List of hackathons in Kingston Upon Hull, United Kingdom in 2015

The University of Bradford is hosting an open data hackathon for developing prototype tools using the health related open data sets provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), for measuring the level of isolation among communities and individuals in oder to calculate which groups could be at risk of becoming socially excluded. Prizes will be awarded for the best and most innovative prototypes of the day.

PLEASE NOTE: This booking page is now closed to prepare event materials, however, bookings can still be made to attend the event by calling the event team on 01642 713211 or emailing your details to events@cynergy.co.uk _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Yorkshire & Humber AHSN: Patient Flow Hack                                                                                Location: The Octagon, Hull (click here for directions) Date: 24th & 25th  November 2015 #PFHack What is a Hack?  A ‘Hack’ is based on the traditional concept of a ‘Hackathon’, whereby we bring people together and use their combined knowledge, wisdom and expertise to find new solutions to old problems over an intensive period of time. What is the problem? The Patient Flow Hack is designed to provide a tangible solution to assist the challenge of patient flow. Patient flow is a complex and difficult challenge for all organisations.  Colleagues from different departments in Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust (HEY), Hull CCG and across social care will explore together patient journeys.  Real data and patient journeys will be used to develop a shared understanding of patient flow throughout the hospital, which means that we can collaboratively identify where we should focus our efforts to make improvements. The following question will be addressed: How can we optimise the patient journey through the hospital ensuring more effective patient flow and discharge?  As a result of this event a series of projects will be developed with the following aims:  Agree how we can work across the system to overcome bottlenecks Address methods to help us work towards more timely and effective discharge What to expect Local data from the last year will be used to model real patient journeys through the hospital from admission to discharge. The event will start with a physical simulation using this data to develop a shared understanding of the challenges and bottlenecks relating to patient flow. Real patient journeys will be used and will model a typical good day and a typical bad day within the HEY hospital. This is the first time a hack has been used in the NHS in this way. As well as testing a novel methodology, you will hear from national and international experts. Bringing together colleagues, academics, senior managers and front line staff to understand challenges across the system in relation to patient flow.  This event will create a sense of energy and excitement to tackle a really difficult challenge. Please come along, share your experience and expertise and help us to hack the problem. The Yorkshire & Humber AHSN and the Improvement Academy will support the projects that are identified as a result of hack. How Can I Participate? The Patient Flow Hack is a physical event with the opportunity to participate virtually, allowing a wide range of people from different geographical locations to take part. The Patient Flow Hack will run across a 24 hour period, to enable international participants from across the globe. We appreciate that some diaries may not allow particpants to attend both days, such as clinical commitments, however to ensure you get the most value out of the event, we do strongly recommend that every effort is made to attend both days. The event will be hosted virtually via a dedicated 'Google Plus Platform' - click here to visit the site.  This is a joint project with Hull & East Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust (HEY), Hull CCG, East Riding CCG, NHS Improving Quality (IQ), the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Sciences Network (AHSN) and the AHSN Improvement Academy.  

Are you passionate about building a better society? Do you want to use your skills and ideas to find solutions to problems? We’re looking for people who believe they can make a difference to society, from any background or degree discipline to join a unique 24-hour hackathon! The competition brings together university students from across the world to work on sustainable solutions to our global social challenges.You will be working in teams comprised of students from other universities, to find a sustainable solution to a real challenge to our global society. Using virtual communication tools so you do not need to leave the campus, we are showing how technology is bringing the world closer together, and how everyone can play a role in helping communities around the world. Within the intensive 24 hours you will need to work with your international team to develop a business solution to help solve the social issue, validate your ideas, and submit a video pitch to a team of judges. Plus, there will be a range of workshops and lots of mentors to tap into for advice.

On behalf of Computing At School and the Network of Excellence   GCSE Computing Hackathon  07/11/2015 10.00am - 2:00pm Harrogate Grammar School   This is a unique event for all teachers of GCSE Computing.  It is an opportunity to work together to find solutions to difficult programming tasks.  PROGRAMME (STC) The aim of the day is to boost teacher’s confidence in the delivery of GCSE programming tasks. We have access to PC’s running Python 3.1, VB.Net and C#. Alternatively, there is a range of Raspberry Pi’s and guest Wi-Fi if you would prefer to BYOD. For teachers new to GCSE Computing there will be support and parallel workshops, if required. The cost for the day is £25 and includes lunch. You must be authorised by your school to work on any live material SPEAKER Daniel Toms Dan Toms is the Lead Teacher of computing at Harrogate Grammar School and a CAS Master Teacher. He has taught A-level computing for over ten years and OCR GCSE since it was piloted. As a Master Teacher Dan has been mentoring school's introducing computing courses and running CPL across the region to improve pedagogy at all key stages. All materials and resources used on this course will be made available to all delegates after the course. For further information: daniel.toms@computingatschool.org.uk Electronic Privacy Computing At School (CAS)/Network of Excellence (NoE) communicates with its interested parties by email. I understand that CAS/NoE will not pass on my email address to other organisations. Data Protection Act 1998 CAS/NoE as part of the BCS Group will hold your personal data on its computer database and process it in accordance with the Act. This information may be accessed, viewed and used by CAS/NoE for administrative purposes and conducting market research. All of these purposes have been notified to the Commissioner. If you are based outside the European Economic Area (the ‘EEA’), information about you may be transferred outside the EEA in accordance with the requirements of the Act. For further information: http://www.bcs.org/category/5655