List of hackathons in United Kingdom in 2018

Fintech techies in the UK! You're invited to participate in the Fintech Week 2018 Blockchain Hackathon. The event is focused on two of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). You'll be challenged to come up with an innovative solution that uses Qi Women Currency to support SDG #5 “Gender Equity” in achieving solutions to SDG #2 No Hunger: Women and Ending World Hunger. Collaborate and compete for prizes, based on measures including originality, innovation, and scalability. A special “Quantum Leap SDG Prize" will be awarded solutions that deliver a minimum of 100X change result in the SDG aligned challenge being addressed, and that will affect the lives of at least one billion people by 2030.

Women and girls in the UK! If you're interested in representation in politics, you're invited to participate in the Women In Politics Hackathon. You will hear from some of the most inspirational women in UK politics. Then you'll be challenged to work in groups to come up with creative ideas -- from apps to campaigns, to curriculum change -- for how the representation of women in politics can be improved.

Are you concerned about the spread of fake news and hate speech? Interested in finding ways to change the way that news is shared online? Factmata invites you to attend A Sneak Peek Into Briefr: Tackling Fake News and Misinformation Online. You'll get a sneak peek into the Briefr news sharing platform and get to try out the platform and participate in a hackathon.

IT designers, programmers, developers, entrepreneurs, health care professionals, and VR techie enthusiasts in the UK! If you're interested in the application of VR to healthcare, then you should apply to participate in the VR4REHAB UK Hackathon. You'll get to network work and collaborate with like-minded individuals to come up with innovative new VR-applications that promote better function and outcomes for patients and children with disabilities. Come as a team, or join one at the event and pitch your project to compete for an award for the best ideas!

