List of hackathons in Daresbury, United Kingdom in 2016

Wigan Council, in association with Leigh Hackspace, are running the first ever Wigan Borough 'The Deal In Action' Civic Hackathon to help the Council better understand the needs of the local population, and develop new and innovative digital solutions to local problems.

The Slackathon MCR invites you to a aimed at making integrations with the Slack API. The Slack's API's can be used to send data into Slack with incoming webhooks, invoke actions outside of Slack with commands , and/or build a Slack bot. The favourite projects will be chosen by the end of the two day event based on these categories usefulness and best use of Slack bot.

The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is one of the world's largest hackathons on game development. Come and explore the global creative gaming atmosphere, while taking part in the process of development, including programming, iterative design, narrative exploration and artistic expression. Don't worry if you don't know how to program, creative idea makers are also very crucial on the process of game development. Also if you are an experienced game player you can take a stab at testing the design.

The Yorkshire and Humber digital healthcare event is open to all creative design and digital technology specialists and healthcare professionals. Explore topics such as virtual reality, telehealth, animation and robotics, and new market opportunities for creative and digital technology in the NHS and healthcare sector. Learn how apps, software and digital solutions are improving the patient experience in existing care and how to get involved in a programme of healthcare hackathon and access to finance events to support your product development.