List of hackathons in Oxford, United Kingdom in 2017

Due to popular demand and positive feedback from our students we are running a series of workshop, we are pleased to offer further training in London during July 17th & 18th. Join our two-day Blockchain Developer hands-on workshop and be at the very forefront of this new technology. Our workshop consists of topics that all future Blockchain Developers must know and we incorporate plenty of hands-on development sessions. Our goal is to help regular Application Developers become Blockchain Developers. Day 1 Intro to Blockchains, Bitcoin, Proof of Work and Mining Intro to Ethereum and Smart Contracts Hands-on development on Ethereum Solidity and Smart Contracts Day 2 Smart Contracts Security and Ethereum Internals - Cryptography, Consensus, EVM, Privacy Intro to Formal Verification What to know as a Blockchain Developer Hands-on development on Ethereum Solidity and Smart Contracts One month of continued on-line support via a dedicated Gitter channel After the workshop, we hope our students will continue coding, learning and exploring the Ethereum platform, and in good time, we hope our students will have the opportunity to work professionally in the Blockchain space.  With this in mind, to help our students succeed, we are providing a dedicated Gitter channel after the workshop where our students have up to a month to ask further questions in relation to Ethereum, smart contracts etc. Recommended development experience Minimum of 6 months development experience is recommended We have a great line up of trainers that will help you break into the Blockchain space. Nick Zeeb Nick is a passionate advocate for Blockchain Technology and loves teaching technical concepts in an understandable way. He was previously the Lead Engineer at Clearmatics, a London Blockchain financial start-up and has expertise in high performance trading systems. Nick holds a Master’s degree in Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Oxford. He has given a number of talks on the subject of Blockchain Technology. Nick will be introducing developers to the way the Blockchain works technically, and what its potential applications could be.  He will cover the workings and history of the Bitcoin Blockchain, as well as Ethereum and its concept of smart contracts that allow Turing complete code to execute on a virtual machine on the Blockchain. Nick will hold a Q&A session after each topic. Matthew Di Ferrante Matthew is a Software Engineer with a passion for Information Security, Cryptography, and Distributed Networks. He has worked in many different areas, from hardware, embedded and kernel programming, to data mining, analytics, and network / systems programming. He first started learning programming at 12 years old, and is completely self taught, both on the practical side of programming, and on the theoretical side of computer science, mathematics, and cryptography. Matthew was first exposed to Bitcoin in late 2010 due to his interest in information security, as Bitcoin was first mainly used on darknets/Silk Road, and got fully involved in the Blockchain space around the time Ethereum started to exist - beginning his foray while living with Vitalik Buterin and long time friend Vlad Zamfir (Creator of Ethereum's Casper Protocol) in London for a few months. Matthew currently works as a Technical Lead at Clearmatics, developing Blockchain Technology for financial use cases. In his free time, Matthew works on personal hardware projects, gives Information Security and Blockchain related talks at various events, and organise one of the largest monthly Information Security events in the North-West. Matthew’s design for a Secure Oracles Reputation System on Ethereum recently won first place for Smart Contract Security at the Thomson Reuters HackETHon. Matthew will be introducing developers to the way the Blockchain works technically, and what its potential applications could be.  He will cover the workings and history of the Bitcoin Blockchain, as well as Ethereum and its concept of smart contracts that allow Turing complete code to execute on a virtual machine on the Blockchain.  Matthew will also talk about Smart Contracts Security and Ethereum Internals. He will discuss the most important areas to know as a Blockchain Developer. Matthew will hold a Q&A session after each topic. Laurence Kirk After a successful career writing low latency financial applications in the City of London, Laurence was captivated by the potential of Blockchain Technology, and in particular smart contracts. Two years ago, Laurence moved to Oxford and set up Extropy.io, a consultancy working with start-ups in the UK and overseas, developing applications on the Ethereum platform. He brings with him a wealth of real world experience that he loves to share with those new to this area. Laurence hold a Physics degree from Durham University, and currently taking his MSc in Software Engineering at Oxford University. In addition to giving talks, mentoring at hackathons, and running groups about Blockchain Technology, Laurence also organise Artificial Intelligence and Data Science groups in Oxford. During the workshop, Laurence will be teaching Solidity (an object-oriented programming language for writing smart contracts) from the simplest smart contract up to interacting with a web application. The focus is very much the practical techniques that are needed when developing on Ethereum. The sessions will be very hands on, encouraging students to practice and explore Ethereum and raise any questions students might have regarding the Ethereum platform. Nick Johnson Nick Johnson is a Senior Software Engineer and has been working in the software engineering space for the past 16 years. Nick is currently working as a Software Engineer for the Ethereum Foundation and prior to this, he worked at Google for a number of years. He brings with him a wealth of knowledge and expertise in Solidity that he loves to share and will be teaching how to write and develop smart contracts during the hands-on development session, and will give students the opportunity to ask questions in relation to the Ethereum platform. Nick comes from a Computer Science academic background having gained his BSc degree from the University of Canterbury. There will be plenty of Q&A throughout the whole two day workshop. Date: Monday 17th & Tuesday 18th of July, 2017 Time: 08:30 to 17:00 Workshop Location: Rise London, 41 Luke Street, EC2A 4PD, London Secure your ticket early as spaces are limited. Please present your ticket confirmation receipt upon arrival. *Breakfast and lunch are provided during the workshop on both days. For further details on our workshop, please email us on info@theblockchainconnector.com or contact us on 0044 (07)923 521 833. Follow us on Twitter @bc_workshop Tweet us on hashtag #theblockchainworkshop Join our developer focused meetup group https://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-Workshop-for-Developers/ Venue Sponsor: A special thank you go out to Rise London for sponsoring our venue. Rise London, in partnership with Barclays, is an exclusive place for start-ups to develop, collaborate, scale and innovate together. Rise London, the home of fintech and Barclays Accelerator powered by Techstars, is the place where great minds co-create the future of financial services. Visit Rise London website to find out more. Follow Rise London on Twitter. (Photo image from Jan 2017 Blockchain Workshop, courtesy of ©matteogiachettiphotography)

