List of hackathons in Leigh, United Kingdom in 2018

GREENER FUTURES - HACKATHON Are you interested in helping to create a brighter future for Liverpool? The aim of the event is to come up with lots of new, exciting & creative social enterprise ideas to tackle a range of challenges linked to climate change, sustainable development & eco social enterprise. Run by School for Social Entrepreneurs North West funded by Our Bright Future.       A  free mini-one day hackathon challenge for 16 - 24 yr old young people from across Liverpool & the North West. Drinks, snacks and lunch is provided for free. Pitch your idea at the end of the day for a chance to win a place on Environmental Social Enterprise Fellowship programme starting May 2018. Hackathons are tools used by designers, social entrepreneurs, engineers, creatives & industry leaders to co-design new products and services solving some of the world's most difficult challenges. You'll be Passionate about changing the world Practical Full of brilliant ideas A problem solver Interested in developing your leadership & employability skills Interested in meeting new people Ideal if you've Already been part of our BEE You project You are on a degree linked to enterprise, the environment, waste management You already study land management, Lantra bee keeping You are a budding social entrepreneur Date: 6th March 2018 Time: Starts from 9.30am for prompt 10am start. Ends by 4pm Venue: Blackburne House, 3 Blackburne Place, Liverpool L8 7EP Access: Blackburne House is an accessible venue. If you have any specific needs please contact us in advance so we can make your visit as smooth as possible. This event is part of a 5 year BEE You Programme funded by Our Bright Future run in partnership with Blackburne House and School for Social Entrepreneurs North West. For more information email Anna B. Sexton, Learning Facilitator, BEE You Project annabsexton@blackburnehouse.co.uk

To celebrate the end of our Preventative, Rehab & Recovery Health Hackathon, we've got tickets for anyone interested in hearing about the great work the teams have been doing over the weekend. At the 2 day hackathon event we bring together healthcare professionals, patients, designers, developers, engineers and entrepreneurs in order to solve real world healthcare challenges. Teams are formed and prototypes are made, ready for the panel of judges to critique and hear about the teams' ideas.  You can be a part of the event too, even if you can't make the full 2 day hackathon. Come and join us to hear the teams presentations to the panel of judges and have your say on which teams' ideas you think is the most innovative!

Over the course of the weekend we'll be uniting Designers, Engineers, Developers, Innovators, Health and Social Care Professionals, Patient/ Service User groups, Entrepreneurs and anyone interested in taking part in creating and designing solutions to healthcare challenges.  By the end of the weekend you will be part of a team that's designed and/or created a prototype that could help solve health and social care challenges; plus you'll have made new connections with amazing people from across disciplines in the tech, health and entreprenuerial world.  The hackathon is a collectve activity, it transcends individual agendas and gives a voice to all participants, as such your contribution is invaluable. If you're already part of an amazing team, you can all come along (although you'll all need to get your own ticket). Plus, did we mention there are lots of prizes up for grabs for the winning teams! Sign up to the HH Liverpool Spark Board to pitch your healthcare challenge for this years’ hackathon. No challenges springing to mind? No problem. Check out what challenges are already up on the Spark Board and join a team, your skills are invaluable. The hackathon starts at 8:30am Saturday 3rd of March and once we’ve finished hearing about all the challenges, we’ll form teams and get hacking. Sunday 4th March, it’s tools down by 12:30pm ready for presentations to the judging panel. If you can't make the full 2 day hackathon, come and join us to hear the teams presentations to the panel of judges Sunday 4th March (at the Stanley Theatre, Liverpool University) and have your say on which teams' ideas you think are the most innovative! Lunch, dinner and refreshments will be provided, so bring your laptop, your energy and your commitment to innovating healthcare through tech!

Pre-university young hackers -- ages 13 to 18 -- in Manchester! HAC100 invites you to participate in the 2-day Manchester Youth Hack #7. Come and code -- or learn to code -- on challenges set by sponsoring digital companies. Test your digital skills and creativity and compete for prizes.

