List of hackathons in Luton, United Kingdom in 2018

Scientists, problem-solvers, and innovators in and around Oxford! If you're passionate about how technology can be used to advance paediatric health, then you're invited to participate in Innovation Forum Oxford's Paediatric Innovation Hackathon & Design Thinking event. You'll be challenged to apply your creativity to solving identified paediatric health problems.

Dear guests and friends of UPF As you may know we have a Young Achievers Group who are chosen from amongst the young people recommended to us by the network of UPF Ambassadors for Peace. This group have already deservedly been awarded Young achiever award because of their public mindedness, efforts and activities over the past few years. In the past this group has worked to support refugees in feeling welcome in the UK and to encourage young adults to engage with parliamentarians among other things. Currently their efforts are focused on mental health, particularly the stigma surrounding it which prevents people, but especially young adults, from discussing it and seeking the support they need. It is our view that although professional advice should always be sought, just being able to talk freely about your mental state will have a positive impact. The young achievers’ passion for challenging the stigma around mental health issues is driven by the loss of Matteo’s girlfriend’s sister whom committed suicide during the Christmas Holidays 2017. Matteo is the founder of ShoutOutUK and a Young Achiever. The issues surrounding mental health are broad and varied but after a brainstorming session we came to the conclusion that it is because of the stigma around mental health that prevents people, especially young people, from seeking help. The stigma itself is a complex issue and it is also through the brainstorming session that we decided to tackle by doing a hackathon. A hackathon is interactive and combines group work with individual contributions; where any and every idea is explored. Individuals silently write each of their ideas on how to overcome the stigma onto post-it notes in two minutes and these are discussed in small groups to decide the two best ones, and these are then presented to everyone. Each team will be supported by at least one planning committee member (young achiever) as well as one speaker/professional. The beauty of this arrangement is that after the hackathon there will be support (including the availability of our head quarter’s premises to be arranged by UPF) to meet and continue formulating solutions and plan spin-off events. Our hackathon is also interspersed with speeches from:  Elham Fardad, EY Senior Manager will share her challenges in her teenage years Mary Keightley, Resilience coach will speak on “why resilience matters? How to rewire our brain from pessimism to optimism?” and “Managing anxiety, sadness and anger in myself and others”. Joanna Squire, Psychiatric Nurse will share her journey from having undiagnosed bipolar mental condition and facing multiple challenges to understanding her problem and changing her career to helping others as a psychiatric nurse. We will also have a representative from the mental health charity SANE And a Representative from 1 in 4 Mental Health charity counsellors to say a few words from their perspective. We hope that you will join us in finding a way to stem the mental health epidemic that is affecting today’s youth on the 7th April at 43 Lancaster Gate, London. The event starts from 1030am and refreshments will be available. Please contact us to let us know if you will be attending. We would like to hear from you regardless of your decision. Our contact details can be found below.  Also note that while all those interested in the topic are welcome, priority is given to young adults (18-30) and their families and friends.  Yours sincerely, Robin Marsh / Margaret Ali                         Matteo Bergamini                                  Dominic Hoyte                      UPF Directors                                             Founder and CEO, ShoutOutUK           YA Co-ordinator, UPF               07956210768 / 077 2302 4750 Universal Peace Federation – UK    www.uk.upf.org pa@uk.upf.org  Office Tel: 44 (0) 207 262 0985 Twitter: @ukUPF   UPF is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

Build awesome Musical experiences, with all the support you need. At the hackathon over the weekend, you will use your technical and creative skills to make something wonderful, engaging and musical - anything you build will be awesome. We'll provide you with food, drink, electricity and internet, so that you can get on with the real work - making cool and engaging projects! As well as access to our carefully curated Hacksmiths Hardware Lab, expect support from mentors and even more useful workshops for the duration of the event.

Techies with a background in engineering, software development, or biology! Are you interested in the application of technology to agriculture! If so, then you are invited to participate in the >sudo : grow hackathon! Space is limited, so be sure to apply soon! You'll be challenged to design and prototype digital solutions to one of the most pressing issues facing the agricultural industry today -- in an area such as vertical farming, non-chemical crop protection, or poultry management. Come and create an innovative solution and compete for recognition and terrific cash prizes!

