List of hackathons in Cranfield, United Kingdom in 2019

At the hackathon over the weekend, you will use your technical and creative skills to make something wonderful, arty, musical - anything you build will be awesome. We'll provide you with food, drink, electricity and internet, so that you can get on with the real work - making cool and engaging projects!

The Mars Habitat Design Hackathon at the British Interplanetary Society The idea of Mars Colonies and settlement is quickly moving from the realm of science fiction to reality. NASA recently ran 3-D Prited Habitat for Mars Competition, Bjarke Ingels Group is building Mars Science City simulation in UAE and there are other initiatives underway. While people have mixed opinions about this pursuit, it is clear that if and when this happens, we have to collectively ensure to take our best learnings and practices from Earth. This opens an opportunity to improve things for the better, both for starting a new branch of civilization on Mars and for improving things here on Earth. Mars Society London (MSL) is creating a unique 2-day hackathon at the British Interplanetary Society to encourage and help multidisciplinary teams put together Mars habitat designs, that can be submitted in the Mars Colony Contest.  This event will be a unique opportunity to learn and get feedback and guidance from the industry experts and to work in teams with people bringing a combination of skills and thinking towards the goal of designing a first human settlement on Mars. We are particularly keen to hear from people who feel they can contribute in the following areas:Technical Design: (40%) What systems will be used? How will they work?Economic: (30%) How can the colony be made economically successful?Social/Cultural: (10%) What should Martian society be like? What kinds of schools, arts, sports, and other activities, should there be? How, given a fresh start, can life on Mars be made better than life on Earth?Political/Organisational: (10%) How should the colony govern itself?Aesthetic: (10%) How can the colony be made beautiful? ---ABOUT The Mars Colony Contest The International Mars Society is holding a contest for the best plan for a Mars colony of 1000 people. There will be a prize of $10,000 for first place, $5,000 for second and $2,500 for third. In addition, the best 20 papers will be published in a book “Mars Colonies: Plans for Settling the Red Planet.” ---NOTE: Participation in this event does not immediately qualify you for any of the above prizes. You have to put together a written proposal and send it to the International Mars Society as part of the contest to be considered. The goal of the hackathon is to support you, through mentors and speakers and having a collaborative environment and venue to work on this, in putting together a design, and the beginnings of a proposal, that you can then submit for the contest if you choose to. Full Details about the contest here:  http://marscolony.marssociety.org/ or https://www.marssocietylondon.com/marscolonyprize/  Disabled Access Please note, there is very limited disabled access within the BIS building. At the front door, there is a ramp which will allow wheelchair access to the front of the building. (Once inside, it is step-free to the conference room). We regret that there is no disabled access to either the Gents or Ladies toilets. The other rooms, including the Council Room, all involve stairs and are not suitable for some disabled people.

Quantum Computing Hackathon for the Space Sector  Networked Quantum Information Technologies (NQIT), the UK quantum computing hub, and the Satellite Applications Catapult are excited to be hosting a Quantum Computing Hackathon on 15th March 2019 in Oxford. The hackathon will offer participants the opportunity to look into the ways in which quantum computers can be used to address challenges within the space sector and encouraged to apply their coding skills to propose potential solutions. While you don’t have to have any prior experience of hackathons, the popularity of this event means we have to ask that you have a background in a relevant field (the space sector, mathematical or physical sciences or quantum information processing) while being from an academic, industry or government background. Most importantly however, we ask that you bring your knowledge, creativity and energy to the day. As a free event, the day will kick off at 9am through until 5pm and will include free lunch, followed by beer and pizza (!) but please note that we cannot cover your travel or accommodation costs. This is a great chance to work in a friendly collaborative atmosphere, to learn new skills and to help to develop a road map for an industry-relevant application. Please note: Space is limited and due to the popularity of the Quantum Computing Hackathon, we are committed to ensuring that attendees represent a cross section of backgrounds and experience. The registration form will allow you give us a brief description of your background and knowledge and we will then confirm your attendance via email by Monday 11th March 2019 at the latest. 

