List of hackathons in Winchester, United Kingdom in 2015

As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week  #MakeItHappen we are organising a 2-day Hackathon-style event where 100 school children aged 16-19  will collaborate with 40 university tech students and 20 mentors from the TechCity community to develop apps that could transform the world around them. AcornHack will unlock young people's entrepreneurial potential by inspiring them to get creative with coding, programming and digital technology. The purpose of this event is to equip  young people with tools that will enable them to become change-makers and entrepreneurs of their own lives. Young people are required to come in teams of 3-5 and should have thought of an idea that they would like to work on prior to arriving. They will pitch their idea to developers and mentors on Saturday and will be developing their apps/web apps throughout the weekend.                                                                            Agenda: SATURDAY - 21 November 10:00 Keynote/Briefing 10:15 Teenagers present ideas (1 minute each) 10:30 Teams are assigned 2 developers and 1 mentor 10:40 Get Making 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch/Inspirational Talk 14:30 Feedback session - speed dating 15:00 Get Making 17:00 Inspirational Talk SUNDAY - 22 November 10:00 Welcome back/Inspirational Talk 10:15 Get Making 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch/Inspirational Talk 14:00 Get Making 15:00 Pitching Workshop 15:20  Pitches  4.30 Judges decide 5:00 Results                                                                        PRIZES 1. Every social idea will be considered for up to 5K grant from UnLtd (team members must be 16+ and have a social enterprise idea) 2. Winners will be invited to a DEMO Day at TechHub to showcase the product they built in front of angels and investors 3. Tours of Campus and Ropemakers sites offerded by TechHub 4. Winners invited to an exclusive invite-only networking event with renowned entrepreneurs at New Entrepreneurs Foundation 5. Kits from KANO computing 6. Codeacademy will organise 3 free workshops in UX/HTML/CSS for all young participants 7. Google VR glasses from BrizTech Ltd. 8. Mentoring support by numerous TechCity companies following the hackathon 9. "A Day in an office" experience at Firefly 10. Every team to receive a copy of Rob Fitzpatrick's The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you 11.Winners awarded 1/2 day Entrepreneurial One on One Masterclass with Will King, CEO of King of Shaves Other prizes will be added as they get confirmed. For further details on the event, please go to acornhack.acornaspirations.co.uk or send an email to elena.sinel@acornaspirations.co.uk

Interested in how Parliament works; how public sector expenditure is audited; or the key statistics generated by the public sector? Then come to #AccHack15. So are you an armchair auditor? Keen on Parliamentary processes? Use lots of public sector data? Then this is the event for you. With the added bonus of staying in NAO building overnight, if you want. There event will form part of Parliament Week. As last year we will aim to run a follow up event during office hours to show people who could not make the weekend Show and Tell what happened. Who is organising the event? National Audit Office (NAO) - Nick Halliday Office of National Statistics (ONS) - Terry Makewell Parliament - Tracy Green   More details: It will be possible to stay overnight and use showers on Sunday morning. There is space to store bikes. The wifi is robust and was used for this year's National Hack the Government in London.

Dates and Times THIS IS NOT AN OVERNIGHT HACKATHON 21/11/15 : 0900 - 2100 22/11/15 : 1000 - 1700   Event Hackcess is a Hackathon focused on using digital fabrication and maker technologies help disabled people live more independent lives, improving accessibility through technology. It's a two day event hosted in partnership with Fab Lab London, Autodesk, Ultimaker, Goldsmith University and Whizz-Kidz. We'll have a heap of technology for all you designers, makers, coders and product people to use to design new and exciting assistive technologies during the hackathon. There will be food, drink, electricity, WiFi, 3D printers, digital fabrication equipment and traditional tools (that's drills, hammers, wood and stuff like that) so that you can get on with the real work - changing lives. The event is open to makers and inventors of all ages including children. Young makers should be at least 18 years to attend unless accompanied with a parent/carer. It will be a real opportunity to make change for good. Venue Hackcess is taking place in Goldsmiths University 19th Century converted church - St James, Hatcham. At the end of St James Rd, New Cross.   Find out more at www.hackcess.org

