List of hackathons in Martlesham, United Kingdom in 2015

Join us to learn how visualise your data in beautiful and interactive ways with just a few lines of Javascript! On behalf of the BioJS community - we are pleased to announce our coming BioJS Workshop & Hackathon. We would like to invite you to take part to this event on the afteroon of the 3rd and the 4th of December 2015, at TGAC.  The event will be in the Darwin room, TGAC. For more information please contact me at : evanthia.kaimaklioti@tgac.ac.uk or call TGAC reception : +44 (0)1603 450861, I will be happy to give you further information. Schedule 3/12/15 14:00 - 15:00: Technical introduction to BioJS 15:00 - 15:30: Self-introductions 15:30 - 16:00 : Coffee break 16:00 - 17:00: Advanced BioJS tutorial  17:00 : Pizza, Drinks   Schedule 4/12/15 10:00 - 16:00 : Hackathon - Interoperability of BioJS components Participants are encouraged to form groups and collaborate. The Hackathon will focus on interoperability of BioJS components but each group or individual is free to work on their own projects. Our experts can help you with troubleshooting your code and will provide project ideas. All coding skill levels are welcome! Please note the following: You will need to bring your own laptop to do your coding. Please arrange for your own food on the 4th of December (bring your own or buy from the Centrum across TGAC). Preparation:  As the workshop schedule is tightly packed, we would ask you to prepare your workspace by following these instructions: http://edu.biojs.net/101/getting_started/ And by filling out our quick survey to help us tailor the workshop to your needs: http://goo.gl/forms/iGkiqzY7Ys Your instructors and the people involved: We hope to see you all there! Please share and bring your friends along! Header background image courtesy of : Geraldshields11

Inspire 2015 – Showcase for Innovators, Enterprise and Entrepreneurs  Taking place during Global Entrepreneurship Week, Inspire 2015 will bring together entrepreneurs   and innovators. Explore and discuss opportunities for collaboration, networking and sharing of successes and showcasing best practice in innovation. We will create an event that is in itself innovative and unlike the normal B2B events you are used to, it   will be participative and interactive. Should I attend? Yes! Over the three days at the Wat Tyler Country Park, INSPIRE 2015 will offer something for everyone, from graduates to the aspirational entrepreneur thinking of taking their first step towards running their own business, to established businesses looking to connect to venture capitalists or experts to drive your   business to the next level. Thursday 19 November – ‘IMAGINE’ Panel Discussion: The opportunities for the future • Knowledge Transfer Partnerships • Open Innovation • Intellectual Property Friday 20 November – ‘DESIGN’ Panel Discussion: Specialist support and finance for your business • Developing your idea • Commercialisation and business start-up • Funding and growing your business • International Trade Saturday 21 November – ‘CREATE’ • Hackathon - Robotics and Autonomous Systems  Be part of the first ever south Essex Hackathon! Also featuring during the event... Business boosters - including: • Investing in the workforce • Develop your e-commerce capability • Enterprise online • Essex FABLAB – Live demonstrators • Live link to ‘Medica’ trade fair in Germany Book your place, we look forward to welcoming you!  Exhibition Stand: We are also offering attendees the opportunity to have brand presence at the event and to book a stand in the networking area for the price of £100 per day.

Inspire 2015 – Showcase for Innovators, Enterprise and Entrepreneurs  Taking place during Global Entrepreneurship Week, Inspire 2015 will bring together entrepreneurs   and innovators. Explore and discuss opportunities for collaboration, networking and sharing of successes and showcasing best practice in innovation. We will create an event that is in itself innovative and unlike the normal B2B events you are used to, it   will be participative and interactive. Should I attend? Yes! Over the three days at the Wat Tyler Country Park, INSPIRE 2015 will offer something for everyone, from graduates to the aspirational entrepreneur thinking of taking their first step towards running their own business, to established businesses looking to connect to venture capitalists or experts to drive your   business to the next level. Thursday 19 November – ‘IMAGINE’ Panel Discussion: The opportunities for the future  • Knowledge Transfer Partnerships  • Open Innovation  • Intellectual Property  Friday 20 November – ‘DESIGN’  Panel Discussion: Specialist support and finance for your business  • Developing your idea  • Commercialisation and business start-up  • Funding and growing your business  • International Trade  Saturday 21 November – ‘CREATE’  • Hackathon - Robotics and Autonomous Systems  Be part of the first ever south Essex Hackathon!  Also featuring during the event...  Business boosters - including:  • Investing in the workforce  • Develop your e-commerce capability  • Enterprise online  • Essex FABLAB – Live demonstrators  • Live link to ‘Medica’ trade fair in Germany  Book your place, we look forward to welcoming you! Exhibition space: We are also offering attendees the opportunity to have brand presence at the event and to book a stand in the networking area for the price of £100.00 per day.

Inspire 2015 – Showcase for Innovators, Enterprise and Entrepreneurs  Taking place during Global Entrepreneurship Week, Inspire 2015 will bring together entrepreneurs   and innovators. Explore and discuss opportunities for collaboration, networking and sharing of successes and showcasing best practice in innovation. We will create an event that is in itself innovative and unlike the normal B2B events you are used to, it   will be participative and interactive. Should I attend? Yes! Over the three days at the Wat Tyler Country Park, INSPIRE 2015 will offer something for everyone, from graduates to the aspirational entrepreneur thinking of taking their first step towards running their own business, to established businesses looking to connect to venture capitalists or experts to drive your   business to the next level. Thursday 19 November – ‘IMAGINE’ Panel Discussion: The opportunities for the future  • Knowledge Transfer Partnerships   • Open Innovation • Intellectual Property Friday 20 November – ‘DESIGN’  Panel Discussion: Specialist support and finance for your business • Developing your idea • Commercialisation and business start-up • Funding and growing your business • International Trade Saturday 21 November – ‘CREATE’ • Hackathon - Robotics and Autonomous Systems  Be part of the first ever south Essex Hackathon! Also featuring during the event... Business boosters - including: • Investing in the workforce • Develop your e-commerce capability • Enterprise online • Essex FABLAB – Live demonstrators • Live link to ‘Medica’ trade fair in Germany Book your place, we look forward to welcoming you! Exhibition Stand: We are also offering attendees the opportunity to have brand presence at the event and to book a stand in the networking area for the price of £100 per day.  

With a focus on doing not talking, hackathons are a collaborative way to solve problems – starting with an issue and collectively developing solutions. It’s all about practical creativity. This Saturday hack takes a new look at volunteering and asks how can volunteering attract people who wouldn’t usually volunteer? We know that ‘volunteering’ can be a loaded term – with its connotations of charity shop shifts and regular commitment, it can turn off as many people as it attracts. Yet the evidence shows that volunteering benefits the volunteer just as much as it benefits those who the volunteer helps. We want to understand what can be done to overcome obstacles to volunteering and what would make volunteering a more attractive proposition for more people. Hack participants will set their own agenda and create their own solutions – it’s your hack and your ideas. Remember, a hack is to be enjoyed, not endured – come along, eat pizza, try something different and see what you can achieve in a day. Theme Collaborative Citizens Who should attend People who work with charities; people who work in charities. People who volunteer; people who don’t volunteer. Citizens; technologists; designers; communicators; service design experts – anyone who is interested in trying a different way to create practical solutions. About the hosts @hackessex Civic Camps are an approach that creates, in double-quick time, collective responses to societal challenges. We bring together people from all walks of life with an interest in getting stuff done. Our hacks are entrepreneurial in spirit, and are opportunities to problem-solve for all participants.