The Great Exhibition of the North is a three-month celebration of the North of England’s pioneering spirit and the impact of our inventors, artists and designers. It’s a chance to show how our innovative spirit has shaped the world and is building the economy of tomorrow.  The Northern Powerhouse Business Summit, taking place 4-6th July, is the central experience for businesses during the Exhibition. With an outstanding line up of speakers, workshops and showcases, businesses can expect to be inspired by stories of innovation from across industry.  All sessions are free to attend. Attendees are encouraged to read the session descriptions before booking.          Wednesday 4th July, 9am-5pm – Great Innovators A full day of inspiring talks by world leading innovators. Speakers will discuss a range of topics, sharing their stories of innovation and insights into cutting-edge sectors such as digital, energy, advanced manufacturing and health. Join speakers including Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University, to find out what our future holds. (Full programme to be announced shortly).  09.00 - 10.00: Registration 10.00 - 11.45: Session 1 11.45 - 13.00: Lunch 13.00 - 14.45: Session 2 14.45 - 15.25: Break 15.25 - 17.00: Session 3 Thursday 5th July – Great Opportunities  9am – 12pm, Session 1 – Finance With a keynote talk by Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, join speakers who will discuss the economic challenges that face the north of England in the coming months, and the future of the finance industry.  09.00 - 10.00: Registration 10.00 - 12.00: Session 1 12.30pm – 2.30pm, Session 2 – Design Join Sarah Weir from the Design Council who will be launching a report uncovering the importance and value of design to the economy.  12.30 - 13.00: Registration 13.00 - 14.30: Session 2 3pm – 5pm, Workshops.  Delivering Digital Transformation – delivered by Bay Digital Hosted by Siemens Venue: Urban Sciences Building This workshop will introduce participants to the principles behind delivering customer-centred digital services. Learn how your organisation or team can be structured to add more value to your business, and how you can deliver value to your customers by shifting your focus onto their needs.   Aging 2.0 Design Hack – delivered by hedgehog lab and Aging 2.0 Newcastle Venue: hedgehog lab @ Generator Studios Businesses need to start considering how they can deliver digital experiences for an aging audience. This workshop will introduce participants to design thinking, focusing on issues facing an aging society. Part talk and part hackathon, this workshop will be run in collaboration with Newcastle Aging 2.0 which launched in the North East in May this year.  Founded in New York in 2012 and run by a team headquartered in San Francisco, Aging 2.0 supports innovators taking on the biggest challenges and opportunities in aging.   Can the North fuel the Northern Powerhouse? – delivered by Squire Patton Boggs and Leeds University Business School Hosted by Robertson Venue: TUS Park Join Squire Patton Boggs and Leeds University Business School for a discussion on how a northern supply chain, talent and innovation can help deliver the industrial strategy. Businesses are invited to join this forum to discuss how the North can create opportunities for our key sectors. This workshop will feature expert speakers followed by several roundtable discussions, with the findings being turned into a report which Squire Patton Boggs will later present to government.   “Been there, done that” An insight into fast growing businesses – delivered by Ward Hadaway Venue: Ward Hadaway Every year Ward Hadaway celebrates the fastest growing profitable businesses in regions throughout the North of England. As part of the Northern Powerhouse Business Summit they have invited companies that have previously made the Fastest 50 to join a panel discussion, where they will share their experiences of being at the helm of fast growing, successful Northern businesses.   How to be an age smart employer – delivered by Cintra HR services Venue: Crowne Plaza This workshop will explore how businesses can become an ‘age smart’ employer by seeing value in the older workforce. It will look at the latest best practices in gender equality and how innovative HR policies can deliver benefits to a business. Participants will learn how SMEs can turn their workforce into brand ambassadors, without needing a large HR department.   Future Rural: Ensuring rural businesses are not left behind – Centre for Rural Economy, Newcastle University Hosted by BT Venue: Boiler House, Newcastle University Rural areas are key to delivering the Industrial Strategy and there are already examples of new technologies being deployed and tested across the North - for example autonomous vehicles being tested in the Lake District and augmented reality helping visitors experience the cultural heritage of the Pennines. Join Newcastle University’s Centre for Rural Economy, for a practical workshop looking at how innovations can work within rural areas, and the role of the rural as a test bed for innovation.   Business Challenge: Opportunities to work with AkzoNobel Venue: Northern Design Centre AkzoNobel is a leading global paints and coatings company and a major producer of specialty chemicals. It is also a market leader in marine underwater hull coatings. AkzoNobel are looking to meet potential suppliers that can improve its current process of analyzing video to identify fouling on the hulls of marine vessels. The challenge is to create autonomous systems which can learn to identify and quantify fouling, and output metrics, based on video footage obtained from underwater robotics. Join AkzoNobel for a briefing on the challenge and details of the commercial opportunity for companies with relevant solutions. Please note: this session is only available to SMEs based in the North of England.   Business Challenge: Opportunities to work with Nissan Hosted by Womble Bond Dickinson Venue: Womble Bond Dickinson offices Maintenance engineers at Nissan are regularly called to inspect or repair pieces of equipment. There is a lot of information involved in carrying out this activity; some of this the engineer will know implicitly, some is communicated on-site, and some has to be looked up on demand. Nissan are looking to meet potential suppliers that can design and demonstrate technology solutions to streamline the maintenance process, by maximising the time an engineer spends doing what they do best – physically interacting with the machine. Join Nissan for a briefing on the challenge and details of the commercial opportunity for companies with relevant solutions. Please note: this session is only available to SMEs based in the North of England. Friday 6th July, 9am - 4pm - Northern Powerhouse: Great Futures The final day of the Summit will bring together ministers, city region mayors, and council and business leaders, who will discuss the future of the Northern Powerhouse and how businesses across the North of England can ensure an economy that is fit for the future. Speakers will include Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth, Jake Berry, and Collette Roche, COO of Manchester United. (Full programme to be announced shortly) 09.00 - 10.00: Registration 10.00 - 12.00: Session 1 12.00 - 13.00: Lunch 13.00 - 15.00: Session 2 This project is part-funded by England European Regional Development Fund as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020.