Would you be interested in an exciting opportunity to learn how to make the most from Hackathon participation? Microsoft’s Financial Services CTO talks about his experience, as a participant, as a mentor, and as a judge. We are delighted to invite you to our free workshop on “Making the Most of Hackathons”. Jointly delivered by Lloyds Bank and Microsoft, we cover how best to use hackathons to help grow your product, and ultimately your business. We will cover:   What is a hackathon? How do you get the most value out of a Hackathon? Quit while you are ahead When are they useful and when are they not? How to get involved? This is a fantastic opportunity for you to develop take away valuable skills from Microsoft’s Chief Technology Officer, Aman Kohli. Come along to get some practical hands on experience and discover how you could run your own Hackathon in the future. Panel: Anish Kapoor - has founded, operated and expanded several high growth companies in the technology sectors.  He co-founded and led the growth and IPO of TeleCity PLC, Europe’s largest provider of internet infrastructure. He then co-founded and led the growth and trade sale of Yuuguu, a global SAAS collaboration service which now powers the worlds largest conference calling company. He was a member of the advisory board to the UK Governments’ Technology Strategy Board (KTN), and is an advisor to a number of venture capital backed technology companies Dave McKerral  of evestor Gemma Cameron -  https://rubygem.me/speaker-bio/ Melissa Kabluczenko - @MelissaKab https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissakab/ Melissa has worked in social media for the last seven years and is    currently Social Media Manager for Rullion. She's participated, documented    and provided media coverage for hackathons, helping to gain valuable    insight into how to make the most of them. She’s also studied and practiced    British Sign Language for the last six years, developing a passion for    making technology more inclusive and accessible, which led to her    participating in a recent Think Tank Group on AI and Machine Learning.    Matthew Elliott - Co-founder of www.nivohub.com.  Nivo combines leading identity verification with secure instant messaging. The platform is free for all businesses to join and lets them cut fraud, reduce costs and service customers over mobile more easily than ever before.   Mat developed Nivo while working for Barclays and built its first working prototype to win the world's largest FinTech hackathon. He has since Nivo to become the first Barclays spin out and is currently bringing it to market as an independent company.  Refreshments will be provided. Please ensure you bring some form of photo I.D with you and visit the check in desk upon arrival to the first floor of the branch. The views and opinions expressed in this event are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Lloyds Banking Group. While all reasonable care has been taken to ensure that the information provided is correct, no liability is accepted by Lloyds Bank for any loss or damage caused to any person relying on any statement or omission. This is for information only and should not be relied upon as offering advice for any set of circumstances. Specific advice should always be sought in each instance. If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact our Local Event Manager at holly.gaffney@lloydsbanking.com Event Host: Lloyds Bank and Microsoft

