List of hackathons in Chelmsford, United Kingdom in 2017

Join our team on July 1st and 2nd for a HealthTech - VR/AR for good hackathon! After making small teams, participants will have only 24 hours to create a project on a given topic. At the end of the 24 hours, our jury will choose the winner!You will receive more information via email prior the event! Please make sure you check your emails before the weekend to get ready and receive all the updates! WEEKEND  SCHEDULE Day 1 10:00am - Registrations - meet the other participants over a coffee/tea11:00am - Welcome & Announcement  - The Realities Centre Team will introduce the competition rules, schedule, mentors and topics for the next 24 hours. 11:30am - Team creation 12:00pm - Brainstorming - an hour to prepare and plan the project01:00pm -  Hack begins7:00pm - Dinner and minglingMidnight - Bedtime or hack from home (no accommodation provided on-site)  Day 2 7:00am - Realities Centre re-opens to continue hacking on-site09:00am - Coffee + Breakfast03:00pm - Hack ceases. Teams take an hour to prepare their demo to the judges04:00pm - The Realities Centre Team will introduce judges. Demos begin.05:00pm - Deliberation. Winners announced & drinks6-7pm - Wrapping up MENTORS Fantastic mentors will come along during the weekend, make sure to make the most of them and ask your questions while they are around. GEAR AND TECHNOLOGIES Participants will have the choice to use either VR, AR (e.g. Apple's new AR Kit) or other technologies. VR headsets will be available, if you wish to bring your own setup or accessories, you are more than welcome to do so just please get in touch with the organisation team prior the event  events@realitiescentre.com. Please note you need to bring along your own computer to work on your project. ANY QUESTION?  Feel free to get in touch with us for any question and queries at events@realitiescentre.com FAQ > Do I need to know how to code to join?Diversity is key in a team! Hackathons and Jams are focused on the creation that includes a variety of competencies, If you have any doubts, don’t hesitate to get in touch. > I don’t have a team, can I join by myself?Teams will be formed on site so just bring yourself and meet the rest of the attendees on Saturday morning. > Do I need to bring my own laptop/PC?Please bring your own computer, only the Virtual Reality kit will be provided. Can’t join us? Stay tuned on social media @RealitiesCentre. We will share many insights using the hashtag: #HealthTechVRAR * Please note the event will be recorded and pictures will be taken for marketing purpose. If you have any issue with this, please get in touch with the organisers *

Data scientists, coders, business thinkers, designers, creative types! Are you interested in connected and autonomous vehicles? Transport Systems Catapult invites you to sign up for the IMCreate 2017 – Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Hackathon. You'll be faced with five connected and autonomous vehicle challenges and have the chance to win great prizes including £2,000 in cash! The top three teams will further develop their prototype solution and pitch it at the Showcase Final.

artFix and Stairs and Shares are organising a one-day Facebook hackathon for micro businesses.  This event will support micro businesses make effective use of Facebook Ads to generate sales for them.   We will be using social learning and peer to peer support to ensure each micro business can make effective use of Facebook Ad's for their own business during this event.  This full day event will start 10 am and last till 4.30pm.   artFix are hosting this event.  Please contact info@artfixlondon.com for further details. There are limited places available so please sign up as soon as you can. This will be a quartely event so do not fret if you are unable to attend the event on June 30th!

