List of hackathons in United Kingdom in 2015

Hackathon 2015! The iTag Hackathon is a computer programming and game design competition which teams participate internationally or locally here at the host Nottingham Trent University. This hackathon is part of an IEEE academic conference called the Interactive Technologies and Games Conference (iTag) [Link]. Goal The idea is to create a game (in the most general meaning of the idea) around the Hackathon theme* (secret: which will be revealed before the 72 hour period).  *The aim of the hackathon is to develop an application that can benefit an educational environment or provide enhanced accessibility to a specified user base. For those that wish to take part, all they need to do is register as either an individual or team on our website. All participants can either take part at a designated venue or remotely. Voting  Voting by the iTag IEEE conference delegates will take place, winning and runner-up teams will be acknowledged officially by NTU and iTag. Winning team is also awarded a total cash prize of £250.  When? The Hackathon is taking place from Tuesday, October 20, 9 am until Thursday the October 22, 3 pm (GMT). The 3 day Hackathon programming challenge will be held in Nottingham Trent Pavilion Building in rooms 121, 122, 123. However, on the third day, presentations are held at GameCity. Please see schedule below for details. 

Get your game seen at the Apps World Big Indie Pitch! Warming up for our own PGC London event in January, Steel Media is excited to be touching down at the 7th annual Apps World to promote one of our famous Big Indie Pitches that's sure to knock your game into promotional orbit! Taking place inside the Gaming World Hall, this latest Big Indie Pitch offers shortlisted developers a chance to impress some of the leading mobile games journalists and renowned industry folk (as well as getting crucial feedback). The unique speed-dating format gives each developer three minutes with each panel of experts, meaning entrants will get real feedback from the event. The winner will also get editorial coverage in Pocket Gamer, AppSpy and beyond, making this a great chance to get you, your studio, and your game played by the world. If you want to get your game in the mix, submit your details to register your interest HERE.   We will arrange a free pass for all our attendees and pitchers to get into Apps World.    ***Please note you can submit any mobile, VR or wearable game even if it is not fully completed.*** Judges: Mike Bithell, Mike Bithell Games Mark Brown, Pocket Gamer  Alysia Judge, AppSpy  Jake Tucker, Pocket Gamer  Glen Fox, 148Apps Laura Kate Dale, Games Journalist Jon Hare, Tower Studios Mike Diver, Vice  Ric Cowley, PG.biz   Schedule: 1.30-2.00pm Registration at the main registration desk at Apps World 2.00pm Welcome and pitching starts 5.00pm Pitching ends and winning game announced   The Apps World Flagship event this year returns to the ExCeL Centre, London, England for a 7th year. Apps World has grown to be one of the leading global multi-platform events in the mobile industry, and this year’s event is set to be the biggest yet. With over 12,000 developers, mobile marketers, mobile operators, device manufacturers, platform owners and industry professionals expected over the two days. The Apps World Series continues to be the focal point for the great minds in Apps to meet. The Conference tracks this year focus on multi-platform delivery and includes: Mobile Strategy & Marketing, Mobile Payments & Retail, Smart Home, HTML5 & Mobile Web, Droid World, Developer World, Enterprise & DevOps, Gaming World, Start-Up Launch Pad, Coding Clinic, & the Disrupt Arena. With Keynotes from the likes of Martha Lane Fox of Last Minute, hands on Coding Clinics run by Uber, Hackathon powered by AngelHack, and much more. This year’s Apps World Conference is the place for developers to get hands on experience, information, and to grow their network. Apps World is a must not miss! More info for Apps World: http://europe.apps-world.net/   Have questions about Big Indie Pitch @ Apps World? Contact Steel Media (Publishers of Pocket Gamer)

Inspire 2015 – Showcase for Innovators, Enterprise and Entrepreneurs  Taking place during Global Entrepreneurship Week, Inspire 2015 will bring together entrepreneurs   and innovators. Explore and discuss opportunities for collaboration, networking and sharing of successes and showcasing best practice in innovation. We will create an event that is in itself innovative and unlike the normal B2B events you are used to, it   will be participative and interactive. Should I attend? Yes! Over the three days at the Wat Tyler Country Park, INSPIRE 2015 will offer something for everyone, from graduates to the aspirational entrepreneur thinking of taking their first step towards running their own business, to established businesses looking to connect to venture capitalists or experts to drive your   business to the next level. Thursday 19 November – ‘IMAGINE’ Panel Discussion: The opportunities for the future  • Knowledge Transfer Partnerships   • Open Innovation • Intellectual Property Friday 20 November – ‘DESIGN’  Panel Discussion: Specialist support and finance for your business • Developing your idea • Commercialisation and business start-up • Funding and growing your business • International Trade Saturday 21 November – ‘CREATE’ • Hackathon - Robotics and Autonomous Systems  Be part of the first ever south Essex Hackathon! Also featuring during the event... Business boosters - including: • Investing in the workforce • Develop your e-commerce capability • Enterprise online • Essex FABLAB – Live demonstrators • Live link to ‘Medica’ trade fair in Germany Book your place, we look forward to welcoming you! Exhibition Stand: We are also offering attendees the opportunity to have brand presence at the event and to book a stand in the networking area for the price of £100 per day.  