About the hackathon CityVerve is the UK’s Internet of Things (IoT) smart cities demonstrator, taking place in Manchester. It brings together the brightest minds and pioneering uses of IoT technologies to redefine ‘smart’ in the context of a living, working city. This event, the first in a series of Open Innovation hackathons, will focus on the creation of new solutions using IoT technologies and data that address Travel & Transport challenges—specifically, ways we can use technology to encourage citizens to adopt cycling and buses as modes of transportation and improve the experience for existing users. We’re making resources and expertise available to help you shape your IoT and smart cities solutions in a collaborative approach that will help enable better outcomes for citizens, businesses and communities, as part of our aim to foster open innovation. Schedule for the Weekend Friday 2nd February: 18:00 - 22:00 – Challenge kick-off and networking Agenda (updated) Saturday 3rd February 09:00 - 09:30 Breakfast and coffee / tea 09:30 - 10:00 Day overview (over breakfast) 10:00 - 10:30 Technical Workshops / Lean Canvas workshop 10:30 - 12:00 Worktime 12:00 - 13:00 MVP 1: What's the big idea? 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner 20:00 - 21:00 MVP 2: Market Viability 22:00 - Bright Building closed Sunday 4th February 08:00 - 11:00 Breakfast and coffee tea - wake & work 11:00 - 12:00 Workshop: Presentation Skills & Funding Templates 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch 14:00 - 15:00 MVP 3: Does the code work 15:00 - 15:00 Hard stop 15:30 - 16:15 Project & Business Demonstrations 16:15 - 16:45 Judges review / Secondary awards 16:45 - 17:00 Grand Prize Presentation 17:00 - 18:00 Networking and drinks Please note: This is not an overnight hackathon. CityVerve is delivered by a consortium of 20 partners from the public and private sectors, and is funded by Innovate UK. This is event is delivered with support from Manchester Science Partnerships, Transport for Greater Manchester, and BT. FAQs What is a hackathon? A hackathon is an intensive event bringing together diverse skills, technologies, expertise and experience to identify problems, create solutions, and run with opportunities within a defined timeframe. It’s intense, immersive, productive, fast and thorough, and for this event we don’t stop there. We will be creating working prototypes and viable business propositions over the weekend, ready to take into incubation for real-world application in Cityverve’s functional national Smart City demonstrator, and global pitch. What skills are you looking for? Developers, designers, thinkers, business, legal, creatives, policymakers - whatever your skills, if you can apply them to a weekend with like-minded people solving problems, creating solutions and running with real-world opportunities to change the world, you are Hackathon gold. This event is also an ideal opportunity to expand your skillset, with workshops and industry mentors provided throughout. What does it cost to enter and participate? Entry and participation is free.  What about food and drink? Complimentary (and tasty!) food and drink is provided throughout the event - please let us know when you sign up if you have any dietary requirements. What should I bring? Bring your own laptop. Also bring any tech of your own that you would like to hack with - e.g. Raspberry Pi, Arduino, VR, voice, mobile devices, wearables, components, tools, modelling kit. We will be providing challenge-specific tech for hacking, but having kit  to hand that you are already familiar with or are keen to explore further will help you get your project to prototype at speed.    Are there prizes? Yes. The event is both collaborative and competitive. Winning projects will be selected for prizes provided by our partners, including take-home tech, funded business incubation, and places to pitch your project for global development. Viable projects will be taken forward as part of the Cityverve Smart City demonstrator, and brought into real-world use. Where is the hackathon, and how do I get there? Manchester Science Partnerships Bright Building, 5 Pencroft Way, Manchester M15 UK Travel Options to Manchester Science Park: By tram: St Peters Square is the nearest tram stop, it is about a 25 minute walk from the venue, or a 10 minute taxi ride. By bus: the 85, 85A, 101, 102, 103 and 108 services all stop nearby the venue. By bike: bike racks are available. The Oxford Road Corridor provides dutch style cycle lanes. From Oxford Road, visitors should take Denmark Road, and then Pencroft Way. By train: Oxford Road train station is the closest train station, it is about a 25 minute walk from the venue or a 10 minute taxi ride. Is it an overnight hack? No. Access to the venue for hacking is 08:00 - 22:00. Holiday Inn Express (2-4 Oxford Road, Manchester, M1 5QA) - https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/gb/en/manchester/mchor/hoteldetail EasyHotel (33 Dale Street, Manchester, M1 2HF) - https://www.easyhotel.com/hotels/united-kingdom/manchester/101866 Principal Manchester (Oxford Street, Manchester, M60 7HA) - https://www.phcompany.com/principal/manchester-hotel/ Ibis, Princess Street (Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DG) - http://www.ibis.com/gb/hotel-3143-ibis-manchester-centre-princess-street-new-ibis-rooms/index.shtml Ibis, Portland Street (96 Portland St, Manchester M1 4GX) - http://www.ibis.com/gb/hotel-3142-ibis-manchester-centre-96-portland-street-new-ibis-rooms/index.shtml How are teams formed? Teams will be formed to develop selected ideas as part of the Hackathon process. Pre-formed teams are welcome as long as you are open to taking on new members, or joining another team to work on selected ideas. Can I attend as a visitor rather than as a participant? Yes - this is an open innovation event. If you would like to visit and see what goes on, please register for a visitor ticket when you sign up: https://goo.gl/2FkPoq   Is there an age restriction? Anyone over 18 can sign up. Who owns the IP? Ownership of original IP belongs to the team. Is there a hackathon code of conduct? All attendees, sponsors, partners, volunteers and staff at our hackathon are required to agree with the hack code of conduct: https://hackcodeofconduct.org/ . Organisers will enforce this code throughout the event. We expect cooperation from all participants to ensure a safe environment for everybody.

