List of hackathons in Oxford, United Kingdom in 2018

For scientists, problem-solvers and innovators. NOTE: This page refers to two separate events. The Design Thinking workshop will take place on Saturday 14th April 2018. The Paediatric Innovation Hackathon will take place on Saturday 12th May 2018.  Registrations of interest are now closed: please register for individual events to secure your space. Design Thinking Workshop Paediatric Innovation Hackathon In Spring 2018, Innovation Forum Oxford will be launching the Oxford Paediatric Innovation Hackathon in partnership with “Thinking of Oscar” and Triteq. The Hackathon will build on the innovative foundations shared at the Leaders Conference (IFLC2017), and will focus on solving challenging paediatric health problems identified at the IFLC2017 “Thinking of Oscar” and Triteq booths.  In preparation, Innovation Forum Oxford brings you the opportunity to enter the world of Design Thinking and add an inavluable new tool to your problem-solving repertoire. Discover how this human-centric process can transform your idea from potential to reality and help solve real-life challenges in paediatric health.  If you are interested in updates on workshops and Hackathon details, pre-register now for free. INNOVATION FORUM PARTNERS: INNOVATION FORUM OXFORD LOCAL PARTNERS: About the Innovation Forum The Innovation Forum seeks to promote innovation by building bridges between academia, industry and government and linking innovative minds across disciplines.  They are a global network of researchers and entrepreneurs active at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, London, Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Lausanne, Barcelona, Hong Kong and Tokyo.  For more information, please visit: www.inno-forum.org

Join us on Friday 13th of April for an impactful day full of learning and fun activities! For the first time in London, over 50 girls, aged 11 to 18 years from the most disadvantaged communities of London are invited to the Embassy of Argentine in the UK to learn about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, practice Design Thinking, explore the Kano Computer Kit, the iamtheCODE iDEA Curriculum and create with technology and code. Our aim is to address the STEAMD (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Arts, and Design) skills shortage in the UK, to inspire the next generation of young women, as well as push for economic empowerment and inclusion through technology. Girls must be accompanied by a teacher or an adult if under 16. All food and transportation will be provided. Agenda:   9:00 - 9:15      LET’S GO! Welcome & Intros 9:15 - 9:30      Welcome Mariéme Jamme (Founder of iamtheCODE) 9:30 - 9:45      Welcome Facundo A. Santiago (Cultural Affairs) 9:45 - 12:15    Decoding the Global Goals: Sustainable Development Goals Deep Dive and Design Thinking Overview  12:15 - 13:15 Lunch / Mentor mingling, learning and connection 13:15 - 15:15 Bringing it together - Design Thinking, Technology, and the SDGs Girls get into groups and pick their SDG challenges They apply their learnings on Design Thinking to start with empathy, defining their specific problem, and ideating around their solutions with technology Groups start to create their presentations Techstars: Create, don’t just consume Assemble Kano Computer Kits - Why Creating and Not Just Consuming is Important Enter Make Art - Start Basic Challenges 15:15 - 17:00 Finish prototype & Presentation prep Pitching & Judging Girls share their solutions to the panel of judges.  ******* By the end of the day, participants will have had the opportunity to: Decode the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (also known as the Global Goals) and understand key indicators that could drive change Get hands-on with the Design Thinking framework to build technology solutions related to the SDGs: Empathy, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test Make technology and create with code using Kano Kits Work in groups in order to use technology to design a solution to raise awareness around or address specific SDGs - including Goal 4, Goal 5 and Goal 13 (Quality Education, Gender Equality, and Climate Action). Win a prize to take to their respective schools The Cost Free Get in touch  Please email Mariéme Jamme at marieme@iamthecode.org or Ikram Alasow ikram_a@iamthecode.org for more information about the event.

