (e.g. investors) for the next steps in your projects. We’ll end the day with a nice reception and party with a live DJ! We have very limited complimentary spots so grab yours now before they run out! Blockstack: Blockstack is a new internet for decentralized apps where users own their data. A browser is all you need to get started. Our open-source community is building protocols & tools that make it easy to build scalable decentralized apps. Blockstack comes with authentication, user data portability, decentralized storage, mobile SDKs (software development kits), a testnet, and more! During the day, the challenge is to get to know the technical aspects of blockstack, create your identity, start using it and decentralize an existing (open source) application. There is a guide for you to get started: https://community.blockstack.org/hackathon Ethereum sidechain: Ethereum has recently become one of the most prominent blockchain technologies, now serving close to one million transactions per day! A particularity of Ethereum is its ability to run ‘smart contracts’, which are programs that run on the the blockchain. Besides trading, these programs can be used for a wide range of potential applications, from crowdfunding to identify management to gaming. This hackathon track will aim at exploring the possibilities of Ethereum, and at imagining and developing new applications by means of smart contracts. Basic knowledge of Ethereum programming is desirable to participate to this hackathon track. If you have not yet acquainted with Ethereum, we recommend to follow the excellent Cryptozombie tutorial of the Loom network https://cryptozombies.io, which will quickly get you started with the main Ethereum concepts. Alrightie, grab your complimentary tickets and see you on June 1!

Developers, designers, hackers in the Netherlands! Are you passionate about energy conservation? Planning to attend the Dutch Data Science Week 2018? Energy supplier Eneco invites you to participate in their hackathon, with the theme of Reducing Energy Waste. You'll be challenged to design an innovative energy saving solution that uses data sets from the Toon smart thermostat. Come and showcase your skills--collaborate and compete to build the best smart data app to help consumers stop wasting energy.

Developers, data scientists, energy experts, designers, marketers, or Innovators? Are you interested in hacking the energy neutral city of the future? You're invited to participate in the Energy Hack NL 48-hour hackathon. Register as a team, or join one at the event! You'll have access to relevant datasets and APIs for the city of Eindhoven. You will face your choice of one of three Smart Energy challenges: Flexible Energy, Sustainable Area Development, or Sustainable Mobility. In addition to the energy technologies, you may use whatever technology you choose -- such as data science, Internet of Things, or blockchain! So come and collaborate and compete for your share of a €7000 prize pool.

Developers, data scientists, energy experts, designers, marketers, or Innovators? Are you interested in hacking the energy neutral city of the future? You're invited to participate in the Energy Hack NL 48-hour hackathon. Register as a team, or join one at the event! You'll have access to relevant datasets and APIs for the city of Eindhoven. You will face your choice of one of three Smart Energy challenges: Flexible Energy, Sustainable Area Development, or Sustainable Mobility. In addition to the energy technologies, you may use whatever technology you choose -- such as data science, Internet of Things, or blockchain! So come and collaborate and compete for your share of a €7000 prize pool.

Hack4Diamonds is the first hackathon ever done in the diamond industry. It is aimed to tackle industry challenges and innovate the diamond industry. Nothing shines more than a bright idea! More information on hackfordiamonds.com

It's Belgium's biggest hackathon. For individuals, it's the best place to make your professionals dreams a reality. For companies, Hack Belgium is the key to your future success. It boosts all your open innovation capabilities. You'll connect with the cream of Belgium's innovation ecosystem and you'll kickstart collaborative innovation projects that will make you not only survive but thrive in the upcoming wave of technological disruption.