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Schroders App Hack: Easter Edition
05 Apr - 10:00 AM
London, United Kingdom
Schroders have teamed up with Stemettes to bring you a really unique and exciting event where you can create your very own app!
Have you ever used an app?
Would you like to make one?
Are you interested in technology?
Come to the Schroders App Hack in London!
No previous coding experience necessary.
Done some coding before? Our experts will teach you how to create apps using HTML and other app building tools.
Win prizes!
Food and Laptops provided – just bring yourself!
Schroders App Hack is hosted by Stemettes. Stemettes are working hard to inspire and help the next generation of females get into Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.
Completely FREE, thanks to our wonderful sponsors Schroders. Here's what happened at our last hackathon >>
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What is a hackathon?
Hackathons aren't about breaking into things! They're about bringing people together to create amazing things using computers. We think it's really sad that some people have never been to a hackathon or had proper fun with computer science, so we want to give you the opportunity to explore and play about in the creative, exciting world of technology.
At this hackathon we'll be building to a theme: “How can Schroders encourage more people to invest more money?”- Think about ways of saving money and how you could then invest it
Who
Girls aged 5 all the way up to 22.
Parents/Guardians. If you're under 16, you'll need to have an adult with you. On the plus side, we'd love it if they helped out with making your game or app!
Women (and Men) with a STEM background and are interested in inspiring the next generation. (see below for more details)
When
Thursday 5th April 10am-5:00pmFriday 6th April 10am- 5:00pm
Where
We'll be at Schroders HQ in London.
Address: 31 Gresham St, London EC2V 7QA
What you need to bring
Yourself and any great ideas you have.
If you have access to headphones, please bring them with you.
We will provide everything else.
Running order
Thursday10:00 - Guests arrive. Preback forms handed out.10:30 - Welcome and ice breaker. Event introduction from Head Stemette, Anne-Marie and Schroders11:00 - Brief given, ‘teaches’, begin mini-projects1:30 - Lunch2:15 - Return to projects3:30 - Afternoon tours4:15 - Continue projects5:00 - Wrap up and power down. End of the day.
Friday10:00 - Ice breaker and daily brief session. Event introduction from Head Stemette Anne-Marie and Schroders10:30 - Back to projects1:00 - Break for lunch1:45 - Resume projects2:45 - Break3:00 - Finish projects3:15 - Presentations, demo day begins4:15 - Prizes5:00 - Feedback forms handed out. End of day
Industry people
Are you interested in helping young people learn to code and discover making?
We are looking for adults who have a STEM background to help the girls learn to code in HTML, Appshed and Appinventor tools and show them the range of possible careers you can do after studying STEM subjects.
All you need to do is provide inspiration and help the girls with their projects when they get stuck.
We will provide food and reasonable transport costs to helpers.
Register as a Volunteer.
Tools we will be using
Appshed - online app-creation tool where anyone can design and publish mobile apps for iOS, Android and web
Appinventor - visual, blocks language for building Android Apps
Marvel - Pop helps you transform your pen and paper ideas into an interactive iPhone or Android prototype.
Brought to you by:
Schroders
With a history of more than 200 years and with US$487.4 billion asset under management (all date as at 30 June 2015), Schroders is one of the world's leading international specialist asset management institutions.
We debuted on the London Stock Exchange in 1959 and are one of the largest asset managers listed there today.
You can have confidence in Schroders. Our stability of ownership and the security of the products and services we offer is underpinned by the fact that the Schroder family continues to hold almost 45% equity in our firm.
With offices spanning 27 countries, we now operate one of the largest global networks of any dedicated asset management company. As a result, our 3,600 employees and over 420 portfolio managers and analysts are perfectly placed to apply our expertise in serving the needs of discerning investors in all major investment markets.
We view Greater China as a key growth area. In early 2008 we standardised our Chinese name to raise our brand awareness and present our capabilities consistently across China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
FAQs
Can I attend on only one day?
It is advisable to attend on both days, but we understand that not everyone is able to do that. The projects are deisgned to take two days: if you attend on the Saturday, unless you work with someone who is doing both days, you cannot win a prize. If you attend on Sunday, you are eligible to win a prize at 'demo day'.
Are my boys able to attend too?
Brothers and cousins can attend, but only if they bring a sister, female cousin or female identifying friend with them.