TrackHack™: the Proximity ID Hackathon is the first-ever hackathon focused solely on the proximity ID technologies that power the Internet of Things. Whether radio frequency identification (RFID), Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and beacons, or near field communication (NFC), these proximity ID technologies, merged with cloud-based applications enable complete interaction between the physical and digital worlds. We are looking for developers, designers, idea folks, and pitch masters to conjure up the best proximity id applications possible.  Schedule Friday 6pm-9pm - FORMING AND STORMING - Registration, idea pitches, team forming.  Friday 9pm - Participants can stay, start hacking, hangout all night.  Saturday 8am - Doors open, breakfast.  Saturday 9am - Project entries due on TrackHack portal. HACKING BEGINS  Saturday 12pm - Lunch. Sponsor presentations.  Saturday 4pm - Stretch break. Saturday 8pm - Dinner. Organizer presentations. Saturday 12am - Caffeine break. Sunday 4am - Towel Hour. Sunday 8am - Doors open, breakfast.  Sunday 9am - Project demo videos due on TrackHack portal. HACKING ENDS Sunday 9am-12pm - Theater doors open. A/V testing. Pitch practice.  Sunday 12pm - Lunch in Theater. Welcome judges. Sunday 2pm - TEAM PRESENTATIONS. 5min setup. 2min pitch/demo. 5min Q/A.  Sunday 4pm - Judges deliberations. Winners announced.  Sunday 5pm - Closing remarks. Rules Build something using proximity ID technologies. Don’t build something you’ve made before. At least two people per team, but no more than four. You’ll need to show a live demo on stage. Show us how you did it, leave no doubt the work is yours. Your project will be made public on our site. Grant our sponsors Right of First Refusal to acquire your idea. Prizes 1st place - £3282 or $5000 2nd place - £2298 or $3500 3rd place - £985 or $1500 Scoring Working Solution - Hack uses proximity ID tech and live demo works. (25%) Technical Merit - Challenges overcome during build are clear and noteworthy. (25%) Originality - Hack brings something novel to life. (20%) Business Case - Hack built with a business model in mind. (15%) Look and Feel - Apealing UI and an easy user experience. (15%) FAQs Why does hacking end so early on Sunday? This isn't typical of hackathons.  We scheduled the hacking to end at 9am on Sunday purely as a suggestion for hackers to consider. This is because HW hackathons depend heavily on the demo working on stage. This takes a lot of setup and planning to get right. That's why we wanted to provide ample time for teams to access the stage where demos will take place and prepare their demos. You're more than welcome to keep working all the way up to your presentation time but it's the team's responsibility to make sure A/V failures don't happen. If they do, no extra time will be given.   Can I stay overnight throughout the event? Yes, Campus London is a 24hr facility and someone from the TrackHack staff will be present onsite at all times. There are 5 bean bags, 5 fluffy mats, some really comfy chairs, and a bunch of beach balls. Feel bring to bring whatever you need to get some shut eye when you need it.   What are my transport/parking options getting to the event? Campus London is close to public transportation. If you choose to drive in, Finsbry square has car parking. It's on street parking so first come, first serve. If your taking the Train/Tube, get off at the Old Street station which is a couple blocks away from Campus London. Do you provide any travel reimbursement?  We're still working with sponsors to get the event fully funded so can't promise any reimbursement at this time. If things change as we approach the event (as they sometimes do), then we will be able to offer things like reimbursing travel. TBD. What can/can't I bring to the event? The space is limited. Hardware should be kept to a minimum to avoid clutter. Things like laptops, screens, handheld power tools, soldering stations, power strips, and HDMI cables are good things to bring. Review our master list of everything we'll have on site. Meanwhile, you can review pictures and other details of the space here.  I missed the developer call, is there a recording? We got your back. View the session here (compressed and split into 3 parts): Part 1 - NXP and Impinj Part 2 - UGrokIt, PunchThrough, and Omni-ID Part 3 - HID Global, SerialIO, and ACS   Why is the video playback in fast speed? Can you repost at normal speed? The developer call was originally 1 hour and 20 minutes long. Since YouTube limits uploads to 15 minute long videos, it would have been 6 parts and we thought this was excessive to navigate through during the hackathon. So we opted to compress them while maintaining intelligibility. The normal speed version is no longer available, sorry :(.  

Want to master your hackathon skills but don't have a weekend to give up? Not sure what a hackathon is? Curious about how fun they are? The best kept secret is that you don't need to be a developer or "techie" to win a hackathon. A winning team contains a mix of people with different skills and ideas, all coming together to create a solution to a problem and explain what they've done to others. So, if you're a designer, a marketeer or even a footballer, come and join us for what must be the shortest hackathon ever. Practice your skills and learn what it takes to win. If you're a ready made team or you're an individual just looking to build something fun. Come along and get involved. There'll be time to meet people and form teams and discuss ideas before the build time begins. Once the build has ended, teams will get a few short minutes to present their ideas before a winner is chosen. NOTE: This is a free event, but you need to be registered in-advance to attend. Thanks go to PA Consulting for providing the venue. Agenda  6:30pm Arrival, chat and drinks  7:00pm Build time!  8:00pm Team presentations  8:30pm Winner announced and wrap-up

