List of hackathons in Luton, United Kingdom in 2018

Please note: this is a technical deep dive talk strictly for software engineers, software architects and computer science/software engineering students only. We will therefore review all registrations and we will send you an email to confirm your seat. We require each attendee to register on Eventbrite to attend this event. Please complete the registration form provided. Security at the venue will not allow entry to anyone without a valid ticket. This event in collaboration with Golem is brought to you by The Blockchain Connector and King’s College London Blockchain Society. Headline: Golem Insight - Challenges of Decentralized Settings. Featuring Golem As a Primary Example. Abstract: - Verification in the context of non-deterministic problems - introduction and examples - Intel SGX technology - general introduction - SGX technology and local verification in Golem - Decentralization of verification services - an initial Approach Further info available on the following sites: Web: https://golem.network/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/golemproject LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/17948664/ Bio of speaker: Piotr Janiuk is a CTO & Co-Founder of Golem Project. He designed and developed the first Golem POC and helped with the design of the high level architecture of the Golem platform. He also designed and implemented the Golem crowdfunding contract. He was Golem’s speaker at Devcon-0 and Devcon-1. Previously he was a designer and lead developer of Black Vision, a real-time rendering engine for TV broadcasting. He implemented the fastest (at the time) software jpeg2000 codec for DCP. Piotr took part in a few side projects related to p2p networks. He is interested in computer graphics, digital signal processing, cryptography, compilers, virtualization, blockchain tech, parallel computing, distributed computing, trustless computing and optimization techniques. Schedule: 18:00 - 18:45 Registration & Networking 18:45 - 19:00 Intro from The Blockchain Connector & King’s College London Blockchain Society 19:00 - 19:10 Lightning intro from the audience. We are providing an opportunity to our audience to present for two minutes. The topic must focus around a blockchain based product/platform you are building. Please inquire by sending an email to antonio@theblockchainconnector.com 19:10 - 20:30 Main presentation by Piotr Janiuk from Golem 20:30 - 21:00 Q&A with Piotr Janiuk led by Mustafa Al-Bassam 21:00 onwards - Networking drinks sponsored by Golem Location: King's College London, Edmond J Safra Lecture Theatre, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS   EVENT ORGANIZER This event is brought to you by The Blockchain Connector and King’s College London Blockchain Society. The King’s College London Blockchain Society (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. For enquiries, please email us at 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   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 has 10+ years experience working closely with global Investment Banks placing and managing highly skilled eTrading Technology professionals. Antonio has an extensive network, ranging from mid to senior level technology and business professionals across various sectors. He is an organiser of several Blockchain focused events in London aimed at software developers and business users. The Blockchain Connector’sgoal 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 to view all our up and coming blockchain related events. Contact: If you have any question, please 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/ Join our developer focused meetup group held monthly in London. This meetup group is strictly for developers only. Technical talk made for a technical audience.  https://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-Workshop-for-Developers/  

Can blockchain revolutionise Government? Experts from University College London and electronic ID solution Procivis debate the issue at our London meet up. Get your new year off to a great start by meeting blockchain experts and debating the future of the industry. Sign up for FREE here: https://binarydistrict.com/courses/london-meetup/PROGRAMME18:00 — 18:30 - Networking 18:30 — 18:45 - Welcoming words 18:45 — 19:00 - Binary District Education Center: Fostering learning and innovation 19:00 — 19:30 - E-voting on blockchain, Patrick McCorry, Research Associate at University College London 19:30 — 20:00 - Blockchain tech for e-governance, Daniel Gasteiger, Founder and CEO of Procivis 20:00 — 20:15 - Closing remarks 20:15 — 21:00 - NetworkingSPEAKERS- PATRICK MCCORRY is a Research Associate at University College London. His focus is cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, cryptography and decentralised systems. McCorry was awarded the first prize in the Creative Cyber Security Hackathon hosted by Newcastle University, Lancaster University, Raytheon and BIS (Department for Business and Innovation, UK); and the third prize in the Economist Cyber Security Challenge.- DANIEL GASTEIGER has over 20 year experience in the financial services sector. Before co-founding Procivis, an electronic ID solutions company built on integrated e-government platform eID+, Gasteiger began his career as as an FX trader at Credit Suisse. He then went on to work at UBS where he built up and managed the Office of the Chairman as a Managing Director.Please make sure to REGISTER at  https://binarydistrict.com/courses/london-meetup/  How blockchains can be implemented to support government agencies and public services? Join us in examining the technical and legal constraints, reviewing examples of global governments that have already adopted blockchain technology, and discussing future trends in the digitisation of government services.

