List of hackathons in Oxford, United Kingdom in 2015

Get your game seen at the Apps World Big Indie Pitch! Warming up for our own PGC London event in January, Steel Media is excited to be touching down at the 7th annual Apps World to promote one of our famous Big Indie Pitches that's sure to knock your game into promotional orbit! Taking place inside the Gaming World Hall, this latest Big Indie Pitch offers shortlisted developers a chance to impress some of the leading mobile games journalists and renowned industry folk (as well as getting crucial feedback). The unique speed-dating format gives each developer three minutes with each panel of experts, meaning entrants will get real feedback from the event. The winner will also get editorial coverage in Pocket Gamer, AppSpy and beyond, making this a great chance to get you, your studio, and your game played by the world. If you want to get your game in the mix, submit your details to register your interest HERE.   We will arrange a free pass for all our attendees and pitchers to get into Apps World.    ***Please note you can submit any mobile, VR or wearable game even if it is not fully completed.*** Judges: Mike Bithell, Mike Bithell Games Mark Brown, Pocket Gamer  Alysia Judge, AppSpy  Jake Tucker, Pocket Gamer  Glen Fox, 148Apps Laura Kate Dale, Games Journalist Jon Hare, Tower Studios Mike Diver, Vice  Ric Cowley, PG.biz   Schedule: 1.30-2.00pm Registration at the main registration desk at Apps World 2.00pm Welcome and pitching starts 5.00pm Pitching ends and winning game announced   The Apps World Flagship event this year returns to the ExCeL Centre, London, England for a 7th year. Apps World has grown to be one of the leading global multi-platform events in the mobile industry, and this year’s event is set to be the biggest yet. With over 12,000 developers, mobile marketers, mobile operators, device manufacturers, platform owners and industry professionals expected over the two days. The Apps World Series continues to be the focal point for the great minds in Apps to meet. The Conference tracks this year focus on multi-platform delivery and includes: Mobile Strategy & Marketing, Mobile Payments & Retail, Smart Home, HTML5 & Mobile Web, Droid World, Developer World, Enterprise & DevOps, Gaming World, Start-Up Launch Pad, Coding Clinic, & the Disrupt Arena. With Keynotes from the likes of Martha Lane Fox of Last Minute, hands on Coding Clinics run by Uber, Hackathon powered by AngelHack, and much more. This year’s Apps World Conference is the place for developers to get hands on experience, information, and to grow their network. Apps World is a must not miss! More info for Apps World: http://europe.apps-world.net/   Have questions about Big Indie Pitch @ Apps World? Contact Steel Media (Publishers of Pocket Gamer)

Want to master your hackathon skills but don't have a weekend to give up? Not sure what a hackathon is? Curious about how fun they are? The best kept secret is that you don't need to be a developer or "techie" to win a hackathon. A winning team contains a mix of people with different skills and ideas, all coming together to create a solution to a problem and explain what they've done to others. So, if you're a designer, a marketeer or even a footballer, come and join us for what must be the shortest hackathon ever. Practice your skills and learn what it takes to win. If you're a ready made team or you're an individual just looking to build something fun. Come along and get involved. There'll be time to meet people and form teams and discuss ideas before the build time begins. Once the build has ended, teams will get a few short minutes to present their ideas before a winner is chosen. NOTE: This is a free event, but you need to be registered in-advance to attend. Thanks go to PA Consulting for providing the venue. Agenda  6:30pm Arrival, chat and drinks  7:00pm Build time!  8:00pm Team presentations  8:30pm Winner announced and wrap-up

This workshop is designed for startup founders at the early or idea stage. Do you have a startup idea but aren’t sure how to take it forward without capital, technical skills, or expensive equipment ? Are you curious about Lean Startup and how it can help you and your startup succeed? If so, this is the workshop for you. This workshop will lead you through the initial business idea iteration process, helping you to test the market. Lean startup techniques do not require any coding, and you won’t waste time and money creating a website, product, or service that no one wants to use or pay for. After the exercise, you will have the clarity and confidence to take your idea forward. Outline of the workshop: ­  A brief introduction to Lean Startup ­  How to know if your target customers will love your idea ­  Tips for customer interviews ­  MVP (Minimum Viable Product) techniques to test the market  Instructor: Josh Liu Josh is an serial entrepreneur with 8 years of startup experience. He has done startups in enterprise software, hardware, the two­sided marketplace and the consumer Internet. As a keen Lean Startup practitioner, he co­organises Lean Startup Circle London, the largest Lean Startup community in Europe. He conducts Lean workshops at the Hackathon event and Google Campus, and also runs Lean Startup Machine, a 2­day Lean Startup bootcamp.  He is now a partner at Source Institute, an entrepreneurship education and support organisation. He is also a managing partner at HardwarePro, a early stage hardware advisory and investment firm.

