List of hackathons in Liege, Belgium in 2017

From idea to functional implementation in just 36 hours? It’s possible! Each year, AE organizes a hackathon in which our consultants team up with our customers to come up with innovative ideas and turn them into working products or services.  Participating in the AE Hackathon can lead to wonderful results, exemplified recently by bringr, the innovative parcel delivery service we developed in co-creation with bpost and which won the Data News ICT Project of the Year Award 2016. How does the AE Hackathon work? The AE Hackathon is a great opportunity for multidisciplinary teams of analysts, developers and product owners to explore new technologies, insights and business models, allowing them to provide answers to the increasingly complex challenges people, organizations and companies are facing today. At the end of these intense two days, the team with the best executed idea walks home with a nice AE Hackathon award. Why we organize the AE Hackathon We organize the AE Hackathon to boost innovation, at AE and at our customers. Previous editions of the AE Hackathon have proven to what kind of value these sessions can lead for our customers. A great example of a service that has its roots in one of our hackathons is bringr, the innovative bpost app that won the 2016 Data News ICT Project of the Year award. Join in on the fun Each year, we invite our customers to actively participate in our AE Hackathon by making their API available, supplying data, attending the closing presentation or by taking part themselves - contact your account manager for more information. Register to attend the closing event and inspirational keynote.

Smart City enthusiasts -- developers, businesspeople, marketers, designers, professionals or students -- in and around Brussels! You're invited to participate in the #BrusselsTechCare Hackathon -- and help create digital solutions for security and crisis management. Come and help make your city safer by creating an innovative technology solution to one of six challenges related to communications during emergencies.

The EHL Hackathon Sports & Vitality is a gathering of creative spirits, technical minds and passionate athletes that develop new ideas and innovations on Sports, Vitality and Active Lifestyles during the Euro Hockey League on April 14-17.  During this EHL Hackathon, several cases about Sports & Vitality are presented by clients. Everyone can choose any project they like and form a group at the event. If you’re already working on a great idea that relates to the topic, then you can develop that further as well! We’ll provide you with prototyping gear such as 3D Printers, arduino’s, soldering stations and tools as well datasets and IoT-components. Next to this, you’ll be treated with breakfast, lunch and dinner at the EHL Hackathon location, which is next to the main field of HC Oranje-Rood. Over the course of the weekend, the group creates an awesome concept and builds a prototype that demonstrates how it works. A final presentation with a demo then concludes the event on Monday after which the judges will decide who wins the EHL Hackathon. The first prize is a ticket to join the 8-day summerschool in July at Tsukuba University in Japan! The Program: Day 1 – April 14th 16.30 – Registration 17.00 – Official Kickoff of the EHL Hackathon with 2 inspiring presentations. 18.30 – Dinner 19.30 – Case Pitches 20.00 – Group formation 21.30 – End of Day 1 Day 2 – April 15th 8.30 – Breakfast 9.30 – Start Hacking! 11.00 – Coaching / Expert sessions 12.00 – Lunch 19.00 – Dinner 0.00 – End of Day 2 Day 3 – April 16th 8.30 – B­reakfast 9.30 – Start Hacking! 11.00 – Coaching / Expert sessions 12.00 – Lunch 14.00 – Pitch Training 19.00 – Dinner 0.00 – End of Day 3 Day 4 – April 17th 8.30 – Breakfast 9.30 – Final Preparations 11.00 – Presentations 12.00 – Jury 12.30 – Prizes & Drinks Have you always wanted to visit Japan? Want to learn more about innovation in sports & vitality? Want to attend an awesome weekend with bright minds, passionate athletes and great hockey matches? Join the EHL Hackathon! There are only 30 spots available, so be quick to subscribe!  For more information, please don't hesitate to contact us.The EHL Hackathon is made possible by the Euro Hockey League, HC Oranje-Rood, Human Capital Care, Arboned, Eindhoven University of Technology, Fontys Sporthogeschool & Universiteit Utrecht.

Researchers, city planners, architects, and urban activists in Europe! You're invited to sign up to take part in Participatory Urbanism 2017. In addition to panels and workshops, you'll be part of a 24-hour Citizen Hackathon, where you'll collaborate to create innovative approaches empower cities and urban hubs through citizen engagement and participatory planning.

Young entrepreneurs in Belgium! You're invited to sign up to participate in the Hackathon for Young Entrepreneurs – April 7th-8th @Betacowork. If you're enthusiastic about being an entrepreneur. if you like meeting people, if you relish challenges...then this event's for you. The theme is FOOD! You'll be challenged to develop a business idea, strategy and communication, and business plan and then pitch your project to an expert jury -- for a chance to win a team prize.

The Living Data City Challenge hackathon is a two-day event where people with technical -, design -, and creative backgrounds come together to create new solutions through collaborative development. The goal: to use Open Data – information everyone can freely use – for public space, social innovation and living quality... Create playful applications for the municipality of Eindhoven, to inspire and challenge people to become more active, aware, social and happy! Public space is an important ingredient in the concept of a livable and healthy city. Open data and digital communication have given new perspectives to the design of public space. It allows transparency, participation, collaboration and opportunities to the people. During the hackathon you will research the Heartbeat of the City, finding a way to make Eindhoven an even more exciting place by making IT useful in a playful way. The Living Data City Challenge offers an exciting journey to undiscovered playgrounds. You and your team will be given a real challenge, and you will need your creative mind to find a solution. Register here to take part in the hackathon challenge for free. Hack your way to the grand prize and make a difference!

University students in Holland, Belgium and the Euro Region! Are you interested in how technology and digitization permeates everything we do today in our personal and business lives? You're invited to sign up to participate in the Hack 4 Smart Services 'Interaction of the Future' Hackathon. You'll be challenged to collaborate in a small -- 4-6 people -- team to conceive, design and prototype a solution to one of the following challenges: »Communication of the Future »Ethical trading of the future »Advice of the future »Citizen of the future

Engineers, designers, ICT-specialists in and around Eindhoven! Are you interested in how technology can help people who are struggling with disabilities or other setbacks? Come and showcase your creativity and skills -- in collaboration with like minded individuals. Demonstrate your mastery of augmented reality, artificial intelligence, gaming-technologies, or robotics to help make Holland a safer, friendly and helpful place to live for people with disabilities.

Original thinkers, concept developers, creative coders and designers from the Netherlands! Are you interested in innovative narrative forms for poetry and literature? VPRO Medialab invites you to sign up to participate in the Open Demos VPRO Hackathon - Literature & Poetry. You'll be challenged to come up with novel and creative ideas -- maybe 360 degree VR books, or poetry based literature games, or novel new digital forms for storytelling -- and present your prototype to each other and the jury.

Citizens of Wallonia! Do you have ideas on how to make your community more connected, greener, more sustainable, and smarter? You can help submit your idea at a Smart Cities Idea Workshop and have your idea be one of the challenges for the upcoming Futurocité Citizens of Wallonia hackathon. At the hackathon, true techies will make your idea come to reality and build a prototype solution.