List of hackathons in Ashford, United Kingdom in 2015

**Currently sold out - please add yourself to the waitlist more tickets may become available! ** Howdy Fellow Umbraconistas! It's that time of year again when the crème de la crème of the Umbraco community descend on London for the UK's premier Umbraco event! This year we have another fantastic venue with some great talks being prepared that will inspire and amaze you. We are also running some interesting workshops during the day on a first come first served basis. Thursday 29th - Umbraco UK Hackathon On Thursday we will be holding the hackathon and bug fixathon which you are all welcome to come along to. Lunch will be provided for all attendees and it's a great way to get hands on with the Umbraco core. There will be a few guys from the Umbraco HQ there too to help out and we usually bash quite a few bugs on the day. Its a great way to get rid of some of those niggly little things that you wouldn't necessarily have time to do on your normal working day and it really helps drive Umbraco forwards! Friday 30th - Umbraco UK Festival Sessions The full schedule will be released nearer the time, but you can see all confirmed speakers on the festival website  NOTE: We will be starting at 0915 prompt so please make sure you are at the venue for 0845 latest to get your seats. We have a massive amount to get through so the keynote will be starting bang on time! Speakers If anybody has something amazing they'd like to show, we are still accepting entries, so get your thinking caps on. We look forward to seeing you there! The Cogworks team umbracoukfestival.co.uk NOTE: The deadline for refunds is 14 days prior to the start of the event.   FAQs Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event? There is no age limit for this event. Feel free to bring any older relatives or work colleagues should they be interested and of course they can stay awake long enough! What are my transport/parking options getting to the event? TUBE Nearest stations are: Barbican (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City) Farringdon (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City) Angel (Northern) TRAIN Nearest stations are: Farringdon (Thameslink, Southeastern) Kings Cross (East Coast, FCC, First Hull, Grand Central) St Pancras (East Midlands, Thameslink, Southeastern, Eurostar) Euston (Virgin, London Midland) BUS Buses passing nearby can be seen on the TFL website and include: 55 (Walthamstow Oxford Circus) 63 (Forest Hill Kings Cross Station) 153 (Finsbury Park Finsbury Square) 243 (Wood Green Waterloo) BIKE The Crypt on the Green is easily reachable from all areas. There are two Santander Cycle Hire docking stations close by which can be used Where can I contact the organiser with any questions? Please contact info@thecogworks.co.uk Is my registration/ticket transferrable? Tickets are not really transferrable becuase it causes a nightmare with name badges, but if you can't come then please let us know and we'll re-issue the ticket to someone who can be bothered to make the effort.

