List of hackathons in Rabans Lane Industrial Area, United Kingdom in 2018

Join us in this meeting at Conway Hall where we look at the inadequacies of our democratic system and consider four alternatives to create a better democracy for us all. This will be the first meeting in our series held jointly with the Conway Hall Ethical Society and that will look at different models of Future Democracy and also Education Transformation.. Each meeting will have a £5 entrance fee but for fully paid up members of GlobalNet21 and the Ethical Society then it will be free.  You can choose to join GlobalNet21 or the Conway Hall Ethical Society and get access to all our events in the coming year free of charge. It is clear that our existing system of representative democracy falls short of providing good government or adequately representing the will of the people. As a result there has been growing discontent and a lack of trust in both politics and politicians. But if our existing system is no longer fit for purpose then what is the solution. What alternative is there that can form the basis for a more inclusive democracy. Here we look at four alternative models of democracy and open the discussion up to those there so that we can not just identify what is wrong with the present system but how we can move forward to one restores our faith in the political process. The four models that we will examine and discuss are. • Deliberative Democracy is an effective way of engaging citizens in the democratic process at a much deeper level than voting. Pilot projects around the world have consistently shown how ordinary citizens are capable of intelligent dialogue that produces clear-sighted policy proposals. Drawing on his work with the Wise Democracy Pattern Language Andy will outline the reasons why citizen deliberation is vital for future democracy."   This will be presented by Andy Paice  whose work is to facilitate and catalyse new ways of working and living that are fit for the realities of the 21st century. He coaches people, offers mindfulness classes and runs workshops and trainings. He is a champion of deeper and more participatory forms of democracy. • Sortition is the use of random selection to populate assemblies or fill political positions. An assembly that uses sortition would be composed of people just like you and me: it would be a representative random sample of people, making decisions in an informed, fair and deliberative setting.  This will be presented by Peter Cross of the Sorition Foundation. Peter’s interest in and frustration with the poor state of our “democratic” government was awakened when he came across the idea of sortition.  He recently joined The Sortition Foundation which aims to promote and to institute sortition as a means of empowering citizens’ assemblies.  • Digital Democracy With the advent of the Internet can democracy be effectively based on the people's will and can it replace representative democracy with more direct online citizen involvement? And can it make democracy global where many of the decisions we face cross national boundaries. Using digital tools and methods like hackathons can our democracy change for the better? This will be presented by Max Kalis a Senior Strategist at Start, an agency delivering problem solving brand, retail and digital design. He also founded the Influx Trust, a charity for promoting better understanding and engagement between the UN and the public, which delivered a global hackathon series ‘Connect2Effect’ in 9 countries in 2017 to support public engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals (www.connect2effect.com ).  • Proportional Representation  is the idea that seats in parliament should be allocated so that they are in proportion to the votes cast. Rather than the winner-take all approach of other systems, proportional representation ensures that votes carry equal weight. This will be presented by Jessica Garland who is  the Director of Policy and Research at the Electoral Reform Society. Jess is a former Senior Political Adviser, she has spent six years working in Parliament for Shadow Ministers and MPs. Jess is responsible for policy and research development for the Society. She has a Research Masters in Government, Policy and Politics and was formerly Chair of a youth-led volunteering charity.