This workshop is designed for startup founders at the early or idea stage. Do you have a startup idea but aren’t sure how to take it forward without capital, technical skills, or expensive equipment ? Are you curious about Lean Startup and how it can help you and your startup succeed? If so, this is the workshop for you. This workshop will lead you through the initial business idea iteration process, helping you to test the market. Lean startup techniques do not require any coding, and you won’t waste time and money creating a website, product, or service that no one wants to use or pay for. After the exercise, you will have the clarity and confidence to take your idea forward. Outline of the workshop: ­  A brief introduction to Lean Startup ­  How to know if your target customers will love your idea ­  Tips for customer interviews ­  MVP (Minimum Viable Product) techniques to test the market  Instructor: Josh Liu Josh is an serial entrepreneur with 8 years of startup experience. He has done startups in enterprise software, hardware, the two­sided marketplace and the consumer Internet. As a keen Lean Startup practitioner, he co­organises Lean Startup Circle London, the largest Lean Startup community in Europe. He conducts Lean workshops at the Hackathon event and Google Campus, and also runs Lean Startup Machine, a 2­day Lean Startup bootcamp.  He is now a partner at Source Institute, an entrepreneurship education and support organisation. He is also a managing partner at HardwarePro, a early stage hardware advisory and investment firm.

Interested in hacking, making or coding things? Interested in the stories that objects can tell us about everyday life? Join us on Saturday 14th November 2015 for the 'My Object Stories' Hackathon! We want you to help us make an interactive digital archive of young people’s everyday objects and the stories behind them. Working with a team of expert hackers and archivists, you’ll get the chance to help design and make something that has never been built before! To take part you need: • To be aged 13-16 years • To have an object that you’re comfortable sharing the story of on the day (you’ll be able to take it home with you afterwards!) • To be prepared to help design and build an interactive archive of young people’s everyday objects. No previous technical experience is required, you just need to be willing to work as part of a team and have lots of enthusiasm! For more information on the hackathon (including directions to the event) go to: http://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/everydaychildhoods/hackathon/  Spaces are limited, so sign up today! Lunch and refreshments provided (please specify any special dietry requirements in the form).

Celebrate Ada Lovelace’s 200th birthday in style by joining the Ada Lovelace hackathon! We’ll be using the equipment and expertise of the Oxford Hackspace to create new physical computing projects, inspired by her works. We’ll have access to 3D printing, laser cutting, electronics, CNC machines, and much more. Projects suggested so far include: Laser-cutting cogs and carrying arms to build the adding mechanism of the Analytical Engine. Building a card reader. Using a card reader to make other things happen - a music box, bells, whistles, puppets, or automata. A new robot version of the “calculus of the nervous system”, or 3D printing of some or all of the real neuronal network of a nematode worm. A music machine. Other things that Ada was known for include the Bernoulli numbers, her interest in gambling, ‘Flyology’, and her prediction of computer-generated music: “Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in the science of harmony and of musical composition were susceptible of such expression and adaptations, the engine might compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent.” Every level of skill is welcome!

What is UnituHack? UnituHack is the first student & staff hackathon, bringing them together to form a team for one day to co-create technological innovations and solutions for specific challenges found in universities. This is an opportunity for all types of university staff and students who may have an idea they would like to create and improve their own academic experience. Attendees do not need to come up with their own ideas, but instead they can join a team once they get to the event. NOTE: After you attend the event, we will reimburse your ticket on Eventbrite! What is a Hackathon? A hackathon is an event where people with ideas come together for the purpose of solving a problem that exists, or creating a product that is needed in the real world. Why should I go? Some of the benefits delegates have experienced at our previous event are: Creating solutions to your educational challenges Networking with other staff and students in different universities Developing and learning new professional skills Having free food served to them all day (breakfast, pizza, sandwiches and snacks) Chance to win prizes worth over £1,000 Getting some great hackathon swag Having fun and be part of the hackathon community What are others saying about UnituHack? "Thank you to you and the team for hosting such a brilliant event. I am particularly interested in student-staff partnerships, and it was a fantastic way to see some front-line work. It is interesting to see the areas that are consistently identified by students as being ‘problematic’- from staying abreast of information to peer support and communication with lecturers (not to mention food!). The atmosphere was incredibly positive and I can only imagine how much work went on to pull together this event." Rebecca Rochon, Senior Lecturer in Education @ Buckinghamshire New University Click here to see what others tweeted on the day: Tweets about #Unituhack 2014 What is the refund policy? Tickets can be refunded 48 hours or more before the event. Once you get to the event, you must abide by the Code of Conduct. Further details: Please visit www.unituhack.com or contact Ana Jalba at ana@unitu.co.uk