Are you interested in technology innovations for complex rehab? The Innovation Agency invites you to participate in Hackathon: Neuroscience. You'll be challenged to help make the most out of exciting new technologies -- such as exoskeletal robotics, brain-to-computer interfaces, and virtual rehab using artificial intelligence -- to help move complex rehab forward.

The Global Game Jam is back!  Edge Hill Computer Science Department will be once again be hosting the Global Games Jam in the Tech Hub during the weekend 26th, 27th, 28th January.  The 48 hour challenge will start at 4pm on Friday 26th January...then straight through to 5pm on Sunday 28th January. The Global Game Jam® (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event (game creation) taking place around the world at physical locations. Think of it as a hackathon focused on game development. It is the growth of an idea that in today’s heavily connected world, we could come together, be creative, share experiences and express ourselves in a multitude of ways using video games – it is very universal. The weekend stirs a global creative buzz in games, while at the same time exploring the process of development, be it programming, iterative design, narrative exploration or artistic expression. It is all condensed into a 48 hour development cycle. The GGJ encourages people with all kinds of backgrounds to participate and contribute to this global spread of game development and creativity. The structure of a jam is usually that everyone gathers on Friday late afternoon, watches a short video keynote with advice from leading game developers, and then a secret theme is announced. All sites worldwide are then challenged to make games based on that same theme, with games to be completed by Sunday afternoon. In January 2017, we had 700 locations in 95 countries create over 7000 games in one weekend!  Want to get involved?  Whats the next step? 1) Places are limited.  Secure your ticket on Eventbrite.   https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/edge-hill-university-global-games-jam-48-hour-challenge-tickets-40548171673 2) Then, register on the Global Games Jam website. https://globalgamejam.org/ follow the link 'Participate in a Jam', register as a user, then ensure that you join the Edge Hill Site - named 'Computer Science - Edge Hill University'.    Prior to the event we cross check our records with the Global Games Jam - please inform us of your gaming name on your Eventbrite booking. We will be in touch nearer the time with specific details about the weekends activities.  If you have any questions before then please contact Helen Walters - helen.walters@edgehill.ac.uk  Bonus: First 25 people to (register and attend) will be given a free Global Games Jam T-shirt! This event is only open to Edge Hill Students.

What is a Hackathon? Hacking is creative problem solving. A hackathon is any event of any duration where people come together to solve problems. Participants typically form groups of about 2-5 individuals and dive into shared challenges/problems. Join us for a highly interactive session where we will come together to work towards solutions that respond to the following challenge ......"How does OD gain buy-in & engagement from the leaders who commission our services"? Speaker: Ray Pendleton, Managing Director of Thirsty Horses and OD specialist with background in strategic HR. Ray is also a member of the Liverpool CIPD Group Committee. Cancellations and Refunds Policy If you are unable to attend an event please give at least 1 working day notice and we will be happy to refund 100% of your booking fee or book you on to a subsequent event to the same value. Cancellations received after this time will be non transferable and non refundable. Professional photography and video production may be taking place at the event, and these images may be used on future promotional materials for CIPD. Please note that by attending the event, you are giving your consent for your image to be used on any CIPD promotional materials.