Socially aware techies and public sector enthusiasts in the UK! Rebel Labs & Hacksmiths invite you to participate in UKGovHack 2017. You'll be tasked to explore the concerns of manufacturers, SMEs, importers, exporters, farmers, government agencies, and citizens for The Future of Food in the face of Brexit. You'll be challenged to use open data to explore Brexit issues, such as food sustainability, traceability, and crisis management; the post-Brexit trade and movement of goods; and how farming will change without the common agricultural policy.

#HACKUX is on!  What will the next wave of immersive technology bring to the communications experience?  Practically anyone can now access VR environments using a standard smartphone and an affordable headset. Creating & sharing your own 360 degree environments is gaining popularity with a just a smartphone or a dedicated VR/360 camera.  How will these environments alter our daily communications? How can we shape the scenes and settings to support those exchanges? And what practical applications can we imagine for everyday life? These are some of the directions to explore in this Design Hackathon on Virtual Reality environments, allowing designers to craft these imagined scenes using some of the most cutting edge tools for VR design. Learn more here: https://mobileuxlondon.com/HackUX

Rise BBQ It's the end of Fintech Week. We've all been meeting new people, learning and sharing, but now it's time to let our hair down and relax. There's no better place to do that than here at Rise London's rather fabulous pad in Shoreditch. Come and celebrate the end of Fintech Week 2017 at the Rise BBQ. Bring your appetite. Date: 14th July Time: 16:30 – 18:00 Where: Rise London – 41 Luke Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 4DP  Celebrate the end of Fintech Week with us at Rise London Conversation, food and fun Just what you need to decompress after a week of workshps, seminars and talks    About Rise London: Rise London: The home of FinTech.  Rise, created by Barclays, brings together from across the world a carefully curated community of FinTech startups, along with our corporate clients and other experts, to work on Barclays’ customer and business opportunities and together help to create the future of financial services. At Rise, Barclays co-creates new products, services and platforms along with our startup partners.  We partner with leading corporates, investors and industry experts across seven sites internationally in: New York, Manchester, Mumbai, Cape Town, Vilnius, London and Tel Aviv.  In each location, we operate multiple programmes for open innovation, including the award-winning Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars.  These programmes facilitate rapid engagement between Barclays and the Rise FinTech community, leading to the development of new models, long-term financial solutions, and the creation of valuable relationships that make the communities and markets we serve flourish. Rise London will house more than forty FinTech companies, along with banking and technology teams from Barclays, and will serve as a gathering place for leaders in the FinTech and venture capital communities. Rise London will play host to more than 200 hours of learning, workshops, hackathons and networking on a monthly basis. @ThinkRiseLDN      #HomeOfFinTech      www.thinkrise.com

