List of hackathons in Macclesfield, United Kingdom in 2018

Our fourth Major League Hacking hackathon based in the University of Sheffield - for students and recent graduates across the world! For more information, visit hacksheffield.co! Facebook Event

  Everyone is invited to join our 24 hour non-stop hackathon looking at the challenging and exciting area of Financial Technology in partnership with major technology leaders (PWC, YBS and others). Join us for this event, work in a team and propose a concept, or build a prototype, or design a start-up. Our sponsors have provided a set of topics in the areas of financial tech, digital identity, security, and personal digital assistants. Once you've been allocated a team, you 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 The winning teams will each receive a £500 Amazon voucher.  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 Fri 26 Oct18.30 Check-in (University House)19:00 – Welcome and Sponsors announce the challenges20:00-21:30 –  Buffet, networking and team building Sat 27 Oct10:00 –  Team registration (Michael Sadler Building)12:00 – Hack, hack, hack with refreshments, lunch, & pizza dinner in between. This runs through the night. Mentoring support will be available throughout the event. Sun 28 Oct8:00  – Breakfast & carry on hacking9:00–11:00 – Opportunity to practice pitching the solution12:00-14.30 –  Pitch presentations, lunch & announcement of winners15:00  – Scheduled close FAQs Are there restrictions on who can take part? There are no restrictions on who can take part (other than age requirement of 18+). The event is open to individuals with an interest in computer programming, students from universities across the country (undergraduates and postgraduates) and 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. All members of the team should register individually before the event and you can let us know on Friday that you've got team sorted. If you haven't got a team yet, 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. Do I need to be a computer scientist or programmer to take part? No, you can either present a concept or form a team with people who can build a prototype with you. Multi-disciplinary teams are often most effective. Do we go home on Friday evening after the welcome reception? Yes, after the welcome reception the hackathon kicks off on Saturday morning and then runs through the night until Sunday afternoon.

Join us for a hacking cool challenge: To develop a solution for Crowd Management and Crowd Experience. Aimed at: developers,entrepreneurs,engineers,startups,SMEs,students,IoT /IT experts and those of you who just feel passionate about tech! The prize: € 5000 cash Growth acceleration programme Pilot test of developed solution Pre-selection for the next IoTTribe programme *Travel bursaries available. More info and applications at http://hackingley.eu/

Machine learning, data science, and data analytics techies in and around Sheffield! You're invited to participate in The Rolls-Royce Manufacturing Hackathon. You'll be challenged to design and build an artificial intelligence (AI) solution that automates inspection, trend detection and measurement adjustments in the inspection process of aero-engine manufacture. Collaborate and compete to win the £10,000 first prize.

King Edward's School (KES), Edgbaston, invite you to join us for our weekend: KES Student MedTech Hackathon,  Friday 12th October - Sunday 14th October 2018 Engage & improve upon your computer coding skills together with medics & professional coders to brainstorm a product targeted at dealing with major global healthcare problems! Network with Tech (MedTech & FinTech) companies looking for talented and motivated individuals in this exciting and expanding sector. All profits generated from ticket sales will be donated to our charity - The King Edward's School Birmingham Trust. This charity supports the Assisted Places Scheme, which allows children to attend KES who could not otherwise afford a place.  Photographic stills and short movie clips will be taken during the event for our social media platforms. Please bring along your laptops and chargers! Prices Early Bird Fee: available until Friday 31st August 2018 £35 Standard Fee: applies from Saturday 1st September 2018 until Thursday October 11th 2018 £50 On-Site Fee: on sale Friday 12th October 2018 until 1700 only £75  (Places are limited to a maximum of 50 students)

Purpose:  The ambition is to bring the open source culture in to the act of building a Smart City in Sheffield. This is about being open and inclusive and no matter what your skill level to help you play a valuable role in building technology that benefits Sheffielders. How the Hackathon works:  The Sheffield Hackspace (Sheffield Hardware, Hackers & Makers – SHH&M) will run a monthly hackathon around Smart City technology for a trial period of 6 months and with a view to extending and expanding if demand is proven. The first hackathon will be on Sunday April 15th (11.00am to 4.00pm).  There won’t be a hackathon in August (holiday season), making the final hackathon due in September 2018. There will be some projects that groups work on and some projects individuals work on. Participants will have access to people with know-how, various equipment and a lab-like environment to work in. We don’t want to impose our agenda so in Hackathon #1 (i.e. 15th April) we will explore how do you want this to work? We expect the 6 hackathons to focus on The Things Network (https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/ ) Gateways and Nodes, as well as Sensors, Apps, IoT Services etc, all to be agreed on the 15th April. Cost:  Hackathon attendance is free to existing members of Sheffield Hardware Hackers & Makers. Hackathon attendance for non-SHH members costs £6 and enables you to visit one of the weekly Special Interest Group (SIG) of your choice and access a drop-in session that runs on alternating Saturdays in the month you attended. This is payable at the door. Existing SIGs are: Monday Evening: (1) Hackspace Meeting, (2) Electronics SIG (6.00pm to 9.00pm) Thursday Evening: Robotics SIG (6.30pm to 9.00pm) Friday Evening: (1) Radio & Mesh Networking SIG, (2) CNC & Machine Building SIG, (3) Open Session (6.00pm to 9.00pm) Alternate Saturdays: (1) Drop in session (11.00am to 6.00pm), (2) Gaming SIG (6.00pm to 9.00pm) If people choose to become members then we could run a Smart City SIG on either a Tuesday or Wednesday evening. SHH membership costs £6/month (See here for more information: http://www.sheffieldhardwarehackers.org.uk/wordpress/become-a-member/ )

