List of hackathons in United Kingdom in 2018

In 2018, RGU Computing Society in partnership with the School of Computing Science and Digital Media is hosting our fourth annual hackathon. A hackathon is an event where people with technical backgrounds come together, form teams around a problem or idea, and collaboratively program a solution from scratch over the course of 24 hours. Participants use technology to turn ideas into reality collaboratively. We are also partnering with Major League Hacking for RGUHack. MLH is the official student hackathon league. We have been working with our Partners and Sponsors to make this event completely FREE from start to finish. There will be food, drinks and of course - prizes for the winning projects/ideas! Find out more about the event on our website

For scientists, problem-solvers and innovators. NOTE: This page refers to two separate events. The Design Thinking workshop will take place on Saturday 14th April 2018. The Paediatric Innovation Hackathon will take place on Saturday 12th May 2018.  Registrations of interest are now closed: please register for individual events to secure your space. Design Thinking Workshop Paediatric Innovation Hackathon In Spring 2018, Innovation Forum Oxford will be launching the Oxford Paediatric Innovation Hackathon in partnership with “Thinking of Oscar” and Triteq. The Hackathon will build on the innovative foundations shared at the Leaders Conference (IFLC2017), and will focus on solving challenging paediatric health problems identified at the IFLC2017 “Thinking of Oscar” and Triteq booths.  In preparation, Innovation Forum Oxford brings you the opportunity to enter the world of Design Thinking and add an inavluable new tool to your problem-solving repertoire. Discover how this human-centric process can transform your idea from potential to reality and help solve real-life challenges in paediatric health.  If you are interested in updates on workshops and Hackathon details, pre-register now for free. INNOVATION FORUM PARTNERS: INNOVATION FORUM OXFORD LOCAL PARTNERS: About the Innovation Forum The Innovation Forum seeks to promote innovation by building bridges between academia, industry and government and linking innovative minds across disciplines.  They are a global network of researchers and entrepreneurs active at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, London, Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Lausanne, Barcelona, Hong Kong and Tokyo.  For more information, please visit: www.inno-forum.org

Homelessness To Help: Hack Join over 70 people aready signhed up to help. Ben Hammersley, the San Fransisco based Editor-at-Large for Wired magazine contacted the organisers Gallus Events to offer his support, “What a great idea. Homelessness and rough sleeping are some of society's biggest failings and without a doubt tech companies have a big role to play in alleviating these ills.” The Homeless Hackathon Glasgow will bring together: - Scottish tech and start up community - Charities and other organisations dedicated to end homelessness in Glasgow and across Scotland - Policy makers and think and do tanks - Local and national politicians  - Political and community activists - Anyone with ideas, time, skills and resources to dedicate to supporting charties and other organisations, or to creating thier own solutions - Those with lived experience of being homeless To find out more about the hackathon visit Homeless Hackathon.

Join us on Friday 13th of April for an impactful day full of learning and fun activities! For the first time in London, over 50 girls, aged 11 to 18 years from the most disadvantaged communities of London are invited to the Embassy of Argentine in the UK to learn about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, practice Design Thinking, explore the Kano Computer Kit, the iamtheCODE iDEA Curriculum and create with technology and code. Our aim is to address the STEAMD (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Arts, and Design) skills shortage in the UK, to inspire the next generation of young women, as well as push for economic empowerment and inclusion through technology. Girls must be accompanied by a teacher or an adult if under 16. All food and transportation will be provided. Agenda:   9:00 - 9:15      LET’S GO! Welcome & Intros 9:15 - 9:30      Welcome Mariéme Jamme (Founder of iamtheCODE) 9:30 - 9:45      Welcome Facundo A. Santiago (Cultural Affairs) 9:45 - 12:15    Decoding the Global Goals: Sustainable Development Goals Deep Dive and Design Thinking Overview  12:15 - 13:15 Lunch / Mentor mingling, learning and connection 13:15 - 15:15 Bringing it together - Design Thinking, Technology, and the SDGs Girls get into groups and pick their SDG challenges They apply their learnings on Design Thinking to start with empathy, defining their specific problem, and ideating around their solutions with technology Groups start to create their presentations Techstars: Create, don’t just consume Assemble Kano Computer Kits - Why Creating and Not Just Consuming is Important Enter Make Art - Start Basic Challenges 15:15 - 17:00 Finish prototype & Presentation prep Pitching & Judging Girls share their solutions to the panel of judges.  ******* By the end of the day, participants will have had the opportunity to: Decode the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (also known as the Global Goals) and understand key indicators that could drive change Get hands-on with the Design Thinking framework to build technology solutions related to the SDGs: Empathy, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test Make technology and create with code using Kano Kits Work in groups in order to use technology to design a solution to raise awareness around or address specific SDGs - including Goal 4, Goal 5 and Goal 13 (Quality Education, Gender Equality, and Climate Action). Win a prize to take to their respective schools The Cost Free Get in touch  Please email Mariéme Jamme at marieme@iamthecode.org or Ikram Alasow ikram_a@iamthecode.org for more information about the event.

