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SWAT4HCLS 2016 (Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Health Care and Life Sciences)
05 Dec - 09:00 AM
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Healthcare and life sciences developers and professionals! Interested in the possibilities of semantic web technology for healthcare and life sciences? SWAT4HCLS invites you to sign up and participate in SWAT4HCLS 2016 (Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Health Care and Life Sciences). The event agenda includes tutorials, a conference, and a hackathon. Participate in the hackathon and develop innovative technology solutions to the following challenges:
»Innovative uses of Wikidata in the life science & health section of the semantic web.
»Clinical interpretation of Variants in Cancer
»Applying shape expressions on Wikidata subsets.
»Model a novel open life science/health resource in Wikidata.
Donders Hackathon 2016
26 Nov - 10:00 AM
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Neuroscientists, education scientists, teachers, programmers, and designers! Are you interested in the educational potential of apps and games? Come and participate in the Donders Hackathon 2016. You'll collaborate with like-minded professionals to develop innovative software solutions for education based on fundamental neuroscience knowledge. Showcase your skills and understanding to build a state-of-art educational app or tool.
Accenture Digital Hackathon
26 Nov - 09:00 AM
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Connect. Collaborate. Create.
Today’s challenges are too complex to be solved by any individual person or nation. The solutions of the future will require the creativity and innovation of us all, because only by working together will we be able to create a better world. This is the challenge that has been set for the upcoming Accenture Digital Hackathon; which will go beyond The Netherlands to also involve the United Arab Emirates, Germany, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, Czech Republic and Turkey.
It is to be Accenture’s first connected hackathon! An exceptional opportunity to come together with other talents in a challenge of international scope, sharing ideas and experimenting with the latest technologies and innovations.
What is in it for me?
Apart from working together in a dynamic and vibrant setting and at the intersection of business and technology, winning teams will be awarded with the following prizes:
1st place team: 1 voucher in the amount of € 500 for each team member
2nd place team: 1 voucher in the amount of € 300 for each team member
3rd place team: 1 voucher in the amount of € 200 for each team member
The top three teams overall will also receive the following prizes:
1st place team: 1 voucher in the amount of € 1000 for each team member to be used at Amazon
2nd place team: 1 voucher in the amount of € 600 for each team member to be used at Amazon
3rd place team: 1 voucher in the amount of € 400 for each team member to be used at Amazon
During the Hackathon, free food, beverages and a goodie bag will be distributed as well!
Background and theme
The main theme of the 24-hour hackathon is, “Connect, Collaborate, Create.” Participants will be asked to use digital technologies in creative, innovative ways to benefit people and the environment with a view to offering solutions in a range of fields. The goal of this challenge is to create prototypes of products, services and ideas that are able to generate social and economic value for the community by hacking common objects and using open data, open-source libraries, public APIs, frameworks for fast prototyping and software development, microcontrollers, sensors, and other hardware (e.g. 3D printers, beacons, wearables, etc.).
Sub-Themes of the hackathon are Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability.
Participation and teams
Participation is entirely free of charge and open to both individuals and teams of between 3 to 5 people. The teams will have 4 different roles:
Developer;
Designer;
Marketing Specialist;
Data Analyst / Data Scientist.
If you sign up as a full team, please reach out to amsterdam.hackathon@accenture.com.
Agenda and program
Calendar
Application: October 15th, 2016 – November 22nd, 2016 Evaluation of applications: November 15-22nd, 2016 Announcement of the Hackathon 2016 participants: November 18th, 2016
Check out www.accenture.nl/digitalhackathon for more Questions and Answers!
Robots at your Service
18 Nov - 06:00 PM
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Interested in how robotics can help the elderly? Come and participate in the Hack for Active & Healthy Ageing. This event is a hackathon where multi-disciplinary “hackers” will collaborate to design and develop solutions that can prolong independent living, and improve the quality of home care for the elderly. You'll be able to test your prototype directly in 2-3 simulated elderly living areas equipped with sensors, devices, development kits and robots.
Smart Urban Biking - Create the smartest concept about cycling in the city
18 Nov - 04:00 PM
Enschede, Netherlands
What is it:
Creathon (a hackathon where not only software but also concepts, hardware or other products will be developed)
Three days working on innovative ideas and solutions
About cycle mobility in urban areas, in the broadest sense: from solutions based on data about bicycles untill solutions for cycle sheds, from smart bikes ’till smart traffic observance installations
Based on existing (open) data, software and hardware
Goal:
Develop IT-driven products and/or services to improve liveability of our cities by leveraging Dutch cycling culture.
Why should you join:
Get ideas actual to live in prototypes and perhaps even a start-up
Work together and exchange ideas with other participants
Get coached by professionals
The link with (open) data systems from partners (manufacturers, organisations and government)
Completely arranged with overnight stay, eating and drinking, working together and relax together
Professional jury, prize for the best team (500 euro)
Challenge description
Air polution, traffic congestion and obesity. Do you think they belong together? …Yes, they all belong together and why? Because even more people live in urban areas where fresh air and space become rare and where people get less excited to move actively. Here are some facts:
In Holland about 3,000 people die some weeks or months earlier because of air pollution according to RIVM. And in Europe about 95% of the citizens are exposed to too high values of polluted substances in the air.