The word ageing can mean different things... living for many years, growing wise and mature - and also senescence, the mysterious process of deterioration in later life that leads to a gradual decline in our health, late-life diseases and eventually the ending of our lives. Thanks to advances in the treatment of infectious disease, people are living longer now, such that senescence is now the main cause of disease worldwide. But unlike infectious disease, the causes of ageing (senescence) remain poorly understood by scientists. Recent advances in the science of ageing are starting to reveal the causes of ageing, and to suggest treatments that could begin to stave off the ravages of senescence, which would allow us (or at least, future generations) to maintain better health in later life. Speaker: David Gems, Professor of Biogerontology, Institute of Healthy Ageing, University College London David Gems is a British geneticist and biogerontologist. He is Professor of Biology of Ageing at University College London where he is also Deputy Director of the Institute of Healthy Ageing. Panel discussion: Mary Matthews Founder of Memrica Memrica is a tech for good company helping active people remember what matters most, to boost confidence, maintain social connections and prolong independence. Thomas Tredinnick CEO of Ally Smart Care Ally, the smart home device for caregivers, keeps families connected and monitors changes in seniors' routines to detect danger or decline in health. Academy London, a Google Space is one of the more recent customisable additions to Google's spaces in London.  Academy London is a unique events venue that supports Google’s education, innovation, and collaboration activities. It is a very adaptable space that hosts and showcases workshops, trainings, upskilling sessions, hackathons and the Google Digital Academy's very own masterclasses for our largest customers. Our primary aim is to strengthen partnerships with key clients and influencers by sharing our knowledge and passion for digital skills through world-class trainers. In doing so, inspiring our clients’ perceptions of digital transformation have been transformed , influencing their approach to their individual business strategies and positively impacting their own customers.

Scientists, problem-solvers, and innovators in and around Oxford! If you're passionate about how technology can be used to advance paediatric health, then you're invited to participate in Innovation Forum Oxford's Paediatric Innovation Hackathon & Design Thinking event. You'll be challenged to apply your creativity to solving identified paediatric health problems.

Dear guests and friends of UPF As you may know we have a Young Achievers Group who are chosen from amongst the young people recommended to us by the network of UPF Ambassadors for Peace. This group have already deservedly been awarded Young achiever award because of their public mindedness, efforts and activities over the past few years. In the past this group has worked to support refugees in feeling welcome in the UK and to encourage young adults to engage with parliamentarians among other things. Currently their efforts are focused on mental health, particularly the stigma surrounding it which prevents people, but especially young adults, from discussing it and seeking the support they need. It is our view that although professional advice should always be sought, just being able to talk freely about your mental state will have a positive impact. The young achievers’ passion for challenging the stigma around mental health issues is driven by the loss of Matteo’s girlfriend’s sister whom committed suicide during the Christmas Holidays 2017. Matteo is the founder of ShoutOutUK and a Young Achiever. The issues surrounding mental health are broad and varied but after a brainstorming session we came to the conclusion that it is because of the stigma around mental health that prevents people, especially young people, from seeking help. The stigma itself is a complex issue and it is also through the brainstorming session that we decided to tackle by doing a hackathon. A hackathon is interactive and combines group work with individual contributions; where any and every idea is explored. Individuals silently write each of their ideas on how to overcome the stigma onto post-it notes in two minutes and these are discussed in small groups to decide the two best ones, and these are then presented to everyone. Each team will be supported by at least one planning committee member (young achiever) as well as one speaker/professional. The beauty of this arrangement is that after the hackathon there will be support (including the availability of our head quarter’s premises to be arranged by UPF) to meet and continue formulating solutions and plan spin-off events. Our hackathon is also interspersed with speeches from:  Elham Fardad, EY Senior Manager will share her challenges in her teenage years Mary Keightley, Resilience coach will speak on “why resilience matters? How to rewire our brain from pessimism to optimism?” and “Managing anxiety, sadness and anger in myself and others”. Joanna Squire, Psychiatric Nurse will share her journey from having undiagnosed bipolar mental condition and facing multiple challenges to understanding her problem and changing her career to helping others as a psychiatric nurse. We will also have a representative from the mental health charity SANE And a Representative from 1 in 4 Mental Health charity counsellors to say a few words from their perspective. We hope that you will join us in finding a way to stem the mental health epidemic that is affecting today’s youth on the 7th April at 43 Lancaster Gate, London. The event starts from 1030am and refreshments will be available. Please contact us to let us know if you will be attending. We would like to hear from you regardless of your decision. Our contact details can be found below.  Also note that while all those interested in the topic are welcome, priority is given to young adults (18-30) and their families and friends.  Yours sincerely, Robin Marsh / Margaret Ali                         Matteo Bergamini                                  Dominic Hoyte                      UPF Directors                                             Founder and CEO, ShoutOutUK           YA Co-ordinator, UPF               07956210768 / 077 2302 4750 Universal Peace Federation – UK    www.uk.upf.org pa@uk.upf.org  Office Tel: 44 (0) 207 262 0985 Twitter: @ukUPF   UPF is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

