List of hackathons in Headington, United Kingdom in 2017

Life scientists and data scientists in the UK! If you're interested in how technology can help deliver quality predictive/preventative health for the people, then you're invited to participate in Treating the healthy. This day-long event is focused on how life scientists can work with data scientists to predict and prevent ill health. You'll get to hear from experts in the field before you form into teams to each come up with an innovative solution that has the potential to deliver significant public health improvement.

Technical deep dive talk with Brave Software, BAT (Basic Attention Token). Strictly for developers only! Please note that this event is for software engineers and computer science/software engineering students only. We will review all registrations and will send you an email to confirm your seat. This event is brought to you by The Blockchain Connector, a training and recruitment company focusing entirely on Blockchain technology.   Schedule: 18:30 – 19:00 Registration & Networking 19:00 - 19:15 Brief intro from Antonio Sabado, event organiser and founder of The Blockchain Connector and Yoti our venue sponsor.  19:15 – 20:15 Main presentation from Ben Livshits 20:15 - 20:45 Q&A with Ben Livshits led by Mustafa Al-Bassam 20:45 – Networking drinks at a nearby pub sponsored by DECENT   Speaker: Ben Livshits   Ben Livshits is the Chief Scientist for Brave Software International, the company behind Brave, a browser that blocks ads and makes web browsing faster. He is also a Reader (similar to Associate Professor in the American academic system) at Imperial College London and an affiliate professor at the University of Washington. Previously, he was a research scientist at Microsoft Research. Originally from St. Petersburg, Russia, he received a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Math from Cornell University in 1999, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University in 2002 and 2006, respectively. Dr. Livshits' research interests include application of sophisticated static and dynamic analysis techniques to finding errors in programs.   Presentation: Starting to Value User Attention This talk will focus on Brave, a novel browser that focuses on changing the advertising model. At the core of Brave is the idea that user’s attention should be properly valued and rewarded. The web is fundamentally broken -- the cost of "ad-supported, free" content has ultimately been at the expense of privacy and security, on promises of better relevance that ultimately have led to rapid adoption of ad blocking. We will talk about BAT, the basic attention token and present some of the usage scenarios around it. BAT allows for a realization opportunity for users to become aware of their attention value, which through the existing ad and marketing model, has been extracted and converted into an apparatus designed for further extraction and profiling of their behaviour with associated perf, privacy and data costs. https://basicattentiontoken.org/   https://brave.com/ https://twitter.com/AttentionToken https://twitter.com/brave    The Blockchain Connector "Our 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. Join us and be part of our growing developer community" To view all our future events, please click HERE. For further details on our developer workshop, please email us on antonio@theblockchainconnector.com or contact us on 0044 (07)923 521 833. Follow us on Twitter @bc_workshop & @thebc_connector Join our developer focused meetup group https://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-Workshop-for-Developers/ (Photo image from Jan 2017 Blockchain Workshop, courtesy of ©matteogiachettiphotography)  

This event is brought to you by The Blockchain Connector, a training and recruitment company focusing entirely on Blockchain technology. Schedule: 19:00 – 20:00 Registration & Networking with food and drinks sponsored by SatoshiPay 20:00 Brief intro from Antonio Sabado (event organiser and founder of The Blockchain Connector) plus lightning intro from the audience 20:15 – 21:30 Main presentation plus Q&A by Meinhard Benn 21:30 – 21:35 Final lightning intro from the audience 21:35 – 22:00 Networking with food and drinks   Abstract of Presentation: SatoshiPay allows publishers to monetise web content using frictionless nanopayments – powered by blockchain technology. SatoshiPay are launching cool new features and partnerships, and would like to introduce them to content creators, publishers, journalists, investors and friends. SatoshiPay CEO Meinhard Benn will guide you through the platform, explain what's new, speak about the partnership with the Stellar.org foundation and share details on SatoshiPay's technology, as well as plans for the coming year. The presentation will be followed by an extended Q&A session. There will be food and drinks, and SatoshiPay will give out free Stellar lumens to participants, so you can try their system straight away.   Speaker bio: Meinhard founded SatoshiPay, a blockchain-based nanopayments provider aiming to fundamentally change the way web content is monetised. As a open source developer, social entrepreneur and avid shoestring traveller with 50 countries under his belt, Meinhard experienced the need for an open, global and decentralised payment technology first-hand. He already experimented with different alternative payment systems for years when Bitcoin and its ground-breaking blockchain technology crossed his path in 2011. As developer, entrepreneur and speaker, Meinhard has pushed the blockchain ecosystem forward ever since. Company twitter id and company website: Tweet @SatoshiPay https://satoshipay.io/   The Blockchain Connector "Our 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. Join us and be part of our growing developer community" To view all our future events, please click HERE. For further details on our developer workshop, please email us on antonio@theblockchainconnector.com or contact us on 0044 (07)923 521 833. Follow us on Twitter @bc_workshop & @thebc_connector Join our developer focused meetup group strictly for developers on https://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-Workshop-for-Developers/

