List of hackathons in United Kingdom in 2016

Data scientists, engineers, and developers in and around London! Come participate in the Hacking Global Health Hackathon. Come and collaborate on innovative ways to develop predictive personalized public health models to can help identify the right therapeutic/prevention interventions, in the right dosage, for the right child, at the right time, to get the right response and avoid the adverse outcomes in child- or adulthood.

Everyone is welcome to participate in HackTheMidlands—a 24-hour, inclusive hackathon. Participants will come together to share ideas, and create new and awesome projects! Experience is NOT necessary! Everyone has to start somewhere, and there will be mentors at the event to help you along. One of the most awesome qualities of hackathons is the sheer number of lovely people that you'll meet at them, so no matter your skill level or expertise, you'll always be able to have an awesome time, pick up loads of new skills, and make new friends!

Ever wanted to understand what a hack day is? Come along and Newcastle Libraries staff will show you how to do stuff! This is the premise for Newcastle Libraries' second hackathon -- a day-long hackathon to learn new skills and collaborate on ideas for using data and content released by Newcastle Libraries. Following on from the first hackathon -- Wuthering Hacks -- which was mainly for developers and people with programming skills or data visualisation experience, this event is open to people who want to learn some of those skills too.

Do you have strong technology skills (programming and design) and an interest in making a difference in the not-for-profit community? Come collaborate with peacebuilding practitioners and NGOs at #peacehackLDN 2016 and create technology solutions that could be helpful in peacebuilding.

Interested in real data protection for individuals? Come participate in "Creating Sustainable Real Consent"! During this event, participants will consider and debate the following questions:  »What are other existing initiatives around consent, personal data and trust?  »What is the real potential of consent receipt? How large adoption can be achieved? »What open consent means and what is the role of consent receipts? »Do consent receipts make you ready to comply with EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? What else might be required?

Data geeks! Participate at Impact Aloud 2016 -- Superhighways' third annual event to celebrate the power of digital to transform the way charities and community organisations can collect and measure data and share their incredible stories of change. Attend masterclasses that give you the latest tips and advice on apps, devices and online tools that don't cost the earth but can help you share your stories with the world.

A Hackathon for young women! Come and begin to bridge the gender technology divide. Participate in a 2-day hackathon/start-up style event and get creative with coding, programming and digital technology. You'll also get the chance to attend masterclass workshops in digital marketing, branding, APIs, lean UX and Business Model Canvas . The purpose of this event is to equip young women with the tools that will enable them to become change-makers and entrepreneurs of their own lives.

Coders, data enthusiasts, graphic designers, project managers! Come along to the Open Data Dive and hunt down, crunch and beautify open social and economic data. Compete for prizes for the best projects, the most innovative project, the most useful project, the most fun project – and many more!

Participate in a hackathon to bring payments into the Internet of Things! Are you ready to help bring digital payments to the next level? Accept Worldpay's challenge to develop the next generation of payments within the IoT. The Worldpay Within SDK will be made open-source, so this is your chance to contribute to the future of payments and make your mark on the Internet of Things!

Payments are heading into a brave new world of commerce, retail and transactions. If you think you have the vision to truly transform payments in the 21st Century join Startupbootcamp FinTech at the PayTastic Payments Hackathon. You'll have access to Intel Grove Starter Kits and Intel Edison Kits—plus access to other cool APIs—to aid you with your payments inspiration.