List of hackathons in Martlesham, United Kingdom in 2019

Creative girls only technology event with dance, Frozen, robotics, coding and solving environmental problems with tech. Suggested 9yrs-19yrs

Gamers in the Cambridge area! Hackers at Cambridge invite you to be part of the fourth annual Game Gig make-a-game hackathon sponsored by Electric Square and Studio Gobo. It doesn't matter you're a newbie or an experienced hacker! It's end-of-term! Come and celebrate and collaborate with fellow game makers at this FREE hackathon!

Members of the Cambridge University Data Science Society (CUDSS)! You're invited to participate in a hackathon to determine the most powerful person in the world. In this data science challenge, you'll be part of a team of 3-4 people to define who is the most powerful person in the world, based on a mix of financial, Instagram, terrorist, Twitter, and Wikipedia data.

Machine learning enthusiasts in the UK! You're invited to participate in a challenge focused on predicting stock prices by using historical data, including social media data. Whether you're new to data science, or a data science veteran, come see if you can top the leaderboard and win some prizes! There will, of course, be free pizza and refreshments available throughout the day!

The hackathon will have a big open track and project-specific bounties with over £10,000 in prizes!

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based charity that works to put the power of computing and digital making into the hands of people all over the world. Hundreds of thousands of young people regularly use our free, detailed, and engaging educational resources to learn computing and digital making skills. To reach even more young people, especially in communities that may not yet have access to high-quality computing education, we need to translate these resources into a wide variety of languages. To celebrate International Translation Day on 30 September, we are organising a translation hackathon at our headquarters in Cambridge, where we hope to bring together the wonderful people of Cambridge to help us translate as many of our educational resources as possible. Please join us if you speak fluent English and another language, and have some basic knowledge of Python, HTML, and/or Scratch. You don’t need any translation experience — our translation team will provide you with help and support. Together, we can break down the language barriers in computing education.