After a fantastic MedTech event last December on the use of VR and AR for Medical and training applications, the Realities Centre is running another event on Healthcare, focused this time on the patient side.  On June 29th the Realities Centre is running a HealthTech conference at the Digital Catapult with a special focus this time on the patient including mental health, rehabilitation, VR for good, pain reduction and more. This event complements the Digital Catapult Patient Data & Digital Health Conferences on the 27th, and will itself be followed the week after by the Digital Health Conference 2017.During the following weekend of July 1st, the Realities Centre will host a 24 hours hackathon on HealthTech and the conference' donations will be used to fund its costs. Details and tickets: http://bit.ly/2rnkm9K Agenda 6:00 - Registrations and networking6:30 - Welcome Introduction and presentations Introduction to the Realities Centre and to the event by Thomas Gere, CEO of the Realities Centre Introduction to the Digital Catapult & Immersive departmentPresentations from industry leaders, startups and researchers including:  "The power of virtual reality and how it is used in rehabilitation" by Mel Slater  "Introduction to HealthTech challenges " by Nury Moreira, Healthcare lead at the EIT  "Using virtual reality physio for stroke rehabilitation" by Isabelle at Immersive Rehab (demo and talk)  "Using Virtual Reality to detect dyslexia" by Caitlin Glover "Augmented Reality to help kids with asthma" with Hayden Allen-Vercoe at Orbital Media 7:30 - Break and Demos7:45 - Panel session with Mel Slater, Isabel Van de Keere (Immersive Rehab), Alex Smale (Tibemix), Tom Dolby (AI Solve - TBC)8:30 - Demos and Networking9:30 - End Sponsors and partners A special thanks to our sponsors and supporters:  Any question? Feel free to get in touch with us for any question and queries at events@realitiescentre.com.   * Please note pictures & videos might be taken during the event for marketing purposes, if you have any issue with that please notify us in advance. *

Join us for the first event of our KOMPAS Culture series, which will celebrate the different cultural aspects of our company, from Tech to Music, Fashion and more.   For our Tech event, we will be welcoming three speakers, who will each be sharing their experiences about working in the Tech industry:   Andrew Cunningham, COO, Plexal Andrew has served as Director of Operations at Skype, advisor to the CEO at Skyscanner, and interim COO at Braintribe. His latest venture is Plexal, Europe's newest Innovation Hub, which opened this month in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Lu Li, Founder & CEO, Blooming Founders Lu is the founder of Blooming Founders, a company which provides support to female entrepreneurs through events, mentoring and a global professional network. Blooming Founders will soon open London's first women-focused business club in Old Street creating an inspirational environment to work from and do business in. Lu's book, Dear Female Founder, will be available to purchase at a discounted price. Umesh Kumar, Co-Founder, PaceVentures and UniHack Umesh is the Co-Founder of Pace Ventures, a strategy consultancy that connects corporates and startups through workshops, hackathons and building innovation programmes. Kumar also co-founded UniHack, an education and data company, delivering blended learning for students looking to build the future of their dreams. He is also an advisor to Stretch London, a fellow for the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) and a mentor on a variety of accelerator programmes in London.   Join us for an evening of inspiring talks and conversation with innovators in Tech. Pizza and drinks will be provided!   We hope to see you there.  

Over 65 million people worldwide require a wheelchair to be part of society and live an independent life. The freedom a wheelchair can give depends on how bespoke it. With traditional manufacturing techniques this freedom comes at a price that most people can't afford but new techniques such as 3D printing, CNC milling and laser cutting could change that. It’s already been done for bionic limbs, now why not wheelchairs? On the 27th June, we're inviting designers, makers and wheelchair users to come together at Machines Room, a makerspace in East London, to use digital fabrication techniques to develop bespoke wheelchair components that respond to a user-led design challenge. When?Tuesday 27th June, 11am - 7pm Where? Machines Room, 45 Vyner Street, E2 9DQ How much does it cost to attend? 100% Free. Travel grants may be made available in some circumstances, please contact molly.gavriel@disruptdisability.org. Who can attend? Anyone! But please let us know if you are a wheelchair user, designer or maker as attendees will be working in teams on the day. What about accessibility? Machines Room is an accessible, ground floor venue. There is one wheelchair accessible toilet at Machines Room and another at a gallery across the road that attendees will be able to use. If you would like further information on access or to reserve parking at the venue please contact Molly at molly.gavriel@disruptdisability.org. Molly is also able to provide directions from accessible public transport and organise taxis - nearby stations are Bethnal Green, Cambridge Heath, Hackney Central and Haggerston.Is lunch provided? Lunch will be provided. Please let us know in advance if you have any dietary requirements. Is there anything I need to prepare in advance? Attendees will be sent a briefing pack prior to the event with further information. Participants will be working in teams reflecting a mix of skills and experience.