Event open to Civil Servants only. Organised Immigration Crime is big business but we are fighting back by targeting those organised crime groups who seek to exploit vulnerable people and reap the profit. The Home Office’s Immigration Enforcement, Criminal and Financial Investigation teams are the leading experts tackling OIC and dismantling the Organised Crime Groups behind it. The beneficiaries of just one OCG can over 10 years cost the UK over £1.7 billion.  Words are easy and we need to show and articulate the real impact of our effort, how our work impacts those we convict and on the victims we rescue from exploitation. We are looking for motivated individuals to join our hackathon, ready to look outside of conventional performance metrics and bring us something new and exciting. This will be an opportunity to design a new approach to measuring the impact law enforcement has against a highly topical and sensitive threat to the United Kingdom, of great Ministerial interest. Attendance is available to Civil Servants only particularly those with an interest in organised crime and analytical methodology. Contact email for any queries: sophia.king@ons.gov.uk 

Rise and Shine Wake up and smell the FinTech. We’re bringing the top minds in the industry together for a morning of conversation, croissants and coffee. We’ll be chatting about the current hot topics in the sector. Each session, a speaker will present to the group over breakfast. Speaking about their journey, the technology topic or about their company.   Today: How to Bank a Startup - a Talk on Venture Debt Date: 13th July Time: 08:30 – 10:30 Where: Rise London – 41 Luke Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 4DP  Learn how Barclays works with startups Meet Tom from the High Growth & Enterpreneur team Find out how to get involved sign up here.   About Rise London: Rise London: The home of FinTech.  Rise, created by Barclays, brings together from across the world a carefully curated community of FinTech startups, along with our corporate clients and other experts, to work on Barclays’ customer and business opportunities and together help to create the future of financial services. At Rise, Barclays co-creates new products, services and platforms along with our startup partners.  We partner with leading corporates, investors and industry experts across seven sites internationally in: New York, Manchester, Mumbai, Cape Town, Vilnius, London and Tel Aviv.  In each location, we operate multiple programmes for open innovation, including the award-winning Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars.  These programmes facilitate rapid engagement between Barclays and the Rise FinTech community, leading to the development of new models, long-term financial solutions, and the creation of valuable relationships that make the communities and markets we serve flourish. Rise London will house more than forty FinTech companies, along with banking and technology teams from Barclays, and will serve as a gathering place for leaders in the FinTech and venture capital communities. Rise London will play host to more than 200 hours of learning, workshops, hackathons and networking on a monthly basis. @ThinkRiseLDN      #HomeOfFinTech      www.thinkrise.com

Data scientists, coders, business thinkers, designers, creative types have participated in the MCreate 2017 – Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Hackathon, where they were faced with five connected and autonomous vehicle challenges! If you're interested in connected and autonomous vehicles, Transport Systems Catapult invites you to attend the Showcase Final, where the top three teams from the hackathon will pitch their final project solution for the chance to win great prizes including £2,000 in cash.

Discover the Home of Fintech Startups Date: 12th July Time: 16:00 – 18:00 Where: Rise London – 41 Luke Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 4DP  Tour our amazing custom-built space for Fintech start ups. Enjoy a cool beer and delicious food while you get to know us  Discover Europe's largest FinTech collaborative workspace Find out how to become part of a network that spans 7 locations around the globe See how you could fit into our highly engaged community of Fintech pioneers Discover how we can help you work with our corporate partners across the Barclays network Let us welcome you to the Home of Fintech in London. Rise provides the opportunity for us to work together, share ideas more effectively, and work towards a common goal: to create the future of financial services. Come and rise to the challenge with us. About Rise London: Rise London: The home of FinTech.  Rise, created by Barclays, brings together from across the world a carefully curated community of FinTech startups, along with our corporate clients and other experts, to work on Barclays’ customer and business opportunities and together help to create the future of financial services. At Rise, Barclays co-creates new products, services and platforms along with our startup partners.  We partner with leading corporates, investors and industry experts across seven sites internationally in: New York, Manchester, Mumbai, Cape Town, Vilnius, London and Tel Aviv.  In each location, we operate multiple programmes for open innovation, including the award-winning Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars.  These programmes facilitate rapid engagement between Barclays and the Rise FinTech community, leading to the development of new models, long-term financial solutions, and the creation of valuable relationships that make the communities and markets we serve flourish. Rise London will house more than forty FinTech companies, along with banking and technology teams from Barclays, and will serve as a gathering place for leaders in the FinTech and venture capital communities. Rise London will play host to more than 200 hours of learning, workshops, hackathons and networking on a monthly basis. @ThinkRiseLDN      #HomeOfFinTech      www.thinkrise.com