Join us in this meeting at Conway Hall where we look at the inadequacies of our democratic system and consider four alternatives to create a better democracy for us all. This will be the first meeting in our series held jointly with the Conway Hall Ethical Society and that will look at different models of Future Democracy and also Education Transformation.. Each meeting will have a £5 entrance fee but for fully paid up members of GlobalNet21 and the Ethical Society then it will be free.  You can choose to join GlobalNet21 or the Conway Hall Ethical Society and get access to all our events in the coming year free of charge. It is clear that our existing system of representative democracy falls short of providing good government or adequately representing the will of the people. As a result there has been growing discontent and a lack of trust in both politics and politicians. But if our existing system is no longer fit for purpose then what is the solution. What alternative is there that can form the basis for a more inclusive democracy. Here we look at four alternative models of democracy and open the discussion up to those there so that we can not just identify what is wrong with the present system but how we can move forward to one restores our faith in the political process. The four models that we will examine and discuss are. • Deliberative Democracy is an effective way of engaging citizens in the democratic process at a much deeper level than voting. Pilot projects around the world have consistently shown how ordinary citizens are capable of intelligent dialogue that produces clear-sighted policy proposals. Drawing on his work with the Wise Democracy Pattern Language Andy will outline the reasons why citizen deliberation is vital for future democracy."   This will be presented by Andy Paice  whose work is to facilitate and catalyse new ways of working and living that are fit for the realities of the 21st century. He coaches people, offers mindfulness classes and runs workshops and trainings. He is a champion of deeper and more participatory forms of democracy. • Sortition is the use of random selection to populate assemblies or fill political positions. An assembly that uses sortition would be composed of people just like you and me: it would be a representative random sample of people, making decisions in an informed, fair and deliberative setting.  This will be presented by Peter Cross of the Sorition Foundation. Peter’s interest in and frustration with the poor state of our “democratic” government was awakened when he came across the idea of sortition.  He recently joined The Sortition Foundation which aims to promote and to institute sortition as a means of empowering citizens’ assemblies.  • Digital Democracy With the advent of the Internet can democracy be effectively based on the people's will and can it replace representative democracy with more direct online citizen involvement? And can it make democracy global where many of the decisions we face cross national boundaries. Using digital tools and methods like hackathons can our democracy change for the better? This will be presented by Max Kalis a Senior Strategist at Start, an agency delivering problem solving brand, retail and digital design. He also founded the Influx Trust, a charity for promoting better understanding and engagement between the UN and the public, which delivered a global hackathon series ‘Connect2Effect’ in 9 countries in 2017 to support public engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals (www.connect2effect.com ).  • Proportional Representation  is the idea that seats in parliament should be allocated so that they are in proportion to the votes cast. Rather than the winner-take all approach of other systems, proportional representation ensures that votes carry equal weight. This will be presented by Jessica Garland who is  the Director of Policy and Research at the Electoral Reform Society. Jess is a former Senior Political Adviser, she has spent six years working in Parliament for Shadow Ministers and MPs. Jess is responsible for policy and research development for the Society. She has a Research Masters in Government, Policy and Politics and was formerly Chair of a youth-led volunteering charity.

Parents in the London area! The Institute of Imagination invites kids - age 7 and above to participate in Lab Liftoff: #RobotZoo all-day workshop. They'll get to learn about and interact with robotics. Using kits provided, the kids will design and build a Robot Zoo, creating moving robot animals.

You're invited to... Educators Workshop: #RobotZoo We’ve teamed up with BirdBrain Technologies from Pittsburgh, USA for a day of experimentation with robotics. What can you expect at this event? If you have in interest in robotics, this day-long workshop is for you. Aimed at beginners this ‘hackathon’ for educators fuses science, arts and technology with the Hummingbird Robotics Kit and Micro:bit. Using sensors, lights and servos, learn about engineering, electronics, coding and physical prototyping whilst imagining a whacky world of robotic animals. You’ll also learn how to engage students in the classroom and other maker spaces with this interactive technology, using the Hummingbird Robotics Kit to take your Micro:bit projects to the next level. Working in groups, you’ll use Birdbrain Technologies’ Hummingbird Kit to design and create your moving robot animal and take part in a showcase event with the rest of the group. The goal of these robotic animals is to delight others with unexpected animation, combining creativity, technology and humor. The creations from the workshop will be on display at BETT 2018 in the BirdBrain Technologies and Micro:bit  booths. When and where is this event? Saturday 20 January, 10am – 5pm, at the Imagination Lab. Attendees should arrive at 9.30am for a 10am start. Who is this event for and how much does it cost? This is a workshop for adults, 18+ years. It will be of particular benefit to anyone with an interest in robotics, educators looking to up-skill to use this technology in the classroom or those in the cultural sector wanting to experiment with robotics to understand its benefit for learning. It costs £25 per ticket. Are refreshments available? Lunch and refreshments are provided. Please let us know by 16 January if you have dietary requirements on hello@ioi.london What do I need to bring? Please plan to bring a laptop with you. If you don’t have a laptop, no problem. Just let us know ahead of time. Be sure to include an accurate email address when you purchase your ticket for the event. We’ll send you a link to download free software which you will need to take part. Have more questions? Email Kelsey@birdbraintechnologies.com Event partner:

Data analysts, developers and other techies! Do you want to put your data analysis skills to the test? You're invited to participate in the Alibaba Cloud & Met Office Data Analysis Challenge. At this hackathon, you'll be challenged to use real-life UK Met Office weather data to create an algorithm which allows futuristic unmanned balloons to follow their route safely and effectively. Compete for prizes on the day, plus the opportunity to advance to the $16,000 prize pool Future Challenge.