Eco-Hackathon: Learn how to create green business ideas like Elon Musk
31 Mar - 09:00 AM
London, United Kingdom
Eco-Hackathon Full Day Event
Due to popular demand for the first sold-out hackathon, we are back for a longer, bigger, better event!
Every member of the winning team in this full day event will each WIN a COMPLIMENTARY eco-entrepreneur course in Bali to develop an eco-business solution for a developing world sustainability problem.
The environment is being damaged at an unprecedented rate. Charities, governments, activists and corporations have not created truly effective answers to this enormous challenge. Have you got what it takes to become an eco-entrepreneur and build radical new solutions?
This is a world-first taster event to learn entrepreneurial skills and a brand new approach to solving the toughest environmental problems facing humanity. The skills you learn can be used to build your own green business. It is estimated that green businesses can generate up to US$12trillion in value by 2030*. You can be a part of that future.
You might be an environmental activist, a student, an employee, a coder, a tech geek or a scientist – it doesn't matter what your background is - everyone is welcome. The only requirement is that you bring your imagination. This unique event requires a diverse group of people with different levels of skills and experience. All that we ask is that you bring an open mind and a willingness to consider the impossible.
Warning: this event could change your entire life and take your career to the next level.. Attendees will be offered exclusive discounts on upcoming Solve.Earth courses and a host of other surprise goodies.
*Better Business, Better World (Sustainable Development Commission, 2017) http://bit.ly/2mfsIjM
FAQs
Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?
17+
What can I bring into the event?
Laptop/mobile device with internet connectivity, pen and paper recommended. This is an interactive session.
How can I contact the organiser with any questions?
email: Solve.Earth@icloud.com
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
Nope! Simply show your digital ticket.
Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable?
Yes, you can pass your ticket to a friend, colleague, lover or acquaintance.
Where is the venue?
The central London venue will be confirmed closer to the date.
Break into the Blockchain space! Hands-on Blockchain Developer Workshop.
24 Mar - 10:00 AM
London, United Kingdom
This event is brought to you by The Blockchain Connector and King’s College London Blockchain Society. Due to popular demand and positive feedback from our students we are running a series of Blockchain developer workshops in London. This will be our 13th developer workshops so far in London plus one in Zug, Switzerland. We have trained over 250+ developers to date since Jan 2017, our students have gone on to work as a Blockchain Developer and others have set up their own Blockchain start-up.
Join our two-day Blockchain Developer hands-on workshop and be at the very forefront of this new technology. Our workshop consists of topics that all future Blockchain Developers must know and we incorporate plenty of hands-on development sessions. To help our students further, we provide one month on-line support through our dedicated private on-line channel. Our goal is to help regular Software Developers become Blockchain Developers. This workshop is also available on-site for start-ups and corporates at your desired location during the weekday and weekends.
Day 1
Intro to Blockchains, Bitcoin and Byzantine Fault Tolerant Networks
Intro to Ethereum and Smart Contracts
Hands-on development on Ethereum Solidity and Smart Contracts
Day 2
Smart Contracts Security and Ethereum Internals - Cryptography, Consensus, EVM, Privacy plus more
Smart Contracts Design and Best Practices
What to know as a Blockchain Developer plus more
Hands-on development on Ethereum Solidity and Smart Contracts
This workshop comes with one month of continued on-line support via our own dedicated Gitter channel.
After the workshop, we hope our students will continue coding, learning and exploring the Ethereum platform, and in good time, we hope our students will have the opportunity to work professionally in the Blockchain space. With this in mind, to help our students succeed, we are providing a dedicated Gitter channel after the workshop where our students have up to a month to ask further questions in relation to Ethereum, smart contracts etc.
Recommended development experience
Minimum of 6 months development experience is required. If you are a student and would like to attend, you must come from a Computer Science and Software Engineering background.
We have a great line up of trainers that will help you break into the Blockchain space.
Matthew Di Ferrante
Matthew is a Software Engineer with a passion for Information Security, Cryptography, and Distributed Networks. He has worked in many different areas, from hardware, embedded and kernel programming, to data mining, analytics, and network / systems programming. He first started learning programming at 12 years old, and is completely self taught, both on the practical side of programming, and on the theoretical side of computer science, mathematics, and cryptography. Matthew was first exposed to Bitcoin in late 2010 due to his interest in information security, as Bitcoin was first mainly used on darknets/Silk Road, and got fully involved in the Blockchain space around the time Ethereum started to exist - beginning his foray while living with Vitalik Buterin and long time friend Vlad Zamfir (Creator of Ethereum's Casper Protocol) in London for a few months.
