List of hackathons in Bailrigg, United Kingdom in 2018

Join us on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of June for two interactive days full of learning and inspiration   For the first time in Merseyside over 60 girls, aged 11 to 18 years are invited to the Unilever Offices in Port Sunlight to take part in a two day experience to learn about: the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals practice Design Thinking explore the Kano Computer Kit the iamtheCODE iDEA Curriculum create with technology and code  Our aim is to address the STEAMED (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics, Entrepreneurship and Design) skills shortage in the UK and to inspire the next generation of young women. Most of us have a vague idea that knowledge of computer science will help you get a job, but the actual numbers are pretty shocking. Software powers our economy, but less than 2.4 percent of college students and women graduate with a CS degree. That means there aren’t going to be enough graduates to fill the jobs. To make matters worse, 95 percent of our schools don’t teach programming.    That’s what we’re looking to change at iamtheCODE. Together we can work to create economic empowerment and inclusion through technology.  We have been working globally with technology hubs across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe and for over two years with the Guildford Library in the Surrey. We have been running Global Digital Fridays, Hackathons, Makerdays, Geek Week, and BootCamps, offering a variety of workshops for participants from age 6 to 85. These hackathons are truly inspiring and are facilitated by Senegalese-born British Businesswoman Marieme Jamme (World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, Global Teacher Prize Academy member and an award-winning technologist).  By the end of the weekend, participants will have had the opportunity to: Decode the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (also known as the Global Goals) and understand key indicators that could drive social change Get hands-on with the iamtheCODE Design Thinking framework to build technology solutions related to the SDGs: Empathy, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test Make technology and create with code using Kano Kits  Use technology to design a solution to raise awareness around or address specific SDGs including Goals: Quality Education, Gender Equality, Life Below Water and Global Partnerships Win a prize! Girls must be accompanied by a teacher or an adult if under 16. All food and transportation will be provided. The Cost: FREE Prizes: Computer Kits, mentoring, and tee-shirts Get in touch with us:  Mariéme Jamme at marieme@iamthecode.org or David Connor at david.connor@the2030hub.com for more information about the event.

During April we're asking people to send us their photos, videos, stories, sounds and audio about life in Manchester. Manchester Libraries want to create a record of the month of April across the whole city.  Then join us on Saturday 28 April at a Creative Hackathon at Central Library, 10:30 -4pm. At the hackathon we’ll use the information we’ve collected to create a record of April 2018 in Manchester. You’ll be able to see the results on the Archives+ website. Use any of these platforms and don’t forget to use #ourmcrhack Twitter – for images, text, pictures and short videosSoundCloud – for audio and textYouTube – for videos and textEmail text based stories to creativehackathon@gmail.com Important!!! #ourmcrhackDon’t forget to add the hashtag #ourmcrhack into your titles and content.And let us know where you’d like us to pin this on our interactive map – either a postcode of road/town in Manchester. Your content can be about your daily commute, workplace, home life, pets, hobbies, or a big night out! It’s all about you and your life. For more information go to: www.manclibraries.blog/ourmcrhack