#HACKUX is on!  Learn More here: https://mobileuxlondon.com/events/hackux-amazon-voice-designing/ Hackathon – Designing Voice Interactions with Alexa How can we use Alexa to improve the lives of people across the UK and to have a positive impact? At our latest Hackathon ‘Amazon Voice Designing’, Mobile UX London (MUXL) has partnered with Amazon to host an event at their new Shoreditch HQ. We’re inviting teams to join our Amazon Hackathon to practically learn about using Alexa Skill to develop products that have benefits for society as a whole. Are you up for the challenge? The Amazon Alexa team focuses on bringing user-delighting, voice-activated experiences to its customers. Voice can be used anywhere where humans and machines need to communicate, from smart homes to toys and wearables. Systems like Alexa are an early sign of a massive shift in how we interact with machines, but what’s next? How about interoperability? How can we use Alexa to design products that interact with each other? We’re looking for teams with a range of skills, so whether you’re a designer, developer, security expert, a business developer or product manager, we want you! -------------- Interested in Voice / Alexa, In conjunction with Amazon, we are running a 'Voice Designing Interactions' training course starting in May Click here for more details What previous attendees have said: Karen, Freelance Designer “I have learnt that UX is a lot to do with psychology, communication, deep listening, understanding and empathising with your clients/stakeholders/customers. I hope to be able to apply this to everything I do” Neil Mather, Product Manager "The biggest takeaway is that UX exercises your creativity and puts you in an excellent state of mind. It helped that the teacher was very passionate about her subject."

The Amazon Alexa team focuses on bringing user-delighting, voice-activated experiences to its customers. Voice can be used anywhere where humans and machines need to communicate, from smart homes to toys and wearables. Systems like Alexa are an early sign of a massive shift in how we interact with machines, but what’s next? How about interoperability? How can we use Alexa to design products that interact with each other?

Schroders have teamed up with Stemettes to bring you a really unique and exciting event where you can create your very own app! Have you ever used an app? Would you like to make one? Are you interested in technology? Come to the Schroders App Hack in London! No previous coding experience necessary. Done some coding before? Our experts will teach you how to create apps using HTML and other app building tools. Win prizes! Food and Laptops provided – just bring yourself! Schroders App Hack is hosted by Stemettes. Stemettes are working hard to inspire and help the next generation of females get into Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.  Completely FREE, thanks to our wonderful sponsors Schroders. Here's what happened at our last hackathon >> Sign up below.  What is a hackathon? Hackathons aren't about breaking into things! They're about bringing people together to create amazing things using computers. We think it's really sad that some people have never been to a hackathon or had proper fun with computer science, so we want to give you the opportunity to explore and play about in the creative, exciting world of technology. At this hackathon we'll be building to a theme: “How can Schroders encourage more people to invest more money?”- Think about ways of saving money and how you could then invest it Who Girls aged 5 all the way up to 22. Parents/Guardians. If you're under 16, you'll need to have an adult with you. On the plus side, we'd love it if they helped out with making your game or app! Women (and Men) with a STEM background and are interested in inspiring the next generation. (see below for more details) When Thursday 5th April 10am-5:00pmFriday 6th April 10am- 5:00pm Where We'll be at Schroders HQ in London.  Address: 31 Gresham St, London EC2V 7QA What you need to bring Yourself and any great ideas you have. If you have access to headphones, please bring them with you. We will provide everything else.  Running order Thursday10:00 - Guests arrive. Preback forms handed out.10:30 - Welcome and ice breaker. Event introduction from Head Stemette, Anne-Marie and Schroders11:00 - Brief given, ‘teaches’, begin mini-projects1:30 - Lunch2:15 - Return to projects3:30 - Afternoon tours4:15 - Continue projects5:00 - Wrap up and power down. End of the day. Friday10:00 - Ice breaker and daily brief session. Event introduction from Head Stemette Anne-Marie and Schroders10:30 - Back to projects1:00 - Break for lunch1:45 - Resume projects2:45 - Break3:00 - Finish projects3:15 - Presentations, demo day begins4:15 - Prizes5:00 - Feedback forms handed out. End of day Industry people Are you interested in helping young people learn to code and discover making?  We are looking for adults who have a STEM background to help the girls learn to code in HTML, Appshed and Appinventor tools and show them the range of possible careers you can do after studying STEM subjects.  All you need to do is provide inspiration and help the girls with their projects when they get stuck.  We will provide food and reasonable transport costs to helpers.  Register as a Volunteer. Tools we will be using Appshed - online app-creation tool where anyone can design and publish mobile apps for iOS, Android and web Appinventor - visual, blocks language for building Android Apps Marvel - Pop helps you transform your pen and paper ideas into an interactive iPhone or Android prototype. Brought to you by:  Schroders With a history of more than 200 years and with US$487.4 billion asset under management (all date as at 30 June 2015), Schroders is one of the world's leading international specialist asset management institutions. We debuted on the London Stock Exchange in 1959 and are one of the largest asset managers listed there today. You can have confidence in Schroders. Our stability of ownership and the security of the products and services we offer is underpinned by the fact that the Schroder family continues to hold almost 45% equity in our firm. With offices spanning 27 countries, we now operate one of the largest global networks of any dedicated asset management company. As a result, our 3,600 employees and over 420 portfolio managers and analysts are perfectly placed to apply our expertise in serving the needs of discerning investors in all major investment markets. We view Greater China as a key growth area. In early 2008 we standardised our Chinese name to raise our brand awareness and present our capabilities consistently across China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. FAQs Can I attend on only one day? It is advisable to attend on both days, but we understand that not everyone is able to do that. The projects are deisgned to take two days: if you attend on the Saturday, unless you work with someone who is doing both days, you cannot win a prize. If you attend on Sunday, you are eligible to win a prize at 'demo day'. Are my boys able to attend too? Brothers and cousins can attend, but only if they bring a sister, female cousin or female identifying friend with them.