Build awesome Musical experiences, with all the support you need. At the hackathon over the weekend, you will use your technical and creative skills to make something wonderful, engaging and musical - anything you build will be awesome. We'll provide you with food, drink, electricity and internet, so that you can get on with the real work - making cool and engaging projects! As well as access to our carefully curated Hacksmiths Hardware Lab, expect support from mentors and even more useful workshops for the duration of the event.

#HACKUX is on!  Learn More here: https://mobileuxlondon.com/events/hackux-amazon-voice-designing/ Hackathon – Designing Voice Interactions with Alexa How can we use Alexa to improve the lives of people across the UK and to have a positive impact? At our latest Hackathon ‘Amazon Voice Designing’, Mobile UX London (MUXL) has partnered with Amazon to host an event at their new Shoreditch HQ. We’re inviting teams to join our Amazon Hackathon to practically learn about using Alexa Skill to develop products that have benefits for society as a whole. Are you up for the challenge? The Amazon Alexa team focuses on bringing user-delighting, voice-activated experiences to its customers. Voice can be used anywhere where humans and machines need to communicate, from smart homes to toys and wearables. Systems like Alexa are an early sign of a massive shift in how we interact with machines, but what’s next? How about interoperability? How can we use Alexa to design products that interact with each other? We’re looking for teams with a range of skills, so whether you’re a designer, developer, security expert, a business developer or product manager, we want you! -------------- Interested in Voice / Alexa, In conjunction with Amazon, we are running a 'Voice Designing Interactions' training course starting in May Click here for more details What previous attendees have said: Karen, Freelance Designer “I have learnt that UX is a lot to do with psychology, communication, deep listening, understanding and empathising with your clients/stakeholders/customers. I hope to be able to apply this to everything I do” Neil Mather, Product Manager "The biggest takeaway is that UX exercises your creativity and puts you in an excellent state of mind. It helped that the teacher was very passionate about her subject."

The Amazon Alexa team focuses on bringing user-delighting, voice-activated experiences to its customers. Voice can be used anywhere where humans and machines need to communicate, from smart homes to toys and wearables. Systems like Alexa are an early sign of a massive shift in how we interact with machines, but what’s next? How about interoperability? How can we use Alexa to design products that interact with each other?

