List of hackathons in Tallinn, Estonia in 2018

WHY Our mini-hackathon wants to inspire and encourage women to put their coding skills into a project they can add to their portfolio. WHAT From the Girls’ Coding Club, aimed at all the self-identified women interested in learning coding skills, we are bringing you the Girls’ Coding Weekend. A 2-day event for participants to create a product from scratch. HOW We believe in getting our hands dirty and this is no exception. We’ll have 3 tracks for all levels so whether you participated in the Girls’ Coding Club or not, just bring your coding skills and get ready to create something. FOR WHOM If you identify as a girl and you have some coding skills under your belt, you’re more than welcome to come. WHEN & WHERE We’re kick-starting the weekend on Saturday, December 16 at 9.30 and we’ll wrap up on Sunday, December 17 at 17.00 at The Shortcut Lab (Lapinlahdenkatu 16, Maria 01, entrance 15B)  !!!! If you can no longer attend, please cancel your registration so we can give your spot to someone else. You can send an email to event.cancellation@theshortcut.org mentioning the event you wish to cancel.

The 2018 edition of the highly-popular annual EIT Digital Finland Innovation Day will take place on December 11th, 2018, at Dipoli, Espoo Otaniemi.  The theme of the 2018 Innovation Day is "Digital Cities" and it is organized in close co-operation with our French node.  Program 9.00: Registration and Coffee. 10:00: Welcome & opening:  EIT Digital Finland Node Director, Marko Turpeinen. 10.15: Three inspiring Key Notes, each elaborating the topic of “Smart Cities and Smart Mobility” from their respective angles of cities as the owner of the sandbox, an innovator visioning the future, and an industry representative as an enabler. Anni Sinnemäki, Deputy Mayor, City of Helsinki Sampo Hietanen, CEO, MAAS Global Antti Lippo, Demos Helsinki 11:45:  Exhibition overview. 12:00: Networking Lunch. 13:00: Keynote by our Digital Cities Action Line Leader, Stéphane Péan. 13:20: “Cities as Platforms - Changing Use of Urban Space” panel discussion. Paloma Bautista, CHAOS Architects Pekka Koponen, Forum Virium Helsinki Jussi Suomela, GIM Guillaume Toublanc, EIT DIgital France 14:30: Innovation Ecosystem Success Stories. CEDUS (Italy) Espoo Marketing (Finland) INSTANT Systems (France) 14:55: Closing words: Marko Turpeinen. Don't miss our exhibition Parallel to the afternoon program, you will have the opportunity to explore the demos of selected EIT Digital Innovation Activities.  Among the exhibitors, will be the following EIT Digital Innovation Activities, each presented by our partners:  ACTIVE (Advanced Connectivity Platform for Vertical Segments - Ericsson) Ai-Move (Artificial intelligence platform that detects physical health-related conditions in the workplace - University of Oulu). AR4OmniSales (Augmented Reality and Machine Vision technology for smart retailers - VividWorks) Augmented Welder (Forum Virium Helsinki) Bright Ageing (Forum Virium Helsinki) CEDUS (City Enabler for Digital Urban Services - Engineering) ERICS (European Refugee Information and Communication Service; "CAPICHE" - Aalto University) OEDIPUS (Operate European Digital Industry with Products and Services - Aalto University). Security Operations Center For Critical Infrastructure (F-Secure). Startup to Scaleup Launchpad Europe (Assist startups to grow and succeed by facilitating the cooperation with investors and corporations - Espoo Marketing & Nokia). Smart Delivery Network for Urban Areas (Bookit). Virtual Building Service (Easy people flow and occupancy simulations for buildings - Kone Corporation). The following startups have confirmed their attendance at the Exhibition: MOPRIM (Motion sensing company offering a SaaS Platform) GIM and Sensible 4 (Vehicle automation systems for harsh Nordic winter conditions and extreme environments) Ultrahack (Ultrahack combines hackathons, an innovation platform and accelerators in a unique manner). VimAI (VimAI enables indoor augmented intelligence by taking advantage of computer vision and machine learning techniques.) EIT Digital Partner Stands: Forum Virium Helsinki Tallin Technical University EIT Digital Stands: EIT Digital Academy EIT Digital Accelerator Scaleup program Expand and strengthen your professional network  An “Open for All Attendees” online matchmaking tool is available for you to maximize your visit to our Innovation Day by establishing new value-adding relationships.  You find the link to the matchmaking tool both on the on-screen confirmation message and the email you will receive after you have submitted your registration Looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday, December 11th! Marko Turpeinen Node DirectorEIT Digital Finland Questions  For any possible questions, please contact our Co-Location Center Manager timo.sorsa@eitdigital.eu . Visit EIT Digital Privacy Policy.

City problems should and can be solved in an open format engaging authorities, citizens, scientists and entrepreneurs at the same time in the same room! Come and listen innovative ideas how to improve Tallinn biowaste separate collection in kitchens, catering establishments, food processing industries and stores. The most critical issue in the present waste management system in Tallinn is the biodegradable fraction in municipal waste, that should be collected separately. The main reasons citizens bring out as obstacles in waste separate collection are lack of space for different bins in the kitchen and the long distances from the nearest biowaste container. Help finding the most feasible solution together for Tallinn. The best solution wins support for the pilot project for one year in Tallinn to implement the solution and improve it further. More information about Biowaste City Challenge here. BIOWASTE CITY CHALLENGE FINAL PITCHING EVENT When: 21st of November at 13.00 – 18.00Where: Von Stackelberg Hotel Carriage House, Toompuistee 23, Tallinn AGENDA 13.00 Greetings13.30 Keynote speech by Anneli Ohvril13.50 Introduction to City Challenge 14.00 Best solution pitches16.00 Jury discussion / Snacks and networking17.00 Award ceremony The project is powered by Climate-KIC, The Ministry of The Environment and Cleantech ForEst. The great partners are Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre (SEI Tallinn), Tallinn City Government, Tallinn Waste Centre, TalTech, Environment Agency and Estonian University of Life Sciences. Who is Cleantech ForEst - Cleantech for Estonia Cleantech ForEst accelerates green innovation in Estonia by providing funding and mentoring opportunities for cleantech startups. They run mobile educational program for environmental experts – Pioneers into Practice, hackathons, seminars Cleantech Breeze, green idea competition ClimateLaunchpad and Climate-KIC accelerator for green startups.