StudentHack is an all-inclusive, free and fun programming event for students in Manchester. Turns out it is run by students too. StudentHack is back in its 6th edition and promising to deliver an epic event where you will learn and build awesome hacks, by working together with the team behind GreatUniHack. This time it’s a 24-hour hackathon with a space theme!  It is open to students of all levels of experience, so get ready to hack on the moon, everybody! Format Attendees will have 24 hours to build something awesome, either in hardware or software. There will be workshops to get you going with various technology.  Hackers can optionally use sponsor APIs and platforms. At the end of the 24-hour window, people will have time to show either their hack (ready and working), to talk a little about their ideas or what technology they used, what worked and what they had trouble with. We will be providing some hardware, but you are more than welcome to bring your hardware too, to hack on!  Hacks can be made alone or in teams of any size up to 4 members. Teams can be decided at any point before submission and we’ll be having a team-building session before we start, if you’re unsure of who to work with. The event is free for attendees & we’ll have food and refreshments paid for by our sponsors, as well as prizes for various categories of hacks. FAQs Do you have a website? Yes, we do! Check out our website for the list of challenges, schedule, and sponsors. Are there any ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event? You must bring a valid university student ID card to the event. You must also be a full-time university student or have been a student in the past 6 months. You also have to be at least 18 years old. What should I bring? You should bring a laptop, power extensions, and any other gadget you might need. Sleeping bags are recommended but we have tons of beanbags and airbeds for you to sleep on. Do you offer travel reimbursement? Unfortunately, we cannot reimburse you for your travel expenses. Is there a Code of Conduct? Yes, you can access it from here. Who owns my IP/code/idea? You own all the rights to your intellectual property. We won't claim any right over anything made during this event. I haven't coded much. Should I come? Definitely. Networking with and seeing awesome hackers in action will expose you to a tremendous amount of knowledge. We also have an amazing suite of industry experts and mentors that are happy to assist you!Still unsure? Then please read this article here, for the added encouragement.

Decenture with support from Technical Collaborator Stellar Development Foundation   Hackathons aim to bring diffuse skillsets together. We invite students to join us to develop ideas into prototypes, expand your knowledge on blockchain and be associated to Decenture’s daring goal of reducing students’ debt. Decenture and The Stellar Development Foundation are bringing together the student community, universities, businesses and the technology industry to advance the education ecosystem. Team GB competes against Team USA on April 21st and 22nd. Students are invited to register here for a chance to compete and win Stellar Lumens. Business Case: smart contract Government finances George’s studies at University A, under the condition that those funds can only be assigned to the specific course George registered to attend. The Government cannot guarantee that George will complete his course, so the Government assigns StudentCoinTM to University A but requires they are held in escrow and released each semester upon the condition that George attends class. University A needs to be paid 1 semester in advance. Assuming 2 semesters per academic year. The Government would like to build-in a recovery mechanism so that if George doesn’t attend more than 50% of his registered classes, the StudentCoinTM can be recovered. This way, the tokens won’t be lost forever. Smart contract will include multi-signature, lock periods and funds release trigger confirmation. Part a) Design front-end UI.  Part b) Design back-end for business logic of smart contracts on Stellar network or Ethereum blockchain Part c) Merge front and back ends; connect HTML browser to backend I’m not a student, can I get involved? You will not be allowed to participate in the event. If you’re looking to mentor (i.e. someone with technical skills who’d be willing to help out participants during the weekend), please visit our website www.decenture.com and register to be a mentor. A Decenture team member will contact you immediately. How much will Decenture Hackathon cost me? This event is free! UK students will convene at a location in Leeds. US students will participate remotely.  What if I don’t know code? You’re still welcome. Many skillsets are required for dApp design and build on the blockchain: project management, design, creativity as well as technical skills. Don’t worry about it, you’ll find something to work on.  What do I need to bring? You’ll need: Your college photo ID, a laptop and charger. If you do not hold a Student ID, you will NOT be allowed to participate. Arrive early at 10.15am as we will create teams (of 4 recommended) during the hackathon, and generate some amazing creations along the way.  What can I win? Thought you’d never ask although this is more about collaboration, learning and exploring and making great connections. But since we’re talking about winning, we’ve got that covered too. The Stellar Development Foundation is graciously rewarding the winning team with Stellar Lumens tokens. What next? Register here using your student email address and you will receive full details and invite to join the dedicated hackathon slack channel. You will also receive information about the event itself and how to qualify. USA team compete remotely. Contact us to receive invite.UK students compete at Leeds university. More questions? Ask us on Twitter @TheDecenters and you will get an immediate answer.

Monterosa, world leading fan engagement company, is hosting FanHack with support from both ITV and The Jockey Club. You will be teamed up and tasked with using data, video, and maybe even Augmented Reality to find ways of entertaining and engaging fans. You will be able to let your imagination run wild, with a day and the advice of some of our key players at your disposal.