Matthew currently works as a Technical Lead at Clearmatics developing Blockchain Technology for financial use cases, a member of the Ethereum Foundation Security Team and FounderlLead auditor at Zero Knowledge Labs focusing on smart contracts security auditing.
In his free time, Matthew works on personal hardware projects, gives Information Security and Blockchain related talks at various events, and organise one of the largest monthly Information Security events in the North-West. Matthew’s design for a Secure Oracles Reputation System on Ethereum recently won first place for Smart Contract Security at the Thomson Reuters HackETHon.
Matthew will be introducing developers to the way the Blockchain works technically, and what its potential applications could be. He will cover the workings and history of the Bitcoin Blockchain, as well as Ethereum and its concept of smart contracts that allow Turing complete code to execute on a virtual machine on the Blockchain.
Matthew will also talk about Smart Contracts Security and Ethereum Internals. He will discuss the most important areas to know as a Blockchain Developer. Matthew will hold a Q&A session after each topic.
Nick Johnson
Nick Johnson is a Senior Software Engineer and has been working in the software engineering space for the past 16 years. Nick is currently working as a Software Engineer for the Ethereum Foundation and prior to this, he worked at Google for a number of years.
He brings with him a wealth of knowledge and expertise in Solidity that he loves to share and will be teaching how to write and develop smart contracts during the hands-on development session, and will give students the opportunity to ask questions in relation to the Ethereum platform.
Laurence Kirk
After a successful career writing low latency financial applications in the City of London, Laurence was captivated by the potential of Blockchain Technology, and in particular smart contracts.
Two years ago, Laurence moved to Oxford and set up Extropy.io, a consultancy working with start-ups in the UK and overseas, developing applications on the Ethereum platform. He brings with him a wealth of real world experience that he loves to share with those new to this area.
Laurence hold a Physics degree from Durham University, and currently taking his MSc in Software Engineering at Oxford University. In addition to giving talks, mentoring at hackathons, and running groups about Blockchain Technology, Laurence also organise Artificial Intelligence and Data Science groups in Oxford.
During the workshop, Laurence will be teaching Solidity (an object-oriented programming language for writing smart contracts) from the simplest smart contract up to interacting with a web application. The focus is very much the practical techniques that are needed when developing on Ethereum. The sessions will be very hands on, encouraging students to practice and explore Ethereum and raise any questions students might have regarding the Ethereum platform.
Jerome Rousselot
Jerome is a co founder, advisor, public speaker and Blockchain developer in the blockchain industry. Jerome left his job as Android TV technical lead at Marvell Technology and relocated to London to create Mycelium UK in 2014. He now helps the Mycelium wallet to break even and deliver its roadmap.
Jerome has also been involved in exchanges, micro finance, insurance, fair betting, supply chain, gaming, secure hardware, smart contracts and teaching software developers. Jerome's startup Jita is coached by the Singularity University.
He is a fellow of the Startup Leadership Program and obtained his PhD in Computer Science at EPFL, Switzerland. Jerome has a passion for teaching others who are genuinely interested in learning about Blockchain technology.
Jack Tanner
Jack Tanner is a passionate advocate for blockchain technology and loves teaching technical concepts in an understandable way. He completed a Masters in Computer Science at Imperial College London. He currently works as a senior blockchain developer on the Indorse platform and has been involved in numerous blockchain projects and education events around the world since 2015.
There will be plenty of Q&A throughout the whole two day workshop.
Date: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th of March, 2018
Time: 10:00 to 18:00
Workshop Location: King's College London, Room K 1.14, Strand Campus, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
Lunch provided during the workshop on both days.
EVENT ORGANIZER
This event is brought to you by The Blockchain Connector & King's College London Blockchain Society.
The Blockchain Connector
Antonio Sabado is the founder of The Blockchain Connector, a training and recruitment company focusing entirely on Blockchain technology. If you are hiring or looking for your next job opportunity in the blockchain space, please get in touch. Antonio is an organiser of several Blockchain focused events in London aimed at software developers and business users.