Welcome to the first ever Product Hunt MeetUp in London On October 26th we are hosting a talk where 5 awesome start ups will be demo-ing their platforms, sharing their learnings/struggles and have the famous growth hacker Vincent Dignan share his secret sauce on how to explode online.  Start Up's Demo-ing EventBox - Listen to listings to discover, gigs concerts and club nights happening nearby https://eventbox.fm/  Jobbio - Gives brands and talent the opportunity to find each other at a click of a button https://jobbio.com/ Loaf - Interactive recipes for better cooking http://loafapp.co.uk/ Helping B - Crowdfunding platform for launching sustainable products addressing humanity's greatest challenges https://helpingb.co/    Thrivo - Message a dedicated psychologist and receive support on life goals and issues http://www.thrivo.uk/  If you missed out this time, apply for December's meet up at hello@adpreneurs.com    Vincent's World Famous Growth Hacking Talk  Yes it's happening, find out the growth hacks used by the best startups in the world! London-based entrepreneur Vincent Dignan is to give an expanded version of his world-famous growth hacking talk, which was voted best session at SXSW V2V 2015 at IDEALondon October 26th. There's a lot of terrible information in the social media/online marketing/growth marketing space. This workshop intends to deliver, in real-time, real value to startups/entrepreneurs attending; including how to quickly grow a community online, how to ensure your emails and tweets get seen/answered, creating easy workflows, content marketing and user acquisition. Startups/entrepreneurs who attend will leave with many practical methods that will be useful in executing a growth strategy (free) applicable to many industries, actionable immediately. This session will uncover the tips and tricks the big startups have used, as well as secret hacks Vincent has used with clients he has worked with at his agency, Magnific. What you'll learn: 1. How to rapidly grow your social media communities and get free traffic/users/feedback from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram 2. How to guarantee you'll be writing about the right areas in content marketing, and a step-by-step guide to writing interesting content 3. Best practice for distributing content so it gets seen by your potential users/customers 4. A brief outline of how to hack PR coverage, and some tactics to quickly boost your SEO 5. An overview of the most up-to-date tactics and software to enable efficient email marketing, sales, and productivity 6. How to build your marketing stack for just $9 a month 7. Everything you need to know about user experience in 90 seconds (yes, really) Read what other people, who have seen this talk recently, have been saying about it at: Http://bitly.com/2015talks   Don't know Vincent? You should, and here's why: London-based Vincent Dignan helps grow early-stage companies through a combination of rapid social media growth, guerrilla community management tactics, and growth hacks which have seen companies go from zero to thousands of signups/followers/users virtually overnight. He founded planetivy.com & screenrobot.com. They have received nearly 20 million pageviews, while content he has overseen for other clients has received over 150 million page views so far. Last year his company, Magnific, beat 1500+ other startups to be accepted into prestigious accelerator Techstars London.  His company has driven thousands of followers, conversations, and signups for other startups, and his team of 750+ writers has written content for the likes of Mercedes, Burberry, Levi's, and Smirnoff. He has given talks at conferences and events around the world on content marketing, social media, growth hacking, and user acquisition. He currently teaches, mentors, or gives talks at conferences like SXSW & SXSW V2V, accelerators like Oxygen Accelerator, Techstars, Mass Challenge, and Barclays Accelerator, and teaches Digital Marketing at General Assembly. He has completed his first speaking tour of the United States, following universal acclaim in the U.K. How the night will unfold 6.00pm: General networking; 7.00 pm: Start-Up's Demo and speak about their mistakes and learnings  7.30pm: Vincent Dignan's Growth Hacking Talks 8.30 - 9.00pm: Questions, more networking; and drinks On November 6-8th we will be hosting the first ever Product Hunt Hackathon, read more here: www.producthunthackathon.com a 48hr event with 200 of London’s best designers, developers, marketers, hackers and business folk to create explosive solutions and figure out how can we make use of our (local, national, global) comunities to effect change? at a superb venue, Mass Challenge with millions of pounds worth of prizes, you can thank our awesome sponsors later! Sound good? Then get your tickets here: http://bit.ly/1GeARd9   Tweet your excitement here     *NOTE: By signing up you agree that we can use  emails for invites to future events and correspondence. 

Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC is further expanding its Technology Graduate Scheme by hosting our second hackathon: Our search for the next generation of top tech talent; To develop innovative web applications and help you secure your future career; Develop your skills and experience and secure a job at Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC.   Come and drive your ideas with a team of energised students and experienced in-house business advisors working with you to help you win. Our TechSprint will help you get creative and kick start your career!   The hackathon is open to all tech-minded graduates and final year undergrads. The Pre-Meet event (Oct 20th) will give you a chance to form a team to work with during the TechSprint (Oct 23, 24) - find out more here: http://graduates.euromoneyplc.com/techsprint   We will provide on-hand dedicated support, technical assistance and business advisors to help you get the most out of your vision, maximise your learning and gain as much as possible from the event.   Working with a small number of London businesses, we are building a three day event to bring together a curated group of forwarding thinking, creative minds. Recent and soon-to-be graduates come from across London, all looking to try new ideas and innovate on existing technology.   Sponsoring TechSprint by Euromoney gives sponsors the opportunity to directly market a concentration of early adopters and potential future customers. Our participants have gone on to win numerous hackathons, begin startups and join us right here in Central London.   Get Involved To… Advance your career – we’re hiring! Win a Cash Money Prize! Extra £1000 performance-based prizes! Visit a Hi Tech Central London venue! Increase your CV and portfolio value! Build real technical solutions to current business challenges! Get exposure to Agile Development! Be part of an awesome team with real industry developers! Learn industry Best Practices! Discover the bleeding edge of today’s Enterprise Technology Stack! Free food and drink!

