List of hackathons in United Kingdom in 2016

The BBC is giving a micro:bit computer to every Year 7 student. This is a unique event for all Y7 Computing teachers interested in using these devices in their lessons. it is an opportunity to work together, to share resources and to investigate the micro:bit's potential. The aim of the day is to boost teacher's confidence in using the micro:bit in their lessons and promoting it's use in other STEM subjects.

Join this hackathon to make Cystic Fibrosis physiotherapy fun! A full weekend to Hack Attack for Lung Health by creating games that transform Cystic Fibrosis physio into a fun, engaging experience. You will be hacking CF devices to turn them into inputs to video games. Amazing prizes will up for grabs and great people from the games industry to work with. The event is part of a new prime time science series for BBC2 called Big Life Fix (working title), so you could also appear on TV! You can for sure not miss this opportunity if you are a Game Designers, 3D Artists, Animators, Games Developers, Technologists, Programmers, Creatives, and or CF experts!

The ART//GAMES//HACKATHON is an intensive workshop welcoming all artists, coders and technologists to team up, collaborate and develop prototypes for game art projects.  This hackathon is part of Europeana Space, a large EU-funded project, which examines the creative reuse of online content across a range of media and art forms. The three winning projects will receive further mentoring from Simon Cronshaw from Remix and the chance to participate in a Business Modelling Workshop to further shape their projects and develop business plans. These three finalists will then compete for three months of tailored business incubation from world-class industry leaders.

With over 20million refugees worldwide fighting for their lives it’s clear that the current crisis is one of the most urgent issues of our time. Therefor, What Design Can Do (WDCD), the UN Refugee Agency and the IKEA Foundation have grouped together to create ‘The What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge’, A global design competition that calls on the creative community to come up with game-changing ideas for accommodating, connecting and integrating refugees. The Liverpool Collective invite designers, creative thinkers and imaginative trouble-shooters to join this day of collaboration to show the world what can be created with a bit of ‘Scouse Nous’. Come and meet Some ‘Proper Boss Lads’, grab a coffee and Spend the day networking with some of the city’s best. The winning idea from the hackathon will be entered into the official competition, the five best entries of which will receive up to 10,000 euros and more importantly help to turn their idea into a reality.

Patient Flow Hack: Bradford & Airedale  What is a hack?  A ‘hack’ is based on the traditional concept of a ‘Hackathon’, whereby we bring people together and use their combined knowledge, wisdom and expertise to find new solutions to old problems over an intensive period of time. What is the problem?  The Patient Flow Hack is designed to provide a tangible solution to assist the challenge of patient flow. Patient flow is a complex and difficult challenge for all organisations. Colleagues from different departments across Bradford and Airedale health and social care system will explore together the patient journeys. Real data and patient journeys will be used to develop a shared understanding of patient flow throughout the hospital, which means that we can collaboratively identify where we should focus our efforts to make improvements. Question we will address - How can we optimise the patient journey through the health care system to improve patient flow? After the event, projects will be developed with the following aims; • Identity solutions to improve acute care • Address methods to help us work towards more timely and effective discharge What to expect?  Local data from the last year will be used to model real patient journeys through the hospital from admission to discharge. The event will start with a physical simulation using this data to develop a shared understanding of the challenges and bottlenecks relating to patient flow. Real patient journeys will be used and will model a typical good day and a typical bad day within the Bradford and Airedale health system. The event brings together colleagues, academics, senior managers and front line staff to understand challenges across the system in relation to patient flow. This event will create a sense of energy and excitement to tackle a really difficult challenge. Please come along, share your experience and expertise and help us to hack the problem. The Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) and the Improvement Academy (IA) will support the projects that are identified as a result of hack. Please click here to see an overview of our Patient Flow Hack with Hull and East Yorkshire health and social care systems. Should I attend? It is important that we have a good representation from across the Bradford and Airedale care system to ensure we have a full systems perspective.Please see examples of the range of attendees we would like to see at the Patient FLow Hack. Please note, this is not an exhaustive list and all staff are welcome. SRG Leads Urgent Care Leads Clinical staff (e.g. Consultants/Matrons/Sisters/Nurses) from A&E, Medical Assessment Units, Medical Wards and Discharge Lounges Patient Flow Co-ordinators, Hospital Bed Managers, Operational Delivery Managers, Service Managers, Ward Managers, Discharge Facilitators and Hospital Re-Ablement Social workers Community Matrons and Case Managers Service Improvement Team Leads and Performance/Analysis Leads  Please e-mail cathy.hulin@yhahsn.com for more information. 

This is a 6-week introduction to Coding where you will get the opportunity to gain hands on experience coding and get a good understanding of the Tech Ecosystem. All courses are taught by experts in the field and you will cover topics including; Introduction to User Experience, Introduction to HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Lab-work to design and code your project with support from mentors. There will be One to One mentorship with startup CEO, visits to cool startups, Monthly talks with Mentors and Advanced Coding Classes. Babies are welcome!

The Innovate Finance Global Summit 2016 will look into the latest developments in business and financial technologies and celebrate the accomplishments of the global FinTech community. The summit will include speakers, demos and moderators as well as bringing to attention London as today's blueprint for the global FinTech sector. Come and listen to ideas for a better future in finance and discover the talented organisations that make up the Innovate Finance membership and community.

This mini-hackathon will focus on WebRTC. You will be able to mash-up with other capabilities such as Internet of Things (drones), Artificial Intelligence (Watson and Amazon Alexa), Messaging (Slack), and lots more. Developers get access to the WebRTC Global Summit and the TADHack-mini London winners and runners up pitch at the WebRTC Global Summit for even greater exposure.

The EmpowerHackHEALTH London is inviting all techies, researchers and creatives to come and touch millions of lives by building open source solutions for refugee women and girls! Come along to create new and innovative health solutions in a new kind of hackathon focused on inclusive design, sustainability and partnership. A, entire weekend of brainstorming, collaboration and prototyping under the guidance of NGOs, academics and on-the-ground aid workers.

This is the second Sheffield Refugee Hackathon taking place at Yoomee's offices at the Electric Works. Come along to get to know the people who came last time, if you did't already and catch up on the projects created then. If there are more people, participants will be forming teams to look at some new ideas. So Bring your laptop and join this event to hack for refugees!