   Welcome to the first ever Product Hunt Hackathon in London www.producthunthackathon.com #PHLDNHACK On November 6-8th we are hosting a 48hr event with 200 of London’s best designers, developers, marketers, hackers and business folk to create explosive solutions to world problems at a superb venue, WeWork.    The Hackathon Brief How can we make use of our (local, national, global) comunities to effect change?     The Weekend Agenda Friday 6th November:  18:00: Networking 19:30: Briefing 20:00: Inspiration Hour 20:30: Pitches (1m each) 21:30: Voting & Establishing Teams 23:00: Get rest for the weekend   Saturday 7th:  08:30: Yoga  09:00: Breakfast 09:30: Business Principles 101  10:15: Get Making  13:00: Lunch 14:30: Mentors walk in 18.00: Dinner 20:45: Inspirational Talk   Sunday 8th:  08:30: Yoga 09:00: Breakfast  09:30: Mentors walk in  13:00: Lunch 14:00: Round 1 Pitches 17:00: Round 2 Pitches 18:00: Results  18:30: Drinks & networking    Our Judges:  Diane Perlman - CMO at MassChallenge  George Berkowski - Co-Founder of IceCream & Head of Product at Hailo Craig Crawford - Creative Director at CrawfordIT Hercules Fisherman - Founder, Dr Voxx  Daniel Harvey - Experience Design Director at Sapient Nitro Mark Jenkins - UX/UI Designer Ari Helgason - VC at Dawn Capital   The Rules 1. You cannot work on your project before the event begins. 2. Don't use code you have previously worked on. 3. You cannot use another team's source code. You may only use what is available publicly to everyone. 4. The decision of the judges is final for determining prizes and awards 5. Please comply with all instructions from Product Hunt hackathon organizers 6. Make sure to read the T&C’s before confirming your ticket Judging criteria:  Scores are out of 35/40 points for the following criteria:  Impact        (5 points) Design        (5 points) Creativity    (5 points) Simplicity    (5 points) Scalability   (5 points) Optional/Bonus Points: Use of Braintree API (5 points)    Tweet your excitement here   Sponsorship:    Interested in Sponsoring?   We'd love to hear from you, download our sponsorship pack for more information [www.producthunthackathon.com] or email hello@adpreneurs.com and we'll send you more info!  FAQs Q: What is the Product Hunt Hackathon? A: This is a three day event bringing together the best designers, developers, marketers, hackers & business folk to create explosive solutions to world problems. Q: Do I have to be a programmer or designer to attend? A: Preferably, while it’s important you have an interest in technology and building things, we’re looking for passionate hustlers to participate in as part of our community, so if you are a kick ass ideator, you’re more than welcome to join in on the fun. Q: How do I find a team / how are teams formed? A: Teams are created on Friday night during the briefing. If you have an idea, you will have 60 seconds to pitch it to the whole group, if you don’t, not to worry, you’ll get to mix and mingle so you can find an idea you believe in and help lead your team to victory! Q: How do I/we get involved? A: Sign up on here obviously! Otherwise see more information at: www.producthunthackathon.com Q: What are we being judged on? A: Scores are out of 35/40 points for the following criteria:   Impact (5 points) Customer Validation (5 points) Design (5 points) Creativity (5 points) Simplicity (5 points) Business Model & Scalability (5 points) Technology (5 points) Optional/Bonus Points: Use of Braintree API (5 points)   Optional Usage of Braintree_Paypal API (5 Points) Q: Who owns the IP I create during the hackathon? A: You and/or the team. Please make sure to read the Terms & Conditions before hitting ‘I agree’ on Eventbrite.   For Hackers: http://phhackertermsandconditions.strikingly.com/  For Industry Delegates: phdelegatestermsandconditions.strikingly.com  For Founders (To use at your discretion): http://phfoundersagreement.strikingly.com   Q: What are the prizes? A: Apart from the admiration of everyone in the building, you’ll receive an awesome prize which we’ll be announcing closer to the event. (Ssshhh! you might be receiving grant money to take your idea on further) Q: Will there be food? A: You’ll be eating top end filling food options for breakfast, lunch and dinner, so don’t worry, you won’t be going hungry. If you have special dietary requirements please don’t forget to email us at hello@adpreneurs.com so we can prepare you a special meal. Q: Who is organising the Product Hunt Hackathon? A: Nicole Bosky & Jamahl McMurran from Adpreneurs ltd. (www.adpreneurs.com)  in affiliation with Product Hunt (www.producthunt.com).   Q: Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?  A: If you have the Eventbrite app on your smartphone make sure you have the ticket saved, but might be a good idea to bring a print out just incase!  Q: What is the refund policy? A: Don't do that to us! If you have to, pop us an email at hello@adpreneurs.com and we'll sort you out. We will not be refunding any tickets within 7 days of the start of the event.      Q: How can I get in touch with the organisers? 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