Schroders have teamed up with Stemettes to bring you a really unique and exciting event where you can create your very own app! Have you ever used an app? Would you like to make one? Are you interested in technology? Come to the Schroders App Hack in London! No previous coding experience necessary. Done some coding before? Our experts will teach you how to create apps using HTML and other app building tools. Win prizes! Food and Laptops provided – just bring yourself! Schroders App Hack is hosted by Stemettes. Stemettes are working hard to inspire and help the next generation of females get into Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.  Completely FREE, thanks to our wonderful sponsors Schroders. Here's what happened at our last hackathon >> Sign up below.  What is a hackathon? Hackathons aren't about breaking into things! They're about bringing people together to create amazing things using computers. We think it's really sad that some people have never been to a hackathon or had proper fun with computer science, so we want to give you the opportunity to explore and play about in the creative, exciting world of technology. At this hackathon we'll be building to a theme: “How can Schroders encourage more people to invest more money?”- Think about ways of saving money and how you could then invest it Who Girls aged 5 all the way up to 22. Parents/Guardians. If you're under 16, you'll need to have an adult with you. On the plus side, we'd love it if they helped out with making your game or app! Women (and Men) with a STEM background and are interested in inspiring the next generation. (see below for more details) When Thursday 5th April 10am-5:00pmFriday 6th April 10am- 5:00pm Where We'll be at Schroders HQ in London.  Address: 31 Gresham St, London EC2V 7QA What you need to bring Yourself and any great ideas you have. If you have access to headphones, please bring them with you. We will provide everything else.  Running order Thursday10:00 - Guests arrive. Preback forms handed out.10:30 - Welcome and ice breaker. Event introduction from Head Stemette, Anne-Marie and Schroders11:00 - Brief given, ‘teaches’, begin mini-projects1:30 - Lunch2:15 - Return to projects3:30 - Afternoon tours4:15 - Continue projects5:00 - Wrap up and power down. End of the day. Friday10:00 - Ice breaker and daily brief session. Event introduction from Head Stemette Anne-Marie and Schroders10:30 - Back to projects1:00 - Break for lunch1:45 - Resume projects2:45 - Break3:00 - Finish projects3:15 - Presentations, demo day begins4:15 - Prizes5:00 - Feedback forms handed out. End of day Industry people Are you interested in helping young people learn to code and discover making?  We are looking for adults who have a STEM background to help the girls learn to code in HTML, Appshed and Appinventor tools and show them the range of possible careers you can do after studying STEM subjects.  All you need to do is provide inspiration and help the girls with their projects when they get stuck.  We will provide food and reasonable transport costs to helpers.  Register as a Volunteer. Tools we will be using Appshed - online app-creation tool where anyone can design and publish mobile apps for iOS, Android and web Appinventor - visual, blocks language for building Android Apps Marvel - Pop helps you transform your pen and paper ideas into an interactive iPhone or Android prototype. Brought to you by:  Schroders With a history of more than 200 years and with US$487.4 billion asset under management (all date as at 30 June 2015), Schroders is one of the world's leading international specialist asset management institutions. We debuted on the London Stock Exchange in 1959 and are one of the largest asset managers listed there today. You can have confidence in Schroders. Our stability of ownership and the security of the products and services we offer is underpinned by the fact that the Schroder family continues to hold almost 45% equity in our firm. With offices spanning 27 countries, we now operate one of the largest global networks of any dedicated asset management company. As a result, our 3,600 employees and over 420 portfolio managers and analysts are perfectly placed to apply our expertise in serving the needs of discerning investors in all major investment markets. We view Greater China as a key growth area. In early 2008 we standardised our Chinese name to raise our brand awareness and present our capabilities consistently across China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. FAQs Can I attend on only one day? It is advisable to attend on both days, but we understand that not everyone is able to do that. The projects are deisgned to take two days: if you attend on the Saturday, unless you work with someone who is doing both days, you cannot win a prize. If you attend on Sunday, you are eligible to win a prize at 'demo day'. Are my boys able to attend too? Brothers and cousins can attend, but only if they bring a sister, female cousin or female identifying friend with them.

Eco-Hackathon Full Day Event Due to popular demand for the first sold-out hackathon, we are back for a longer, bigger, better event! Every member of the winning team in this full day event will each WIN a COMPLIMENTARY eco-entrepreneur course in Bali to develop an eco-business solution for a developing world sustainability problem. The environment is being damaged at an unprecedented rate. Charities, governments, activists and corporations have not created truly effective answers to this enormous challenge. Have you got what it takes to become an eco-entrepreneur and build radical new solutions? This is a world-first taster event to learn entrepreneurial skills and a brand new approach to solving the toughest environmental problems facing humanity. The skills you learn can be used to build your own green business. It is estimated that green businesses can generate up to US$12trillion in value by 2030*. You can be a part of that future. You might be an environmental activist, a student, an employee, a coder, a tech geek or a scientist – it doesn't matter what your background is - everyone is welcome. The only requirement is that you bring your imagination. This unique event requires a diverse group of people with different levels of skills and experience. All that we ask is that you bring an open mind and a willingness to consider the impossible. Warning: this event could change your entire life and take your career to the next level..  Attendees will be offered exclusive discounts on upcoming Solve.Earth  courses and a host of other surprise goodies. *Better Business, Better World (Sustainable Development Commission, 2017) http://bit.ly/2mfsIjM FAQs Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event? 17+ What can I bring into the event? Laptop/mobile device with internet connectivity, pen and paper recommended. This is an interactive session. How can I contact the organiser with any questions? email: Solve.Earth@icloud.com Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? Nope! Simply show your digital ticket. Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable? Yes, you can pass your ticket to a friend, colleague, lover or acquaintance. Where is the venue? The central London venue will be confirmed closer to the date.