List of hackathons in Oxford, United Kingdom in 2017

Fintech data techies and coders in the Milton Keynes area! Xbean Consultants invites you to participate in their Fintech event UNDERSTAND YOUR CUSTOMER BETTER, A HACKATHON. You'll be challenged to come up with innovative ideas on how to understand customers better. You'll collaborate with like-minded individuals to conceive and prototype approaches that can leverage data to increase customer understanding.

MLH Hackcon is the official hackathon organizers' conference. It's an opportunity to meet the community, learn from one another, and to tackle the issues that we are facing together. With two full days of workshops, talks, and discussion sessions, new organizers can learn best practices for running a hackathon, and veteran organizers will share their experiences and help guide the next generation.

Christian technologists in the UK! Are you planning to participate in the Kingdom Code: BUILD Hackathon? If so, Kingdom Code invites you to attend the pre-hackathon event "Kingdom Code: Turning your challenge into a product plan". Hackathon sponsors will share their challenges and you'll get the chance to work through problem-solving techniques for use at the hackathon.

Hey, girls and young women -- aged 5 to 22 -- if you're interested in science and technology, then Stemettes invites you to participate in the Cornerstone App Hack. If you're under 16, you'll need to bring a parent or guardian. Boys are also invited, provided they bring along their sister! You'll get to learn how to create apps and then build your own and present it and compete for prizes at the demo day on Sunday.

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 August 30th & 31st. 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:  Wednesday 30th & Thursday 31st of August, 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)

Polish Professionals in London zaprasza na seminarium na temat wirtualnej rzeczywistości (VR), technologii i możliwości zastosowania. Wirtualna rzeczywistość określana jest jako obraz sztucznej rzeczywistości, stworzony przy wykorzystaniu informatycznych techniologii. Wirtualna i wzbogacona rzeczywistość likwiduje mur między odbiorcą o osobą opowiadającą historię o swojej firmie, produkcie, usłudze. VR zapewnia użytkownikowi poczucie "obecności" czyli złudzenie bycia fizycznie obecnym w innym miejscu. Technologia VR daje nam możliwość, abyśmy byli aktywnymi uczestnikami zamiast pasywnymi widzami. Korzystając z urządzeń VR możemy patrzeć gdziekolwiek chcemy i współdziałać z wirtualnym światem w sposób, który wcześniej nie był możliwy. Podczas spotkania będzie okazja zobaczyć sprzęt wykorzystywany w VR. Spotkanie poprowadzi Artur Fiedorowicz. Kilka słów o prowadzącym Artur Fiedorowicz, absolwent elektroniki na Politechnice Wrocławskiej, pracował w londyńskich korporacjach jako software engineer i IT developement. Artur zaczął swoją przygodę z VR wygrywając międzynarodowy hackathon organizowany przez Ticketmaster / Live Nation ze swoim pomysłem na podgląd widoku z wybranego siedzenia w teatrze lub stadionie. Kilka miesięcy temu zrezygnował z pracy w korporacji i założył firmę ArtsyVR tworzącą aplikacje VR dla firm marketingowych i technologicznych. Przemawiał na konferencjach w Londynie, Moskwie, Madrycie i Polsce, ale najczęściej możecie znaleźć go na Twitterze (artsyvr) gdzie dostarcza nowinek na temat świata Virtual, Augmented oraz Mixed reality. Spotkanie organizujemy przy współpracy z firmą Capital Business Links, która na potrzeby spotkania udostepnia sali seminaryjnej w swojej siedzibie na Ealing. http://polskie-biuro-ksiegowe.co.uk/ http://cblfinance.com/

UK hackers! If you're interested in political data or have experience in visualising or building tools to work with data, then mySociety & Wikimedia UK invite you to participate in the Wikifying Westminster Workshop. You'll get to learn what you can do with Wikidata -- using UK political data as a starting point -- and then collaborate with other attendees to build an application, or do some analysis, or just experiment! To conclude the workshop, you'll get to participate in a hackathon, and showcase your skills in visualising and improving the data from Wikidata.