Students and Lawyers Against Poverty members in and around Oxford! Oxfam Lawyers Against Poverty invites you to save the date to participate in their Hackathon in Oxford. You'll be challenged to collaborate with like-minded individuals to come up with innovative ways in which you can improve access to justice for communities across the world.

Developers, designers, researchers, and police officers in the London Metropolitan Area! You're invited to participate in a Policing hackathon: Hack the Police 2. You'll be challenged to design and prototype solutions to issues such as Capturing better first-hand evidence, Improving the comfort of citizens and building rapport in the interview room, and Tools for better officer well-being and mental health.

High tech businesses, innovators, designers, data scientists, coders and business strategists! If you're interested in rail transportation, then you're invited to participate in the HS2 Hackathon. You'll be challenged to come up with an innovative new idea that will help deliver the High Speed 2 infrastructure project. Working on a team of up to five people, you'll collaborate to explore how technologies such as wearable technology, machine learning, and virtual reality might help key aspects of the HS2 project, including staff safety, customer experience, maintenance operations and community impact.

Digital campaigners, tech gurus ... anyone who loves digital campaigning! You're invited to participate in the Lost Voices Hackathon. Research shows that there's a deep divide between the charity sector, politicians and the tech sector which has unfairly impacted on those with a lived experience. In this half-day event, you'll be challenged to design and develop solutions that can help bridge that divide.

Game designers, philanthropists, anyone interested or involved in activities that help enable global social progress, economic growth and environmental protection. You're invited to participate in Qismat Collaboration: Gamifying the United Nation's SDGs. You'll be challenged to design and prototype an video game that is amazing to play and delivers the best global impact, by reinforcing and helping realize the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

Lightning talks is back Our community Lightning talks is back at an amazing new underground venue. We've got some dope talks lined up and are proud to be sponsored by Ping for this event. Here's our lineup: Navida - "Hoopoe House" Maaria - "Searching: A Photo Journey of Hajj" Maaria Lohiya is a freelance photographer and videographer with a particular passion for living and capturing journeys. Yosuf Ali - "Personal websites for creatives" Yosuf is a final year computer science student working as a part time software engineer. He helped start he's university's technology society where he organises hackathons and technical workshops for students. Aminul Hoque - "World's First Islamic Sign Language Book" Aminul Hoque has extensive experience in the education, charity and disability sector. He is Founder of aminyasmin.com and author of the World's First Islamic Sign Language Book Sofia - "How to start a community printing press" Sofia Niazi is an artist and illustrator working and living in London. As part of OOMK, she currently runs a community risograph print studio in Newham, Rabbits Road Press, with studio mates Rose Nordin and Heiba Lamara. So here's the plan for Tuesday 5th December: - 18:30pm - Arrival - 19:00pm - Lightning talks- 20:00pm - Networking + Pizza- 21:00pm - Everyone out! Get tickets quick :-) Hoopoe House We're going to be at a new very cool venue called Hoopoe House. Hoopoe house is an underground space currently being developed into a space for good initiatives and projects that make positive contributions to communities and people. Navida who is the driving force behind the venue is going to be around on Tuesday to talk about the space so be sure to say salam.  Unfortuantely due to the nature and location of the venue (converted Victorian public toilets) there aren't any lifts so access is only via the stairs.   Leave your business cards at home and download Ping We're proud to be sponsored by Ping for this event. Ping is your new networking buddy! It helps you exchange information (even if your new contact doesn't have the app!), remember the location of where you met, and also get reminders to follow up in the weeks and months after. Carl who started the company is going to be joining us on Tuesday too. What they're building and the way they're building it is amazing. Everyone download the app and use it on the night.  Who are we? Murtaza - UX designer working on digital products and startups. I helped co-found casseroleclub.com alongside FutureGov.  Arfah - Head up the Marketing at Makers Academy, a 12 week coding bootcamp. I co-founded Discoverables and went through a social tech accelerator where I had a crazy #startupkid journey.  Faheem - Freelance product designer a product designer with equal amounts design and code, currently @amaliah_tweets Sign up to our mailing list to hear about events and what we're upto. Note: This event is open to people of all faiths and none! We just want to create a space to showcase what people in the muslim community are up too! Here's why we started #muslamicmakers