Hacking Children’s Health at Alder Hey with Massachusetts Institute of Technology Date: Wed 18th November, 9am - 6.30pm and Thurs 19th November, 9am - 4pm  Venue: Institute in the Park, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, L12 2AP We are delighted to invite you to apply to participate in a unique event, “Hacking Children’s Health” at the Institute in the Park, the brand new centre for research, education and innovation at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.   Liverpool is already a leading innovator in children’s health and this Hackathon will build upon the wealth of expertise in the region. The two-day event is being held with a team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the North West Coast Academic Health Science Network and will include researchers and students from regional, national and international partners, universities and innovators from the world of technology and business.   We’re looking for engineers, coders, entrepreneurs, project managers, post graduates, NHS professionals, IT technicians, venture capitalists, industrial designers, practically anyone with skills to offer.   If you want to know what to expect, MIT Hacking Medicine has a video (here) demonstrating the value of a health Hackathon. In short, the Hackathon will bring together 150-200 participants from different professions to solve (or hack) problems. Challenges will be pitched by clinicians, healthcare professionals, patients and parents and participants will form teams to find a solution to one of these challenges. The teams then pitch their solutions to a panel of judges, and they will mark the solutions on their commercial viability.   The event will be held over the 18th and 19th of November 2015 and you will become part of a team working together on a solution and pitch. There are 100 places available.   If you’re interested in participating, please apply on this page. Your application will be reviewed by Alder Hey and the NWC AHSN. The application process will close on Friday 6th November.   Kind Regards,    North West Coast AHSN and Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

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.

