List of hackathons in United Kingdom in 2017

Event Overview: Join us for our exciting ‘Hackathon’ event exploring improvements to Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) across the North West! This event forms part of our ongoing scoping exercise exploring a North West CAMHS improvement programme. Hackathons aren’t your usual type of event. This is a fantastic opportunity to share some of the challenges facing CAMHS services with colleagues from across the region, and intensively collaborate to form innovate solutions. Whether you’re new to Hackathons or you’ve tried one before, we highly recommend you give it a go. How will the hackathon event work? The Pitch - Teams will share their specific CAMHS related problem or issue with the wider CAMHS community via an initial one minute 'pitch'. This should focus on crisis avoidance and crisis support, although other specific pitches will be considered. Sprints – Teams then move through a series of fast-paced structured exercise, or ‘sprints’ to develop outlines for potential quality improvement projects. Judging Panel - The day will conclude with a presentation of each of the QI proposals, with a brief Q&A session with a judging panel. The best projects / teams will then form the final part of our CAMHS improvement scoping exercise. Who is this event aimed at? The Hackathon is for CAMHS teams from across membership, who have a distinct idea for a one year quality improvement project.  Each team will be different but may include: Commissioners Providers Young people Social care Non statutory services  Teams are also welcome to invite partners involved in their services. What will attendees learn at this event / workshop? Attendees will share thoughts, ideas and insights into service needs across the region, and work together to help to shape a possible improvement programme to support members. Further information: Please note this is an expression of interest and due to the size of the venue places at the event will be limited and we will confirm your place prior to the event.  Event Conditions: Events are free to all Advancing Quality Alliance (AQuA) member organisations. In some cases, places can be paid for by non-members. If you’re interested in attending an AQuA event and are not a member then contact us at AQuA@srft.nhs.uk. If you are unsure whether your organisation is an AQuA member, please click here. Paid places on AQuA events are non-refundable however can be transferred. If you are no longer able to attend and wish to transfer your place, please contact the team on the details above. Final event arrangements are confirmed with the venue up to two weeks before the event. In order to ensure that places are not wasted please let us know at your earliest convenience if you are no longer able to attend. Many of our events operate waiting lists so this will enable us to reallocate your place to someone else on the list. We take photographs and occasionally video/live stream at our events. We use these pictures and video on our website and in other media such as Twitter and news publications. If you do not want to be photographed or filmed please let a member of the AQuA team know at the event. By signing up for an AQuA event, we will add your contact details to our CRM system and let you know about future events, as well as send you our fortnightly e-bulletin. If you do not want to receive information from us, please let us know by sending us an email to AQuA@srft.nhs.uk and we will remove your name from our mailing list. Supporting resources, presentations and other materials from the event will be made available on our website after the event for 30 days. By registering for an AQuA event you consent for us to share your attendance information with your organisation for reporting purposes. If the event is held jointly with one of our partners we will share attendee names, organisations and email addresses. When you register for this event you’ll automatically be agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy statements. If you would like further detail on any of the above, please contact AQuA@srft.nhs.uk

Join us for a 24 hour code fest!  Choose your challenge and test your skills, in a cool space with food and drinks flowing, good company and some great prizes to be won. Enter as full or part teams...or as an individual. All experience levels welcome! Are you up for the challenge? Book your ticket and join us for 24 hours of problem solving, inspiration, fun and networking. EVENT DETAILS: DATE: Saturday 23rd September 2017 VENUE: Ziferblat, St Pauls Square, Liverpool, L3 9SJ. START TIME: registration @ 10.30am - speaker @ 11.30AM  EVENT ENDS: 1pm - Sunday 24th September ​MORE INFORMATION CONTACT US TWITTER

  HackTheMidlands 2.0 is a 24-hour, inclusive hackathon being hosted in Birmingham on the 23rd/24th September 2017 at Millennium Point. We're super excited to be back for our 2nd iteration, and we'd love to have y'all join us!  But what is going to happen at the event?   Over the 24 hours, people aged 14+ of all skill levels (you don't have to be a professional or a student! Just be lovely, passionate and interested in tech!) will come together to share ideas, and create new and awesome projects! (Not sure what a hackathon is? MLH have a great explanation here). There'll also be fun minigames, challenges and free food/drink to make sure you have an absolutely wonderful time. But I don't have any experience - I won't be any good!    Nonsense - Everyone has to start somewhere, and we will have 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!  

Coders, developers, designers or just simply techie friends of peace! If you're in or around London, International Alert invites you to participate in the #peacehackLDN 2017: Robots for Peace hackathon. You'll be challenged to come and build a bot that can send messages that promote peace around the world.

