List of hackathons in Biel, Switzerland in 2018

Melonport is hosting a hackathon and we would like to invite our fellow members of the blockchain community to join us as we build the future system for asset management together! We would like to invite anyone within the community who is interested in using The Melon Protocol for future business cases to come and experiment with us, learn from us, and contribute! Together, let’s reinvent the world of finance.

We are hosting a hackathon this May 17 - 19 with the theme 'Reinvent Finance' and we would love to see you there!A total of CHF 50 000 (paid in MLN tokens) will be awarded to the winners of the hackathon. Out of this CHF 50 000, the grand prize for the overall winner will be CHF 25 000 (paid in MLN tokens).Want to participate?Sign up here: http://hackathon.melonport.com/We welcome all developers and members of the blockchain community to come and join us as we shape the future of digital asset management together! Developers will be working on specific solutions aiming to solve current problems in the financial industry using the Melon Protocol. (Experience in coding required for most topics, blockchain specific knowledge not required).Topics include:Compliance-KYC/AML-Legal-Risk ManagementFront-End and Design-UX/UIPerformance Enhancements-Light Client-NetworkingAsset Managers-Trading BotFreestyle-Choose your own topic(deadline for submission of these topics for approval from our team ofdevelopers is May 10).The event begins on Thursday, 17th May 2018, at 17:00 with a meet-and-greet for the attendees, followed by opening presentations by some interesting minds in the crypto space. Then.... the coding begins! You have time until Sunday at the closing time of 14:00 to deliver your product. The prize ceremony and closing social event will follow.The event will take place at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences in Zug/Rotkreuz (Switzerland). During this 3-day event, developers get to put their skills and knowledge to practice at real life applications in the blockchain asset management industry,Help us remove the inefficient tasks of day-to-day back office administration and replace them with automated smart contracts, so you can focus on the things you really want to do: like investing!We look forward to seeing you there,The Melon Team

1st Swiss-UN Day / 1. Schweiz-UNO Tagung / 1ère Journée Suisse-ONU, 23.03.2018University of Bern, UniS 8:45-9:15          Registration and coffee 9:20-9:30         Welcome remarks by Sebastian Justiniano Bircher, Chairman, Gesellschaft Schweiz-UNO (FR-DE-ENG) 9:30-9:45Opening Speech by Prof. Joseph Deiss, former Federal Councillor, former President of the UN General Assembly, Honorary Chairman United Nations Association Switzerland (FR) 9:45-10:00The UN and Switzerland in a time of feminism and “hackathons”Emilia Pasquier, Director, Foraus (DE) 10:05-11:20Panel Reconciling environmental limits and economic growth. Is the UN fit for purpose? Switzerland in international environmental negotiations: a bridge-builder for a better world?Ambassador Franz Perrez, Federal Office for the Environment (DE) Economic effects of natural disasters: what we know and what this implies for policy Prof. Eric Strobl, Chair Environmental Economics, University of Bern (EN) Building institutional architectures that support integrative implementation of the 2030 Agenda Tatjana von Steiger, Deputy Assistant Director General, Global Cooperation, Swiss Development Cooperation (DE) Tackling environmental challenges in the UN and beyond: views of a young generation Océane Dayer, Project Manager Agriculture and Politics, WWF Switzerland/ Founder-President, Swiss Youth for Climate (DE) Moderator: Prof. Thomas Breu, Director, Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern (DE) 11:30-12:50Panel The UN and the support for economic development – below the radar of high politics The WIPO development agenda (FR) Georges Ghandour, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Cooperating with the ILO to support better working conditions along the value chain Monica Rubiolo, Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs (DE) Making the international investment regime work for sustainable development: UNCTAD's reform package Elisabeth Tuerk, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (DE) International Telecommunication Union: Developing countries and the digital divide Fernando Rivera, International Telecommunication Union (FR) Moderator: Prof. Damian Raess (FR) 12:50-14:00Lunch Break 14:00-15:20Panel: Towards reaching an internationally actionable plan on migration withAmb. Pietro Mona, Swiss Development Cooperation (DE) Disasters, climate change and the Global Compact on Migration Prof. Walter Kälin (DE) Beyond statism: regions and cities in global migration governance Prof. Sandra Lavenex, Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva (DE) Moderator: PD Dr. Marion Panizzon, Institute for Public Law (Institut für öffentliches Recht), University of Bern (DE) 15:30-16:50High-Level Roundtable: UN institutional reform and the place of Switzerland in the UN  Mr. Carlo Sommaruga, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Swiss Parliament (FR) Amb. Thomas Gass, Director, South Cooperation, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (EN) Prof. Thomas Biersteker, Global Governance Center, Graduate Institute (EN) Mr. Salman Bal, Chief Political Affairs and Partnerships, Office of the Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva Moderator: Prof. Manfred Elsig, Deputy Managing Director, World Trade Institute (EN) 16:50-18:00Drinks reception (apéro)  

Access Code School organise un  Hackathon sur la ruralité connectée, en partenariat avec Bourgogne Franche Comté Numérique, Silicon Comté, Sequanux, la Filature 2.0 et les Monteurs-Passeurs  le samedi 10 et le dimanche 11 février 2018. Cet évènement, permettra de travailler sur des jeux de données en Open Data dans le but de créer des application innovantes en lien avec la ruralité. Il est ouvert à tous : Développeurs, Designers, ou simples particuliers... Des équipes pluridisciplinaires seront constituées le samedi matin, la restitution des travaux aura lieu le dimanche 11 février partir de 17H00.

Ils sont étudiants, collaborateurs d’entreprises, entrepreneurs, en recherche d’emploi. Ils sont graphistes, industriels, développeurs, marketeurs, ingénieurs, désigners, utilisateurs… chacun amène ses idées et ses compétences. Tous vont cogiter en équipe pendant 48h. Un évènement de ce type est un accélérateur de savoir et permet l’émergence de nouvelles idées et de nouvelles compétences. Inscriptions : https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-challenge-industrie-mulhouse-2018-41004548709