Designers, data scientists, neuroscientists, idea generators, and coders in the London area! Are you passionate about artificial intelligence? Hackathon.com invites you to participate in the Global AI Hackathon - London. As part of a global hackathon event, you'll work on your own, or collaborate with a team of like-minded individuals from your community. So sign up now and you'll get to work on an AI challenge to be announced...and compete for terrific prizes.

What is gamification? Gamification involves the use of game techniques and elements to influence the behaviors of individuals. The use cases are many and diverse, but most involve prizes and points, competition and/or teamwork and scorekeeping to motivate people to meet specific goals.  Why is gamification important to insurance?  Gamification is a useful practice to engage customers, establish or strengthen brands, educate and train customers and staff, and motivate people to act. Gamification has many customer facing applications, including encouraging customer engagement and improving insurers' relationships with their customers. In addition, it can facilitate customized risk assessment and pricing, and, internally, help insurers encourage boosting sales and service performance. Benefits & Success Story Very often, our corporate insurance partners continue to work with individuals and teams that solve their problem statements. Read about one of our hackathon success stories. Who Are We? Startupbootcamp InsurTech is the leading accelerator focused on disruptive and collaborative insurance innovation and connecting with startups who have unique propositions that meet the needs of the insurance market. We are located in the heart of London, and we have the support of a global community as well as some incredible corporate partners.  Tasks You will form a team at the start of the event. You will then work on one of the challenges provided by our corporate partners for 48 hours, and, finally, you will present in front of the judges.  Challenges Challenge 1 (Product Development)Create a solution that would be able to improve customer behaviour/loyalty through gamification (i.e. driving score), and deduce an individual assessment in real time with this “connected” behavior. Challenge 2 (Sales & Marketing)Ideate new ways to engage customers through AR/ geo-location. Challenge 3 (Sales & Marketing)Gamify (using robo-advice) the quote process that allows the insurers to get the same amount of data, supports the clients whilst fully complying with consumer protection regulations in order to strengthen client management efforts and makes it interesting for the customers. Challenge 4 (Underwriting & Risk Management)Use gamification in the underwriting process to build a risk assessment user interface that is user friendly/structured and could identify potential fraud. Challenge 5 (Claims)Develop a robo-claim adjuster powered by AI (or smart device) to empathically advise the customer in the event of a car accident, simplifying the claims process, sharing information with other people in real time and increasing customer loyalty. Challenge 6 (Servicing)In a world where technology solutions are exploding, South Africa is relatively “new” to technology with many users not having access to affordable data or wifi. Create a way to guide financial advisers to the most useful and efficient digital solutions to address their specific needs - removing confusion due to the options available to them and the lack of confidence when using technology. A guided digital approach can potentially help build trust and confidence with users.   What are the winning categories? - Best Overall Concept - Runner Up - Best Technical solution Prizes - Best Overall Concept: £3,000 sponsored by SSP - Runner Up: £2,000 sponsored by SSP - Best Technical solution: £1,000 in Amazon vouchers General Agenda Details to be announced at a later date Friday, 23rd June 5:30pm Arrival & Registration 6:30pm Welcome and Agenda 8:30pm Dinner 9:00pm Gamification Workshop with expert Andrzej Marczewski Saturday, 24th June  9:00am Breakfast served 1:00pm Lunch 7:00pm Dinner  Sunday, 25th June  9:00am Breakfast served 11:00am Test your pitch!  12:00pm Lunch 2:00pm Coders self-assessment session 3:00pm Final Presentations 6:00pm END Excited? We are too! Sign up before it's too late! Want to tweet about it? Use #sbchack  FAQs Who can attend? Anyone with an interest in our theme! This includes coders, designers, developers, mentors, and observers. Can I attend if I haven't attended a Hackathon before? Yes, you most certainly can.  How big can a team be? Teams can range from one team member to a maximum of 5 people.  What will be provided? Wifi  Sockets NOTE: We do NOT provide laptops or computers, so please bring your own and any associated chargers (Don't forget phone chargers too). Who owns my project and IP? The individual/group who develops the project is the owner of the project and IP. Can I stay overnight? Yes! Showers are also available. Please bring anything you need to make yourself comfortable.  Do I need to bring breakfast/lunch/dinner?  No! There will be plenty of food and drinks throughout the whole weekend. We've got this covered.  But I have a specific dietary requirement... Not to worry. We will try and accommodate everyone. However do contact: penny@startupbootcamp.org to let her know of your dietary requirements so we can organize accordingly.  Can I start my project on the challenges beforehand? No. To keep everything fair, all work must be performed during the Hackathon. Where can I contact the organizer with any questions? If you have any questions, please e-mail penny@startupbootcamp.org Event Sponsors £3,000 for first place and £2,000 for second place provided by SSP. SSP is a global provider of technology systems and solutions across the entire insurance industry, using our expertise to enable our customers to transform their business and increase their profitability. SSP provides core technology solutions, distribution and trading capability, advanced analytics and solution delivery. Our unique position in the market, including the largest market share of UK e-trading, enables us to provide leading data insight and market access through our Keychoice distribution group. With over 30 years’ experience, our knowledge, talent and technology capabilities deliver innovative results that make us the partner of choice for our customers. Startupbootcamp InsurTech's Partners Global Partners * Sources: Insurance Journal EY

