List of hackathons in Wrexham, United Kingdom in 2016

Purpose The purpose of these regional roadshows should be as follows: -       Raise the profile of EDS2 as a vehicle for change -       Identify the connections and links between EDS2 and various other diversity / equality initiatives including (but not limited to) the workforce race equality standard (WRES), the accessible information standard, the DH learning disabilities programme, the workforce disability equality standard and the sexual orientation standards work -       Share good and best practice in the use of EDS2 – including the EDS2 voluntary and community sector engagement guide -       Explore how EDS2 can be employed and utilise by organisations more effectively in order to influence organisational / cultural change Audience The target audience for the roadshows should be: -       Diversity and inclusion managers within provider trusts and CCGs -       Human Resource Directors and managers within provider trusts and CCGs -       Organisational development managers within provider trusts and CCGs -       Service managers and leads within provider trusts and CCGs Format The roadshows will consist of a three hour session. The sessions will be divided into two parts and will take the form of a mini-hackathon. The first part will focus on what the challenges are with EDS2. It will look at the format and structure of EDS2 and critically de-construct it to see what its weaknesses are; what doesn’t work at all; what works a little; and (critically) what needs to change. The second part will focus on the positive aspects of EDS2. It will look at the format and structure of EDS2 and assess its strengths: what works well; why things work well; and what we need to more of. Our proposal is that for the first session we will break the delegates up into four separate groups – one looking at / thinking about the structure of EDS2 as a model / framework; one looking at / thinking about the language of EDS2; one looking at / thinking about how well (or not) EDS2 links across or “talks to” other diversity initiatives in the NHS; and one looking at / thinking about EDS2 as a vehicle of change. Each of the four groups will be led / facilitated by a nominated person that we have invited. We will be inviting guests from the workforce race equality standard, learning disability and equalities and health inequalities teams. The second session will break the delegates into three groups – but set them the following tasks: firstly, how can EDS2 be better promoted / publicised in order to make it more accessible?; secondly, how can EDS2 be better structured / formatted / presented in order to make it more user friendly?; and thirdly, how can EDS2 be used more effectively within organisations as a vehicle of change? Each group will be asked to propose 3 or 4 recommendations to the group that they can vote on using our in-house voting system. A plenary session will capture the thoughts / feedback. AGENDA EDS 2 Roadshow North West Regional E&D Meeting 6th December 2016 Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Eaton Road, West Derby, Liverpool L12 2AP (Use L14 5AB on sat-navs for East Prescot Road car park) 12:45 -15:00 12.45: Welcome, introductions and context setting – Joe O’Grady 13:00 – 13:45: Session 1 - Group Discussions – Delegates are split into 4 group Group 1- The Structure of EDS2 as a model –  Facilitator Andrea Smith Group2 - The Language of EDS2 –  Facilitator Tammy Pike Group 3 - How well (or not) EDS2 links across or “talks to” other diversity initiatives in the NHS - Facilitator – Joe O’Grady Group 4 - EDS2 as a vehicle of change - Facilitator – Meryl Cuzak  13:45 – 14:00: Feedback from the tables – Lead - Joe O’Grady 14:00 – 14:15: EDS2 voluntary and community sector engagement guide, Samir Jeraj, Race Foundation 14:15 – 15:00: Session 2 – Group Discussions – Delegates split into 3 groups The second session will break the delegates into three groups – to address one key question Group 1: How can EDS2 be better promoted / publicised in order to make it more accessible? Facilitator Andrea Smith Group 2: How can EDS2 be better structured / formatted / presented in order to make it more user friendly? Facilitator Tammy Pike   Group 3: How can EDS2 be used more effectively within organisations as a vehicle of change? Facilitator – Meryl Cuzak Each group will be asked to propose 3 or 4 recommendations to the group that they can vote on using our in-house voting system. 15:00 – 15:15: Feedback from the Groups & Voting on the recommendations - Lead - Joe O’Grady 15:15 -  15:30: Summary, Next Steps and Close - Joe O’Grady

Join us to help bring together Bi/Pansexual People with lived experience of clinical care and Healthcare Professionals to develop a shared understanding of existing health inequalities and a broader perspective of their diverse identities and social experiences across health services. The day will provide an emmersive environment to help synchronise across all involved the experiences and health inequalities that exist and generate a collective conciousness of the challenges experienced by Bi/Pansexual people accessing health services. Through the use of creative technology, visual tools and inspirational voices delegates will be encouraged to help download their shared inclusive conciousness to empower a network of healthcare advocates championing Bi/Pansexual healthcare issues in their own local services. Speakers & Event Partners Include: Central Manchester University Hospotals NHS Foundation Trust University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Wigan Clinical Commissioning Group Manchester Clinical Commissioning Groups LGBT Foundation LGBT Cancer Support Alliance University of Lincoln What will you learn? Specific Bi/Pansexual health inequalities Understanding of a broader range of intersectional identities and social experiences Hear real life stories and health journeys of Bi/Pansexual people How to engage and communicate positively with Bi/Pansexual patients How to communicate with other professional colleagues the specific barriers to care and disparity in experiences Bi/Pansexual patients can have. What will we achieve? A group of empowered healthcare voices to directly champion needs of Bi/Pansexual patients Establish a relationship of trust and future engagement between healthcare organisations, professionals and the Bi/Pansexual Community A visual product that shares the learning and experiences of both healthcare professionals and Bi/Pansexual people with healthcare staff across the UK. An opportunity for specific networking bringing Bi/Pansexual people with specific experiences of care into contact with specialist clinicians allowing the development of future partnership work to occur. Who Should Attend? Consultants, Medical Staff, Nurses and Allied Health Professionals Medical, Nursing and Healthcare students Commissioners and Clinical Leads across NHS, Third and Private sector organisations Community engagement and partnership specialists Diversity & Inclusion Professionals Bi/Pansexual People interested in improving health care services There will be an extended lunch period breaking up the day to allow delegates to take advantage of the numerous outlets based on and around the Central Manchester Hospitals site for lunch and refreshements. (For lived experience speakers there will be a limited number of support grants available to take part in the event)

