List of hackathons in Hull, United Kingdom in 2017

Everyone is invited to our 24 hour non-stop hackathon looking at the challenging and exciting area of FinTech in partnership with major technology leaders (HSBC, IMC, AQL and others). Join us for this event, work in a team and propose a concept, or build a prototype, or design a start-up – whatever you do you will have the chance to win a portion of over £2,000 in prizes, continued mentorship, and gain access to job opportunities. In 1957, the University of Leeds was one of the first universities in the UK to buy a computer. This was a revolutionary development in university science and engineering, and the springboard for academic computer science in the university. 60 years on, computer science underpins nearly everything we do. The sponsors have provided a set of topics in the areas of financial tech, digital identity, security, and personal digital assistants. Your team will have 24 hours to propose a great idea for a particular topic and produce an initial prototype. You will then present your idea to a judging panel on Sunday afternoon. A winning team will be chosen for each topic area. Throughout the event you will be given mentoring and support by research staff and engineers in designing and building your concept. Mentors will also be on hand to look at your CV and give you tips on employability etc. PRIZES Over £2,000 of prizes to be won across sponsor led challenges as well as opportunities for sponsor mentorship and recruitment. TEAMS Teams will consist of 4 people, you can either register as a team or we can help you form a team at the reception event. We encourage multi-disciplinary teams to give you the best the chance of success. AGENDA Friday 20th October (18:30) - Welcome reception for delegates and sponsors with an introductory talk by Dr Chris Sier Fintech Envoy for the North Saturday 21st October (10:30) - Hackathon Start Sunday 22nd October (12:00) - Judging/prizes by Sponsors (scheduled close 15:00) FAQs  Are there restrictions on who can take part? There are no restrictions on who can take part (other than age requirement of 18+). We would particularly like to see as many students (undergraduate, masters, and PhD) involved as well as staff from the universities in Leeds. We'd also love to see a great mix of disciplines, although having someone with a computing background on your team will help.  Are meals provided? Yes, at the reception on Friday we'll provide a buffet. On Saturday we'll provide lunch and dinner. On Sunday we'll provide breakfast and lunch. There will be coffee and soft drinks available throughout as well. There is not cost for the food or drink.  Do we need to register as a team? No, teams will consist of 4 people. You can register as a team online before the event or else you can let us know on Friday that you've got team sorted. If you haven't we'll help you either form or join a team during the reception on Friday and Saturday morning.    Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event? Yes, hackathon participants must be over 18 as the event runs throughout Saturday night.   What are my transport/parking options for getting to and from the event? After 5PM the University Edge and Multi-Storey car parks are open to the public. Payment is made before exiting. Further details can be found here: http://carparking.leeds.ac.uk/visitors/   What can I bring into the event? Please bring a laptop.   How can I contact the organiser with any questions? Either use the contact details on your registration form or contact the School of Computing on 0113 343 5430.  