An average of 58% of the European population suffer with obesity (BMI >25) which will increase in 2030 up to 64%!
In London, Cologne, Amsterdam and Brussels, drivers spend over 50 hours per year on the road to traffic congestion. This number is even higher in Utrecht, Manchester and Paris: 70 hours!
It’s not only crowded in metropolitan areas, even the mid-sized cities recognize and feel the problems that are just described here above. We think that the Smart Urban Biking creathon can contribute to increase the liveablility from our cities and the side-towns. How? By using our cycle-culture smarter. It’s the most common form of transportation in The Netherlands. According to the Fietsersbond (cyclists’ union), 13.5 million Dutch citizens own at least one bicycle. They are used for 34% of all travel up to 7.5 kilometres. On average, a Dutch citizen makes 300 cycling trips each year, covering 878 kilometres. Can you improve our way of cycling even further, using creative (network) technology and open data?
During the Creathon you could start by exploring the various ways we use our bicycle. How can you improve safety and comfort when cycling to work or school? Or add gaming elements to a cycling trip in order to improve the fitness of children or the elderly in a playful way? And how can you provide the semi-professional middle-aged bicycle racer with exactly the right information for an optimal long-distance training session? And don’t forget that the cargo bike is also an excellent and flexible conveyance to transport people and products from one place to another.
You could also choose for a more technical approach. The thousands of bikes on the road, combined with the multitude of available sensor platforms, form one of the most detailed mobile sensor networks imaginable. In addition, cyclists and their (e-)bikes visit locations that are difficult to reach by car or drone. The resulting data-flows lead to all kinds of insights, which stimulate the development of surprising and innovative applications.
The combination of data from cyclists, bicycles and sensors with open data sets, which are provided by the participating municipalities, enables the development of unexpected possibilities and applications. If you have a golden idea during this Creathon, you might solve a relevant problem in society and even launch a successful new start-up.
Onderwijsdata onder de loep: Hackathon
11 Nov - 04:30 PM
Utrecht, Netherlands
Interested in education? Come and participate in the Hackathon: Education Data Scrutinized! Showcase your development skills! Create an innovative app using DUO's new API for education, to visualize education data in an understandable way! Show how pressing questions from parents, students, teachers and school administrators can be answered through access to the available open educational data. In what creative ways can the available data be presented so that the quality of education can be even better?
Data Science Hackathon Schiphol Airport
28 Oct - 09:00 AM
Schiphol, Netherlands
The Schiphol Group in partnership with GoDataDriven and Microsoft is inviting you to get involved in rich airport data, unique data sets and state-of-the art technology in order to work with data scientists on data sets unique to Schiphol Airport, including bird radar; flight and luggage data; and micro weather data per landing strip from the air traffic control tower. This is a data science hackathon where you'll have the opportunity to work with the Azure Cloud platform with the Cloudera stack and a wide array of DS tooling. Anyone with an interest in data science, machine learning, visualization, data-intensive programming, or general hacking is welcome to join!
Amsterdam Chapter Launch
20 Oct - 05:00 PM
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Come join us as we celebrate the launch of the Amsterdam Chapter of the VR/AR Association, a global organisation designed to foster research, develop standards, and promote and connect members working in the virtual and augmented reality industries.
Our inaugural event, sponsored by StartupAmsterdam, includes introductions by the VR/AR Association along with exciting updates from two pillars of the Amsterdam VR ecosystem, VRBase and VR Days Europe.
5:00-5:45pm - Registration.5:45-6:00pm - Opening by Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh, Amsterdam Chapter President at the VR/AR Association.6:00-6:15pm - Intro to the VRackathon by Robert Breton, Co-founder and CEO of the VR App Store.6:15-6:30pm - Conference updates by Benjamin de Wit, Festival Director at VR Days Europe.6:30-6:45pm - Intro to the Global WebVR Hackathon by Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh, Co-founder at Virtuleap.6:45-7:30pm - Networking over drinks & snacks.
Please RSVP as soon as possible in order to ensure your seat.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Amir-Esmaeil BozorgzadehAmsterdam Chapter PresidentVR/AR Association
Risk Student Risk & Regulatory Hackathon - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
19 Oct - 08:00 AM
Amsterdam, Netherlands
University students! Interested in banking and finance? Come and participate in the Reply Risk & Regulatory Hackathon and collaborate on a business case which addresses the simulation of a bank. The business case will simulate the evolution of a troubled European Bank entering resolution. You'll be asked to analyse data, work with the resolution organisations and make decisions in real time.
Building a Citizen Web: The Internet of Things Meets Blockchain
14 Oct - 09:00 AM
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This hackathon is about building a Citizen Web that would collect data in a crowd-sourced way for everyone’s benefit. The open source Nervousnet platform is trying to offer a participatory platform allowing everyone to collect data, mine data, and create their own Internet of Things app. The Hackathon is trying to connect Nervousnet with LoraWAN and The Things Network with a comfortable software platform and Blockchain technology (for security, privacy, and decentralized control, pluralistic payment and incentive systems, smart service contracts, ...).