List of hackathons in United Kingdom in 2017

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The Future of Work continues to be the hottest topic of conversation as advances in technology and the emergence of new industries are dramatically changing our working environment across the board.  Data analytics, automation, social media, our new communication channels and the rise of flexible working are among the developments in the way we work, that will undoubtedly continue to change in the coming years.  We're delighted to host this thought-provoking Future of Work Bootcamp and bring you a fantastic range of speakers to inspire, challenge and confront what the future arena looks like.  You’ll hear from key individuals who are experts in their respective fields of work including artificial intelligence, digital transformation, entrepreneurship and consulting to name a few,  who will take us through their experiences and our journey into the future working world. The bootcamp will cover: The context of 'The Future of Work' and the key messages that are being delivered. An insight into what the future looks like for start-ups as well as the corporate world. How tech is changing the workplace and its impact - a world with automation. Advice and discussion: future-proofing yourself. Speakers: Ed GreigChief Digital Disruptor, Deloitte  Ed is the Chief Disruptor at Deloitte Digital, helping clients to think disruptively and also disrupting Deloitte itself. His role is to work with new technologies to demonstrate where they can be used effectively by building minimum-viable products or proofs of concept that support a case for further investment by quickly and inexpensively showing tangible benefits. He has led teams on a variety of pioneering projects in virtual reality (VR) and 360° film, as well as in 3D printing, machine learning, augmented reality (AR) and the Internet of Things (IoT). Ed also introduces new ways of working, with practical workshops that challenge the clients’ thinking about their organisations and the future, as well as internal and client-focused hackathons. Luciana Carvalho Founder & Managing Director, Se3 Solutions Learner, maker, systems thinker, innovator and tech evangelist, Luciana splits her time between growing the Realities Centre London — a new innovation space, incubator and academy for B2B/enterprise VR, AR, MR and AI — and Unfold UK, supporting diversity and inclusion in 'XR'. Passionate about VR/tech ‘for good’ and ‘human tech’, she carries ongoing research on the possibilities and challenges immersive tech presents for neuroscience, unconscious bias and cognitive behavioural change. Combining 5+ years’ experience in creative strategy, digital marketing and business development at award-winning/early stage startups, her forté lies in evangelising the practical impact of future technologies and communicating complex ideas down to easy-to-grasp digestible chunks. She was elected one of Code First Girls ‘25 Ones to Watch’, 'Top 5 Female Role Models in the Tech Industry', and Virtual Perceptions' 'Heroes of VR' in 2016. Luciana has a MA/BA Law (Tripos) degree from Cambridge University, MA (Hons) International Business and Project Management Specialisation from HULT Business School, and International Law, Systems Thinking & Leadership from Harvard Extension School. Simon Gratton Founder & CTO, CTO Advisors An award winning CDO, CTO & IT strategist combined with a slice of ‘data and digital artist’ plus a passion for making the complex simple, Simon has a track record of ‘getting to the point’ through pictures and making the journey fun. Prior experience as a Chief Data Officer and Chief Technology Officer on digital transformation initiatives across Banking, Insurance, Logistics and Management Consulting with Startup experience in the InsureTech space. Simon has twice been awarded Information Age UK Data 50 status (2016/2017) and Computer Weekly UK Tech 50 Rising Star in 2015 and was also British Computer Society Fellow in 2016. He has a passion for driving business change and innovation using information as the strategic asset and a proven history of ‘building’ multifaceted teams using innovative recruitment and training mechanisms. Simon is an experienced corporate keynote speaker and global industry ‘blogger’ and has created more Powerpoint presentations, whitepapers and thought-leadership concepts than previously thought humanly possible. Join us for this hands on evening bootcamp with plenty of opportunity to speak to relevant individuals, meet like minded fellow students and have some light refreshments along the way! *Birkbeck Students only*