PATIENTS AS PARTNERS - EMPOWERED PATIENTS INFLUENCING CHANGE RAREsummit19 is a 1 day summit focusing on patient centricity in rare disease - mastery, opportunities and trends in the drug development process, healthcare and assistive technologies. View the full RAREsummit webpages here  Join 250 attendees, 26 speakers and 32 exhibitors to discuss which are the most pertinent challenges and innovative solutions in ensuring patients are valued and essential partners. A highlight of the rare disease calendar - can you afford to miss out? What if? What if we were able to share information with the power to revolutionise the current rare disease landscape? What if we could provide solutions to patients now, answering their pressing questions about their disease, care, and treatment? What if we could ensure that patients and advocates played an equal and vital role in the development of drugs, assistive technologies, and healthcare? Rare disease patients and their families are tired of waiting for answers and the slow pace of change. They want to be involved and share their lived experiences to help companies, researchers and healthcare professionals find answers and solutions. Hear from,  learn from and engage in cross-sector activities with a range of stakeholders: patients; patient advocacy groups; researchers; health care professionals and companies who are leading the way in pioneering partnerships to accelerate change. Join us at the Wellcome Genome Campus: a hub of life-changing science. We think it's the perfect venue to make progress for rare diseases. THE HACKATHON CHALLENGE The day will culminate in a  ‘hackathon’ activity.  So what's a hackathon? In a nutshell, cross-sector delegate teams will work together to explore what matters to you and what matters the most. "We need a national debate on rare diseases to offer the best possible care". Cambridge Rare Disease Network welcomes Baroness Nicola Blackwood to deliver a speech to usher in our cross-sector hackathon "What matters to you. What matters most?" The minister, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, recently said "I want to lead a national conversation on rare diseases, and how we care better for people. We want to talk to staff, patients, experts and researchers...to capture views on the big strategic issues that affect you." At RAREsumit hackathon we'll be giving delegates the opportunity, in cross-sector teams, to 'identify common themes and proposals to help develop the vision for a post-2020 rare disease framework'. Your thoughts and priorities will be shared with the Minister as a report following. Will you be there to have your say? Selected teams will have the opportunity to pitch their idea on stage.  We aim for delegates to be inspired to develop this cross-sector approach with patients as equal and vital partners. NETWORKING and COLLABORATION During an extended lunch, delegates enjoy networking and browsing charity, healthcare and company stands and a patient journey poster exhibition. For our summit 2017, 52 patient journey posters were created by various rare disease patient groups and individuals. Some of these will be displayed along with a new collection.  The day will close with a complimentary drinks and canapes reception where delegates can enjoy networking, reflecting on their day and developing partnerships for the future. AGENDA and SPEAKERS  For the full agenda see here https://camraredisease.org/raresummit19-agenda/ To browse speaker profiles https://camraredisease.org/raresummit19-speakers/ A selection of the 26 confirmed speakers Alastair Kent, OBE - Expert in policy development and patient engagement for health and medical research in rare and genetic diseases Dr Jonathan Milner - Co-Founder and Deputy Chairman of Abcam, biotech entrepreneur and CRDN Trustee Dr David Brown - Co-founder & Chair of the Board, Healx Ltd Emily Crossley - Co-Founder and joint CEO of Duchenne UK Dr Tim Guilliams - Co-Founder and CEO of Healx Ltd and Founding Director and trustee of CRDN Dr Ana Mingorance  - Chief Development Officer of the Loulou Foundation and Scientific Director of Dravet Syndrome Foundation Spain Elin Haf Davies - Founder and CEO of Aparito  Dr Nicolas Sireau - CEO and Chair of Trustees at the AKU Society Dr Cecily Morrison - Researcher, Human Experience & Design Group, Microsoft Research Cambridge Thomas Agorka - Founder and CEO of Orphan Reach, CRO Pete Chan - Head of Research and Analysis, Raremark  Tanya Collin-Histed - Chief Executive Officer, International Gaucher Alliance Dr Joanna Segieth - Biosynetix Ltd, Rare Drug Development Solutions Dr Sarah Leither - Medical doctor at Addenbrookes CUH, CRDN trustee and Albinism advocate Laurence Woollard - Founder and Director of On the Pulse Consultancy and haemophilia advocate   WHY ATTEND? Learn something new, be inspired, meet people, add value, collaborate Build your network with 300 biotechnology, pharma and  startup leaders, patients and patient group CEOs, healthcare professionals, researchers and students assembling to address key issues to enabling and promoting collaborative working to improve the rare disease patient journey   Hear from, and put questions to, key opinion leaders through Q+A and event technology  Take part in cross-sector activities Hold crucial discussions with potential partners from local and global arenas Expand your knowledge and keep abreast of opportunities and trends in the drug development process, healthcare innovation and disruptive technologies in the rapidly evolving rare disease landscape Join us at the Wellcome Genome Campus; a hub of life-changing science, we think it's the perfect venue to make progress for rare disease We are proud of our forward-thinking and unique events which provide a forum for all stakeholders to learn, interact and collaborate, but don’t just take our word for it… I attend several rare disease meetings every year and the summit had the most interesting programme that I’ve seen in a long time. The key for me was the authenticity and passion that we got from the speakers, both from the patients and the scientists.  Anna M, NFP scientific officer, CRDN Summit 17  A highlight of the Orphan calendar. Up there with Bio. Richard I, industry professional, CRDN Summit 17 Cambridge Rare Disease Network delivered a lot on a tight budget, which was particularly impressive. It was fantastic that new working collaborations were formed from the meeting. Communique Awards for excellence in healthcare communications 2018 judging panel - Finalist TICKETS If you have attended our events previously, you'll notice that we have changed our pricing structure. Our aim is to provide more equitable and accessible options for all. CRDN is a registered charity which relies on revenue from selected events and sponsorship of these events to be able to provide attendees with a high-quality experience. Please respect the 'honesty box' ethos of this system when selecting your ticket band. If you're unsure which ticket to choose, perhaps you have different roles, then kindly contact jo@camraredisease.org for guidance. Thanks for your support

Want to take on the challenge of innovation in healthcare? If so, we are happy to welcome you to the third Norwich Health Hackathon at TEC