Connected and autonomous vehicle enthusiasts in the UK! You're invited to participate in the Meridian Hackathon to explore new possibilities to create, share and fuse Connected and Autonomous vehicles data. Come as a team, or join one at the event. You'll have the opportunity to network with experts from leading companies in the field. Prizes will be awarded for the best demonstration insights from CAV data sharing, the best demo of a digital twin, and the best design for CAV cybersecurity.

Artificial Intelligence shapes digital services that have become central to our everyday lives. Online platforms leverage the power of AI to monetize our attention, with often unethical side-effects: our privacy is routinely breached, our perception of the world is seriously distorted, and we are left with unhealthy addictions to our screens and devices. The deep asymmetry of power between users and service providers, the opacity and unaccountability of the algorithms driving these services, and their exploitation by trolls, bullies and propagandists are serious threats to our well-being in the digital era. This hackathon invites participants to build tools to empower users in their online lives. The tools might address any relevant problem in this space, including (but not limited to) filter bubbles and fake news, biased and unaccountable algorithms, or the profit-driven metrics that guide these AI-powered services. Prizes will reward the three best contributions overall, and a special separate prize will be dedicated to the contribution that best addresses the issues faced by children. Children represent a third of global users, are among the most vulnerable groups, less armed to negotiate the asymmetry of power between themselves and the digital services they are using. To participate please apply via the hackathon page on the Unbias Web site. You will be sent a code to get your eventbrite ticket. We are doing it this way to ensure we get a diverse audience.

UK developers and techies -- university students, hobbyists, and corporate types! You're invited to participate in Hack The Trust #PTHack2018 -- a free 24-hour hack in partnership with The Prince's Trust. You'll be challenged to design and prototype new and innovative approaches that The Prince's Trust can use to help young people in challenging circumstances. Challenges to be addressed include but are not restricted to Bullying & Safeguarding, Education & Employment, Mental Health, and Family Areas.

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The 2018 SICSA PhD Conference will be held at Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University on the 28th and 29th of June. The Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance (SICSA)  PhD Conference has been an annual event for almost a decade. It marks a time where PhD students attending universities all around Scotland get together for a couple of days. During the event students get to attend interesting workshops, talks and social events. Whilst having a chance to showcase their work through the annual student poster and demo sessions. The event is open to all PhD students in Computer Science and Informatics in Scotland, not just students funded by SICSA. There are no registration fees and two nights accommodation is provided free as the event is fully funded by SICSA. Due to the popularity of the conference, please register early to avoid disappointment. Please note that some of the workshops have limited places so please register early. The workshops this year include: Hackathon! Your Career in Academia - Balancing Teaching and Research Your PhD - What's next? Web Accessibility: Learn new techniques to improve assistive technologies design 5 Statistical Mistakes You are Likely to Make Student Wellbeing: Managing your PhD Journey How to do a Systematic Literature Review Demystifying the PhD Thesis The conference will also feature: Keynote Speakers Poster / Technology Demo' Sessions Night time social activity The full programme can be accessed at SICSA Conference web-site www.sicsaconf.org Please note:Student participants are strongly encouraged to present a poster or show a Technology Demo' of their work at the event. Please enter the title of your poster /demo' during the registration process. This is intended to be an initial indication of the poster’s content; changes to topics after registration are permitted. Places are limited and registration will be on a first come first served basis. A waiting list will be used in the event that demand for places is higher than the number of places available. Students who register for the conference (and accommodation if applicable) and fail to attend without giving 10 full working days notice (or suffering exceptional circumstances) will be charged a fee of £100 (no accommodation) or £150 (with accommodation), billed to their school/department.  Please note, the conference is a two day event and attendance at both days is mandatory. If you have any questions relating to the Conference please email us at admin@sicsa.ac.uk We would like to thank Visit Aberdeenshire for their support.