List of hackathons in United Kingdom in 2017

Developers, experts, students, data wranglers, data journalists, data enthusiasts, makers, artists! ECMWF invites you to participate in the #OpenDataHack to explore creative uses of open data. You'll be challenged to design and prototype innovative apps that leverage weather data. You can select one to the following challenges: »The "GET OUT" challenge -- using data to improve the day-to-day lives of everyone. »The "GET CREATIVE" challenge -- combining data to produce art or storytelling. »The "GET GEEKY" challenge -- using the data for something geeky »The "GET FUN" challenge -- hacking weather related objects in any way possible.

University students in Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom! The St Andrews Computing Society invites you to sign up to participate in StacsHack 2017. Come as a team, or form one at the event. However you do it, you'll get to collaborate and compete with like-minded individuals -- using exciting new technologies to build innovative products to win recognition and awesome prizes!

Techies and just regular folks in the Stockport area! Are you interested in the use of technology to sift through a mass of data, comments, complaints. and enquiries about Stockport, in order to distill a cohesive view of what matters to its citizens? Do you have ideas on how to make it easier for residents of Stockport to connect with the things they care about? Stockport Council invites you to sign up to participate -- on your own or in a team -- in the Stockport Hackathon 2017. Collaborate and compete to use open data to improve Stockport's municipal government services, create new ones, and empower its residents.

University of Edinburgh science, technology and engineering students! Enactus Edinburgh invites you to sign up to participate in the DevLab Hackathon, the city's first sustainable development hackathon! You'll be challenged to design and develop solutions to tackle some of society's greatest challenges. You'll collaborate in a team of four to brainstorm your idea, develop a business plan and build a prototype, before presenting your team's project to a jury.

Hyperledger MeetUp: Successful pilot projects, lessons learned and what lies ahead Join us at this exciting Blockchain networking event where you will have the chance to hear about the progress of the Hyperledger Project, successful pilot projects, challenges and what lies ahead. Hear our guest speakers sharing their own experiences on Blockchain projects, share your own thoughts and get your questions answered by the experts. 17:30   Welcome 17:45   IBM Hursley Blockchain Labs: Hyperledger V1.0 Fabric Update & solution development with Fabric Composer 18:15  D-Pactum: Applied Smart Contract Architecture in Financial Markets. 18:45 TES Solutions: Global Platform for Social and Environmental Sustainability through IBM Blockchain and Hyperledger Exchange Platform 19:15 University of Bedfordshire: H^4 (How to Hold an Hyperledger Hackathon: A beginner's Guide) 19:45 Networking, food and drinks Looking forward to seeing you there.

LabVIEW professionals! National Instruments and the University of Southampton invite you to sign up to participate in the LabVIEW Hackathon @Soton. Come and help solve great engineering challenges and network with engineers from industry. You'll get the chance to showcase and further develop your LabVIEW skills and compete with the best-of-the-best to win awesome prizes.

Music hackers in the UK! You're invited to sign up to participate in mobilise! You'll get the opportunity to work with the electronic music technology team from IRCAM in Paris. You'll be challenged to make your own personalised mobile phone music app with a few lines of code.

Hackers in the East Midlands! DS-Cubed Ltd. invites you to sign up to participate in the Hackathon for Health, Assisted Living, Social Care and Community (HALE 2017). You'll be challenged to create innovative proof of concept prototype to help address one of the following problems: »Homelessness of young people in UK »Awareness, interest and participation in Musculosketal (MSK) conditions. »Bluetooth wearable/iPhone app to measure patient position with greater accuracy.

Students from all over the EU! WarwickTECH invites you to sign up to participate in WarwickHACK. You'll be challenged to collaborate to use technology to design and create innovative projects in a short 24-hour event. You don't have to be an expert coder to take part. All levels of skill are welcome and there will be special workshops available to help beginners get started.

Medical professionals, community workers, developers, entrepreneurs, artists, educators, business professionals, students, everyday people and more! The World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community and the Commonwealth Youth Health Network invite you to participate in the 2017 African Healthcare Challenge. The Challenge is a high energy weekend event where participants team to brainstorm solutions to the real world problems of healthcare organizations and institutions in Africa. You don't have to be in London to participate! You can take part virtually.