Next Thursday 21st September, the University of Sheffield is the first partner in Siemens investment in a new multi-million pound network. The MindSphere Innovation Network (MINe) will link businesses with UK and global universities to exploit opportunities in the Industrial Internet of Things. As part of the launch there will be demonstrations of how the IIoT can make a difference and how data from the campus can be made available in teaching. Come to the MindSphere Lounge in the Diamond and sign up for free MindSphere training and the chance to register for a hackathon with Siemens later in the year.  And if you have new ideas for how the Industrial Internet of Things can be disruptive then Siemens will be offering a prize for the best ideas and have staff on hand to answer your questions. Time: Informal drop-in session between 2 & 4 pm.

The Tellus South West project was a collaborative, environmental survey and research project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and carried out by a partnership of the British Geological Survey (BGS), the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the University of Exeter, Camborne School of Mines (CSM).  The project has gathered a large amount of scientific data that may benefit the economy, businesses and the environment in southwest England (http://www.tellusgb.ac.uk/). What data have we collected? a high resolution airborne geophysical survey (carried out by BGS) an airborne LiDAR survey (carried out by BAS) geochemical sampling of soils and stream sediments (carried out by the BGS G-BASE project) a soil and habitat survey (carried out by CEH) a stakeholder liaison programme to connect with local government, businesses and research centres (carried out by the Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter) We hope that this Hack will identify many new opportunities, for example for sustainable use of natural resources, mapping heritage and environmental assets, and assist with improving the quality of water and soil. It could also help us make the right decisions about our environment for the benefit of future generations. In order to maximise the impact of data collected, we are holding a “hackathon” (TellusHow2Hack), in collaboration with the BGS, to support start-ups and SMEs develop potential commercial applications in which this data can be further applied. It will be a 2 day event where groups come together to prototype business ideas using the TellusSW data with help from the BGS data experts. Participants typically form groups of about 2-5 individuals but you can opt to come on your own and join a group, who then work with data analysts and experts from BGS in order to try out there new idea.  What can you use the data for? Well here are some ideas the Tellus SW data could be used for: Integration of Tellus data with other datasets to speed up planning applications Linking geographic information system (GIS) layers with world heritage sites, Cornwall Wildlife Trust (CWT) data layers to develop apps for leisure/ tourist use such as walking or cycling routes. Improve conservation of archaeological sites Improve infrastructure and asset management through a better understanding of where the ground may be more corrosive or subsidence more likely   Better flood management using green infrastructure more effectively Assessment of resources and opportunities for mineral development in the South West of England To investigate  low carbon energy opportunities such as deep geothermal energy Derived datasets that can be used to support government policy decisions in economic and sustainable development, social infrastructure, environment and human health Understand where villages and transport routes are confined to deep valleys that are prone to flooding in order to improve the resilience of local communities Understand where bridges critical to local community resilience may be at risk from natural hazards Food and drink will be provided throughout the two days, funded by the Environmental Growth for Business (EG4B) project which has received funding from the England European Regional Development Fund as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020. For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/european-growth-funding

Networkers and hackers in Cambridgeshire! Cambridge Ahead invites you to sign up to participate in the #CambsNotspotter Hackathon. You'll be challenged to come up with innovative ways to help improve mobile connectivity in and around the county. You'll get access to the millions of mobile data points collected through Cambridge Ahead's #CambsNotspotter campaign.