Join our team on July 1st and 2nd for a HealthTech - VR/AR for good hackathon! After making small teams, participants will have only 24 hours to create a project on a given topic. At the end of the 24 hours, our jury will choose the winner!You will receive more information via email prior the event! Please make sure you check your emails before the weekend to get ready and receive all the updates! WEEKEND  SCHEDULE Day 1 10:00am - Registrations - meet the other participants over a coffee/tea11:00am - Welcome & Announcement  - The Realities Centre Team will introduce the competition rules, schedule, mentors and topics for the next 24 hours. 11:30am - Team creation 12:00pm - Brainstorming - an hour to prepare and plan the project01:00pm -  Hack begins7:00pm - Dinner and minglingMidnight - Bedtime or hack from home (no accommodation provided on-site)  Day 2 7:00am - Realities Centre re-opens to continue hacking on-site09:00am - Coffee + Breakfast03:00pm - Hack ceases. Teams take an hour to prepare their demo to the judges04:00pm - The Realities Centre Team will introduce judges. Demos begin.05:00pm - Deliberation. Winners announced & drinks6-7pm - Wrapping up MENTORS Fantastic mentors will come along during the weekend, make sure to make the most of them and ask your questions while they are around. GEAR AND TECHNOLOGIES Participants will have the choice to use either VR, AR (e.g. Apple's new AR Kit) or other technologies. VR headsets will be available, if you wish to bring your own setup or accessories, you are more than welcome to do so just please get in touch with the organisation team prior the event  events@realitiescentre.com. Please note you need to bring along your own computer to work on your project. ANY QUESTION?  Feel free to get in touch with us for any question and queries at events@realitiescentre.com FAQ > Do I need to know how to code to join?Diversity is key in a team! Hackathons and Jams are focused on the creation that includes a variety of competencies, If you have any doubts, don’t hesitate to get in touch. > I don’t have a team, can I join by myself?Teams will be formed on site so just bring yourself and meet the rest of the attendees on Saturday morning. > Do I need to bring my own laptop/PC?Please bring your own computer, only the Virtual Reality kit will be provided. Can’t join us? Stay tuned on social media @RealitiesCentre. We will share many insights using the hashtag: #HealthTechVRAR * Please note the event will be recorded and pictures will be taken for marketing purpose. If you have any issue with this, please get in touch with the organisers *

Data scientists, coders, business thinkers, designers, creative types! Are you interested in connected and autonomous vehicles? Transport Systems Catapult invites you to sign up for the IMCreate 2017 – Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Hackathon. You'll be faced with five connected and autonomous vehicle challenges and have the chance to win great prizes including £2,000 in cash! The top three teams will further develop their prototype solution and pitch it at the Showcase Final.

artFix and Stairs and Shares are organising a one-day Facebook hackathon for micro businesses.  This event will support micro businesses make effective use of Facebook Ads to generate sales for them.   We will be using social learning and peer to peer support to ensure each micro business can make effective use of Facebook Ad's for their own business during this event.  This full day event will start 10 am and last till 4.30pm.   artFix are hosting this event.  Please contact info@artfixlondon.com for further details. There are limited places available so please sign up as soon as you can. This will be a quartely event so do not fret if you are unable to attend the event on June 30th!

After a fantastic MedTech event last December on the use of VR and AR for Medical and training applications, the Realities Centre is running another event on Healthcare, focused this time on the patient side.  On June 29th the Realities Centre is running a HealthTech conference at the Digital Catapult with a special focus this time on the patient including mental health, rehabilitation, VR for good, pain reduction and more. This event complements the Digital Catapult Patient Data & Digital Health Conferences on the 27th, and will itself be followed the week after by the Digital Health Conference 2017.During the following weekend of July 1st, the Realities Centre will host a 24 hours hackathon on HealthTech and the conference' donations will be used to fund its costs. Details and tickets: http://bit.ly/2rnkm9K Agenda 6:00 - Registrations and networking6:30 - Welcome Introduction and presentations Introduction to the Realities Centre and to the event by Thomas Gere, CEO of the Realities Centre Introduction to the Digital Catapult & Immersive departmentPresentations from industry leaders, startups and researchers including:  "The power of virtual reality and how it is used in rehabilitation" by Mel Slater  "Introduction to HealthTech challenges " by Nury Moreira, Healthcare lead at the EIT  "Using virtual reality physio for stroke rehabilitation" by Isabelle at Immersive Rehab (demo and talk)  "Using Virtual Reality to detect dyslexia" by Caitlin Glover "Augmented Reality to help kids with asthma" with Hayden Allen-Vercoe at Orbital Media 7:30 - Break and Demos7:45 - Panel session with Mel Slater, Isabel Van de Keere (Immersive Rehab), Alex Smale (Tibemix), Tom Dolby (AI Solve - TBC)8:30 - Demos and Networking9:30 - End Sponsors and partners A special thanks to our sponsors and supporters:  Any question? Feel free to get in touch with us for any question and queries at events@realitiescentre.com.   * Please note pictures & videos might be taken during the event for marketing purposes, if you have any issue with that please notify us in advance. *