JOIN MONTEROSA FOR LIVERPOOL’S FIRST-EVER FAN ENGAGEMENT HACKATHON If you fancy applying your digital talents to the world of entertainment and sports, in collaboration with sports industry leaders, then this is for you. Who is staging it? Monterosa, world leading fan engagement tech company, is hosting FanHack with support from both ITV and The Jockey Club. Who is it for? Developers, designers, product managers or anything in-between; whether you’re coming in with years of experience or nothing more than buckets of energy and some new ideas, we want to hear from you. Do I need to bring a whole team? No! Just bring yourself and your imagination and we’ll help establish small teams on the day. What’s the Challenge? You will be tasked on the day with using data, video, AR and mobile apps / webapps to find ways of entertaining and engaging both hard-core racing fans and the casual racegoer. What technologies can I use? The hack’s challenge will be sports data and AR intensive; therefore some experience with ARKit/ARCore will be highly beneficial. You will also have the exclusive opportunity to road test Monterosa’s market-leading interactivity platform, LViS. Why are we doing it? Monterosa are currently building the nucleus of a new team in Liverpool, and are keen to get to know the community. 1.0.0.18

Monterosa, world leading fan engagement company, is hosting FanHack with support from both ITV and The Jockey Club. You will be teamed up and tasked with using data, video, and maybe even Augmented Reality to find ways of entertaining and engaging fans. You will be able to let your imagination run wild, with a day and the advice of some of our key players at your disposal.

The word ageing can mean different things... living for many years, growing wise and mature - and also senescence, the mysterious process of deterioration in later life that leads to a gradual decline in our health, late-life diseases and eventually the ending of our lives. Thanks to advances in the treatment of infectious disease, people are living longer now, such that senescence is now the main cause of disease worldwide. But unlike infectious disease, the causes of ageing (senescence) remain poorly understood by scientists. Recent advances in the science of ageing are starting to reveal the causes of ageing, and to suggest treatments that could begin to stave off the ravages of senescence, which would allow us (or at least, future generations) to maintain better health in later life. Speaker: David Gems, Professor of Biogerontology, Institute of Healthy Ageing, University College London David Gems is a British geneticist and biogerontologist. He is Professor of Biology of Ageing at University College London where he is also Deputy Director of the Institute of Healthy Ageing. Panel discussion: Mary Matthews Founder of Memrica Memrica is a tech for good company helping active people remember what matters most, to boost confidence, maintain social connections and prolong independence. Thomas Tredinnick CEO of Ally Smart Care Ally, the smart home device for caregivers, keeps families connected and monitors changes in seniors' routines to detect danger or decline in health. Academy London, a Google Space is one of the more recent customisable additions to Google's spaces in London.  Academy London is a unique events venue that supports Google’s education, innovation, and collaboration activities. It is a very adaptable space that hosts and showcases workshops, trainings, upskilling sessions, hackathons and the Google Digital Academy's very own masterclasses for our largest customers. Our primary aim is to strengthen partnerships with key clients and influencers by sharing our knowledge and passion for digital skills through world-class trainers. In doing so, inspiring our clients’ perceptions of digital transformation have been transformed , influencing their approach to their individual business strategies and positively impacting their own customers.