Description This Propensity to Cycle Tool Hackathon is designed for advanced users and developers of the tool to share ideas, use-cases and skills. The aim is to build know-how of the tool and how it can be used, modified and extended to improve its ability to help provide an accessible evidence-based for transport planning. Attendees will likely split into teams at the outset to work on issues such as: How to best make use of data generated by the PCT New scenarios (e.g. 'Go York') Modifications to the PCT (this could have multiple teams) It is hoped that the knowledge learned will be shared beyond the event via write-ups, workshops and extensions to the PCT by attendees. Prerequisites R must be installed, in addition to the development version of the stplanr package: https://github.com/ropensci/stplanr It will help if you have Git installed on your computer. With it installed the following commands will download all files you need to reproduce the tool: # clone the pct data creation scripts git clone git@github.com:npct/pct-demo If you want to work on the 'full' PCT you'll need these on your laptop before the hackathon. To download the input data, install git lfs from GitHub and run the following lines of code from an appropriate shell (e.g. bash on Linux or Windows Powershell): git lfs install # check lfs is working # clone the data (warning - large) git clone git@github.com:npct/pct-inputs.git # raw input files git clone git@github.com:npct/pct-outputs-national.git # national outputs git clone git@github.com:npct/pct-outputs-regional-R.git # regional outputs used by pct-shiny The contents of the regional outputs are used by the code in pct-shiny, which can be downloaded with: git clone git@github.com:npct/pct-shiny.git Agenda See full draft agenda here: https://github.com/npct/pct/blob/master/minidocs/pct-hackathon.Rmd The rough running order of the event will be as follows: Getting up to speed 9:00-10AM (optional) The aim of this section is familiarise attendees with the PCT. Optional for experienced users. Policy relevance and the type of questions we want to answer (15 minutes) Open question and answer and a chance for people to ask technical questions (15 minutes) Meet and greet and team formation - talk to person next to you and decide what you want to get out of it (15 minutes over coffee) Coffee break, discussion and set-up (15 minutes) Learning to use and hack the PCT (10 - 12) Live demo and where we're at with the Propensity to Cycle Project and quick demo (Robin - 15 minutes) The aim of this section is to learn skills needed for the hackathon. By the end of it everyone should be in a team with a plan. Split session. Getting up to speed with the tool - Robin, Nikolai and Ali to do tech explanation for people with PCT installed, others to demonstrate use cases for people without (45 minutes) Free time to play with the tool, test hacks and network to finalise teams (1 hr) Lunch: 12 - 1PM The hackathon (1 - 4pm) This is where the bulk of the work will take place Reconvene to hear and discuss team ideas (30 minutes, ~5 min per team) Free time for hackathon (2 hrs) Feedback (4 - 4:30PM) Presentation of hacks and discussion

Our third Major League Hacking Hackathon based in the University of Sheffield - for students and recent graduates across the world! For more information, visit hack.sheffield.ac.uk! Facebook Event

Next Thursday 21st September, the University of Sheffield is the first partner in Siemens investment in a new multi-million pound network. The MindSphere Innovation Network (MINe) will link businesses with UK and global universities to exploit opportunities in the Industrial Internet of Things. As part of the launch there will be demonstrations of how the IIoT can make a difference and how data from the campus can be made available in teaching. Come to the MindSphere Lounge in the Diamond and sign up for free MindSphere training and the chance to register for a hackathon with Siemens later in the year.  And if you have new ideas for how the Industrial Internet of Things can be disruptive then Siemens will be offering a prize for the best ideas and have staff on hand to answer your questions. Time: Informal drop-in session between 2 & 4 pm.