Celebrate Ada Lovelace’s 200th birthday in style by joining the Ada Lovelace hackathon! We’ll be using the equipment and expertise of the Oxford Hackspace to create new physical computing projects, inspired by her works. We’ll have access to 3D printing, laser cutting, electronics, CNC machines, and much more. Projects suggested so far include: Laser-cutting cogs and carrying arms to build the adding mechanism of the Analytical Engine. Building a card reader. Using a card reader to make other things happen - a music box, bells, whistles, puppets, or automata. A new robot version of the “calculus of the nervous system”, or 3D printing of some or all of the real neuronal network of a nematode worm. A music machine. Other things that Ada was known for include the Bernoulli numbers, her interest in gambling, ‘Flyology’, and her prediction of computer-generated music: “Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent.” Every level of skill is welcome!

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What is UnituHack? UnituHack is the first student & staff hackathon, bringing them together to form a team for one day to co-create technological innovations and solutions for specific challenges found in universities. This is an opportunity for all types of university staff and students who may have an idea they would like to create and improve their own academic experience. Attendees do not need to come up with their own ideas, but instead they can join a team once they get to the event. NOTE: After you attend the event, we will reimburse your ticket on Eventbrite! What is a Hackathon? A hackathon is an event where people with ideas come together for the purpose of solving a problem that exists, or creating a product that is needed in the real world. Why should I go? Some of the benefits delegates have experienced at our previous event are: Creating solutions to your educational challenges Networking with other staff and students in different universities Developing and learning new professional skills Having free food served to them all day (breakfast, pizza, sandwiches and snacks) Chance to win prizes worth over £1,000 Getting some great hackathon swag Having fun and be part of the hackathon community What are others saying about UnituHack? "Thank you to you and the team for hosting such a brilliant event. I am particularly interested in student-staff partnerships, and it was a fantastic way to see some front-line work. It is interesting to see the areas that are consistently identified by students as being ‘problematic’- from staying abreast of information to peer support and communication with lecturers (not to mention food!). The atmosphere was incredibly positive and I can only imagine how much work went on to pull together this event." Rebecca Rochon, Senior Lecturer in Education @ Buckinghamshire New University Click here to see what others tweeted on the day: Tweets about #Unituhack 2014 What is the refund policy? Tickets can be refunded 48 hours or more before the event. Once you get to the event, you must abide by the Code of Conduct. Further details: Please visit www.unituhack.com or contact Ana Jalba at ana@unitu.co.uk

Agenda for the Hackathon event   Tuesday 10Th Nov. 2015:   8:30-9:00: Arrival and registrations  9:00-9:30: Welcome, housekeeping  and introduction to the event 9:30- 10:00: Introduction to proposals and group allocations 10:00-12:00- Teams working on proposals and design of solutions  12:00-13:00- Presentations by each group and feedback from audience  13:00-13:30 Lunch 13:30-18:30: coding on each project with short reports/feedback sessions every two hours  Wednesday 11th:   9:00-9:30: report by each group on lessons learnt  (things which have worked and things which have not worked) and plans for the 2nd day 9:30-13:00: coding on each project with short reports/feedback sessions every two hours  13:00-13:30 Lunch 13:30-3:30: coding on each project with short reports/feedback sessions every two hours 3:30-4:30: packaging and leaving the code on the open source repository  4:30-5:30: Presentations by each group on what has been achieved and future plans  5:30-6:00: Cleanup and close of the event       Hackathon for Health, Assisted Living, Social Care and Community 2015 The Hackathon for assisted living, health, social care and community 2015 is the third event in its series organised jointly by the Vir.AL research group  of De Montfort University and by DS-Cubed Ltd. in association  with the Leicestershire County Council and the Square Mile initiative in De Montfort University. This year's event will be hosted by DS3  at the Innovation Centre of De Montfort University on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11th Nov. 2015. DS3 is a software solution provider that works with students, public bodies and private businesses to deliver solutions to their technical problems.  Proposals  to be developed A web repository for collecting and crowd sourcing data for  skin cancer research  An app for ForeverSavvy charity for coaching adults with learning disabilities Monitor challenging behaviour for a patient with dementia residing in a care home or an inpatient in a community hospital: proposed by Consultant Psychiatrist with the MHSOP In-reach team from NHS A web based app that records mental and physical health observations within an inpatient setting, proposed by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust Fundraising Support App for young volunteers (proposed by the Project Trust Charity) An app for buddying system between university applicants and current students:proposed by a recent graduate and possibly supported by student union (will be implemented if enough developers were present on the day) Other submitted proposals will be developed outside the Hackathon through student projects or as continuation of one of the 5 projects above by DS-Cubed. The software developed during the event will be  Open Source to allow  users and developers to study, change, improve and distribute the software after the event.    Streamline Data Ltd is sponsoring HALE 2015 by providing IT solutions for digital management at the event. Streamline Events is an end to end solution, comprising various modules for all stages - pre-event, onsite and post-event.  For further info, please visit http://www.streamlinedata.co.uk/Solutions.asp   FAQs Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event? There are no ID requirements for theevent itself, but the security of the venue within the university may require an ID and your ticket for allowing you into the buildings. Attendees must be 18+, but but please contact me for cases when  younger developer/ attendee is ccompanied with their parents. What are my transport/parking options getting to the event? De Montfort University is only few minutes from Leicester city centre and so public transport should be sufficient to get you to the venue. Please do not bring your car unless if you are travelling from another city. There are no parking spaces in the University but the list of local parkings are here.  What can/can't I bring to the event? Please bring along your laptop, chargers and mobile devices plus development software you normally use. There will be PCs in the labs, but it still helps to have developer laptops. It will be your own responsibility to look after your personal devices and the event cannot accept any responsibility. Where can I contact the organiser with any questions? Please contact Samad at sahmadi@dmu.ac.uk Is my registration/ticket transferrable? No, but if there is anyone else who wants to attend they could regsiter themselves and there is no need for email invitations. Can I update my registration information? Yes and please do. We need to have information about your skills and interests to be able to build the groups beforehand.  Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? Yes, please.  The name on the registration/ticket doesn't match the attendee. Is that okay? We expect this not to happen. Please let the oragisners know if this is the case. 

