List of hackathons in Lahti, Finland in 2016

Hackers from schools, startups and corporations in and around Helsinki! Come and sign-up for Ultrahack 2016 Finals Day 27.11. Attend and participate in Ultrahack - Hackathon of the Year and you'll get the opportunity to be exposed to awesome new technology and you'll meet and network with like-minded future technology oriented people.

Hackers, developers! Come participate in Finland's largest health and welfare hackathon. Collaborate to develop new solutions based on digital technology, robotics and artificial intelligence to respond to the social and health needs. Harness mm. robotics, open data and virtual reality in order to create a better everyday life. Develop new solutions to challenges such as mobility, vision, learning and understanding, mental health, aging and health maintenance.

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.

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.

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