List of hackathons in Heemstede, Netherlands in 2016

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.

Hackers, designers, coders in and around The Hague! Interested in creating practical solutions to society's pressing energy and healthcare problems? The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) invites you to sign up and participate in an Open Market Hack. Collaborate with like-minded individuals to help solve growing problems in Dutch society: »Big Data in Healthcare for individuals »Energy affordability, accessibility and availability for businesses and individuals Design and prototype a solution to one of these challenges. You can build a website, a mobile app, or maybe a piece of hardware. It's your choice!

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!

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.

You’ll get access to over 20 datasets. Can you translate this data into opportunities? We’re seeking smart and sustainable mobility solutions for everyday challenges including traffic jams, flight delays, location services, road assistance, traffic safety, train outages and route guidance. Join the two-day hackathon and win eternal fame and great prizes (totalling €12.000). http://www.dutchmobilityhackathon.nl

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?

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!

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

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.

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, ...).