  Overview Located in a great place for sky high ideas, coding and views - Level39 at Canary Wharf - the 12th edition of Hack/Make The Bank Fin Tech Hackathon will host up to 80 programmers, designers and members of the financial services industry who will come together for two days of brainstorming and software creation. The room will be full of innovation and game changing ideas in retail banking, capital markets, payments, big data and beyond! Attendees have a host of application programming interfaces (APIs) and services they can leverage and combine in order to bring their innovative ideas to life. They can participate alone or join a team. Each team will work on a FinTech idea developed during the hackathon or prior to it. All the participants will demo their hacks to a panel of bank executives, FinTech entrepreneurs and the general public at the end of the day. This hackathon will be held at Level39, Europe’s largest accelerator space for fintech, located in Canary Wharf - London's leading finance and business district. This event is sponsored by Accenture and Temenos and co-organised by TESOBE / Open Bank Project and Level39.                           

   Welcome to the first ever Product Hunt Hackathon in London www.producthunthackathon.com #PHLDNHACK On November 6-8th we are hosting a 48hr event with 200 of London’s best designers, developers, marketers, hackers and business folk to create explosive solutions to world problems at a superb venue, WeWork.    The Hackathon Brief How can we make use of our (local, national, global) comunities to effect change?     The Weekend Agenda Friday 6th November:  18:00: Networking 19:30: Briefing 20:00: Inspiration Hour 20:30: Pitches (1m each) 21:30: Voting & Establishing Teams 23:00: Get rest for the weekend   Saturday 7th:  08:30: Yoga  09:00: Breakfast 09:30: Business Principles 101  10:15: Get Making  13:00: Lunch 14:30: Mentors walk in 18.00: Dinner 20:45: Inspirational Talk   Sunday 8th:  08:30: Yoga 09:00: Breakfast  09:30: Mentors walk in  13:00: Lunch 14:00: Round 1 Pitches 17:00: Round 2 Pitches 18:00: Results  18:30: Drinks & networking    Our Judges:  Diane Perlman - CMO at MassChallenge  George Berkowski - Co-Founder of IceCream & Head of Product at Hailo Craig Crawford - Creative Director at CrawfordIT Hercules Fisherman - Founder, Dr Voxx  Daniel Harvey - Experience Design Director at Sapient Nitro Mark Jenkins - UX/UI Designer Ari Helgason - VC at Dawn Capital   The Rules 1. You cannot work on your project before the event begins. 2. Don't use code you have previously worked on. 3. You cannot use another team's source code. You may only use what is available publicly to everyone. 4. The decision of the judges is final for determining prizes and awards 5. Please comply with all instructions from Product Hunt hackathon organizers 6. Make sure to read the T&C’s before confirming your ticket Judging criteria:  Scores are out of 35/40 points for the following criteria:  Impact        (5 points) Design        (5 points) Creativity    (5 points) Simplicity    (5 points) Scalability   (5 points) Optional/Bonus Points: Use of Braintree API (5 points)    Tweet your excitement here   Sponsorship:    Interested in Sponsoring?   We'd love to hear from you, download our sponsorship pack for more information [www.producthunthackathon.com] or email hello@adpreneurs.com and we'll send you more info!  FAQs Q: What is the Product Hunt Hackathon? A: This is a three day event bringing together the best designers, developers, marketers, hackers & business folk to create explosive solutions to world problems. Q: Do I have to be a programmer or designer to attend? A: Preferably, while it’s important you have an interest in technology and building things, we’re looking for passionate hustlers to participate in as part of our community, so if you are a kick ass ideator, you’re more than welcome to join in on the fun. Q: How do I find a team / how are teams formed? A: Teams are created on Friday night during the briefing. If you have an idea, you will have 60 seconds to pitch it to the whole group, if you don’t, not to worry, you’ll get to mix and mingle so you can find an idea you believe in and help