The Blockchain Connector’s goal is to build a blockchain developer community by helping regular developers become blockchain developers. We host regular hands-on developer workshops, technical deep dive sessions and hackathons. We train and recruit developers on behalf of start-ups and global firms working on Blockchain related projects. We are also planning a series of Blockchain focused seminars for business users/non-technical users to take place in London.
Hackathons:
We have the resources to organise and mentor blockchain based hackathons. Contact us if you are a blockchain based company who would like to sponsor one of our hackathons or you would like us to lend you a helping hand with organising a hackathon.
Developer Training:
We have the resources and expertise to offer companies a blockchain developer focused training on site. Alternatively, developers can join our monthly hands-on developer workshop in London.
Hiring:
We have the network to help you build your development team. Contact us if you are a company looking to hire or a developer looking for your next job opportunity.
Volunteer Developers:
We have access to developers who are looking to contribute to open source projects on a volunteer basis. Contact us if you have an Ethereum based project that require volunteer developers. Alternatively, contact us if you are a developer looking to gain commercial blockchain development experience.
Future events:
Click HERE and bookmark our Eventbrite Homepage to view all our up and coming blockchain related events.
Blockchain Developer Monthly Technical Deep Dive meetup:
Join our developer focused meetup group held monthly in London where we have over 150+ developers attend on a regular basis. This meetup group is strictly for developers only. Technical talk for a technical audience. https://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-Workshop-for-Developers/
Contact:
If you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact us on antonio@theblockchainconnector.com or +44 7923 521 833.
Web: https://www.theblockchainconnector.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebc_connector & https://twitter.com/bc_workshop
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/15221081/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBlockchainWorkshop/
King's College London Blockchain Society
The King’s College London Blockchain Society (also known as KCL Blockchain) aims to provide students a means to engage with the London Blockchain community. We do this by organising events, producing research and curating London blockchain events. We are always looking to collaborate with interested parties to bring students and industry members together to advance our knowledge in Blockchain.
Contact:
For inquiries related to KCL Blockchain Society, please email junyong@kclblockchain.com
Further info available on the following sites:
Web: https://www.kclblockchain.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/11347353/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kclblockchain/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kclblockchain
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hackathon
19 Mar - 09:00 AM
London, United Kingdom
Calling all parties interested in solutions to healthcare problems faced by UK hospitals! Techies, developers, designers, data analysts, health innovators, UX architects, data security experts, business analysts, service designers and others -- all are welcome to participate in the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hackathon. You'll be challenged to design and prototype an innovative solution to critical issues around the use of patients’ data to improve care, as well as the capture of images onto patients’ secure care records and more. Come and collaborate and compete for recognition and £200 prize vouchers.
The Generation Code Showcase Hackathon
17 Mar - 10:30 AM
London, United Kingdom
The Generation Code Showcase Hackathon will bring together young people, youth workers and tech experts from across the UK to share and celebrate programme achievements to date, but also inspire and shape continued engagement in computer science.
At the Hackathon we will:
- Celebrate the achievements of Generation Code
- Showcase programme excellence through Generation Code Awards
- Inspire young people to discover the possibilities of technology
City Data Hack #citydatahack
16 Mar - 06:00 PM
London, United Kingdom
Future Cities Catapult specialises in advancing urban innovation and growing UK business and Space Syntax provides strategic consulting services in the planning and design of cities are hosting Tombolo’s first hackathon: Citidata Hack at the Urban Innovation Centre in London from 16th – 18th March 2018.
Data specialists, software developers, user experience (UX) designers and service designers are invited to explore how they can use their skills during a fast-paced weekend at the Urban Innovation Centre to explore how city authorities could improve how they use data to address urban challenges.
The amount of data being produced within our cities is rapidly increasing. With this, our decision-makers need to understand how this data can be utilised to create solutions to the challenges our cities face. City authorities from around the UK will present a major challenge that they currently face, and participants will explore this through the insight gained from connecting real data-sets.
Multi-disciplinary teams will then have 48 hours to hack a new piece of open source software – the Digital Connector – analyse data to uncover new insights and propose an innovative solution for how each city authority could redesign their services to tackle their local challenge.