Winning Herts & Minds is an assessment based Hackathon event focusing on ideation, which is aimed at Marketing students at the University of Hertfordshire. This event is sponsored by Clock and Grant Thornton.

OUR GOAL To bring together 100 hackers from diverse backgrounds over a weekend to connect, learn, and explore blockchain or distributed ledger technologies (DLT). Over 9-10th of March, we aim to gather students from Cambridge, Oxford, UCL, LSE and other top universitiesacross the UK in Cambridge to build amazing projects.  #cbHacks is a unique opportunity for you to meet passionate hackers just like you, learn and apply the technology like never before!

Join BCS Herts in association with the University of Hertfordshire for the Hertfordshire Hackathon. Come along for the day or just pop in to learn, socialise and have fun. This exciting opportunity will lets you get involved in a high focus, hands-on real-world challenge. Whatever your skill level and background; design, programme and collaborate on the Hackathon Challenge and you and your team could win a prize. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA Start - 11amEnd - 16:00pm Parking is available on-site and some refreshments will be provided. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYNOPSIS We will have a variety of Prizes & Challenges to suit different interests, experience levels and abilities, with winning solutions being rewarded across a range of categories (not just programming). If you are interested in exercising your problem-solving skills, programming ability, want to come along and share your programming and design skills with the teams, or if you just want to watch. Come and share your Saturday with our friendly group. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This event is brought to you by: BCS Hertfordshire Branch Visit http://www.herts.bcs.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Legal and General Investment Management and Stemettes invite you to a celebration of women in STEM and International Womens Day 2019.  Meet the Stemettes @ LGIM: IWD edition is a panel discussion, Stemettes style! This event is aimed at young women aged 9-14. We’ll discuss different ways people begin their Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths related careers. We’re hoping to explore apprenticeships, A-level choices, university degrees, work experience. You’ll be able to ask the panel questions, network between each other and enjoy free food! When? 11am-2.30pm, Saturday 9th March 2019 Where? 1 Coleman St, London EC2R 5AA Our Impressive panel will include 7 fantastic women in STEM and a Mystery Man Hosted and supported by: Legal & General - Investment Management LGIM is the investment management arm of Legal & General Group, a FTSE 100 company. We are one of Europe’s largest asset managers and a major global investor. Our success has been built by focusing on clients and providing them with services and solutions that meet their needs. We offer strategies across the full spectrum of asset classes, including equities, bonds, property, alternatives and cash, as well as multi-asset strategies tailored to the needs of institutional and retail investors. LGIM is one of the world’s leading providers of index fund management. We are at the forefront of developments in liability-driven risk management solutions for defined benefit pension schemes, a leading provider of defined contribution solutions and also offer wide range of strategies to help our clients manage their investment objectives. LGIM continues to innovate as markets evolve, building strong relationships with clients including pension scheme, sovereign wealth funds, wealth managers and other professional investors. _____________________________________________________ About the Stemettes - We're running a series of panel events, hackathons and exhibitions this year for girls from 5 years old right up to female university students. We'd like to show them amazing women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics careers.    Twitter - http://twitter.com/stemettes Facebook - http://facebook.com/stemettes Website - http://stemettes.org  