lead your team to victory! Q: How do I/we get involved? A: Sign up on here obviously! Otherwise see more information at: www.producthunthackathon.com Q: What are we being judged on? A: Scores are out of 35/40 points for the following criteria:   Impact (5 points) Customer Validation (5 points) Design (5 points) Creativity (5 points) Simplicity (5 points) Business Model & Scalability (5 points) Technology (5 points) Optional/Bonus Points: Use of Braintree API (5 points)   Optional Usage of Braintree_Paypal API (5 Points) Q: Who owns the IP I create during the hackathon? A: You and/or the team. Please make sure to read the Terms & Conditions before hitting ‘I agree’ on Eventbrite.   For Hackers: http://phhackertermsandconditions.strikingly.com/  For Industry Delegates: phdelegatestermsandconditions.strikingly.com  For Founders (To use at your discretion): http://phfoundersagreement.strikingly.com   Q: What are the prizes? A: Apart from the admiration of everyone in the building, you’ll receive an awesome prize which we’ll be announcing closer to the event. (Ssshhh! you might be receiving grant money to take your idea on further) Q: Will there be food? A: You’ll be eating top end filling food options for breakfast, lunch and dinner, so don’t worry, you won’t be going hungry. If you have special dietary requirements please don’t forget to email us at hello@adpreneurs.com so we can prepare you a special meal. Q: Who is organising the Product Hunt Hackathon? A: Nicole Bosky & Jamahl McMurran from Adpreneurs ltd. (www.adpreneurs.com)  in affiliation with Product Hunt (www.producthunt.com).   Q: Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?  A: If you have the Eventbrite app on your smartphone make sure you have the ticket saved, but might be a good idea to bring a print out just incase!  Q: What is the refund policy? A: Don't do that to us! If you have to, pop us an email at hello@adpreneurs.com and we'll sort you out. We will not be refunding any tickets within 7 days of the start of the event.      Q: How can I get in touch with the organisers? A: Email hello@adpreneurs.com or send us a friendly tweet @adpreneurs Brought to you by:                                   By registering for this event you acknowledge that you have read and agreed to our terms and conditions.     Entrant T&Cs                 Industry T&Cs   Join the conversation using #PHldnhack View #PHldnhack posts    

For full detail please visit http://yoyowallet.com/playground    Friday talks (November 6) 12:00 Doors open 12:00 14:00 Discover Mark Munson Innovation partner Visa Collab Payments in the evolving world of commerce Philipp Bieberstein Head of Google play  Google Mobile commerce and retail James Allgrove Head of Growth  Stripe Infrastructure powering new business models Break 14:00 15:00 Watch Michael Langguth Co-founder Poq Cloud platform for next gen of app commerce Tom Hutchinson Mobile Engineer  Yoyo Mobile wallet platform Richard Muirhead Partner Firestartr TBC Break 15:00 16:00 Think Michael Rolph    Co-founder Yoyo Powering complexity so you can focus on beauty J F Grossen Exec Creative Director Frog Designes that build businesses  16:00 17:00 Make Hafez Rafirasme Head of partnerships   Yoyo Next Gen commerce hackathon Drinks      Weekend Hackathon (November 7-8) It's time to play and we're bringing out the toys! This is a commerce hackathon so think payments, loyalty, analytics, vouchers, ticketing, identity, marketing, you name it and it's possible with the sweet APIs we have hand picked. The Yoyo API delivers everything you need for a smart mobile wallet in a single API & SDK. Twilio is all about communication and Estimote is the mother of all beacons and Pusher's real time API. The perfect blend to unlock your awesome ideas. Get ready to trans-hackt! What's the drill? Come as a pre-formed team or team up at the event Bake your hack over the weekend Present in 3 minutes Recourses provided Yoyo API &SDK Estimote API & Beacons Pusher API Twilio API $100 in AWS credit for all teams Lots of beer and food  Prizes First place: Sphero R2D2s 2nd place: Quadcopter drones 3rd place: Raspberry Pis Firestartr favourite: 90 minutes business plan workshop with Firestartr