List of hackathons in United Kingdom in 2017

Manchester Youth Hack #4  We're back at Autotrader's cool Manchester offices. Come and code with your friends - or learn to code and make friends. Digital companies will set challenges and offer prizes for the best hack. This doesn't just mean the best code - its about working well as a team, being willing to learn and daring to fail... This is a fun event where the aim is to work together, learn and produce something cool. If you've not done a hack before, no matter - there'll be friendly mentors on hand to help you out. You just need to bring a laptop and some enthusiasm and be ready to work with other people. You could be spotted for your coding talents! This event is for 13-18 year olds (not yet at uni). We will need an emergency contact name and number to allow you to stay unaccompanied. Lunch will be provided. SATURDAY 8TH APRIL SUNDAY 9TH APRIL 10:00 Registration 09:30 Begin day 2 10:30 Intro presentations 12:00 Lunch (provided) 11:00 Coding begins 15:00 Keyboards down 12:30 Lunch (provided) 15:00 Show &  Tell 16:00 Keyboards down 16:00 Awards Show (You can continue coding at home) 16:30 Finish - Go & tell your friends about the event!   *Disclaimer* Photo / Video Permission Please note that by signing up you in agreeing to image consent. If you have any questions about this, please contact us. What is the Hackathon? A 2 day fun team coding competition to test and challenge your digital skills and creativity with prizes. Youth Hack Rules Teams of 4 (You don't have to come as a team unless you want to. Teams will be put together at the start of day 1) Pick a challenge - these will be released before the hackathon takes place Come prepared with ideas You have two days to develop and present a working digital product or solution for your chosen challenge Be creative and respectful of others ideas Have fun and meet other people interested in coding too   CHALLENGE SETTERS  Challenge from HackerNest            Challenge from HackManchester & Hive Learning Network   Challenge from Telcom Manchester Youth Hacks are brought to you by HackManchester C.I.C. & Hive Learning Network. This is a not for profit collaboration.  Supported by

Fintech hackers in the UK! Starling Bank invites you to sign up to participate in the Starling Hackathon. You'll be challenged to leverage Starling's recently announced PSD2-ready public API to build innovative customer-friendly services on top of the Starling Platform. You'll be among the first coders to be given access to Starling's portal and to use the new API.

University or college students, 'would be' entrepreneurs! If you're interested in making a difference by taking on social challenges within the Birmingham area, then iSE C.I.C. invites you to participate in a hackathon. Participants in HACK A SOCIAL CHALLENGE will be presented with a number of challenges and priorities and will then be tasked with investigating and creating solutions to the key challenges.

Interested in sustainability? Sustainability Connections CIC invites you to participate in Think Sustainability and the power of Communities. At this weekend event in Folkestone, United Kingdom, you'll be challenged to do some brainstorming on how to use cutting-edge technology combined with behaviour change to bring sustainable practices into local communities.

Law and informatics students from the University of Edinburgh! Edinburgh Law Connections invites you to participate in the Law and Artificial Intelligence Hackathon and Panel Discussion. You'll hear guest speakers discuss how legal profession is being impacted by artificial intelligence. You'll then collaborate as one of a team of four to develop a tech solution that addresses challenges faced by the legal profession.

Transgender techies and allies! WeAreTechWomen invites you to sign up to participate in the Trans*Code International Transgender Day of Visibility Social and Hackathon. This is an all-day hackathon to mark International Transgender Day of Visibility. You'll collaborate to discuss and create ideas that will help raise awareness of -- and help counter -- the discrimination faced by the transgender community worldwide.

Transgender techies and allies! WeAreTechWomen invites you to sign up to participate in the Trans*Code International Transgender Day of Visibility Social and Hackathon. This is an all-day hackathon to mark International Transgender Day of Visibility. You'll collaborate to discuss and create ideas that will help raise awareness of -- and help counter -- the discrimination faced by the transgender community worldwide. Sign up here for the pre-hackathon social.

Data scientists, programmers, technologists, activists, analysts, policy makers — in fact anyone and everyone who is interested in air quality! ODI Leeds invites you to participate in #AirHack, a 2-day event working with the UK's Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) to explore air quality — the problems, the data, the solutions. You don't need to be an expert on data or digital technology — you just need to be interested in how Defra datasets might be used for the civic good.

Blockchain Technology will have a major impact across many industries and bring radical change to existing business models. We believe that Blockchain Technology has a bright future. Join our two-day developer focused hands-on workshop and be at the very forefront of this new technology. Day 1 Intro to Blockchains, Bitcoin, Proof of Work and Mining Intro to Ethereum and Smart Contracts Hands-on development on Ethereum Day 2 Smart Contracts Security and Ethereum Internals - Cryptography, Consensus, EVM, Privacy What to know as a Blockchain Developer Hands-on development on Ethereum Recommended development experience Minimum of 6 months object-oriented 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 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. Andy Baloiu Andy has been working on Ethereum since Jan 2015, the pre-release version of the platform. Andy loves to teach others in a practical manner on the potential of Blockchain Technology. In addition to running the Ethereum London group, Andy has won several hackathons and acted as a mentor at Blockchain related hackathons. He is currently a senior Full Stack Developer at RS Components. He holds a Engineering Degree with a focus on mathematical analysis and solid physics from Politehnica University of Bucharest. Andy will be focusing on teaching students the Solidity language and how to develop smart contracts during the hands-on sessions, and will give students the opportunity to ask questions in relation to the Ethereum platform. There will be a Q&A on each day of the hands-on session. Date: Thursday 30th & Friday 31st of March, 2017 Time: 08:30 to 17:00 Workshop Location: Rainmaking Loft, International House, 1 St Katharine’s Way London, E1W 1UN Secure your ticket early as spaces are limited. Please present your ticket confirmation receipt upon arrival. *Breakfast and lunch are provided during the workshop on both days. For further details on our workshop, please email us on info@theblockchainconnector.com or contact us on 0044 (07)923 521 833. Follow us on Twitter @bc_workshop Tweet us on hashtag #theblockchainworkshop Join our meetup group https://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-Workshop-for-Developers/ (Photo image from last Blockchain Workshop, Jan 2017, courtesy of ©matteogiachettiphotography)

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