Teenage techies in the UK! Acorn Aspirations invites you to participate in #ACORNACCELERATOR2017 -- a 2-week accelerator, where you'll be challenged to create an innovative technical solution to a social problem that you find in your local community and communities around the world. You'll get to use tools and techniques like artificial intelligence, and virtual reality to help address problems such as depression, anxiety, stress, phobias and more. At the end of the accelerator, Acorn Aspirations invites your friends and the general public to the #AcornAccelerator2017 DEMO DAY, as you and your fellow participants demo your projects before a panel of judges.

  This one day seminar is designed for anyone who wants to understand what blockchains are, what they are capable of and how they work. Technical content is not removed but explained in a way that non-technical people can understand. Specifically, the course will cover the following:    1 What is a Blockchain?  2 A framework for judging Blockchain use-cases  3 Bitcoin and Ethereum  - how do they work?  4 Mining, Exchanges and how to invest in Crypto-currencies  5 What are smart contracts?  6 Public & Private chains, Hyperledger and R3  7 Use-cases of Blockchains studied in detail:     - Energy     - Digital Assets and Asset Management     - Manufacturing and Healthcare     - Insurance     - International Supply Chain  8 Initial Coin Offerings     - What is a token?     - The history of ICO's     - Regulation and problems  9 The Bitcoin fork and scalability  10 Building a PoC  11 When Blockchains go bad.    This is an interactive course designed to answer your questions about Blockchains and discussions are encouraged throughout the seminar.   Our Course Instructors:    Laurence Kirk    Laurence is a senior Blockchain Developer and Founder of Extropy.io. 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 in a way that business and non-technical users can understand.   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.   Stephen Jackson    Stephen has been a professional Software Developer for 10 years. During that time, Stephen has worked at some of the world’s largest companies and gained a breadth of experience; from developing websites that are clicked on millions of times per day through to working on applications that help Portfolio Managers manage portfolios containing $100's million of assets.    Stephen first became aware of Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology at the end of 2013 when it was thrust into mainstream news as it reached, then, unprecedented highs. From that point in history, he has been researching more into the underlying technology and attending Blockchain Hackathons and workshops. At the beginning of 2017, Stephen joined a leading Blockchain Consultancy called Extropy.io working with international clients, where he has been helping to produced research papers about ICO regulation and digital currencies, write, build and deploy Smart Contracts and create web-based Decentralized Applications.     Our organiser    Antonio Sabado    Antonio is a founder of The Blockchain Connector, a company focusing on recruiting and training Blockchain professionals. Antonio has 10 plus years experience working closely with global Investment Banks placing highly skilled eTrading Technology professionals. He brings with him an extensive network, ranging from mid to senior level technology and business professionals across the financial sector. Hands-on in winning new business, developing and managing on-going client relationships. Very successful in building repeat business based upon building strong relationship with clients and understanding their requirements. Antonio is an organiser of several Blockchain focused events in London aimed at business users and software developers.    If you have any questions regarding this seminar, please contact the organiser on antonio@theblockchainconnector.com    The Blockchain Connector "Our goal is to simply build a Blockchain Developer community whereby we help regular Application Developers become Blockchain Developers and simplify the recruitment process by connecting developers with start-ups and global firms working on Blockchain projects. Join us and be part of our growing developer community. In addition to building a developer community, we offer Blockchain focused seminars aimed at business leaders and non-technical users. Visit our main Eventbrite page to view our future events and workshops by clicking HERE". Follow us on Twitter @bc_workshop   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 website to find out more. Follow Rise London on Twitter.

NHS Finance: Confused?   Join us at Stirchley Baths for a focused session of our Citizens Group. You can find out more about how local NHS services are funded and what challenges there are in your neighbourhood. Quiz our finance team colleagues through a creative, problem solving session. You must book to attend, but we will have the kettle on.   Got a question? Let us know in advance and we’ll try and answer it on the day. Contact details found below.    BSC CCG’s Citizens Group is a volunteer led platform that helps us shape our engagement and commissioning through open dialogue. To find out more go to our involvement page on our CCG website.    For more information about the event please contact us on bscccg.partnerships@nhs.net or 0121 255 0789