Weekend Hackathon guests will not only have the chance to win carefully selected prizes but will also benefit from a series of engaging talks from data scientists, digital designers, service designers and open source experts who are currently applying their skills in this space.
The Hackathon will be followed by an optional month-long competition, where teams can develop their proposals further for the chance to win an additional prize. Deadline for proposals: 13th April 2018.
At this link you will register your interest. This does guarantee your place, but you will receive confirmation on March 2nd.
Check out the Digital Connector in GitHub!
Learn more about the Tombolo project and the Digital Connector at www.tombolo.org.uk.
Santander Hackathon 2018 - Building Banking Your Way
16 Mar - 06:00 PM
London, United Kingdom
Developers and future FinTech entrepreneurs in the UK! Santander UK invites you to participate in the Santander Hackathon 2018 - Building Banking Your Way. You'll get to take on one of the following challenges: 1. Santander Care, 2. Santander Everywhere, 3. Santander Secure, or 4. MyScore and MyHome. Come and collaborate and compete for a £10,000 prize for the winning team.
Pistoia Alliance President's Series Hackathon - "Hack the Lab"
12 Mar - 10:00 AM
London, United Kingdom
Life science developers, health & Safety team members, data scientists and lab scientists in the UK! You can come from pharma, agriculture, biotech, healthcare, academia, or tech and related industries that work with laboratories. The Pistoia Alliance invites you to participate in their President's Series Hackathon - "Hack the Lab". In this 2-day event, you'll be challenged to help create the future, smarter, more efficient and safer lab! Collaborate and compete to develop innovative prototypes for the themes of AI, New Technologies, or Health & Safety.
City Data Hack #citydatahack
11 Mar - 10:00 AM
London, United Kingdom
Future Cities Catapult specialises in advancing urban innovation and growing UK business. We’ve decided to host the City Data Hack 2018 at the Urban Innovation Centre in London from 16th – 18th March 2018. The event is powered by Tombolo, a Future Cities Catapult and Space Syntax R&D project funded by Innovate UK.
We’re inviting data specialists, software developers, user experience (UX) designers and service designers to use their skills during a fast-paced weekend at the Urban Innovation Centre and explore how city authorities could improve how they use data to address urban challenges.
Three great challenges have been provided by our challenge partners:
Skills and Education – Greater London Authority
Social Isolation – London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Active Travel Plans – Transport for London
Multi-disciplinary teams will have 48 hours to hack data, try our tools, including the Digital Connector and a data visualisation platform, analyse data to uncover new insights and propose an innovative solution for how each city authority could redesign their services to tackle their local challenge.
Weekend Hackathon guests will not only have the chance to win carefully selected prizes but will also benefit from engaging mentorship from data scientists, digital designers, service designers and open source experts who are currently applying their skills in this space.
The Hackathon will be followed by an optional month-long competition, where teams can develop their proposals further for the chance to win an additional prize. Deadline for proposals: 13th April 2018.
At this link, you will register your interest. This does guarantee your place, but you will receive confirmation on March 2nd.
Check out the Digital Connector in GitHub!
Learn more about the Tombolo project and the Digital Connector at www.tombolo.org.uk.
Energy Data Hackathon with UCL and Voltaware
09 Mar - 02:00 PM
London, United Kingdom
To mark the launch of the new MSc in Energy Systems and Data Analytics, the UCL Energy Institute has teamed up with Voltaware and the UCL Data Science Society for an energy data hackathon.
The challenge will be to utilise data from Voltaware’s proprietary home energy monitoring system and to come up with a machine learning algorithm that performs best at identifying the sources of energy consumption in a home using high frequency electricity metered data. This is known as energy disaggregation using non-intrusive load monitoring. A training data set will be provided and the algorithm that demonstrates the highest accuracy on a test data set will be the metric. Teams are allowed to whichever tools they deem best and any other sources of data they can think of.
Enjoy a weekend of hacking and problem solving investigating how data science can be used in the energy industry.
Prizes:
Voltaware are sponsoring a £500 prize for the winning team as well as offering the opportunity to do summer internships.
Who can attend:
We’re looking for creative people interested in energy and using data science to tackle challenging problems. The competition is open only to undergraduates. Maximum team size is 3 people.
Where and when:
The competition will take place at the UCL Energy Institute, Central House in room 225, starting at 2pm on the 9th March, ending at 6pm on the 10th March.