List of hackathons in Newcastle, Ne1 in 2018

Secure Code Warrior HackDays(SCWH): To further enhance our skills, we’ve managed to secure licenses for a platform called Secure Code Warrior (SCW) which is a gamified approach to improving your secure coding skills. It’s a suite of hands-on, interactive learning scenarios that enable developers to master secure coding techniques in different development languages and frameworks. It goes beyond the classic multiple choice techniques and offers hands-on challenges where software design and code needs to be analysed for security weaknesses. Once identified, you need to modify the code to remediate or mitigate the weaknesses. SCW supports different languages and technologies C# (.NET, WebForms, MVC), Java (Spring, Struts, JEE), Ruby (on Rails), Python (Django), Node.JS, Scala (Play) etc. Topic of the Month: Open source code is becoming an integral part of modern IT industry. We must manage unique risks and rewards of this software development model by establishing a robust security strategy. Gaurav Gaur, Developer @HMRC-DDCN, is going to talk about "What it takes to be Open Source?". He will talk about: Security measures and steps HMRC takes before going open source Case study about couple of security incidents @HMRC Hackathon: We will conclude the session by introducing a new of set code security challenges. The competition will be open for 3 days and there are some prizes to be won.   Pre-requisites: SCW account (if you don’t have one, please contact Ryan Allan) Laptop to participate in hackathon Any suggestions for future sessions

Every organisation is different and the ways we innovate even more so. Join us at Martel Instruments as they give us an insight into the innovation journey that led them to creating their latest product, and hear about innovation in a rather larger organisation.   Keith Walker, Martel Instruments VIDA 4.0 is the latest innovation from Martel Instruments. Keith will give an exclusive insight into how the product was created, the minds behind VIDA 4.0 the partners that helped create the product and it’s recent launch. You're also invited on a tour around Martel's factory and Innovation Room at the end of the main event   Paul Sutherland, Add Strategy Northumbrian Water has long had an innovative approach to business, but in recent years has embraced techniques such as design sprints and hackathons, culminating in their 5 day Innovation Festival earlier this year. Much of that work has been led by Paul Sutherland who will give some insights into the workings of a large corporate, and the challenges faced in introducing new innovation methods