PLEASE NOTE:  This is a paid a event. The date shown on this advert is not the actual date of the workshop (a date must be selected in order to create this advert on Eventbrite). The date and location will be confirmed once we have 20 registered participants. All you have to do is simply register your interest by completing the form and we will get back to you. Due to popular demand and positive feedback from our students we are running a series of workshop. We have hosted five sessions so far in London and one in Switzerland. Recently, we received several request to provide our workshop during the weekend in London. With this in mind, we are advertising this event to gather interest from regular application developers who are keen to break into the Blockchain space. Join our two-day Blockchain Developer hands-on workshop and be at the very forefront of this new technology. Our workshop consists of topics that all future Blockchain Developers must know and we incorporate plenty of hands-on development sessions. Our goal is to help regular Application Developers become Blockchain Developers. Day 1 Intro to Blockchains, Bitcoin, Proof of Work and Mining Intro to Ethereum and Smart Contracts Hands-on development on Ethereum Solidity and Smart Contracts Day 2 Smart Contracts Security and Ethereum Internals - Cryptography, Consensus, EVM, Privacy Intro to Formal Verification What to know as a Blockchain Developer Hands-on development on Ethereum Solidity and Smart Contracts One month of continued on-line support via a dedicated Gitter channel After the workshop, we hope our students will continue coding, learning and exploring the Ethereum platform, and in good time, we hope our students will have the opportunity to work professionally in the Blockchain space. With this in mind, to help our students succeed, we are providing a dedicated Gitter channel after the workshop where our students have up to a month to ask further questions in relation to Ethereum, smart contracts etc. Recommended development experience Minimum of 6 months development experience is recommended We have a great line up of trainers that will help you break into the Blockchain space. Nick Zeeb Nick is a passionate advocate for Blockchain Technology and loves teaching technical concepts in an understandable way. He was previously the Lead Engineer at Clearmatics, a London Blockchain financial start-up and has expertise in high performance trading systems. Nick holds a Master’s degree in Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Oxford. He has given a number of talks on the subject of Blockchain Technology. Nick will be introducing developers to the way the Blockchain works technically, and what its potential applications could be. He will cover the workings and history of the Bitcoin Blockchain, as well as Ethereum and its concept of smart contracts that allow Turing complete code to execute on a virtual machine on the Blockchain. Nick will hold a Q&A session after each topic. Matthew Di Ferrante Matthew is a Software Engineer with a passion for Information Security, Cryptography, and Distributed Networks. He has worked in many different areas, from hardware, embedded and kernel programming, to data mining, analytics, and network / systems programming. He first started learning programming at 12 years old, and is completely self taught, both on the practical side of programming, and on the theoretical side of computer science, mathematics, and cryptography. Matthew was first exposed to Bitcoin in late 2010 due to his interest in information security, as Bitcoin was first mainly used on darknets/Silk Road, and got fully involved in the Blockchain space around the time Ethereum started to exist - beginning his foray while living with Vitalik Buterin and long time friend Vlad Zamfir (Creator of Ethereum's Casper Protocol) in London for a few months. Matthew currently works as a Technical Lead at Clearmatics, developing Blockchain Technology for financial use cases. In his free time, Matthew works on personal hardware projects, gives Information Security and Blockchain related talks at various events, and organise one of the largest monthly Information Security events in the North-West. Matthew’s design for a Secure Oracles Reputation System on Ethereum recently won first place for Smart Contract Security at the Thomson Reuters HackETHon. Matthew will be introducing developers to the way the Blockchain works technically, and what its potential applications could be. He will cover the workings and history of the Bitcoin Blockchain, as well as Ethereum and its concept of smart contracts that allow Turing complete code to execute on a virtual machine on the Blockchain. Matthew will also talk about Smart Contracts Security and Ethereum Internals. He will discuss the most important areas to know as a Blockchain Developer. Matthew will hold a Q&A session after each topic. Laurence Kirk After a successful career writing low latency financial applications in the City of London, Laurence was captivated by the potential of Blockchain Technology, and in particular smart contracts. Two years ago, Laurence moved to Oxford and set up Extropy.io, a consultancy working with start-ups in the UK and overseas, developing applications on the Ethereum platform. He brings with him a wealth of real world experience that he loves to share with those new to this area. Laurence hold a Physics degree from Durham University, and currently taking his MSc in Software Engineering at Oxford University. In addition to giving talks, mentoring at hackathons, and running groups about Blockchain Technology, Laurence also organise Artificial Intelligence and Data Science groups in Oxford. During the workshop, Laurence will be teaching Solidity (an object-oriented programming language for writing smart contracts) from the simplest smart contract up to interacting with a web application. The focus is very much the practical techniques that are needed when developing on Ethereum. The sessions will be very hands on, encouraging students to practice and explore Ethereum and raise any questions students might have regarding the Ethereum platform. Nick Johnson Nick Johnson is a Senior Software Engineer and has been working in the software engineering space for the past 16 years. Nick is currently working as a Software Engineer for the Ethereum Foundation and prior to this, he worked at Google for a number of years. He brings with him a wealth of knowledge and expertise in Solidity that he loves to share and will be teaching how to write and develop smart contracts during the hands-on development session, and will give students the opportunity to ask questions in relation to the Ethereum platform. Nick comes from a Computer Science academic background having gained his BSc degree from the University of Canterbury. There will be plenty of Q&A throughout the whole two day workshop. The cost breakdown of the workshop for two days are as follows: Quantity x 1 Ticket, £499 Eventbrite Booking Fee £27.94 Sub Total: £526.94 VAT: £105.39 Total: £632.33 Date: To be confirmed. Weekend in 2017 (two days) Time: 08:30 to 17:00 Workshop Location: Exact location to be confirmed but will take place in central London *Breakfast and lunch are provided during the workshop on both days. To view all our future events, please click HERE.  For further details on our workshop, please email us on antonio@theblockchainconnector.com or contact us on 0044 (07)923 521 833. Follow us on Twitter @bc_workshop Join our developer focused meetup group https://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-Workshop-for-Developers/ (Photo image from Jan 2017 Blockchain Workshop, courtesy of ©matteogiachettiphotography)

Fintech data techies and coders in the Milton Keynes area! Xbean Consultants invites you to participate in their Fintech event UNDERSTAND YOUR CUSTOMER BETTER, A HACKATHON. You'll be challenged to come up with innovative ideas on how to understand customers better. You'll collaborate with like-minded individuals to conceive and prototype approaches that can leverage data to increase customer understanding.

MLH Hackcon is the official hackathon organizers' conference. It's an opportunity to meet the community, learn from one another, and to tackle the issues that we are facing together. With two full days of workshops, talks, and discussion sessions, new organizers can learn best practices for running a hackathon, and veteran organizers will share their experiences and help guide the next generation.