The Priestley International Centre for Climate, the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and Advanced Research Computing at the University of Leeds invites you to apply for an interdisciplinary adventure that explores the interplay of science stories, digital technology, storytelling and narrative for feeling as well as seeing. We invite climate researchers, artists and creatives and VR developers to take part in a dedicated VR hack that imagines new VR applications for engaging audiences with climate science and sustainability. The event is seeded with VR demos and mentors, prior digital experience is not needed. If you are a VR developer then find out more about climate science and policy and mix it up with artists, data vizualisers and communicators. Learn about Virtual Reality and how content for VR is produced. Experience world class quality VR and join us in Leeds for a unique interdisciplinary adventure at the interplay of science stories, digital technology, storytelling and narrative for feeling as well as seeing. It is a great event, learn about VR, learn about climate change, meet new people and come up with new and exciting ways tell everyone about the problems and challenges of global warming. Come along and take part in a dedicated VR hack that designs and imagines brand new VR applications. The best will be presented at the Tyndall Centre booth at the Blue Dot Festival 2017.  The event is seeded with VR demos and VR mentors so no prior experience of VR is needed. VR developers come along and learn about climate change and new ways to communicate. What is the Purpose of the VR Hackathon Climate change data and graphs are stories without a soul, where the human story and meaning is hidden or lost somewhere between the x and y axis and statistical estimates. Climate change in the real world, of course, is many dimensional. It is biophysical, it is human and other species, and it influences everyday choices everywhere now and forever. The two dimensions of climate change data are limited in their exposition of cause and effect, emotion, empathy, values. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are similarly multidimensional. We believe that the newly emerging immersive experiences of VR might yield a whole new medium and channel for engaging people with climate change. Our purpose, building on Anthronaut Experience Hackathon’s in Stockholm, Paris and Melbourne is to bring together creative people to brainstorm create, plan and storyboard some truly mind expanding and deeply engaging VR experiences of life with the science of High-End Climate Change. Who is invited to join the Hackathon? We are seeking participants with strong skills in one or more of: VR production, filmmaking, scripting, storytelling, storyboarding, digital innovation, graphical design, and climate science and data. We are seeking to populate a unique pool of talent to generate new ideas and form new networks that can draw on the power of VR to engage everyone with climate change and empathy and emotion for current and future changes. Expenses and What Else? We have reserved some B&B accommodation on campus. There is also a small amount of money to help with accommodation and travel if needed, thanks to The HELIX project which has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 603864. Please tell us your travel and accommodation needs during your registration. Getting the Mix Right There are a limited number of places and we wish to make sure that we have a good mix of groups; 1,) VR developers 2,) climate researchers 3,) creatives and communicators which includes but is not limited to filmmakers, script writers, storyteller, digital innovators, graphical designers and artists. When you register place select which of these group you belong to: VR if you are a VR developer Climate if you are a climate researcher Creative if you are a filmmaker, script writer, storyteller, digital innovator, graphical designer, artist or anything similar We will also run a waiting list so that cancelled places can be filled. Short Program Day 1 Wednesday the 28th of June: 2pm - 4pm optional tour of VR demos 6pm – 9pm evening of VR demos, learning and team forming Day 2 Thursday the 29th of June: 9am – 5pm VR hack, pitching and judging Location Details Both days are at the University of Leeds: Day 1 evening event is in: University House, Lifton Place, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT Day 2 is in: the Leeds University Business School, Maurice Keyworth Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT

Data scientists, programmers, technologists, activists, analysts, policy makers — in fact anyone and everyone who is interested in air quality! ODI Leeds invites you to participate in #AirHack, a 2-day event working with the UK's Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) to explore air quality — the problems, the data, the solutions. You don't need to be an expert on data or digital technology — you just need to be interested in how Defra datasets might be used for the civic good.

Data scientists, programmers, technologists, activists, analysts, policy makers — in fact anyone and everyone who is interested in air quality! ODI Leeds invites you to participate in #AirHack, a 2-day event working with the UK's Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) to explore air quality — the problems, the data, the solutions. You don't need to be an expert on data or digital technology — you just need to be interested in how Defra datasets might be used for the civic good.

LabVIEW professionals! National Instruments, the Fraser Nash Consultancy, and Tribosonics invite you to sign up to participate in the LabVIEW Hackathon at the University of Sheffield. Come and help solve great engineering challenges and network with engineers from industry. You'll get the chance to showcase and further develop your LabVIEW skills and compete with the best-of-the-best to win awesome prizes.

Data scientists, technologists, story-tellers, activists, analysts! Are you interested in mining the value of the data sets available from the UK's Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)? ODI Leeds invites you to participate in an open meeting to shape an upcoming 2-day hackathon event in Leeds that will address air quality. You don't need to be an expert on data or digital technology — you just need to be interested in how DEFRA datasets might be used for the civic good.

College and University student gaming enthusiasts in and around Lincoln! Come and participate in Global Game Jam 2017 — the world's largest game jam event, where you can collaborate with like-minded gamer techies to create awesome new games! You're invited to explore new technology tools and testing your skills by designing, creating, and testing your own new game — all in less than 48 hours. Get ready for Global Game Jam 2017 with the best hackathon advice!