AI & Flood of Information - Everyone waiting for a trip knows how easily the preparation and care of schedules cause last minute stress. At the same time we live in a flood of information which promotes the need of receiving relevant content at the right time. How could AI help Finnair target the most interesting and needed messages just for you when you are about to start your trip? How could AI be used to optimise content in digital messaging channels from the moment you start to wait your trip until it’s time to step into the plain? Sign Up and join a one of the Teams that together with a crew from Finnair tackle this challenge! Some details of what to expect Prize: Winning team receives gift cards worth of 60 - 80 euros for all team members Finnair Crew: Representatives and experts from Finnair Time Table: 12.00 we start with lunch, Hackathon work kicks off at 13.00 untill to 17.00. After this we move to Pitching and finally announcing the winners! Learn more about the Design Thinking Hackathon: hackathon.nordicmorning.com

Situational Awareness at Railway Traffic & AI - How could AI enable more efficient care of railway traffic? How could it enable better situational awareness and versatile way of working for operations center, conductors, train drivers and other personnel working with railway traffic?  Sign Up and join a one of the Teams that together with a crew from VR tackle this challenge! Some details of what to expect Prize: Winning team receives gift cards worth of 60 - 80 euros for all team members VR Crew: Representatives and experts from VR Time Table: 12.00 we start with lunch, Hackathon work kicks off at 13.00 untill to 17.00. After this we move to Pitching and finally announcing the winners! Learn more about the Design Thinking Hackathon: hackathon.nordicmorning.com If you would like to learn more about what we do, head over to nordicmorning.com

Alko & Responsibility - From the customer point of view it’s important to concretise full range of responsibilities of provided products, help customers to make responsible decisions and raising the bar of customer experience while underlining responsibility. How could Alko utilise AI when developing the customer facing responsibility? Alkos social goal is to reduce the harms caused by alcohol. This means that Alko does not approach this responsibility through separate projects as it’s the foundation for all activities. Alko executes it’s responsible role by making sure that they are responsible when selling and buying products, operating so that their actions support sustainable development of environment and taking care of employees know-how and wellbeing. Alko wants to serve its customers by providing a customer experience that is prime and responsible.   Sign Up and join a one of the Teams that together with a crew from Alko tackle this challenge! Some details of what to expect Prize: Winning team receives gift cards worth of 60 - 80 euros for all team members Alko Crew: Representatives and experts from Alko Time Table: 12.00 we start with lunch, Hackathon work kicks off at 13.00 untill to 17.00. After this we move to Pitching and finally announcing the winners! Learn more about the Design Thinking Hackathon: hackathon.nordicmorning.com If you would like to learn more about what we do, head over to nordicmorning.com

Are you feeling lucky? Special challenge for true Design Thinkers who are not afraid of facing what is yet to be unknown. Some details of what to expect Prize: Winning team receives gift cards worth of 60 - 80 euros for all team members Sponsor Crew: Representatives and experts from Sponsor organisation Time Table: 12.00 we start with lunch, Hackathon work kicks off at 13.00 untill to 17.00. After this we move to Pitching and finally announcing the winners! Learn more about the Design Thinking Hackathon: hackathon.nordicmorning.com If you would like to learn more about what we do, head over to nordicmorning.com

Robot Uprising Final Showcase!Welcome to the most epic robot battle of 2018! Robot Uprising is the biggest story driven robot hackathon in the Nordics. The hackathon brings 150 hackers, robot enthusiasts and cyborgs together from all over the world together. In the Final Showcase, 30 robots will be racing in a track trying to gain the power to change the world. The competing teams have had 48 hours to design, build and program Lego Mindstorms robots and guide them through twisted race track.  We warmly invite you to join the Final Showcase of the Robot Uprising hackathon. Come and enjoy the epic atmosphere. Get to know the robots, tech and AI companiesMain partners: Futurice, Liquid Studio, Nixu & VismaSunday 21.10. program:  12:00 Doors open at noon13:00 The Final Showcase starts16:00 Prize ceremony Get your ticket now and see you on Sunday! 

The Hack4FI – Hack your heritage! hackathon brings together artists, programmers, designers, humanists, educators and others interested in digital cultural heritage and multi-professional collaboration. Join us to create something new out of open cultural heritage materials! The third Finnish Hack4FI will be organised 5-7 October 2018 at Helsinki City Museum.  The event is FREE of charge, but requires registration.  The registration is binding: we will charge 75 Euros for no-show. If you are unable to participate, please cancel your registration by October 3rd, 2018.  More information: http://hack4.fi & Contact: hack4fi@gmail.com Follow: #Hack4FI @Hack4FI

Ultrahack Sprint 2 is Ultrahack's autumn event of 2018 giving teams of multidisciplinary talent the opportunity to get creative, or advance their projects relating to various themes. So far: - Hack the index – Manage your portfolio like a pro with OP - Open challenge with Think co and TKO-äly ry