More than 134 million people across the world need humanitarian assistance. Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF) is a large, international medical humanitarian organization, focused on providing care “to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe.” They operate in more than 70 countries providing life-saving treatment and spearheading efforts in both innovation and policy. MSF strives to provide high-quality, evidence-based treatment in extremely challenging, low-resource settings. Unconventional settings often require unconventional approaches, whether that’s developing new technologies and adapting existing ones, or finding new and better ways of working. Whatever the approach, the goal is always to facilitate MSF’s work saving lives and reducing suffering. Imperial Friends of MSF cordially invite you to the biggest humanitarian innovation conference of the year! Across the day, we will be exploring recent developments, current challenges and ways you can get involved through a range of short talks. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to come up with your own life-saving solutions through a mini-hackathon and hear pitches from Makeathon participants who have developed prototypes for 3 key problems over the spring-term. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to meet and network with some of the most phenomenal people creating change in Medicine today! ROGER MORTON, CASE MANAGER FOR PROTECTION AGAINST CHEMICAL EXPOSURE KIT. The PeACE Kit is a personal protective kit, to be worn in areas where the threat of chemical warfare is thought to exist. The PeACE kit aims to provide a user with a friendly and convenient way to evacuate and decontaminate a person after potential exposure to a chemical. Roger started out as an engineer in international development projects, focussing on innovation in agriculture in India. He moved into the private sector in east Africa and gained extensive experience in project management of an SME specialising in hydro-electric power generation. Following East Africa he was placed on his first mission with MSF as a Technical Logistics Manager with MSF in the Middle East, where he identified a series of problems that he thought he could solve with innovation. The first being the PeACE Kit. JAMES ROBERTS, MOM INCUBATOR FOUNDER The mOm Incubator is an inexpensive, electronically controlled, inflatable infant incubator designed and built to decrease the number of infant deaths. It offers a safe, medical grade environment for an infant to thrive in, whilst solving many of the problems of effectively incubating infants throughout the world. mOm was conceived by James Roberts during the final year of his university degree. Given the brief of 'design something that solves a problem', James learned from a TV documentary that the lack of infant incubators in Syria during the civil war was costing them an entire generation. James went about solving this problem and came up with the idea for the mOm Incubator. SETH ODOOM, DIGITAL HEALTH CONSULTANT Seth has an academic background in the Medical sciences; with an MRes in Medical Device Design and Entrepreneurship from Imperial College London and a BSc in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham. His interests lie in entrepreneurial activities and early-stage ventures, particularly in the area of digital health. He has a great amount of experience working on projects at the intersection of novel scientific research and commercial development, which combined competitive intelligence, scientific research and strategy consulting to frame acquisition screens and guide start-up and early stage investment decisions of SMEs and larger organisations. MONOWARA GANI, CEO, DOCTOR'S WORLDWIDE Monowara is the Chief Executive Officer at Doctors Worldwide. Prior to joining Doctors Worldwide, Monowara has held numerous senior executive roles leading various not for profit organisations within the humanitarian sector including development education and campaigning. She has also produced numerous award-winning resources and training courses on development and change, and has been working in the NGO sector for more than 12 years. Mini-hackathon Form your own multi-disciplinary team and jump-start your journey as a humanitarian innovator. Do you want to use your skills to help people or think creatively with other cool people, then this mini-hackathon is perfect for you! You might want to bring your own computer or mobile device(s), Imperial Friends of MSF do not provide computers or laptops. We will provide high-speed Wi-Fi, lunch and plenty of caffeine! Pitching Over the spring term, Makeathon participants have been working hard to build prototypes with the aim of solving problems that humanitarians face in the field. At this Conference, they will be showcasing their prototypes and pitching their solutions to Conference delegates and judges - who will have the chance to vote for their favourite teams. Top teams will be awarded cash-prizes and recognition. Lunch A lebanese buffet will be provided for Lunch as well as an array of refreshments. The Makeathon has been organised by Imperial Friends of MSF in collaboration with Imperial College Advanced Hackspace, Imperial Enterprise Lab, Imperial School of Medicine and MSF Sweden Innovations Unit.

Join us on the 9th of March for a data visualization hackathon at the Data School. Participating in this #VizforSocialGood project will help raise awareness and drive policies around gender equality. Share your passion and Tableau skills, whether it is design, story-telling or expert knowledge. Come along even if it’s your first time or you’re a complete beginner, all levels welcome. Data will be provided on the on the day, however please bring a laptop and friends (the more the merrier!). If you want to get a head start and learn more about the project? Click here. FAQs What can I bring into the event? Please bring your own laptop with Tableau Desktop ot Tableau Public already installed.

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