SpaceUp Manchester is an ‘’unconference’’ totally dedicated to everything about Space. Unconferences have been held about technology, science, transit, and even cupcakes, but this is the first one focused on Space Exploration. What makes SpaceUp Manchester different from other conferences is that it is you, the participants, who decide the topics, what gets talked about, themes, and the structure of the event, and most importantly, take an active part in talking and joining in the debates. It’s like the best bits of a formal conference – the coffee break discussions, networking and excitement at new ideas – without someone shuffling you back into an auditorium to be lectured at! SpaceUp Manchester is an event for space enthusiasts of every capacity, from young people to students, educators to scientists, creatives to citizens, technologists to entrepreneurs, and professionals within the space and research community. All attendees are expected to give a demo, present a talk, participate in a panel, or join a roundtable. Don’t worry! The unconference format will bring together people to discuss space-related topics in an open, friendly forum. Manchester will build upon other SpaceUp’s success, for the North West community. SpaceUp attendees love sharing, teaching and discussing the possibilities for space exploration. It provides a mechanism for people to share knowledge and enthusiasm, as well as develop new ideas for the future. .Talks and Sessions This is not a traditional conference. The session topics and activities are suggested by the attendees. In addition to talks and presentations, SpaceUp Manchester provides an opportunity for every attendee to be a participant in shaping and leading the event. Be prepared to get involved and meet people. Come and find out about: Space missions, citizen science projects, and opportunities for participation in space based initiatives in the region. Education programmes and activities to engage people young in Space and Astronomy Talks, hands-on experiments, demonstrations and live video link ups to speakers, scientists and industry representatives from around the world. Initiatives using space based applications in a range of areas from technology, agriculture, fashion, travel,art,and design. Careers information and representatives from local business, industry and government. Posters, Exhibits and Networking SpaceUp Manchester  invites you to demonstrate and exhibit services, products and technologies that relate to space explorers. Dynamic sessions are being planned that will offer a unique opportunity for posters, exhibits and hands-on technology demonstrations to be shared with attendees. This is a great opportunity to reach an influential audience. You will be amazed at what comes out of SpaceUp. You might see problems solved, plans hatched, projects kicked off, businesses started, and amazing friendships born. From Friday afternoon through to Saturday evening we will be holding an epic Space Hackathon. Prizes will be given for challenges, apps, hardware and all things Spacey! Come along and create the next big thing with us. Who should come to SpaceUp Manchester? Anyone with an interest in space! SpaceUp is open to people of all ages, with sessions dedicated to young people and education through to public participation in space exploration. SpaceUp is open and accessible to all regardless of your level of knowledge of Space.  What's Happening During SpaceUp We have two jam packed days filled with exciting Space Stuff, including: A VR Suite with an  Immersive Planetarium SpaceUp Hackathon - sponsored by .Space -  have the chance to win sending your hack into Space along with winning some fantastic prizes! Our networking social, because making connections is what SpaceUp is all about Talks, workshops, demonstrations and roundtable discussions  And not forgetting food and refreshments, provided by our sponsors Artemis Space To find out more, visit our website at www.spaceupmanchester.org or drop us a line at info@xploraverse.com

Coders, designers, makers, scientists, citizens, space nuts! Sign up to participate in the SpaceUp Hackathon in Manchester. Come and collaborate on your choice of challenge: XploraSat Challenge: Develop hardware for use on the XploraSat platform Destination Discovery Network Challenge: Propose a future Space Mission Compete for awesome exclusive prizes including the chance to send your hack into Space. Get hackathon advice from the tips page!

Coders, designers, makers, scientists, citizens, space nuts! Sign up to participate in the SpaceUp Hackathon in Manchester. Compete for awesome prizes including the chance to send your hack into Space. Come and collaborate on your choice of challenge: XploraSat Challenge: Develop hardware for use on the XploraSat platform Destination Discovery Network Challenge: Propose a future Space Mission Get your hackathon advice here on the tips page!