Eco-Hackathon Full Day Event Due to popular demand for the first sold-out hackathon, we are back for a longer, bigger, better event! Every member of the winning team in this full day event will each WIN a COMPLIMENTARY eco-entrepreneur course in Bali to develop an eco-business solution for a developing world sustainability problem. The environment is being damaged at an unprecedented rate. Charities, governments, activists and corporations have not created truly effective answers to this enormous challenge. Have you got what it takes to become an eco-entrepreneur and build radical new solutions? This is a world-first taster event to learn entrepreneurial skills and a brand new approach to solving the toughest environmental problems facing humanity. The skills you learn can be used to build your own green business. It is estimated that green businesses can generate up to US$12trillion in value by 2030*. You can be a part of that future. You might be an environmental activist, a student, an employee, a coder, a tech geek or a scientist – it doesn't matter what your background is - everyone is welcome. The only requirement is that you bring your imagination. This unique event requires a diverse group of people with different levels of skills and experience. All that we ask is that you bring an open mind and a willingness to consider the impossible. Warning: this event could change your entire life and take your career to the next level..  Attendees will be offered exclusive discounts on upcoming Solve.Earth  courses and a host of other surprise goodies. *Better Business, Better World (Sustainable Development Commission, 2017) http://bit.ly/2mfsIjM FAQs Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event? 17+ What can I bring into the event? Laptop/mobile device with internet connectivity, pen and paper recommended. This is an interactive session. How can I contact the organiser with any questions? email: Solve.Earth@icloud.com Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? Nope! Simply show your digital ticket. Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable? Yes, you can pass your ticket to a friend, colleague, lover or acquaintance. Where is the venue? The central London venue will be confirmed closer to the date. 