This event is brought to you by The Blockchain Connector, a training and recruitment company focusing entirely on Blockchain technology. Schedule: 18:00 – 19:00 Registration & Networking with food and drinks sponsored by MindArk 19:00 Brief intro from Antonio Sabado, event organiser and founder of The Blockchain Connector 19:10 – 21:00 Main presentation plus Q&A by David Simmonds & Henrik Nel 21:00 – Networking drinks at a nearby pub Presentation title:  A Token Mechanism for Growing the Games Development & Enterprise Ecosystem of Decentralized Applications in a Virtual World Quick intro: MindArk, a Swedish virtual reality company founded in the 1990’s will provide an overview on how they are applying Blockchain technology on their platform and how they are applying open standards in this space. The first video game was thought to be engendered virtually 60 years ago in October 1958 by, Physicist William Higinbotham, it was a simple tennis game. Since then, gaming has become an immersive experience through a host of deep technologies such as AI, ML, AU & VR. Mindark AB through its Entropia Macrocosm a platform is about to open source much of its deep tech through a Token offering denominated Deeptoken. For the long-term prosperity of the Entropia open platform accommodations, there is a desideratum for (a) governance structures and (b) incentive mechanisms for developers and users to participate in an incipient two-sided market for applications. In this paper, MindArk will present Deeptoken—a blockchain token protocol that ameliorates upon the earlier design of the Entropia Macrocosm. Deeptoken introduces decentralized governance and incentive mechanisms for ecosystem magnification, and enables incipient features like support for games and enterprise business developers to access deep technology and license their engenderments for more expeditious use. Deeptoken is a major upgrade to the Entropia Macrocosm and, like earlier major technology upgrades, will be proposed as the next immensely colossal milestone in the history of the macrocosm.   Speakers: David Simmonds David was the former CEO of MindArk between 2011-2014. With 15 years of experience in Virtual Reality and Crypto/Virtual currencies he will be an integral part of the DeepToken foundation. David also brings 35 years of experience of sales and business development in IT, telecom & security of which more than 30 years as owner/managing director. Henrik Nel Henrik is one of the co-founders of DeepToken and as CSO responsible for the strategic initiatives of MindArk and the DeepToken foundation. He studied Management and Economics of Innovation at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Early adopter of crypto and passionate gamer.  Twitter @EntropiaNews More info on mindark.com  &   entropiauniverse.com   The Blockchain Connector "Our 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. Join us and be part of our growing developer community" To view all our future events, please click HERE. For further details on our developer workshop, please email us on antonio@theblockchainconnector.com or contact us on 0044 (07)923 521 833. Follow us on Twitter @bc_workshop & @thebc_connector Join our developer focused meetup group strictly for developers on https://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-Workshop-for-Developers/