On the first day of Global Entrepreneurship Week, the world's largest campaign to promote entrepreneurship, come to the national launch event to be inspired, make some smart connections and get face to face expert advice. Global Entrepreneurship Week co-hosts Startup Direct, UnLtd, Virgin StartUp and Youth Business International, in partnership with Barclays, will be launching the campaign from Manchester - the first time it has ever happened outside of London. Come along and ask experts about accessing funding, learn about what a mentor can do for you, and be inspired by other entrepreneurs' and social entrepreneurs' tales of how they turned their ideas into reality. The event will take place at Rise Manchester, a vibrant community to help young businesses connect, collaborate & accelerate. We will also be running one-to-one mentoring clinics through the event, giving you the chance for some personal advice to help you overcome your entrepreneurial challenges. OPENING SESSIONS - 10:00-11:05 Event MC    Vikas Shah Professor Vikas S. Shah is an award winning entrepreneur, strategist and educator who has built businesses in diverse sectors around the world for almost 20 years.  He is also a consultant and advisor to numerous entrepreneurs, business and organisations globally.      Anna Soubry Rt Hon Anna Soubry is Minister of State (Minister of Small Business, Industry and Enterprise) for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.   Keynote entrepreneur speaker    Piers Linney Piers grew up in Lancashire and attended Manchester University.  He is a technology and communications entrepreneur, investor and cloud computing pioneer with a professional background in law and investment banking, but left the City in 2000 to start an internet business. Piers has built and sold several businesses and his current business, Outsourcery, is a leading cloud service provider, based in Manchester, with customers ranging from start-ups to several FTSE-100 companies and public sector organisations, including the NHS.      Michael Hartig Michael leads the Barclays Corporate Banking teams across the North West and North Wales, with teams across the region, including in the principal offices of Liverpool, Chester, Colwyn Bay, Preston, Carlisle, Kendal and Manchester.    Panel discussion: How have they Made it Happen? Four successful entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs discuss the reality of making it happen as an entrepreneur in 2015. What are the biggest challenges and how can new entrepreneurs overcome them? In this panel, our speakers share their thoughts and wisdom on turning ideas into action. Rosie Ginday, founder, Miss Macaroon and a Michelin star trained pastry chef turned social entrepreneur, whose enterprise uses its profits to provide training and employment opportunities for marginalised young people. Rosie founded Miss Macaroon C.I.C, a social enterprise which helps young care leavers, offenders and ex-offenders to realise their ambitions and train as chefs. Rosie also co-founded Yummy Brummies, a network of food based social enterprises in Birmingham enriching the sector and encouraging collaboration and innovation between local social enterprises. Hazel Merlino, founder Rainbow Factory Kids, an innovative play centre boasting over 5,000 sq ft of colourful spaces and activities. The centre inspires children with a love of stories and books from a young age and the space features well-loved characters from traditional tales.  David Smyth, founder of Solesee, which through innovative products and crucial education helps people with high risk feet to lead a happy, active and healthy lifestyle. Over the past few years David has helped to set up and run a number of start up companies, and has over 25 years sales and marketing experience covering both consumer and business-to-business markets in more than 30 countries around the world. Rachael Turner, co-founder of Manchester Digital Laboratory (MadLab), a not-for-profit, grassroots digital innovation organisation and one of the oldest - and largest - makerspaces in the UK. MadLab has recently launched a £250,000 Arts and Technology accelerator programme and  has been working with the British Council, Nesta and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to investigate the burgeoning maker-movement in China. Moderated by Nathaniel Peat, co-founder of GeNNex a renewable energy company operating in Africa and the Caribbean, CEO of The Safety Box and also Chairman of JamIn UK.    New models for open innovation In a competitive environment, it’s difficult to stay ahead of the game. Open innovation connects corporates and startups in exciting ways to create shared value, encouraging fast, iterive failures, and solutions. Hear about different ways to achieve open innovation. Open innovation is happening more than ever: in intensive hackathons, through strategic partnerships, or using broad co-working to spark innovation. Open innovation brings communities together to support startups to accelerate their growth. Panellists will include: Nickala Torkington, founder and manager at Community Pop Ups, a social venture which is enabling social entrepreneurs to build route markets. She has worked in the social enterprise support sector for 14 years and has directly coached and supported over 600 social entrepreneurs to develop social projects, enterprises and organisations. Mat Eliot, Head of Rise Manchester, part of a global community driving open innovation across startups and corporates.Born and bred in Manchester, Mat has a mandate to drive innovation in Barclays through connecting, co-creating and accelerating startups. He brings a strong understanding of financial services , over 10 years experience leading technology transformation and business change programmes and commercial expertise.  Magdalena Kron, Rise/Geek Girl, Magdalena consults and mentor startups, focussing on connecting individuals to facilitate funding, collaboration and value creation. Magdalena is passionate about startup ecosystems and keenly promotes women in technology. Richard Milnes, founder and CEO of Juliand, a groundbreaking business intelligence company which is passionate about closing the gap in supply chain analytics and disrupting the status quo of the market. Juliand currently manages the supply chains of multibillion$ organisations in 16 countries and is dedicated to saving each of its customers over $1 billion a year through smart actions and empowering people.     Moderated by Richard Heggie, Head of Barclays High Growth & Entrepreneurs Proposition.   BREAK - 11:05-11:20   Why mentoring makes the difference This panel discussion will help entrepreneurs understand why they need a mentor, how they can make the best of a mentoring relationship and how in practice it can help them develop their business, tackle challenges and make it more successful.  Panellists include: Ted Rowlands, Startup Direct Mentor. Ted is an experienced mentor, who has been working with entrepreneurs and making a difference to society for over 30 years. He managed a large branch of NatWest which covered Trafford Park, then the largest business park in Europe. In 1980s he worked on a project in Moss Side Manchester, creating self employment opportunities mainly for young people who were unable to obtain work elsewhere. From 1996 to 2004 he was the Head the Prince's Trust Business Programme in Greater Manchester, where he had overall responsibility for over 250 business mentors.  Matthew Hadley, Founder of ParkWay Cars, a South Staffordshire based taxi service provider. Pina Patane, Founder of Optimum Entrepreneur, a company that offers business mentoring and facilitates mastermind groups and workshops. Pina is a mentor and a business trainer, a passionate entrepreneur who thrives on helping other entrepreneurs and small businesses succeed and grow. During the last 20 years Pina created and grew several successful businesses with the focus on food imports, deli retail, street food and coffee shops.        Philip Briggs,Mentor and Sales and Marketing Consultant at Axcess Ten. Following the mentoring relationship with Chris of SoFab Sports, Philip now sits on Chris' board. Chris Rawlins, Mentee and Founder of SoFab Sports, which supports young adults with physical and learning difficulties to build their skills, confidence and self-esteem and to find supportive employment opportunities.   How to validate your business idea This session will discuss what you can do to decide if your business idea is a good one and worth pursuing. We’ll be encompassing tips and tricks from two entrepreneurs funded by Virgin StartUp who will share their secrets for proving to themselves and to Virgin StartUp that their idea was going to work before they had fully committed all their time and money. Featuring: Helen Walker, co-founder, Twicely. Twicely is a website where you can buy and sell new and hardly worn clothes. Co-founders Helen and Adam Walker began this as a part time selling on Ebay and gradually grew it into a full-time business. Frank Milani, Popcord. Popcord is a handy iPhone charger that’s also a keyring. Founder, Frank Milani proved there was demand for his product by crowdfunding the production costs. Paul Davidson, chairman of BBV, which supports start-up entrepreneurs in the northwest of England and is a delivery partner of Virgin StartUp.   LUNCH & NETWORKING - 13:05-13:45   Mindful selling    Anis Qizilbash Anis Qizilbash, founder of Mindful Sales Training, will give a session on the psychology of selling. Entrepreneurs will learn how to effectively sell, and avoid the biggest mistakes that can scare buyers off. Anis Qizilbash transformed from a shy introvert with zero social skills to a generator of million-pound deals over an 18-year career selling to global corporates, financial institutions, governments and NGOs, in 20 countries. As the founder of Mindful Sales Training, she serves entrepreneurs and freelancers through workshops and consulting, helping them get their sales-game on using mindfulness principles. Anis is a Startup Direct mentor, motivational and keynote speaker on a mission to empower people to overcome self-doubt and start doing what they love. She is author of Grow Your Sales, Do What You Love: Mindful Selling for Entrepreneurs and Freelancers.   END - 14:30

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!

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