Introduction For decades now supermarkets have been pre-packaging more and more goods in order to increase their profitability by increasing the ease with which they can sell. This practice has come at a significant cost to the environment and there is a growing ‘zero waste’ retail movement which has started to sell loose goods into containers that customers bring themselves. Full Circle (www.fullcircleshop.co.uk) is a Cambridge-based zero waste retailer that is now at the point of adding food to its current range (see our CrowdFunder at https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/zero-waste-store-for-cambridge). Full Circle is sponsoring this hackathon in the belief that there are better approaches to zero waste retailing than have currently been deployed. Zero waste retailing has a couple of key challenges; the inconvenience for the customer, and the labour-intensive retail process. It is our contention that if these challenges are not adequately addressed, then the prices charged and the effort involved for the customer will mean that zero waste shops will only ever be frequented by the well-heeled and/or those who are highly motivated by environmental issues. We, at Full Circle, invite anyone who has an interest in this area, or who just enjoys working on complex problems to join us for a stimulating weekend of conceptualising, designing, building, hacking and general problem-solving. We’re absolutely not just looking for software hackers, but also those with skills in consumer behaviour, process design, product design, graphic design and communications. The Challenges The following specific challenges have been identified: Currently most zero waste retailers expect customers to bring a range of their own containers to fill up. These containers might be bulky and heavy and thus the process of getting to the zero waste shop without using a car (which of course is greatly preferable) is likely to put many off. How could this process be made more amenable to the customer? One of the ways in which the process might be made more convenient is to bring the zero waste experience closer to the customer through a mobile shop and regular community pop-ups. However, zero waste retailing involves large, cumbersome and expensive dispensers that make it difficult to be mobile.Could a system be devised that made it easy for a single person to take a zero waste shop ‘on the road’. Another option to improve convenience would be to offer a home delivery service. However, to avoid pre-packaging it will be necessary either to use the customer’s own containers (with the associated problem of having to collect it first before being able to fill and return it), or to use a range of containers that the retailer owns that are either just used for transport and then returned, or maybe used for kitchen storage if a deposit return scheme were employed.What would a successful home delivery system look like? Most goods in a zero waste shop are sold by weight, and thus one of the most intractable problems of zero waste retailing is that the weight of the customer’s container must be taken into account when weighing. Typically the weight of the container must be recorded somewhere before the goods are added, and typically the final weighing is performed by the retailer who will deduct the recorded container weight. Inherently this approach does not lend itself to swift self-service, and thus the process is slow, cumbersome and labour-intensive. Are there process and/or technological solutions that could be employed to make the experience convenient and pleasant for the customer and involve less effort on the part of the retailer? Could an app be developed to encourage and facilitate zero waste retailing? Perhaps such an app could answer questions such as specific items can be bought loose, or which retailers give discounts for the use of reusable containers. The organisers will be awarding a prize for the best project, taking into account the potential impact, progress over the weekend, and cost to fully implement. What we will provide Please bring your own laptop. There will be good wifi, a Slack collaboration space, an AV system, and a number of Arduino and Raspberry Pi starter kits (though it would really help if you have your own to bring). More specifically we will have examples of the food dispensers we plan to use and some Arduino and RPi compatible strain gauges and interface boards that can be used to develop scales that will facilitate streamlining the retailing process. Practical Details The event is free of charge. You must agree that anything you develop is is placed into the public domain. You are welcome to come as a fully-fledged team, or we can help to create teams on the day. We’re grateful to Barclays Eagle Labs for letting us use their space for free this weekend. It’s a great location in Cambridge, right by the river, though local parking is very limited so arriving on foot, bicycle or using public transport is strongly advised. Tea and coffee will be available for free. A buffet lunch will be provided on both days though there are a number of excellent places to eat within minutes of the venue if you prefer.

OUR GOAL To bring together 100 hackers from diverse backgrounds over a weekend to connect, learn, and explore blockchain or distributed ledger technologies (DLT). Over 9-10th of March, we aim to gather students from Cambridge, Oxford, UCL, LSE and other top universitiesacross the UK in Cambridge to build amazing projects.  #cbHacks is a unique opportunity for you to meet passionate hackers just like you, learn and apply the technology like never before!