Decoding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ahead of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 73) in New York on September 20th, 2018. Dates: Saturday 8th of Sept and Sunday the 9th of September 2018.  We're organizing another Global Goals hackathon before we head off to New York!!!  Join us!! It's free, and it's for everyone — not just programmers! Are you concerned about the World Current affairs? Want to make an impact and learn how to code? Then mark on your calendar the weekend of 8th and 9th of September 2018. Sign up 2018 with a friend, and come to the Unilever Offices at Port Sunlight for the most creative 48 hours you'll spend this year with the amazing and inspirational Marieme Jamme who will facilitate the 2 days event. Don't Miss it!!  Where: Unilever Offices in Port Sunlight  What: to take part in a two-day hackathon experience and learn about: the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals practice Design Thinking explore the Kano Computer Kit the iamtheCODE iDEA Curriculum and World's Largest Lessons. create with technology and code  By the end of the weekend, participants will have had the opportunity to: Decode the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (also known as the Global Goals) and understand key indicators that could drive social change Get hands-on with the iamtheCODE Design Thinking framework to build technology solutions related to the SDGs: Empathy, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test Make technology and create with code using Kano Kits  Use technology to design a solution to raise awareness around or address specific SDGs including Goals: Zero Hunger, Gender Equality, Quality of Education and Climate Change Win a prize for your group or your school. Children must be accompanied by a teacher or an adult if under 16. All food and transportation will be provided upon receipt. The Cost: FREE Host and Backer: Unilever Port Sunlight Local Partner:  www.the2030hub.com Prizes: Inspiration, DIY Computer Kits, mentoring, and tee-shirts Get in touch with us:  Mariéme Jamme at marieme@iamthecode.org or David Connor at david.connor@the2030hub.com for more information about the event.

The first of the UK's ZenME events. Gathering busy professionals together to explore the Resilience Principles and well being skills and attributes. Based upon Egyptian adversity and rules of survival. This workshop will be the first step into self- coaching and a co- worker coaching environment. We are including a self- worth hackathon and we have a guest speaker that will be sharing how she turned trauma into something extraodinary.  This is an Introductory offer and will resume to full price in September. 

Purpose:  The ambition is to bring the open source culture in to the act of building a Smart City in Sheffield. This is about being open and inclusive and no matter what your skill level to help you play a valuable role in building technology that benefits Sheffielders. How the Hackathon works:  The Sheffield Hackspace (Sheffield Hardware, Hackers & Makers – SHH&M) will run a monthly hackathon around Smart City technology for a trial period of 6 months and with a view to extending and expanding if demand is proven. The first hackathon will be on Sunday April 15th (11.00am to 4.00pm).  There won’t be a hackathon in August (holiday season), making the final hackathon due in September 2018. There will be some projects that groups work on and some projects individuals work on. Participants will have access to people with know-how, various equipment and a lab-like environment to work in. We don’t want to impose our agenda so in Hackathon #1 (i.e. 15th April) we will explore how do you want this to work? We expect the 6 hackathons to focus on The Things Network (https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/ ) Gateways and Nodes, as well as Sensors, Apps, IoT Services etc, all to be agreed on the 15th April. Cost:  Hackathon attendance is free to existing members of Sheffield Hardware Hackers & Makers. Hackathon attendance for non-SHH members costs £6 and enables you to visit one of the weekly Special Interest Group (SIG) of your choice and access a drop-in session that runs on alternating Saturdays in the month you attended. This is payable at the door. Existing SIGs are: Monday Evening: (1) Hackspace Meeting, (2) Electronics SIG (6.00pm to 9.00pm) Thursday Evening: Robotics SIG (6.30pm to 9.00pm) Friday Evening: (1) Radio & Mesh Networking SIG, (2) CNC & Machine Building SIG, (3) Open Session (6.00pm to 9.00pm) Alternate Saturdays: (1) Drop in session (11.00am to 6.00pm), (2) Gaming SIG (6.00pm to 9.00pm) If people choose to become members then we could run a Smart City SIG on either a Tuesday or Wednesday evening. SHH membership costs £6/month (See here for more information: http://www.sheffieldhardwarehackers.org.uk/wordpress/become-a-member/ )

Leeds City Centre Network resilience hackathon – by invitation only On Tuesday 10th July Yorkshire Water will be hosting a brand new hackathon focusing on optimising our networks to predict our ever unpredictable weather patterns. We would like to invite you to this exclusive, closed event as part of a unique opportunity to get into the heart of Yorkshire Water and develop new tools and insights that can pin-point the optimal location of over 8,000 network monitors throughout our region. The event will take place at an exclusive location in Leeds City Centre and participants will get the chance to interrogate multiple datasets, from include pollution incident reports, CSO telemetry data & sewer flooding incident history. Geographic identifiers will be included via secure data transfer methods with GDPR protection provided by a licence arrangement developed by the ODI. The event, jointly facilitated by our partners the Open Data Institute (ODI Leeds) and with Yorkshire Water Directors and Jonson Cox, OFWAT chair in attendance, will present a unique perspective to our data and offer brand new insights into how new technology can unlock the secrets of our network infrastructure; something we are all keen to harness in this new world of innovation. The event is a must attend for anyone who has previously attended our data events, those interested in working closely with the water industry and those with a commercial interest in data exploration.Please see the enclosed programme for full details of the event. If you are interested in attending, either as a guest or participant, please register your interest to receive more information. Visitors will be advised prior to the event on the exact location that we will be hosting the hackathon. For more information, please contact our communications team on 01274 804352 or email duncan.macintyre@yorkshirewater.co.uk