List of hackathons in Ashford, United Kingdom in 2017

Love ideas? Want to play and build something without any pressure of it being the 'one'? Curious about the new world of startups and freelance careers?  This one day Escape School Hackathon is a chance to co-create, and 'build' a first version of an idea with new friends. It will help you sharpen your escape tools, increase your confidence in 'starting up' and build new connections.  Part One: THE IDEA Demystifying & De-risking Ideas Generate exciting Ideas. Idea generation games.  Choose the an idea for you / your team for the day.  Part Two: SURE UP YOUR IDEA Map the assummptions around your idea  Build a simple business model for your idea Choose your first customer niche and what you want to understand LUNCH (healthy lunch included) Part Three: PLAN  & BUILD YOUR FIRST VERSION Brand basics: How to build a value proposition and brand Toolkit: Online Tools 101 > landing pages, logos, explainer videos, surveys etc... Get to it: start building your idea Part Four: PRESENT YOUR SIDE HUSTLE & NEXT STEPS 1 minute each person/group to present your work from the day and to make a clear plan for what comes next. Who is this for? The entrepreneurially frustrated: learn what small steps can enable you to explore that entrepreneurial itch alongside your current day to day. Community lovers: build your network Advice hunters: practical tips to help you start your sidebusiness Doers: action focused exercises to launch your business in a day Why should you attend? You’ll get started on an idea, right in the room, surrounded and encouraged by your fellow escapees.  You DON'T need an idea to attend.  The hackathon begins at 9:30am promptly, and will finish at 5:30pm.  More about the leader… BEN KEENE Head of the Escape School - Ben has helped over 1000 people start their businesses through Escape the City & Virgin Startup. Outside of Escape, Ben is the founder of Tribewanted (crowd-funded eco-communities) and Rebel Book Club (Get a game-changing book read every month). His startup superpowers include: helping people turn pub ideas into actual startups, building purposeful communities and hacking online projects together in a very short amount of time. This hackathon is limited to 30 places. Secure your ticket now to get closer to launching your business on the side.

Student hackers in the London area! KCL Tech invites you to participate in HackKing's -- a 24-hour hackathon that is part of Major League Hacking's Local Hack Day. Collaborate with like-minded individuals and showcase your hacking skills.

UX designers, developers and other techies in the Greater London Area! You're invited to participate in the HackUX with Aviva. You'll join one of ten teams -- of around five people each -- to design and prototype an innovative technical solution to a challenge that will be presented to you. The challenge will focus on Future Empathy and how to make people better understand their decisions for their long-term future.

Mining industry professionals, students, and techies with innovative ideas! Barrick Innovates -- the innovation arm of the world's largest gold mining company -- invites you to participate in their Innovation Hackathon London. You'll get to join a team of like-minded individuals to take on one of three challenges -- Blockchain, Robotic Maintenance, or Symbiotic Development. Collaborate and network with some of the best minds in the field -- and compete for great cash prizes!

Developers, designers, railway entrepreneurs, and policymakers! You're invited to attend the HackTrain 4.0 RailTech Conference and to participate in the annual 48-hour hackathon on a moving train. At the conference, you will hear specialists assess and outline the best methodologies to counter cyber security attacks and also define the next era of multi-modal transport. In the hackathon, you'll get to collaborate and compete on your participation track selected from one of Customer Experience & Rolling Stock, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure, or Policy & Performance. Register here and then go to apply.hacktrain.com in order to receive the official chocolate ticket to take part in the hackathon.

Students, academics, and professionals! Hacksmiths invites you to participate in the Sex Tech Hack II -- beginning with the Discussion Day. Sex Tech Hack is a two-day hackathon around the themes of intimacy, companionship, and sexuality with technology. Come and showcase your creativity and compete to be the winning project.

Developers, designers, railway entrepreneurs and policymakers! You're invited to attend the HackTrain 4.0 RailTech Conference and then to participate in the annual 48-hour hackathon on a moving train. At the conference, you will hear specialists assess and outline the best methodologies to counter cyber security attacks and also define the next era of multi-modal transport. In the hackathon, you'll get to collaborate and compete on your participation track selected from one of Customer Experience & Rolling Stock, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure, or Policy & Performance.

Be part of the smart transformation of the Water Industry http://www.decisionlab.co.uk/haquathon2017/ Based on the Hackathon or “Data Hack” concept, the ground-breaking hAQUAthon will bring together a range of organisations throughout the water industry to collaborate with data science and analytic experts to drive innovation through a fun, informal event. The event is free to attend and will provide the opportunity to build new networks, identify real-world solutions to big challenges and accelerate innovation in the water community. The event aims to go beyond theory and “ideation” and yield actionable solutions. The culmination of the event will see teams pitch and present their ideas to the Judging Panel and the rest of the groups. The most viable solution will be awarded during the closing ceremony with other recognition for other outstanding contributions. Winners will also be granted automatic entry to http://www.futurewaterassociation.com/water dragons 2017 with the opportunity to pitch the winning idea on the 4th December to a panel of experts. You can enter as a single entry or a team of five, which is the group "hacker" size during the event. #haquathon #datascience #water #tech #hackerthon

Developers and hackers in the Greater London Area (and beyond)! You're invited to participate in OpenCon London 2017. This is a satellite event to the OpenCon 2017 conference held in Berlin, Germany the week before. The satellite event will feature a hackathon during the day and an evening event. Sign up here for the evening event which features a keynote presentation and a panel on the topic 'Open for Business'.

Developers and hackers in the Greater London Area (and beyond)! You're invited to participate in OpenCon London 2017. This is a satellite event to the OpenCon 2017 conference held in Berlin, Germany the week before. The satellite event will feature a hackathon during the day and an evening event with a keynote and panel discussion on the topic 'Open for Business'. Sign up here for the hackathon in which you'll be able to participate on one of two tracks - Open for Reproducibility, and Open for Collaborative-Coding.