JOIN MONTEROSA FOR LIVERPOOL’S FIRST-EVER FAN ENGAGEMENT HACKATHON If you fancy applying your digital talents to the world of entertainment and sports, in collaboration with sports industry leaders, then this is for you. Who is staging it? Monterosa, world leading fan engagement tech company, is hosting FanHack with support from both ITV and The Jockey Club. Who is it for? Developers, designers, product managers or anything in-between; whether you’re coming in with years of experience or nothing more than buckets of energy and some new ideas, we want to hear from you. Do I need to bring a whole team? No! Just bring yourself and your imagination and we’ll help establish small teams on the day. What’s the Challenge? You will be tasked on the day with using data, video, AR and mobile apps / webapps to find ways of entertaining and engaging both hard-core racing fans and the casual racegoer. What technologies can I use? The hack’s challenge will be sports data and AR intensive; therefore some experience with ARKit/ARCore will be highly beneficial. You will also have the exclusive opportunity to road test Monterosa’s market-leading interactivity platform, LViS. Why are we doing it? Monterosa are currently building the nucleus of a new team in Liverpool, and are keen to get to know the community. 1.0.0.18

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Calling all coders, designers, hardware engineers and entrepreneurs! Join us for a 24 hour hackathon where you'll form teams to solve problems with practical, scalable solutions. Focusing on the problems faced by multi occupancy business centres and business incubators, the potential market so the right solution and worldwide. Starting at 4pm on Friday 9th March, the Hack will start with attendees being briefed on what the current problems. This will be followed by an ideas pitching session where people with potential solutions will outline their ideas and the initial teams will be formed. During the 24 hour period, the idea is to get to a working prototype to fix the problem. Startup Europe Week is a movement whose goal is to help entrepreneurs grow and thrive all over the world, through a series of locally focused events that show entrepreneurs what support is available at their particular city and regional level.

Computer student hackers in the UK! You're invited to participate in the Chess Digital Hackathon 2018, where the theme will be The Real-time Data Stream Challenge. You'll be challenged to build an innovative app using real-time datastreams from the Satori open data platform. Participate on your own, or as a member of a team of two or three people. Collaborate and compete for recognition and great prizes.

GREENER FUTURES - HACKATHON Are you interested in helping to create a brighter future for Liverpool? The aim of the event is to come up with lots of new, exciting & creative social enterprise ideas to tackle a range of challenges linked to climate change, sustainable development & eco social enterprise. Run by School for Social Entrepreneurs North West funded by Our Bright Future.       A  free mini-one day hackathon challenge for 16 - 24 yr old young people from across Liverpool & the North West. Drinks, snacks and lunch is provided for free. Pitch your idea at the end of the day for a chance to win a place on Environmental Social Enterprise Fellowship programme starting May 2018. Hackathons are tools used by designers, social entrepreneurs, engineers, creatives & industry leaders to co-design new products and services solving some of the world's most difficult challenges. You'll be Passionate about changing the world Practical Full of brilliant ideas A problem solver Interested in developing your leadership & employability skills Interested in meeting new people Ideal if you've Already been part of our BEE You project You are on a degree linked to enterprise, the environment, waste management You already study land management, Lantra bee keeping You are a budding social entrepreneur Date: 6th March 2018 Time: Starts from 9.30am for prompt 10am start. Ends by 4pm Venue: Blackburne House, 3 Blackburne Place, Liverpool L8 7EP Access: Blackburne House is an accessible venue. If you have any specific needs please contact us in advance so we can make your visit as smooth as possible. This event is part of a 5 year BEE You Programme funded by Our Bright Future run in partnership with Blackburne House and School for Social Entrepreneurs North West. For more information email Anna B. Sexton, Learning Facilitator, BEE You Project annabsexton@blackburnehouse.co.uk