Coders, designers, makers, scientists, citizens, space nuts! This is a virtual event—you don't have to be on-site in Manchester to participate! Just register for the SpaceUp Virtual Hackathon. Sign up and collaborate on your choice of challenge: XploraSat Challenge: Develop hardware for use on the XploraSat platform Destination Discovery Network Challenge: Propose a future Space Mission Compete for awesome exclusive prizes including the chance to send your hack into Space. For SpaceUp Virtual hackathon advice visit the tips page!

Maker Assembly is a gathering of people interested in making*. We bring people together to have a critical conversation about cultures of making: their meaning, politics, history and future. We encourage everyone to participate by combining short talks with contributions from the attendees. It is peer-to-peer, informal and conversational. We're organising this event in conjunction with the Crafts Council's Make:Shift conference. Schedule 9:30 - Arrival and registration 10:00 - Welcome Address by Maker Assembly co-organisers Liz Corbin and Marc Barto 10:10 - Welcome to MadLab by Asa Calow and Rachael Turner 10:15 – Learning from International Making CulturesChaired by Liz Corbin The session will hear from representatives of making cultures in Paris, Shenzhen and Cape Town. As an assembly, we will explore the uniqueness of each culture as well as those challenges and ambitions which we commonly share. - Justyna Swat – Strategic designer and architect, designing for social impact and co-founder POC 21 (France)- Craig Dunlop – Maker, founder of Workshop, (South Africa)- David Li - founder of Shenzhen Open Innovation Lab (China) 11:45 – Coffee break 12:00 – Making and Humanitarian Relief Talk and activity by Laura James What roles can making play within responses to humanitarian challenges? How can the use of digital platforms enable individuals and communities to organise themselves globally in order to collectively work on solutions? How can we avoid the pitfalls of hackathons and make sure that what we design is needed and can be adapted by users locally? How can we share knowledge and learn from the experience of others, such as Humanitarian Makers and Field Ready’s global network?  13.15 – Lunch & chats Lunchtime Activity: The Incomplete and Crowdsourced History of UK Maker Culture 14:45 - Making and Manufacturing Chaired by James Tooze Technological advancements and cultural shifts are reshaping the way we make and manufacture things on a national and global scale. This session aims to explore making and manufacturing at all levels, including; informal production by individuals for individuals, collaborative production by hyper-local communities, (re)distributed and networked manufacturing, and finally, new business models for local/global production chains.  - Ruth Claxton – artist and half of MakeWorks Birmingham - Adrian McEwen – founder of MCQN Ltd., co-founder of DoES Liverpool- Paul Sohi – Product designer for Autodesk - Alon Meron – Tutor in Design Products, Royal College of Art 16:00 - Coffee Break 16:15 - Keynote address  Laura Billings – Project Lead on The Open Works project and Author of Designed to Scale. Keynote Address title: The role of making in wider civic infrastructure 16:45 - Crowdsourced closing remarks 17:00 - To the pub Venue We'll be holding Maker Assembly in Manchester Digital Laboratory (MadLab), a grassroots innovation organisation based in Manchester UK focusing on science and technology, arts and culture. Tickets Thanks to support from the Comino Foundation, ticket prices are heavily subsidised. Your ticket also includes a communal lunch and refreshments during the day. About Maker Assembly If you'd like to find out about previous Maker Assemblies, check out our first event in London, and the second event run by friends in Belfast and recently our third event in Sheffield.  Maker Assembly is a community-run event, produced by Andrew Sleigh, Irini Papadimitriou, Liz Corbin, Marc Barto and Tom Lynch. We are supported by Lighthouse and the V&A, and with funding from Comino Foundation. We want everyone who attends our event to enjoy the day, feel able to express their views and welcome. As such we expect all attendees to follow The Ada Initiative Code of Conduct. Follow us on twitter: @MakerAssemblyUK, join the conversation using #MakerAssembly * What do we mean by "making"? We're talking about people who craft, design, manufacture, tinker with, engineer, fabricate, and repair physical things. Art, craft, electronics, textiles, products, robots. Hi-tech and low-tech, amateur and professional, young and old, with digital tools or by hand. Historical perspectives, what's happening here and now, and how things might change in the future. We aim to be diverse and inclusive. If what you make, or how you see yourself, is a little bit on the fringes, you're doubly welcome.  Credit photo: Photos by Dan Sumption.

Student hackers! Come and participate in the GreatUniHack 2016 at the University of Manchester. Come on your own or with a team. If you're on your own, you'll find teammates when you arrive on site! You'll be tasked with tackling sponsor challenges which will be announced before the event, Collaborate in your team with like-minded student techies to compete for awesome prizes!

Aston University students and graduates! Are you passionate about finding innovative solutions to global issues? Come and participate in the Social Storm - 24 hour Virtual Hackathon. You'll collaborate with like-minded individuals to tackle two global issues; food security and sustainable housing. You'll work in a team with students from other universities to find a sustainable solution to a real life problem, and to present a video pitch to a team of judges.

Students and recent graduates! Come and participate in Aston University's second student hackathon! The AstonHack event has been expanded to allow for even more student hackers to participate in 24 hours of designing, coding, and making! Be prepared to collaborate with other participants to build cool software.