iSE, as part of their work leading the West Midlands Third Sector Innovation Network, is holding a taster half day 'hack' with West Midlands Academic Science Health Network and in partnership with RnR Organisation, for anyone interested in innovative solutions for mental health prevention. We invite third sector organisations, service users, entrepreneurs, developers, designers, healthcare professionals and the public to come along and work together on addressing these health and social care issues by designing and building digital or service solutions. Why come to #HackMentalHealth? #HackMentalHealth will bring together professionals, students, industry experts, and others in healthTech who are passionate about healthTech and building the future of mental health services, so come along to find new ideas, meet someone new, have fun, or simply learn a new skill that stretches you beyond your usual day-to-day life. Hacks are very fluid sessions where everyone has a voice and can collaborate to build and demonstrate inspirational, creative and innovative ideas to address a 'challenge of the day'. For this social hackathon we are looking at innovating to improve mental health across a range of topics such as... Mental support application for unemployed workers Supporting the mental health of long-term care workers Fostering well-being, stress reduction and sense of belonging during transition to full-time work Taking control of digital stress E-health interventions for indigenous mental health in the workplace Addressing the burden of addictions on the workforce with e-tool solutions Building accessible mental health literacy training and supports for under-resourced health-care workplace Developing a mental health support programme for prevention of major depression in workplaces Whether you are an expert or a newbie, we welcome you to join this event and work with your local health community to present your ideas for solutions to real-world problems. Challenges will be pitched at the kick off of the event, and attendees can pick one of the challenges to work on with a team. At the end of the hack, teams have the option to showcase their projects on stage.  Event information will be updated here over the next week but please register to attend and secure your place. Also, if you have a passion for a mental health topic, or a future hackathon topic, please email us with your thoughts info@i-se.co.uk. #HackMentalHealth  FAQs > Do I need to know how to code to join? Diversity is key in a team! Hackathons are focused on the creation that includes a variety of competencies. If you have any doubts, don’t hesitate to get in touch.  > I don’t have a team, can I join by myself? Teams will be formed on site so just bring yourself and meet the rest of the attendees at the pre-hack get together (details TBC) or at #HackMentalHealth itself.  > Do I need to bring my own laptop/PC? If you want to use them please bring your own computer, devices etc - only wifi will be provided. This event is kindly supported by the WMAHSN. This project is co-financed by the European Regional and Development Fund through the Urban Innovative Actions Initiative.

The Priestley International Centre for Climate, the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and Advanced Research Computing at the University of Leeds invites you to apply for an interdisciplinary adventure that explores the interplay of science stories, digital technology, storytelling and narrative for feeling as well as seeing. We invite climate researchers, artists and creatives and VR developers to take part in a dedicated VR hack that imagines new VR applications for engaging audiences with climate science and sustainability. The event is seeded with VR demos and mentors, prior digital experience is not needed. If you are a VR developer then find out more about climate science and policy and mix it up with artists, data vizualisers and communicators. Learn about Virtual Reality and how content for VR is produced. Experience world class quality VR and join us in Leeds for a unique interdisciplinary adventure at the interplay of science stories, digital technology, storytelling and narrative for feeling as well as seeing. It is a great event, learn about VR, learn about climate change, meet new people and come up with new and exciting ways tell everyone about the problems and challenges of global warming. Come along and take part in a dedicated VR hack that designs and imagines brand new VR applications. The best will be presented at the Tyndall Centre booth at the Blue Dot Festival 2017.  The event is seeded with VR demos and VR mentors so no prior experience of VR is needed. VR developers come along and learn about climate change and new ways to communicate. What is the Purpose of the VR Hackathon Climate change data and graphs are stories without a soul, where the human story and meaning is hidden or lost somewhere between the x and y axis and statistical estimates. Climate change in the real world, of course, is many dimensional. It is biophysical, it is human and other species, and it influences everyday choices everywhere now and forever. The two dimensions of climate change data are limited in their exposition of cause and effect, emotion, empathy, values. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are similarly multidimensional. We believe that the newly emerging immersive experiences of VR might yield a whole new medium and channel for engaging people with climate change. Our purpose, building on Anthronaut Experience Hackathon’s in Stockholm, Paris and Melbourne is to bring together creative people to brainstorm create, plan and storyboard some truly mind expanding and deeply engaging VR experiences of life with the science of High-End Climate Change. Who is invited to join the Hackathon? We are seeking participants with strong skills in one or more of: VR production, filmmaking, scripting, storytelling, storyboarding, digital innovation, graphical design, and climate science and data. We are seeking to populate a unique pool of talent to generate new ideas and form new networks that can draw on the power of VR to engage everyone with climate change and empathy and emotion for current and future changes. Expenses and What Else? We have reserved some B&B accommodation on campus. There is also a small amount of money to help with accommodation and travel if needed, thanks to The HELIX project which has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 603864. Please tell us your travel and accommodation needs during your registration. Getting the Mix Right There are a limited number of places and we wish to make sure that we have a good mix of groups; 1,) VR developers 2,) climate researchers 3,) creatives and communicators which includes but is not limited to filmmakers, script writers, storyteller, digital innovators, graphical designers and artists. When you register place select which of these group you belong to: VR if you are a VR developer Climate if you are a climate researcher Creative if you are a filmmaker, script writer, storyteller, digital innovator, graphical designer, artist or anything similar We will also run a waiting list so that cancelled places can be filled. Short Program Day 1 Wednesday the 28th of June: 2pm - 4pm optional tour of VR demos 6pm – 9pm evening of VR demos, learning and team forming Day 2 Thursday the 29th of June: 9am – 5pm VR hack, pitching and judging Location Details Both days are at the University of Leeds: Day 1 evening event is in: University House, Lifton Place, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT Day 2 is in: the Leeds University Business School, Maurice Keyworth Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT

Join us for the first event of our KOMPAS Culture series, which will celebrate the different cultural aspects of our company, from Tech to Music, Fashion and more.   For our Tech event, we will be welcoming three speakers, who will each be sharing their experiences about working in the Tech industry:   Andrew Cunningham, COO, Plexal Andrew has served as Director of Operations at Skype, advisor to the CEO at Skyscanner, and interim COO at Braintribe. His latest venture is Plexal, Europe's newest Innovation Hub, which opened this month in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Lu Li, Founder & CEO, Blooming Founders Lu is the founder of Blooming Founders, a company which provides support to female entrepreneurs through events, mentoring and a global professional network. Blooming Founders will soon open London's first women-focused business club in Old Street creating an inspirational environment to work from and do business in. Lu's book, Dear Female Founder, will be available to purchase at a discounted price. Umesh Kumar, Co-Founder, PaceVentures and UniHack Umesh is the Co-Founder of Pace Ventures, a strategy consultancy that connects corporates and startups through workshops, hackathons and building innovation programmes. Kumar also co-founded UniHack, an education and data company, delivering blended learning for students looking to build the future of their dreams. He is also an advisor to Stretch London, a fellow for the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) and a mentor on a variety of accelerator programmes in London.   Join us for an evening of inspiring talks and conversation with innovators in Tech. Pizza and drinks will be provided!   We hope to see you there.  

Over 65 million people worldwide require a wheelchair to be part of society and live an independent life. The freedom a wheelchair can give depends on how bespoke it. With traditional manufacturing techniques this freedom comes at a price that most people can't afford but new techniques such as 3D printing, CNC milling and laser cutting could change that. It’s already been done for bionic limbs, now why not wheelchairs? On the 27th June, we're inviting designers, makers and wheelchair users to come together at Machines Room, a makerspace in East London, to use digital fabrication techniques to develop bespoke wheelchair components that respond to a user-led design challenge. When?Tuesday 27th June, 11am - 7pm Where? Machines Room, 45 Vyner Street, E2 9DQ How much does it cost to attend? 100% Free. Travel grants may be made available in some circumstances, please contact molly.gavriel@disruptdisability.org. Who can attend? Anyone! But please let us know if you are a wheelchair user, designer or maker as attendees will be working in teams on the day. What about accessibility? Machines Room is an accessible, ground floor venue. There is one wheelchair accessible toilet at Machines Room and another at a gallery across the road that attendees will be able to use. If you would like further information on access or to reserve parking at the venue please contact Molly at molly.gavriel@disruptdisability.org. Molly is also able to provide directions from accessible public transport and organise taxis - nearby stations are Bethnal Green, Cambridge Heath, Hackney Central and Haggerston.Is lunch provided? Lunch will be provided. Please let us know in advance if you have any dietary requirements. Is there anything I need to prepare in advance? Attendees will be sent a briefing pack prior to the event with further information. Participants will be working in teams reflecting a mix of skills and experience.