Fintech and blockchain enthusiasts in the UK! Fintech Worldwide invites you to participate in the Blockchain Week 2018 Hackathon. You'll be challenged to design and prototype an innovative blockchain use case for the chance to win cash prizes and the opportunity to present your project on the main stage at London Blockchain Week.

Python developers in the Greater London Area! You're invited to participate in a 2-Day London Python Hackathon at Sky HQ in Osterley. Come as a team or join one at the event and collaborate to design and build an awesome Python automation project. Present your team's project to a panel of judges for a chance to win great prizes. If you're looking for a Python coding job, then don't forget to bring your CV.

What is barcampnfp? Barcamp Non-Profits is an unconference for individuals who want to do social good with technology. It's designed for anyone interested or involved in non-profit or technology work to come together to learn from each other, and to network. An unconference is an open, workshop-style event where the content is provided by the participants. There have been 6 years worth of previous events covering topics such as; social impact measurement, using open source tech in charity and non-profit organisations, using of the power of open data,mobilising via social media, digital tools swapshop, running a hackathon for a cause, and more.  A key part of the event is the diversity of people - that's why we've got more than one type of ticket. Who should attend? Anyone working in a non-profit who is interested in technology: charities, arts & culture, education, government etc Anyone working in digital and technology who is interested in social good: entrepreneurs, developers, designers, strategists etc. (Agency and supplier folk welcome but with the caveat 'not to sell')  What's in it for you? An amazing learning and networking opportunity that reaches places many traditional conferences don't. Past attendees have said they learnt something new that they didn't know they didn't know, and they were able to develop existing ideas to take back into work. The benefits continue post-event through the networks you build on the day. Plus its fun and it's free. Our drop-out policy Because our event is free and in high demand we'll ask you to confirm your attendence closer to the date so we can re-issue any cancelled spaces to our waiting list. If you don't cancel and don't turn up you'll be added to our strike-out list which means tickets won't be available to you for the next event.

Clinical and surgical stakeholders, developers, researchers, regulatory experts, business/marketing specialists in the UK! If you're passionate about innovation in the NHS, then you're invited to participate in the Medtech Accelerator Health Hack -Surgery. In this 2-day hackathon, you'll be challenged to come up with innovative solutions responding to the theme of Frugal Innovation in Surgery. Design and prototype a medical technology that can dramatically lower services within the theatres, anaesthesia and critical care settings, without comprising quality.