Student inventors, designers, and coders! You're invited to participate in Royal Hackaway -- a 24-hour hackathon hosted at the Royal Holloway College of the University of London. You'll be challenged to collaborate with a team of like-minded individuals to design and build a working prototype solution to a given problem statement. Present your teams' project to a panel of judges for recognition and the chance to win an awesome prize.

Please note: We require everyone to register on Eventbrite to attend this event. We and our speakers need to understand our audience. Security at the venue will not allow entry without a valid ticket. Headline: Bringing the true peer-to- peer mutual back to insurance by utilizing Blockchain technology. Bio: Hugh Karp is an insurance professional and actuary with over 15 years of experience in the insurance industry. He has held a variety of roles in both primary and reinsurance companies and is currently the CFO for a global reinsurers’ Life operations in the UK. He has a keen interest in blockchain technology with a particular focus on the fundamental business change it can enable. Abstract: Mutuality is the original insurance structure, run by the community, for the community. Despite the attractions, the mutual has largely disappeared, being overpowered by much larger profit driven companies. Blockchain technology can solve the fundamental problems of the mutual by allowing them to scale. Come and learn more about how Nexus Mutual will bring the mutual back to insurance and return profits to the hands of the community. This is an interactive event where we encourage everyone to ask questions during the Q&A session. Schedule: 18:00 – 18:45 Registration & Networking with drinks and light nibbles. 18:45 – 19:00 Intro from Cocoon Networks London & The Blockchain Connector. 19:00 – 19:10 Lightning intro from the audience. We are providing an opportunity to our audience to present for two minutes. The topic must focus around a blockchain based product/platform you are building. Please inquire by sending an email to antonio@theblockchainconnector.com 19:10 – 20:30 Main presentation with Q&A from Hugh Karp, Founder and CEO at Nexus Mutual. 20:30 – 21:00 Networking with drinks and light nibbles. Event organizer: Antonio Sabado Antonio 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 has 10 plus years experience working closely with global Investment Banks placing and managing highly skilled eTrading Technology professionals. Antonio has an extensive network, ranging from mid to senior level technology and business professionals across various sectors. He 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 to view all our up and coming blockchain related events. Contact: If you have any question please contact us on antonio@theblockchainconnector.com or +44 7923 521 833. Follow us on Twitter @bc_workshop & @thebc_connector Join our developer focused meetup group held monthly in London. This meetup group is strictly for developers. https://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-Workshop-for-Developers/

Please note:  We require each attendee to register on Eventbrite to attend this event. We and our speakers need to understand our audience. Please complete the registration form provided. Security at the venue will no longer allow entry to anyone without a valid ticket. Headline: AIEVE powered by Peculium, the first AI savings platform based on cryptocurrency Abstract: The TGE/ICO Peculium is the first savings management platform to take advantage of the blockchain technology which will revolutionizes savings management by deploying immutable Smart-Contracts over the Ethereum blockchain. AIEVE is the AI product created by PECULIUM which is combining BigData analytics, the latest AI techniques, NLP and Data Visualisation over the blockchain. The presentation will expose PECULIUM vision and value proposition. PECULIUM believe AIEVE could revolutionize the way to trade in the cryptocurrency market. PECULIUM are kindly offering 100 PCL tokens for every attendee.  This is an interactive event where we encourage everyone to ask questions during the Q&A session. Schedule: 18:00 – 18:45 Registration & Networking with drinks and light nibbles. 18:45 – 19:00 Intro from Cocoon Networks London & The Blockchain Connector. 19:00 – 19:10 Lightning intro from the audience. We are providing an opportunity to our audience to present for two minutes. The topic must focus around a blockchain based product/platform you are building. Please inquire by sending an email to antonio@theblockchainconnector.com 19:10 – 20:30 Main presentation with Q&A from Abed Ajraou and Kevin Mille from Peculium. 20:30 – 21:00 Networking with drinks and light nibbles. Event organizer: Antonio Sabado Antonio 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 has 10+ years experience working closely with global Investment Banks placing and managing highly skilled eTrading Technology professionals. Antonio has an extensive network, ranging from mid to senior level technology and business professionals across various sectors. He 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 to view all our up and coming blockchain related events. Contact: If you have any question, please contact us on antonio@theblockchainconnector.com or +44 7923 521 833. Follow us on Twitter @bc_workshop & @thebc_connector Join our developer focused meetup group held monthly in London. This meetup group is strictly for developers only. Technical talk made for a technical audience.  https://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-Workshop-for-Developers/