FREE for children on FREE SCHOOL MEALS (please see relevant ticket for more info) #AcornHackAI will be the best yet and as always we will bring the most incredible A.I. experts and entrepreneurs to inspire you into A.I., share with you what they are developing and challenge you to solve a problem or two. Watch our trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byZQPGtvLhI Follow us on Twitter: @acornaspiration Be the first to learn about our events and discounts, sign up on our website: www.acornaspirations.com Become part of our Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/acornentrepreneurs Join us on Meetup and learn great skills they don't teach in school: https://www.meetup.com/acorn-aspirations/ Mentors, we guarantee you will learn new skills too: http://acornaspirations.com/leaders-of-tomorrow/ PLACES FOR THIS HACK ARE LIMITED! (You MUST bring your own laptop!) You will come out of the hackathon with the following: 1. You will meet the experts and entrepreneurs from London's tech scene, who are innovating in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 2. You will meet other teens who are passionate about A.I. 3. You will work with tech mentors and entrepreneurs and learn how to turn your ideas into a basic working version. Things you will learn: * How to decide which of your ideas are worth working on * How to decide what features the user needs to get them from A to B * How to sketch your ideas * How to build your idea using rapid prototyping tools * How to pitch your idea - you will pitch in front of some of London's most innovative start-ups * How will your idea make money - business models * Programming courses: 1. Learning Python, 2. How to create a chatbot (Beginner & Intermediate) & 3.How to Programme Amazon Alexa For further info please email Elena elena.sinel@acornaspirations.co.uk NOTE to SPONSORS: If you wish to sponsor the event or sponsor X amout of children, please email Elena elena.sinel@acornaspirations.co.uk to discuss details.

Coders, designers and entrepreneurs in Greater London! AngelHack invites you to sign up to participate in the AngelHack Global Hackathon Series: London. Compete on your own, or collaborate as a member of a team to come up with an idea and turn it into a functioning prototype. You're not limited! You could build an app that delivers positive value to your community, a web site satisfying an unmet financial need, a virtual reality game, or whatever your imagination can conceive.