This event is brought to you by The Blockchain Connector and King’s College London Blockchain Society. Due to popular demand and positive feedback from our students we are running a series of Blockchain developer workshops in London. This will be our 13th developer workshops so far in London plus one in Zug, Switzerland. We have trained over 250+ developers to date since Jan 2017, our students have gone on to work as a Blockchain Developer and others have set up their own Blockchain start-up. Join our two-day Blockchain Developer hands-on workshop and be at the very forefront of this new technology. Our workshop consists of topics that all future Blockchain Developers must know and we incorporate plenty of hands-on development sessions. To help our students further, we provide one month on-line support through our dedicated private on-line channel. Our goal is to help regular Software Developers become Blockchain Developers. This workshop is also available on-site for start-ups and corporates at your desired location during the weekday and weekends. Day 1 Intro to Blockchains, Bitcoin and Byzantine Fault Tolerant Networks Intro to Ethereum and Smart Contracts Hands-on development on Ethereum Solidity and Smart Contracts Day 2 Smart Contracts Security and Ethereum Internals - Cryptography, Consensus, EVM, Privacy plus more Smart Contracts Design and Best Practices What to know as a Blockchain Developer plus more Hands-on development on Ethereum Solidity and Smart Contracts This workshop comes with one month of continued on-line support via our own dedicated Gitter channel. After the workshop, we hope our students will continue coding, learning and exploring the Ethereum platform, and in good time, we hope our students will have the opportunity to work professionally in the Blockchain space. With this in mind, to help our students succeed, we are providing a dedicated Gitter channel after the workshop where our students have up to a month to ask further questions in relation to Ethereum, smart contracts etc. Recommended development experience Minimum of 6 months development experience is required. If you are a student and would like to attend, you must come from a Computer Science and Software Engineering background. We have a great line up of trainers that will help you break into the Blockchain space. Matthew Di Ferrante Matthew is a Software Engineer with a passion for Information Security, Cryptography, and Distributed Networks. He has worked in many different areas, from hardware, embedded and kernel programming, to data mining, analytics, and network / systems programming. He first started learning programming at 12 years old, and is completely self taught, both on the practical side of programming, and on the theoretical side of computer science, mathematics, and cryptography. Matthew was first exposed to Bitcoin in late 2010 due to his interest in information security, as Bitcoin was first mainly used on darknets/Silk Road, and got fully involved in the Blockchain space around the time Ethereum started to exist - beginning his foray while living with Vitalik Buterin and long time friend Vlad Zamfir (Creator of Ethereum's Casper Protocol) in London for a few months. Matthew currently works as a Technical Lead at Clearmatics developing Blockchain Technology for financial use cases, a member of the Ethereum Foundation Security Team and FounderlLead auditor at Zero Knowledge Labs focusing on smart contracts security auditing. In his free time, Matthew works on personal hardware projects, gives Information Security and Blockchain related talks at various events, and organise one of the largest monthly Information Security events in the North-West. Matthew’s design for a Secure Oracles Reputation System on Ethereum recently won first place for Smart Contract Security at the Thomson Reuters HackETHon. Matthew will be introducing developers to the way the Blockchain works technically, and what its potential applications could be. He will cover the workings and history of the Bitcoin Blockchain, as well as Ethereum and its concept of smart contracts that allow Turing complete code to execute on a virtual machine on the Blockchain. Matthew will also talk about Smart Contracts Security and Ethereum Internals. He will discuss the most important areas to know as a Blockchain Developer. Matthew will hold a Q&A session after each topic. Nick Johnson Nick Johnson is a Senior Software Engineer and has been working in the software engineering space for the past 16 years. Nick is currently working as a Software Engineer for the Ethereum Foundation and prior to this, he worked at Google for a number of years. He brings with him a wealth of knowledge and expertise in Solidity that he loves to share and will be teaching how to write and develop smart contracts during the hands-on development session, and will give students the opportunity to ask questions in relation to the Ethereum platform. Laurence Kirk After a successful career writing low latency financial applications in the City of London, Laurence was captivated by the potential of Blockchain Technology, and in particular smart contracts. Two years ago, Laurence moved to Oxford and set up Extropy.io, a consultancy working with start-ups in the UK and overseas, developing applications on the Ethereum platform. He brings with him a wealth of real world experience that he loves to share with those new to this area. Laurence hold a Physics degree from Durham University, and currently taking his MSc in Software Engineering at Oxford University. In addition to giving talks, mentoring at hackathons, and running groups about Blockchain Technology, Laurence also organise Artificial Intelligence and Data Science groups in Oxford. During the workshop, Laurence will be teaching Solidity (an object-oriented programming language for writing