With a focus on doing not talking, hackathons are a collaborative way to solve problems – starting with an issue and collectively developing solutions. It’s all about practical creativity. This Saturday hack takes a new look at volunteering and asks how can volunteering attract people who wouldn’t usually volunteer? We know that ‘volunteering’ can be a loaded term – with its connotations of charity shop shifts and regular commitment, it can turn off as many people as it attracts. Yet the evidence shows that volunteering benefits the volunteer just as much as it benefits those who the volunteer helps. We want to understand what can be done to overcome obstacles to volunteering and what would make volunteering a more attractive proposition for more people. Hack participants will set their own agenda and create their own solutions – it’s your hack and your ideas. Remember, a hack is to be enjoyed, not endured – come along, eat pizza, try something different and see what you can achieve in a day. Theme Collaborative Citizens Who should attend People who work with charities; people who work in charities. People who volunteer; people who don’t volunteer. Citizens; technologists; designers; communicators; service design experts – anyone who is interested in trying a different way to create practical solutions. About the hosts @hackessex Civic Camps are an approach that creates, in double-quick time, collective responses to societal challenges. We bring together people from all walks of life with an interest in getting stuff done. Our hacks are entrepreneurial in spirit, and are opportunities to problem-solve for all participants.

Calling all makers! The PCH Hardware Hackathon is coming to London! Join us and over 100 designers, developers, tinkerers, and innovators in October for a weekend dedicated to developing ideas and hacking hardware. Our goal is to help you take your prototype to the next stage. We provide you with the tools, mentorship and community to help build faster, better hardware. To be eligible to participate you must be pre-revenue, pre-launch. Tickets to this event are FREE but requires an application. To apply as a team or mentor, please visit our event page. What's a Hardware Hackathon? Watch the video Contact us Still have questions? Need an extra push to signup with your big idea? We're here to help. Contact us at events@hardwarehackathon.com.  ABOUT PCH Hardware Hackathon Breakthroughs from 3D printers to Arduino boards have lowered the barriers to entry for hardware hackers, but the challenge of designing products that are innovative as well as beautiful and easy to use remains high. This iteration of Hardware Hackathon will focus on just that problem: How makers – with a little help – can hack their way from concept to designing a product consumers will love.

This is a strategy and planning meeting for the worker co-op solidarity fund. The fund has been created to manage a permanent common fund, paid for by the voluntary subscriptions of individuals, worker co-op members, their worker co-ops or other organisations that support industrial democracy and collective ownership. All the decision making for the fund takes place on-line, but from time to time members meet to discuss and plan specific topics. The focus for this event will be designing and developing the fund's website. If you would like to contribute towards the Fund and become a member please join: http://s.coop/solidfundjoin Agenda 11.00 - 13.00 - Worker Co-op Solidarity Fund Meeting Focusing on general strategy and planning for the fund. Particularly setting out what the Website should be for. Ends with a lunch. 13.00 - 17.30 - WCSF - Hack-a-thon  Working groups focus on distinct areas agreed earlier in the day. In particular a group of web developer members will focus on designing and building the website. 17.30 - Late Co-op Social

This is a five week course, starting on the 13th October, all about INTELs Edison platform run at Fab Lab London and repeated across the country. You will also use IBM BlueMix cloud service and integrate the two.  The purpose is to enable you to build a project and share it with the community.  There is a small deposit (£50) for the board and components which get refunded when you have finished the hackathon and shared your adventure.  Each week we will set homework and review it.  You don't need to come each week but it probably is most helpful if you can and the content level is set that anyone of any level can join in.  However novices will probably have more homework than experts.   Each week the timing will be from 17.00 to 19.00  13th October.  Session 1. We will give out the boards, overview of the technology, power it up, set up the output function to control lights, servos and motors: Set Homework 21st October.  Session 2. Review the homework and do more on outputs so you are an expert. Setup the input functions so you can take data from sensors and switches: Set homework 27th October. Session 3. Review homework, do more on inputs so you become an expert, set up closed loop input/ output control system. where you use an input sensors to control how an ouput device behaves:  Set homework 3rd November. Session 4. Review homework, Intro to networking and cloud services. Set up ability to control the board from the internet. Set homework 10th November. Session 5. Review homework and look at advanced setting, networking, cloud, fault finding and support. Think about project for hack day A couple of weeks break 26th November  The hack day from 10.00 to 17.00 - come to the lab and build the project using all the Fab Lab machines and your board. Last task do a write up.   There are two tickets - you can pay the deposit in advance or pay on the day.  You will get refunded the way you paid.  