Scientists, problem-solvers, and innovators in and around Oxford! If you're passionate about how technology can be used to advance paediatric health, then you're invited to participate in Innovation Forum Oxford's Paediatric Innovation Hackathon & Design Thinking event. You'll be challenged to apply your creativity to solving identified paediatric health problems.

Dear guests and friends of UPF As you may know we have a Young Achievers Group who are chosen from amongst the young people recommended to us by the network of UPF Ambassadors for Peace. This group have already deservedly been awarded Young achiever award because of their public mindedness, efforts and activities over the past few years. In the past this group has worked to support refugees in feeling welcome in the UK and to encourage young adults to engage with parliamentarians among other things. Currently their efforts are focused on mental health, particularly the stigma surrounding it which prevents people, but especially young adults, from discussing it and seeking the support they need. It is our view that although professional advice should always be sought, just being able to talk freely about your mental state will have a positive impact. The young achievers’ passion for challenging the stigma around mental health issues is driven by the loss of Matteo’s girlfriend’s sister whom committed suicide during the Christmas Holidays 2017. Matteo is the founder of ShoutOutUK and a Young Achiever. The issues surrounding mental health are broad and varied but after a brainstorming session we came to the conclusion that it is because of the stigma around mental health that prevents people, especially young people, from seeking help. The stigma itself is a complex issue and it is also through the brainstorming session that we decided to tackle by doing a hackathon. A hackathon is interactive and combines group work with individual contributions; where any and every idea is explored. Individuals silently write each of their ideas on how to overcome the stigma onto post-it notes in two minutes and these are discussed in small groups to decide the two best ones, and these are then presented to everyone. Each team will be supported by at least one planning committee member (young achiever) as well as one speaker/professional. The beauty of this arrangement is that after the hackathon there will be support (including the availability of our head quarter’s premises to be arranged by UPF) to meet and continue formulating solutions and plan spin-off events. Our hackathon is also interspersed with speeches from:  Elham Fardad, EY Senior Manager will share her challenges in her teenage years Mary Keightley, Resilience coach will speak on “why resilience matters? How to rewire our brain from pessimism to optimism?” and “Managing anxiety, sadness and anger in myself and others”. Joanna Squire, Psychiatric Nurse will share her journey from having undiagnosed bipolar mental condition and facing multiple challenges to understanding her problem and changing her career to helping others as a psychiatric nurse. We will also have a representative from the mental health charity SANE And a Representative from 1 in 4 Mental Health charity counsellors to say a few words from their perspective. We hope that you will join us in finding a way to stem the mental health epidemic that is affecting today’s youth on the 7th April at 43 Lancaster Gate, London. The event starts from 1030am and refreshments will be available. Please contact us to let us know if you will be attending. We would like to hear from you regardless of your decision. Our contact details can be found below.  Also note that while all those interested in the topic are welcome, priority is given to young adults (18-30) and their families and friends.  Yours sincerely, Robin Marsh / Margaret Ali                         Matteo Bergamini                                  Dominic Hoyte                      UPF Directors                                             Founder and CEO, ShoutOutUK           YA Co-ordinator, UPF               07956210768 / 077 2302 4750 Universal Peace Federation – UK    www.uk.upf.org pa@uk.upf.org  Office Tel: 44 (0) 207 262 0985 Twitter: @ukUPF   UPF is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

CreatED is a 24 hour hardware hackathon being run at the University of Edinburgh. Come along to the only student-run event of its kind for a weekend of free food, making and meeting new people! FAQ - Is the event free? Yes, the event is completely free to attend. - What is a hardware hackathon? A hardware hackathon is an event that happens over a weekend (including overnight!) where people build projects using electronics and microcontrollers. This could be anything from using a micro:bit to building an IoT application. - Is the event beginner friendly? Yes! The society behind the event (Edinburgh EaRS) is a society aimed at helping beginners into embedded development and robotics. There will be workshops and mentors throughout the event and we'll support you every step of the way. - When are tickets being released? We'll be releasing tickets weekly in the run-up to the event, mark yourself as interested in this event to receive updates! Get more details at https://createdhack.github.io