smart contracts) from the simplest smart contract up to interacting with a web application. The focus is very much the practical techniques that are needed when developing on Ethereum. The sessions will be very hands on, encouraging students to practice and explore Ethereum and raise any questions students might have regarding the Ethereum platform. Jerome Rousselot Jerome is a co founder, advisor, public speaker and Blockchain developer in the blockchain industry. Jerome left his job as Android TV technical lead at Marvell Technology and relocated to London to create Mycelium UK in 2014. He now helps the Mycelium wallet to break even and deliver its roadmap. Jerome has also been involved in exchanges, micro finance, insurance, fair betting, supply chain, gaming, secure hardware, smart contracts and teaching software developers. Jerome's startup Jita is coached by the Singularity University. He is a fellow of the Startup Leadership Program and obtained his PhD in Computer Science at EPFL, Switzerland. Jerome has a passion for teaching others who are genuinely interested in learning about Blockchain technology. Jack Tanner Jack Tanner is a passionate advocate for blockchain technology and loves teaching technical concepts in an understandable way. He completed a Masters in Computer Science at Imperial College London. He currently works as a senior blockchain developer on the Indorse platform and has been involved in numerous blockchain projects and education events around the world since 2015. There will be plenty of Q&A throughout the whole two day workshop. Date: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th of March, 2018 Time: 10:00 to 18:00 Workshop Location: King's College London, Room K 1.14, Strand Campus, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS Lunch provided during the workshop on both days. EVENT ORGANIZER This event is brought to you by The Blockchain Connector & King's College London Blockchain Society. The Blockchain Connector Antonio Sabado is the founder of The Blockchain Connector, a training and recruitment company focusing entirely on Blockchain technology. If you are hiring or looking for your next job opportunity in the blockchain space, please get in touch. Antonio is an organiser of several Blockchain focused events in London aimed at software developers and business users. The Blockchain Connector’s 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. We are also planning a series of Blockchain focused seminars for business users/non-technical users to take place in London. Hackathons: We have the resources to organise and mentor blockchain based hackathons. Contact us if you are a blockchain based company who would like to sponsor one of our hackathons or you would like us to lend you a helping hand with organising a hackathon.  Developer Training: We have the resources and expertise to offer companies a blockchain developer focused training on site. Alternatively, developers can join our monthly hands-on developer workshop in London.  Hiring: We have the network to help you build your development team. Contact us if you are a company looking to hire or a developer looking for your next job opportunity. Volunteer Developers: We have access to developers who are looking to contribute to open source projects on a volunteer basis. Contact us if you have an Ethereum based project that require volunteer developers. Alternatively, contact us if you are a developer looking to gain commercial blockchain development experience. Future events: Click HERE and bookmark our Eventbrite Homepage to view all our up and coming blockchain related events. Blockchain Developer Monthly Technical Deep Dive meetup: Join our developer focused meetup group held monthly in London where we have over 150+ developers attend on a regular basis. This meetup group is strictly for developers only. Technical talk for a technical audience.  https://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-Workshop-for-Developers/ Contact: If you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact us on antonio@theblockchainconnector.com  or +44 7923 521 833. Web: https://www.theblockchainconnector.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebc_connector  &  https://twitter.com/bc_workshop LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/15221081/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBlockchainWorkshop/ King's College London Blockchain Society The King’s College London Blockchain Society (also known as KCL Blockchain) aims to provide students a means to engage with the London Blockchain community. We do this by organising events, producing research and curating London blockchain events. We are always looking to collaborate with interested parties to bring students and industry members together to advance our knowledge in Blockchain. Contact: For inquiries related to KCL Blockchain Society, please email junyong@kclblockchain.com Further info available on the following sites: Web: https://www.kclblockchain.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/11347353/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kclblockchain/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kclblockchain

Calling all parties interested in solutions to healthcare problems faced by UK hospitals! Techies, developers, designers, data analysts, health innovators, UX architects, data security experts, business analysts, service designers and others -- all are welcome to participate in the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hackathon. You'll be challenged to design and prototype an innovative solution to critical issues around the use of patients’ data to improve care, as well as the capture of images onto patients’ secure care records and more. Come and collaborate and compete for recognition and £200 prize vouchers.