Create whacky but plausible enterprise apps in under 12 hours! Apply specific technologies to win extra prizes! The AppForum 2015 Enterprise Hackathon is a standalone activity running the day before the Zebra Technologies AppForum developer's conference on 13th and 14th October. It is free-to-enter and runs all day on Monday 12th Oct for those who wish to spend some of their time in London in a creative way and gain a chance to win one of the great prizes including Amazon gift vouchers, Parrot drones, Pebble Time Smartwatches and Go Pro 4 Session. Challenge Theme and Criteria  The theme for the Hackathon will be revealed at the start on Monday 12th October. The theme will define a broad definition of the topic but will give participants the freedom to create and develop a wide range of apps within the theme. Development language is open, so use whatever you are comfortable with - NET, C/C++, Java or Web based...native or via a developer framework/tool. The type of app is also left open to participants, it can be B2C, B2B or B2E or a combination! The only guidance is that it should be designed with the enterprise in mind, ie not a purely consumer/games app. The judging panel will apply certain Challenge Criteria for which extra credit will be awarded, but the final decision of the judging panel will essentially be subjective. As well as overall winner and runner-up, there will be some addition Technology-Category Prizes awarded for participants who incorporate those specific technologies as part of their submission. The Technology Categories will be listed on Judging Criteria Area and more may be added nearer the time as new Technology Category sponsors come on board. Initial Technology Categories already defined include:  Best use of RhoMobile development suite Best use ALK CoPilot Mapping Tools (not Sat-Navigation) Best use of Digital Defence Encryption SDK  Entry is FREE and refreshments will be provided. Pre-registration is required however so that we know you are coming along.   $2,250 in prizes  Overall Winner   $500 in Amazon Vouchers, or similar.    Runner Up - Parrot AR 2.0 Elite Drone   AR.Drone Parrot 2.0 Elite Edition    RhoMobile Tech-Prize - Pebble Time smartwatch (3)   With a new color e-paper screen and a thin, comfortable ergonomic design, the Pebble Time smartwatch is the companion you’ll want with you every moment, every day.  https://pebble.com/shop/pebble_time    ALK Mapping Tech-Prize - Go Pro 4 Session   Go Pro 4 HERO4 Session    Digital Defence Tech-Prize - Parrot Spider Drone (3)   Parrot Mini Drone Rolling Spider

The SLICKMEM and SLoBR Semantic Media projects present: The Linked Music Hackathon brings together those with a shared passion for music and the data that describes it: students, coders, researchers from all disciplines, and members of the public; all with an interest in exploring, combining, playing, hacking, and creating with the vast wealth of musical information now available in digital form. We will provide access to a number of linked (and potentially linkable!) musical datasets drawn from sources including the British Library and the BBC, with a particular focus on historical music data including early European music of the 16th and 17th centuries; as well as a collection of tools and expertise to aid in the interlinking, analysis, creative use, and (re-)publication of this data. Come and bring your ideas, enthusiasm, your own datasets and software, arts and craft materials, friends and colleagues! Technical expertise is not a requirement (although certainly much valued!) -- friendly techy collaborators will be available on the day. The goal is, loosely stated, to create something amazing, from scratch, within a very short time. This event will take place at Goldsmiths, University of London, from 10am to 5pm on Fri October 9th 2015. Datasets taking part:      British Library - Early Music Online (Royal Holloway, University of London)      Electronic Corpus of Lute Music      BBC Radio 3 Early Music Show programme data       Concert programme data from the In Concert project       More to come!   Provisional schedule 09:30: Coffee 10:00: Introduction 10:30: Presentation of datasets 11:00: Hacking starts! 13:00: Lunch 16:00: Presentations 17:00: Close. Discussions continue at pub! Sponsorship Would you like to sponsor the Linked Music Hackathon? Please get in touch! Adapted from Portion of a ms. leaf by POP (CC BY 2.0) Funding This event is funded by the EPSRC Semantic Media Network. Support Contributing datasets generously provided by: You have data that you would like to contribute? Please send us an e-mail!