Coworkers, Makers & Hackers: True Opportunities to Renew Work Practices and Entrepreneurship? Topics of the second symposium This second RGCS symposium will focus on the relationship between the corporate world, collaborative movements (i.e. co-workers, makers, hackers and the fab lab network) and new work practices. On the one hand, it seems that management and consultants bring high expectations to their work with collaborative techniques and exponents of collaborative movements. Hackathons, corporate hacking, open knowledge, communities, ‘labs’, have all recently entered the contemporary managerial vocabulary and practices. They are expected to be at the heart of new innovative and strategic practices such as disruptive or open innovation. Industry is also increasingly investing in collaborative environments. Coworking spaces are thus increasingly designed and owned by real estate companies, and corporate sponsors support maker and hacker spaces in apparent need of these resources and the legitimacy they bring. On the other hand, some actors of collaborative movements criticize the superficial and opportunistic use of collaborative values. For example, hackers defend an ethic which is interesting from a governance point of view (beyond the punctual ‘use’ of hackathons). Makers defend ‘repair’ logics which are seen as a profound alternative to capitalist notions of fast innovation and hyper-consumption. What are the relationships between collaborative movements and the corporate world? How do coworkers, makers and hackers contribute to new work practices in corporations and new forms of entrepreneurship? Are makers and hackers the muse or the nemesis of managers? Are the two in a dialogical relationship, in conflict, or even mutually interdependent in today’s urban professional life? This second symposium will also be an opportunity for critical perspectives on collaborative movements, collaborative techniques and their translation in the world of management. New work and management practices associated to collaborative workplaces (e.g. digital nomads, telework, co-working, distributed work) raise novel tensions and paradoxes in control and surveillance issues that need to be explored at greater depth. Therefore new domination, control and surveillance practices will also be at the heart of our discussions. Here are the issues we would like to cover (this list is non-exhaustive): Collaborative movements and their relationships with the corporate world: as mutual sources of innovation, legitimation, transformation; Collaborative practices in the context of corporate coworking or maker spaces and independent coworking and maker spaces; Repair, DIY, DIT, maker movements and their relationship with society, organizations, organizing, politics and their joint transformations; Fab labs as networks, contributors to open knowledge and their translation in a corporate environment; Spatial, temporal, visual and material dimensions of the relationships between the collaborative and corporate worlds; The legitimation and co-legitimation of collaborative techniques, collaborative communities and corporate projects in organization and society; How spaces, time, bodies are involved in the legitimation processes and practices of corporate techniques in the collaborative environment, or collaborative techniques in the corporate environment; Historical views on firms, corporate environments and collaborative movements. Comparative historical perspectives on the two phenomena; Critical perspectives on the ‘use’ of collaborative techniques and collaborative values in a corporate world; Joint emergence of new work practices in corporate and collaborative worlds; Institutional, practice, process, phenomenological, Marxist, post-Marxist, discursive, aesthetic, critical views on both phenomena and their joint evolution; Ideologies, myths of the collaborative and sharing economies and how they feed the corporate world. Conversely, how the corporate world is renewed or maintained by the sharing economy and the collaborative economy; Affordance and proximity in and of collaborative spaces in the city, and how they relate to traditional business districts; Boundary-spanner issues between corporate world, third places and the city; Open innovation and how it is grounded, justified, fed by transformations introduced by collaborative communities. Programme Thursday, 18th of January 2018: Academic (Un)Conference. @Loughborough University, Olympic Park 08:00 - 09:00 : Registration at Loughborough University and Welcome coffee 09:00 - 09:50 : Welcome address and keynote 1 by Alison Powell (LSE) 10:00 - 11:30 : Parallel sessions 1: Pecha Kucha presentations 11:45 - 12:15 : Mini workshops on site 12:15 - 14:00 : Break and Keynote 2 with Mikko Koria (LU) in the context of a micro-brewery 14:00 - 15:30 : Parallel sessions 2: Pecha Kucha presentations 16:00 - 17:45 : Seated or walked group discussions "what's new" around 10 topics: Hubs and entrepreneurs ship in London The politics of open innovation Bodies/embodiment of new work practices Coworking spaces DIY/DIT, FabLabs and makers as social movements Mobility & working at home Hackers & crisis management OWEE Freelancers, slashers & new work practices Autonomy & control at work 17:45-18:30 : Keynote 3 with Yrjö Engeström (Helsinki University) 18:30 - 20:00 : Socializing and enjoying the area (campus / Olympic parkà 21:00 : Two meeting points in London for dinner. Friday, 19th of January 2018: Learning expedition #OWEE. Starting @Cass Business School. 08:00 – 09:00 Meeting point at Cass Business SchoolCass Postgraduate Campus, 106 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8TZ. Exhibition of #visualizinghacking2017 in Tokyo, organized by David Vallat (Université Lyon I)  09:00 – 10:00 : Let's walk, share and explore together !Presentation of the day by Stefan Haefliger (Cass BS), Pierre Laniray (Université de Poitiers) & Adèle Gruen (Goldsmiths University) #art #artisticplaces #streetart #makerspaces  An ephemeral online exhibition will be organized from your tweets and pictures of your tweets. 10:00 – 17:00 : Learning ExpeditionVisits of art oriented makerspaces & coworking spaces in London: Collaborative communities as a new aesthetics Visit of street arts area and artistic wasteland 18:00 : Meeting point in an art gallery Organizing committee Hélène Bussy-Socrate (Warwick Business School), Sabine Carton (Université Grenoble-Alpes), Aurore Dandoy (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL), François-Xavier de Vaujany (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL), Julie Fabbri (emlyon business school), Stéphanie Fargeot (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL), Anna Glaser (ESCP Europe), Albane Grandazzi (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL) Stefan Haefliger (Cass Business School), Magda Hercheui (UCL), Janet Merkel (City University), Nathalie Mitev (King’s College London), Anouk Mukherjee (Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL), Tuukka Toivonen (UCL), David Vallat (Université Lyon I). Registration will be free of charge, but the number of seats at the symposium will be limited and registration will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis. For questions or submissions: collaborativespaces@gmail.com For all information : Call for papers 2nd RGCS symposium