List of hackathons in Helsingfors, Finland in 2016

The Impact Business Competition 2016 is inviting you to come and develop business ideas with societal impact. Your mission will be to think big and bring an idea that solves a societal problem, social or environmental, or a solution that inspires you. You will get to work with a world-changing business idea with the help of experienced judges and coaches, get inspired by working with like-minded individuals from various backgrounds, find passionate co-founders to develop your idea, get an exciting experience of building a real business over the weekend, get prizes to help you bring your idea forward, and most of all enjoy your time with meals, new startup hubs and the Impact Iglu community!

This is the first FIVR hackathon (Finland VR Hackathon), a weekend long event for virtual reality and augmented reality enthusiasts to share ideas and come together to craft experiences with the latest VR platforms and gadgets. The topics that are to be covered on the weekend are: bringing archive material into AR/VR/360 environment Yle, building a way to travel through the history of libraries Central Library, and introducing new life to old stereoscopic images Helsinki City Museum. If you have your own topic in mind, then you are encouraged to pitch it during the topic presentations on Friday. You should bring your own laptop, tablet, VR gear, crayons and whatever else you think you might need for the event. You will be provided with WLAN, working space for the weekend, food and drinks.

This hackathon is aimed for Excel-enthusiasts, Microsoft Power BI and SQL Server professionals, data scientists' and generally for people interested in building data visualizations using one or more tools from the Microsoft BI and data platform stack (Power BI, SQL Server, Excel etc.). An event concentrated on Microsoft solutions and cloud-based services. At the start of the hackathon you'll get a quick overview on what's out there, how to get started and how to use open data APIs to build visualizations and dashboards. The best teams will win amazing prizes!

SomeJam is a communal event which uses digital technology in order to enhance the well-being of youth. Bringing together the know-how and creativity of various areas of work for a 48 hours hackathon to create new concepts such as web services for youths, mobile applications or other services utilising digital technology. Mentors for the teams are top specialists of new technology who have worked with or had influence in many Finnish social media companies and startups. A jury of technology specialists will pick and announce the winner who will get funding for further development and finalisation of his/her project.

The Skype University Hackathon 2016 is inviting students to come and develop tech solutions to current life problems. This is a 2 and a hlaf day event organized by StudyITin.ee in cooperation with Skype where you can turn your wild idea into something real, get help from Skype engineers, connect with other bright students, build something amazing and have fun! All communication related projects will compete for the Skype challenge prize, all projects that use Microsoft services or are built on its platform will compete for the Microsoft challenge prize, and all projects related to academic life will compete for StudyITin.ee prize!

Hackathons at Tuxera: a unique opportunity to develop your coding skills, learn from industry experts and meet other technology enthusiasts. This is the first in a series of events to learn and build new ideas and explore new possibilities around data storage and file and content management in mobile devices (Android and iOS) and the cloud. You'll learn the main tools, principles and patterns for handling and interacting with content and data stored locally or in the cloud, and how to build a great app and take it to the market. During the hackathons you will work in small teams. You can come up with your own ideas but we’ll also have a list of topics and challenges to help you get started. At the end of the event you can showcase your progress; keep in mind that this is a series of monthly events and you are encouraged to take part in all of them. In the final hackathon there will also be a give away with great prizes!

This hackathon brings together artists, programmers, designers, humanists, educators and others to create something new out of open cultural heritage materials!

This hackathon hosted by Onsight Helsinki and Sininen Meteoriitti is aimed for developers who want to learn and build new ideas with the help of Office 365 and the add-in model. You'll learn about the latest features, sample code, patterns & practices for creating Office add-ins. Come up with amazing solution together with your team and get the chance to win spectacular prizes. All you need is your laptop with Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio 2013/2015 installed, JavaScript and HTML skills and good energy!