List of hackathons in Canary Wharf, United Kingdom in 2017

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Finding a good problem to focus your research on or build a startup around is a challenge and can greatly influence your success and growth potential. What is a good problem and how to find one? How to make sure that it is a problem that you can tackle? This talk is for researchers and entrepreneurs looking to solve real-world problems through their work.  Free lunch and refreshments will be provided.  If you are not based at Guy’s Campus and would find it difficult to attend at lunchtime, we will also live stream the seminar on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KCLInnovationForum/ Speaker Profile: Ana Florescu Ana is Head of Good Problems at Science Practice, a research and design studio based in London.  The Good Problems Team works with funding organisations, investors and philanthropists that want to take a problem-led approach to their funding. They help them identify and prioritise real problems in need of solutions and design appropriate ways to incentivise innovation. The Team has designed over 30 challenge prizes and funding calls, including the £10M Longitude Prize for a diagnostic test to help reduce the misuse of antibiotics. Prior to joining Science Practice, Ana worked at Nesta where she researched emerging technologies and trends in social venture incubation. She also helped organise a number of Start-up Weekend hackathons and ran an 8-week pre-accelerator programme for entrepreneurs in London. Kindly Sponsored by: Entrepreneurship Institute

We're closing the year with a Breakfast Briefing that packs a punch, showing you the top tech trends that really matter for 2018, in partnership with Propeller. Get a jumpstart and discover where and how you can harness 2018's predictions to create innovative and impactful work for your clients. Join us and a panel of industry experts, as they take us on a whistle-stop tour of some of the key tech trends that they predict will be hot (and what will not!) in 2018, so you can narrow your focus in on the tech that's worth its salt.  Speakers:  Moderator: Ben Titchmarsh, Head of Media and Marketing at Propeller Group Ben is Propeller Group’s head of media and marketing. A familiar face at industry events, ranging from Cannes Lions and DMEXCO to Mobile World Congress and Advertising Week in London and New York, Ben works across Propeller’s client roster with some of the world’s most exciting companies in media, advertising and digital. A former journalist with a fascination for how technology is transforming our lives, Ben will be quizzing the panel on the essential tech trends to watch out for in the next 12 months and cutting through industry hyperbole and cynicism in equal measure.  Guy Armitage, CEO, Zealous Guy (said Ghee) is an AI grad gone rogue. After a stint at the London Stock Exchange he left for Egypt, founding a start-up in Cairo. He then returned to London and founded creative network Zealous, with the purpose of simplifying finding the right creative talent. Guy was listed as Guardian Creative Entrepreneur of the Year in 2013, has discussed the world-changing potential of creativity at TEDx and in Forbes; won the Tate’s Digital Art Hackathon and is a proud trustee of Firstsite in Colchester. Karen Boswell, Head of Innovation, AdamandEveDDB Karen helps brands and organisations evolve their marketing from both a strategic and implementation perspective, weaving together people and ideas to create and maintain cultures of innovation and agility. With 15 years experience specialising in digital working as part of the wider marketing mix she uses technology as an enabler to keep up with customer demand, shaping transformational strategies that disrupt in the right way but click together seamlessly. Having instigated a culture of positive disruption and rapid innovation at adamandeveDDB, she currently leads the teams and clients alike to look at things differently; constantly challenging the norm, lifting the bar and breaking the rules.  She’s there to insure 'innovation' isn't a buzzword, or the jazz hands of technology, but that clever, future proof thinking leads to excellence in both creativity and effectiveness, for today and tomorrow. Luciana Carvalho Se, Business Development & Partnerships, REWIND Learner, maker, systems thinker, innovator and tech evangelist, Luciana heads new business & partnerships for REWIND - an award-winning immersive content production studio - and is co-founder of Unfold Inclusion, a social enterprise empowering women/diversity in XR in the UK. With over five years experience in award-winning startups such as Racefully, UniPlaces, Import.io - on both the technical and creative side - Luciana is driven by big ideas, a global mindset and empowering tech entrepreneurs. She is an advocate and thought-leader for the UK’s immersive tech industry, having been integral to the founding of Realities Centre London and the VRAR Tech London Advocates sub-group. An ambassador and mentor for Code First Girls, Founders of the Future, Series Q, among others, she also co-runs Unfold Inclusion, a social enterprise that supports underrepresented voices in XR. Luciana is a former Cambridge Law, Harvard and International Business grad turned tech super-geek!  She was elected one of Code First Girls ‘25 Ones to Watch’, 'Top 5 Female Role Models in the Tech Industry', and Virtual Perceptions' 'Heroes of VR' in 2016, and regularly speaks about her journey and current work at conferences and companies. She has also hosted and continues to host webinars on neuro VR and women in tech with BrightTALK and BeMyApp. Matt Bush, Director of Agencies, Google UK Matt is the Director of Agencies at Google UK where he works with leading advertisers and agencies to help them get the most from the web. He joined in 2010 and previously he has worked in press and digital publishing.  He is a regular public speaker on many topics around digital, technology and media and how businesses might want to react to benefit from innovation and new developments.  Tickets: Tickets are free for BIMA members or £50 + VAT for non-members. To get your BIMA Member discount code email events@bima.co.uk Agenda: 8.30am - Arrive, coffee and networking 8.45am - Talks kick off10am - Talks end Join us and our awesome line-up of speakers, and start your morning as you mean to go on! Sponsored By Propeller 

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED: DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. NEW DATE TBC. In memory of Andrew Otero, a Sparta Global technology consultant who sadly passed away this year, we are holding a Hackathon event 'Speak Out' to support charity Calm, which provides a free helpline and online chat for men with mental health issues.  Please sign-up to be a part of this hackathon contest - where a challenge will be set and teams will compete by creating some technology throughout the day to donate to the charity partner. The event will take place at the offices of IG - who have kindly donated their space for this event.  The schedule will be as follows: 10:00 - Arrive 10:15 - Introduction from mother of Andrew Otero 10:30 - Challenge is set and hackathon begins 13:00 - Lunch (Provided by Sparta Global)  17:00 - Hackathon ends and pizza + beer provided by Sparta Global, technology is presented by the teams  18:00 - Awards provided to 1st, 2nd, 3rd teams by judging panel consisting of senior technology representative from IG and Jet2, Tech Director - Sparta Global, representative from Calm.  Thank you to all the partners involved in this event who have helped us to make it happen, to Andrew's mum for being a part of it, and the developers coming along on the day.  This is a cause that is close to us and we would like to make this an annual event.  THANK YOU.  #SpeakOut @SpartaGlobal @TheCALMzone @LifeatIG

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.

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.

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.