Lunch and Learn  Join us for lunch as we bring together the top minds in the industry to munch over the hot technology topics in FinTech.  Each session, a speaker will present to the group over lunch. Speaking about their journey, the technology topic or about their company.  Today: APIs – The Bridge Between Banks and FinTech Date: 11th July Time: 12:30 – 14:30 Where: Rise London – 41 Luke Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 4DP  Learn how Barclays works with APIs. Meet the Barclays API team.  To join the discussion sign up here!   About Rise London: Rise London: The home of FinTech.  Rise, created by Barclays, brings together from across the world a carefully curated community of FinTech startups, along with our corporate clients and other experts, to work on Barclays’ customer and business opportunities and together help to create the future of financial services. At Rise, Barclays co-creates new products, services and platforms along with our startup partners.  We partner with leading corporates, investors and industry experts across seven sites internationally in: New York, Manchester, Mumbai, Cape Town, Vilnius, London and Tel Aviv.  In each location, we operate multiple programmes for open innovation, including the award-winning Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars.  These programmes facilitate rapid engagement between Barclays and the Rise FinTech community, leading to the development of new models, long-term financial solutions, and the creation of valuable relationships that make the communities and markets we serve flourish. Rise London will house more than forty FinTech companies, along with banking and technology teams from Barclays, and will serve as a gathering place for leaders in the FinTech and venture capital communities. Rise London will play host to more than 200 hours of learning, workshops, hackathons and networking on a monthly basis. @ThinkRiseLDN      #HomeOfFinTech      www.thinkrise.com

Build the future, over the weekend.  For the 4th Annual Fintech Week we're preparing our largest hackathon to date. The challenges will be live shortly. It could be anything from "creating a better mortage experience" to "apps for a cashless society".  Teams will form at the kick off event on Friday, July 7th. At Cocoon Networks in Moorgate. Each teams needs at least one developer. Coding isn't the only skill you need to win. On Saturday morning, teams will regroup and begin working on thier project. You have until 11pm at the venue (This is not an overnight event). On Sunday morning we regroup again at Cocoon and polish up the concepts, prototypes and begin preparing presentations. At 3pm, teams present to judges and winners are announced shortly after all teams have presented.  Winners will be given the official scorecard in advance to ensure that everyone is on the same page. The winning teams will recieve a small cash prize (£2000) and present their concept to the full audience at London Fintech Week. Get Involved: Winning teams will be judged on concept originality, feasibility, level of development and appropriate use of required API or technology. The potential is also there to take the concept to live to prototype with our sponsors.  Click here for more information on London Fintech Week 2017. Schedule: Friday Jan. 20th: Kick-off 18:00 Doors open19:00 Kick off + warm-up19:30 API Presentations (TBC)20:00 Fire pitches of ideas20:30 Ideas Speed-Dating21:00 Drinks / Nibbles 22:00 End of Day 1 Saturday Jan. 21st: Kick-off 9:00 Breakfast10:00 Stand-up13:00 Lunch14:00 API/Tech Workshops (TBC)20:00 Dinner21:00 Relaxation22:00 End of Day 2 Sunday Jan. 22nd: Demo Day 9:00 Breakfast10:00 Stand-up + Pitch Practice13:00 Lunch14:00 Hacking ends15:00 Demos17:30 Award ceremony18:00 Cocktail + End of day 3  Rules:  Teams are limited to 3-5 participants.  All projects submitted must be partially coded during the event. The use of open-source code and APIs are exempt from this coditioned. Teams are to present the projects they registered at the begining of the event. Any deviation must be approved by the organizers. Be respectful - Any behavior or presentation that objectifies or belittles others will be halted, with the presenters immediately disqualified and removed from the event.  Above all - Have fun!   Ticket Types: Developer - For those who code and will participate in the event. Non-Tech Participant - Non-technical participant who would like to join a team. Mentor - Senior experts who would like to provide support for teams. Demo Day Ticket - For non-participants who wish to be present at the Demos on Sunday, July 9th from 2pm.