WHAT IS IT? Kingdom Code is pioneering the UK’s first faith-inspired hackathon this October - joining a global initiative run by the Leadership Network. We are bringing together creatives, technologists, visionaries, entrepreneurs, and anyone passionate about faith and technology, to use their gifts to advance the Gospel.   The Global Hackathon will run in 15 world cities simultaneously, including Addis Ababa, Bangalore, Houston, Jakarta, Los Angeles and London. Together our vision is to provide more opportunities for communities around the world to participate and showcase innovation and entrepreneurship in their communities. We expect over 1,000 people to participate across the world, and address a number of challenges aimed at helping release the oppressed, teaching God’s Word, healing the sick, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and supporting the church and the body of Christ. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? We want to catalyse friendship, passion, purpose, and collaboration in technical and entrepreneurial communities. Like the first century Church who quickly used the technologies of the Roman Empire, we encourage contemporary Christians to use 21st century technologies to serve the Kingdom. To create a scalable community across the UK to accelerate and encourage Christian innovators.     A London judging panel will choose the award prizes to the best projects. The 2015 program will conclude in December 2015. Every participating city will give two of their local winners to a Global Judging Panel that will decide the best technologies created across the world during the Global Hackathon Weekend.   A final report will be published, summarising key highlights and results of the 2015 Code for the Kingdom Global initiative.   WHY THE COST? Ticket sales will cover less than half the cost. Kingdom Code is a not-for-profit group, with a passion to help Christians in technology find encouragement and collaborate. Over half the budget will be met by the generosity of sponsors.   THEMES FROM PREVIOUS CODE FOR THE KINGDOM HACKATHONS   HOW CAN TECHNOLOGY... • be leveraged to create, cultivate, and strengthen society's foundational relaIonships of marriage, family, friendships? • bring the word of God to the first generation of children who are growing up with mobile devices? • help cut and/or combat the effects of fatherlessness in a child’s life, in turn strengthening families, reducing poverty and crime? • become mobile games which disrupt the mindsets of atheism, postmodernism, violence, and secularism among youth today? • foster a culture of generosity towards each other? • identify, promote, test, collaborate, augment, and fill the gaps of ministry programs around the city? • disrupt human trafficking?   The London organising team is made up of 12 enthusiasts, from students to grandfathers - from coders to hardware makers to designers to finance types. All with a passion to see Christians in technology be encouraged and collaborate.   Join us in Picadilly on the first weekend of October - make new friends, get inspired and build something that matters.    Everyone is welcome - come as you are and join-up with a team on the Friday night, or bring a team with you. The Friday will start with food and then individuals / teams will pitch their idea, and invite people to join with them to hack for the weekend.    What can you do? Sign up now - get an early-bird discount. Get some friends together - bring a team - or just come as you are. Sponsor a place for someone less well-off? Think of a product you would like to build.   We can't wait to meet you.  love,  Rupert Edwards & James Doc On behalf of the London Organising Team       DRAFT TIMETABLE Friday, October 2 7:00 PM Doors Open   7:00 - 8:00 PM Dinner & Networking   8:00 - 8:25 PM Welcome & Review Format   8:25 - 8:35 PM API Presentations   8:35 - 8:50 PM Review - Official Challenges   8:50 - 9:20 PM Open Floor - pitch your own project   9:20 - 11:59 PM Team Formation/Create Away   Saturday, October 3   12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Creating   8:30 AM Breakfast   9:00 AM Schedule and logistics announcements, team rebalancing   12:00 PM Lunch   4:30 p.m.   Optional progress briefing, more developing   6:00 PM Dinner   9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Meet with Mentors and Subject Matter Experts   Sunday, October 4   12:00 - 2:15 PM Creating   8:30 AM Breakfast   10:30 - 12:00 AM Option to join with Sunday Service   12:00 PM Lunch   1:00 PM Presentation Walk-thru & Judges Make Rounds   2:30 PM Submission deadline; Team Presentations Begin   4:30 PM Judges adjourn   4:50 PM Call-back   5:00 PM Awards Ceremony 5:30 PM Closing