List of hackathons in United Kingdom in 2016

The Digital Catapult Centre Brighton with Brightminded and Brighton Ethereum Meetup are happy to announce a new series of Blockchain meetups. Blockchain has been hailed as the most important innovation since the internet; a distributed data storage technology that essentially creates an infallible public record of digital transactions.  If you have heard of Blockchain but are not sure if it is relevant to your business or if you are a developer and want to know where to start building Blockchain based applications, join us for an exciting series of events where we will cover everything from what Blockchain will mean for your business to the tools and frameworks for implementing it. Speaker list: Anthony Culligan (SETL) - Blockchain introduction and how it is currently disrupting the financial industry Andrei Baloiu (RS Components/Slock.it) - Blockchain and the Internet of Things Chris Hitchcott - Frameworks / Meteor Embark Richard Plastow - local Meteor Embark Meetup Hugh Halford-Thompson (Blockchain Tech Ltd) - Blockchain and provenance About the speakers. After directorships in traditional Finance, Anthony Culligan became the founder and CEO of Roolo, a P2P Bitcoin exchange, and CEO of SETL, an institutional payment and settlements infrastructure based on Blockchain. Andrei Baloiu a developer for RS Components, and blogger about Blockchain and IoT on DesignSpark is also a consultant for various Bitcoin start-ups and co- organiser for various Ethereum meetups. His work has won 1st prize at Hack The Block – Blockchain Hackathon, September 2015  and 2nd prize at HackCoin – Digital Currency Hackathon, June 2015 . Chris Hitchcott works for Ethcore (Gavin Wood's Ethereum startup), and specialises in Web Development and Digital Media. He's been designing and building websites and apps since 2002. Before Ethcore, he founded and operated a successful startup in Hong Kong which delivered interactive technology to conferences. His mission is to help people interact with the Blockchain by creating intuitive user experiences. Hugh Halford-Thompson is CTO of BTL Group. BTL builds enterprise level solutions that enable businesses to increase efficiency and open new opportunities by harnessing the power of the blockchain in everyday transactions. It promises to be a fascinating night, so make sure you sign up early!

The WarwickHACK Hackathon is gathering makers and innovators to come and create unique and exciting projects in just 24 hours. Students can come together to make, create and innovate! You can build all sort of things ranging from hardware projects to web applications. There are no limits!

For this finance-themed hackathon you will be asked come up with a tech solution for today's savvy online business customers. Pitching your ideas to make existing processes more efficient, secure, transparent and inexpensive. Build a working prototype around manipulating data, make connections and get the chance to win amazing prizes!

Join this Hackathon to help innovative local teachers connect with the tech community. Hackney Learning Trust (HLT) has joined forces with BY Creative and Digital Doughnut to launch the 'Teacherpreneur Hackathon' event and are inviting all teachers, developers, and designers to join them at this one day special event.

Water quality is essential for good river health, the water resource in Thames catchment is of major environmental, social and economic value to South East region in England. It contributes to farming, fishing and mining as well as recreation and tourism. Knowing conditions of certain water quality indicators in advance will give water quality managers and other end users information to make better decision for their activities. The challenge is to use your coding skills to help deliver the best information to water quality experts, or make a forecast on water quality near the river you live. Building an app using big data technology to forecasts and visualize water quality.

Hack@Brookes is a 24 hour problem solving hackathon. Come to collaborate, hack and learn something new. It doesn’t matter what your background is, inspirational speakers will give you something to think about and there will be workshops for both beginners and those who are a little more in the know. Come and play!

The Slackathon MCR invites you to a aimed at making integrations with the Slack API. The Slack's API's can be used to send data into Slack with incoming webhooks, invoke actions outside of Slack with commands , and/or build a Slack bot. The favourite projects will be chosen by the end of the two day event based on these categories usefulness and best use of Slack bot.

The Accessible Music Hackathon is featuring Bela, a new embedded platform for low-latency interactive audio. The goal of the hackathon will be to create new musical instruments accessible to disabled musicians. Hacks could produce complete working instruments, or a demonstration of a concept or sensor which could be used in a variety of instruments. There will be prizes for the best hacks addressing these challenges, and best overall instrument.

ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED. Due to last-minute cancellationsa number of places are now available, on a first come first served basis.  To secure a ticket, please arrive at the venue between 1630 and 1645 on Friday 5/2 and register at the desk. Thanks!   Friday 5 February 5-9pm; Saturday 6 February 9-6pm. Cycling in this city could be a  better experience for all.  We want to be part of a process of improving it - but to make it better, we first need to understand the current experience and challenges more fully.  And for that we need information, 'data'. Join us and help to answer these questions: How do we capture data about cycling in Oxfordshire? What do we want/need to know about cycling in Oxford? And how could we capture the information we need?   See https://pedallinginnovation.wordpress.com for full details and schedule.

To launch our Building Data Exchange, this hack weekend aims to bring the built environment community together with digital innovators and entrepreneurs to unlock new data driven solutions for the management of building performance.  This hackathon is the perfect opportunity for built environment experts, entrepreneurs, technologists, developers and creative professionals to come together, share skills and build exciting new ideas.  You will be able to access and use the Building Data Exchange datasets and reports collected under the BPE programme.  This includes over 100 different projects, covering both domestic and non-domestic property with data relating to carbon neutrality and building efficiency through to ergonomics and design.  You will have 24 hours to develop, research and test your idea, before presenting to your fellow hackers and our panel of expert judges. We welcome groups and individuals to apply and attend the weekend – places are free, but limited, sign up now to secure your place.  Supported by: Innovate UK If you are unable to make the hack weekend you can still sign up for the latest news on the Building Data Exchange at www.buildingdataexchange.org.uk, and we’ll keep you posted with details of the latest news, developments, and events.  By signing up and attending the Hack weekend, you are agreeing to and deemed to have read and understood the Digital Catapult’s Terms and Conditions.