List of hackathons in Peterborough, United Kingdom in 2020

Girls in the UK aged from 5 to 22! If you're interested in becoming an engineer or a maker, or some other career in STEM, then you're invited to participate in the Stemettes Engineering Hack at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry. If you're under 16, then you'll need to bring an adult -- parent or guardian -- with you. You'll be taught how to create a project using the easy-to-use Tinkercad 3D modeling program. Then, over the weekend, you'll work on your project and present it to a panel of judges for the opportunity to win fun prizes.

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For too many children, the ordeal of sexual abuse doesn’t end when the abuse stops. The recording, viewing and sharing of countless photos and videos online mean victims suffer humiliation and misery every time someone clicks on an image of their abuse. We are calling all engineers, developers, cyber security experts and individuals with awesome skills from Cambridge and around the world to come together and work on innovative projects to help stop distribution of child sexual abuse imagery online. The Hackathon is a one-day event in at IWF in Cambridge and you are invited to join us to help find and create “tech for good” solutions to make a genuine difference to the victims of online child sexual abuse. FAQs What kind of skills do I need? We welcome anyone who can help technically and/or who has experience with the following: Write tools to help scrape websites or organise files (images + video) Experience of ML/AI and NLP Who can perform OSINT (OpenSource Intelligence)/SOCMINT (Social Media Intelligence) What should I bring? Something to work on - tablet, laptop etc. What will be provided? Internet access, a comfy place to hack, IWF tech support and encouragement!  Drinks and food will be provided throughout the day. Please state any dietary requirements on the booking form.  All IP developed will be donated to the IWF Hotline for the investigation and removal of child sexual abuse only. Spaces for the event are limited and RSVP does not guarantee participation, you will receive a confirmation email two weeks in advance.

Aviva Hackathon (CUDSS Aviva Data Science Challenge)

CIRCULAR ECONOMY HACKATHON 2020

Coders and non-coders in Warwick and the Midlands! You're invited to participate in WarwickHACK 2020 — the annual hackathon organized by WarwickTECH. Come and collaborate and compete — you'll have 24 hours to create something innovative and compete for awesome prizes. WarwickHACK is open to all — no coding background is needed!

Come take part in a range of different scenarios and activities on the day, organised by the students and partnered with Zift Solutions.

Coders, data visualisers, data scientists, innovators, business strategists and planners in the UK! Are you interested in how data can be used to help improve the UK's Motorways? Highways England and Connected Places Catapult invite you to participate in the 2-day Highways England Hackathon in Milton Keynes. Come with a team of up to 5 people -- or join one at the event. You'll be challenged to use a wealth of data from traffic flows, accident information to the location of every piece of hardware on the network -- in order to find ways to aid decision making & planning, improve safety, provide a better service to road users and find new ways to reduce disruption from maintenance. Present your team's project to a panel of judges, including senior decision makers at Highways England for the chance to win.

Develop new partnerships and innovative ideas over cake and coffee Join us at our Innovation Friday networking event at the Leicester Innovation Hub. This month the overarching theme is Sustainable Future. We will be discussing and showcasing how Academia-Business collaboration in environmental management is leading to economic growth. A special focus will be given to Space Park Leicester and the opportunities this transformative facility will create for local enterprises in non-space sectors. During a special session run in association with MSDUK, a number of companies will deliver their business pitch to a panel of judges to win a company focused free activity with the experts of the University of Leicester: a choice among Design Thinking Sprint, Data Analytics Review or Sustainability Audit will be delivered within the business with company’s senior management and their key stakeholders. A special stage will be given to MSDUK Innovation Challenge to discuss opportunities for BAME businesses, and to the winners of the first Copernicus Hackathon in UK to demonstrate business opportunities enabled by open data policies. We very much hope that you will be able to join us as our guest for this and future events designed to highlight innovations from across the region. You are welcome to drop in anytime between 10am and 4pm and Network with: Innovation Hub Team Regional businesses & industries Innovation support organisations Enterprising academics Student & graduate start-ups University Business Support Team Agenda 10:00 am – Event opens 10:45 am – Keynote: Developing solutions to tackle environmental pollution through Business-Academia collaborations (Mick Whelan) 11:30 am – Pitch competition (in association with MSDUK) 12:30 pm – Samosas are served along cake. Networking while waiting for judging panel to award pitch competition winner. 1:00 pm – Judging panel awards pitch competition prize 1:30 pm – MSDUK Innovation Challenge and opportunities for BAME start-ups (Ervin Picari) 2:15 pm – Innovations for a sustainable and productive agriculture. Pitches from the Copernicus Hackathon winners. 3:00 pm – Keynote: Growth opportunities for local businesses enabled by Space Park Leicester (Carmine Maffei and Kavitha Muthu). 4.00 pm – Event closes (Agenda is subject to change. Please contact us or come back to this page closer to the event if you need to confirm a specific schedule.) To take part to the Pitch Competition, please send an email to LeicInnovation@le.ac.uk Free Cake Fridays provide an excellent opportunity to network with the Innovation Hub Team, innovative regional businesses, enterprising academics and innovation support organisations in a friendly and informal environment. Within the warmth of this special networking event, you will have a chance to build strategic partnerships, meet your peers, and discover funded innovation support opportunities.