List of hackathons in United Kingdom in 2018

Secure Code Warrior HackDays(SCWH): To further enhance our skills, we’ve managed to secure licenses for a platform called Secure Code Warrior (SCW) which is a gamified approach to improving your secure coding skills. It’s a suite of hands-on, interactive learning scenarios that enable developers to master secure coding techniques in different development languages and frameworks. It goes beyond the classic multiple choice techniques and offers hands-on challenges where software design and code needs to be analysed for security weaknesses. Once identified, you need to modify the code to remediate or mitigate the weaknesses. SCW supports different languages and technologies C# (.NET, WebForms, MVC), Java (Spring, Struts, JEE), Ruby (on Rails), Python (Django), Node.JS, Scala (Play) etc. Topic of the Month: Open source code is becoming an integral part of modern IT industry. We must manage unique risks and rewards of this software development model by establishing a robust security strategy. Gaurav Gaur, Developer @HMRC-DDCN, is going to talk about "What it takes to be Open Source?". He will talk about: Security measures and steps HMRC takes before going open source Case study about couple of security incidents @HMRC Hackathon: We will conclude the session by introducing a new of set code security challenges. The competition will be open for 3 days and there are some prizes to be won.   Pre-requisites: SCW account (if you don’t have one, please contact Ryan Allan) Laptop to participate in hackathon Any suggestions for future sessions

Would you be interested in an exciting opportunity to learn how to make the most from Hackathon participation? Microsoft’s Financial Services CTO talks about his experience, as a participant, as a mentor, and as a judge. We are delighted to invite you to our free workshop on “Making the Most of Hackathons”. Jointly delivered by Lloyds Bank and Microsoft, we cover how best to use hackathons to help grow your product, and ultimately your business. We will cover:   What is a hackathon? How do you get the most value out of a Hackathon? Quit while you are ahead When are they useful and when are they not? How to get involved? This is a fantastic opportunity for you to develop take away valuable skills from Microsoft’s Chief Technology Officer, Aman Kohli. Come along to get some practical hands on experience and discover how you could run your own Hackathon in the future. Panel: Anish Kapoor - has founded, operated and expanded several high growth companies in the technology sectors.  He co-founded and led the growth and IPO of TeleCity PLC, Europe’s largest provider of internet infrastructure. He then co-founded and led the growth and trade sale of Yuuguu, a global SAAS collaboration service which now powers the worlds largest conference calling company. He was a member of the advisory board to the UK Governments’ Technology Strategy Board (KTN), and is an advisor to a number of venture capital backed technology companies Dave McKerral  of evestor Gemma Cameron -  https://rubygem.me/speaker-bio/ Melissa Kabluczenko - @MelissaKab https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissakab/ Melissa has worked in social media for the last seven years and is    currently Social Media Manager for Rullion. She's participated, documented    and provided media coverage for hackathons, helping to gain valuable    insight into how to make the most of them. She’s also studied and practiced    British Sign Language for the last six years, developing a passion for    making technology more inclusive and accessible, which led to her    participating in a recent Think Tank Group on AI and Machine Learning.    Matthew Elliott - Co-founder of www.nivohub.com.  Nivo combines leading identity verification with secure instant messaging. The platform is free for all businesses to join and lets them cut fraud, reduce costs and service customers over mobile more easily than ever before.   Mat developed Nivo while working for Barclays and built its first working prototype to win the world's largest FinTech hackathon. He has since Nivo to become the first Barclays spin out and is currently bringing it to market as an independent company.  Refreshments will be provided. Please ensure you bring some form of photo I.D with you and visit the check in desk upon arrival to the first floor of the branch. The views and opinions expressed in this event are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Lloyds Banking Group. While all reasonable care has been taken to ensure that the information provided is correct, no liability is accepted by Lloyds Bank for any loss or damage caused to any person relying on any statement or omission. This is for information only and should not be relied upon as offering advice for any set of circumstances. Specific advice should always be sought in each instance. If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact our Local Event Manager at holly.gaffney@lloydsbanking.com Event Host: Lloyds Bank and Microsoft

Environmental activists, students, coders, tech geeks, and scientists in the United Kingdom! If you're passionate about green business opportunities, then you're invited to participate in the Eco-Hackathon. Come and collaborate with like-minded people of all skill levels. You'll be challenged to learn skills to build your own green business.

Socially aware techies in the Greater London area! Hacksmiths invite you to participate in their Social Hackathon. In this four hour hack, you'll be challenged to design and prototype an innovative solution to a problem posed by Community Connections and Lewisham Local.

If you are interested in wikidata, then you're invited to participate in the Wikidata Hackathon - Festival of Creative Learning. You'll get to learn how to add data to Wikidata and then you'll get to hack on one of three data hacks -- Women in Medicine, The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, or a Nautically themed data hack.

Please note: this event is open to business users, non-technical users, developers, investors and blockchain enthusiasts. We require each attendee to register on Eventbrite to attend this event. Please complete the registration form provided. Security at the venue will not allow entry to anyone without a valid ticket. This is a private event and we have the right to refuse entry. This event is brought to you by The Blockchain Connector and our venue sponsor WeWork. Headline: Nuggets - Take Back Control of Your Data Abstract: We will cover the following areas: -          Developing one of the first consumer blockchain platforms to give users a single biometric tool for payment, login, and identity verification, without sharing or storing private data. -          The privacy crisis: each of us has private data stored with 100+ services, creating vast and vulnerable silos of sensitive customer information. -          How Nuggets is using blockchain technology to solve that crisis, with huge benefits for consumers and corporates alike. -          Where next for Nuggets? Bio of speaker: Alastair Johnson, Founder & CEO, Nuggets Alastair has spent over 25 years as an entrepreneur and innovator, almost entirely in digital innovation: taking big ideas and design through to delivery. With deep knowledge across technical, production and commercial areas, he has led global integrated product development and product marketing for brands like Microsoft, Skype, Office, Xbox, Hololens, Disney, TED and the BBC. He has created and led multi-disciplinary global teams in both start-ups and multinational corporations, both client and agency side. About Nuggets Nuggets is an e-commerce payments and ID platform. It stores your personal and payment data securely in the blockchain, so you never have to share it with anyone – not even Nuggets. It was inspired by CEO Alastair Johnson’s experience of having his payment details used fraudulently – and the complicated, frustrating process that ensued. Nuggets solves this problem, using zero knowledge storage, encryption, privacy, security and trust, all combined with the decentralised immutable ledger. For consumers, Nuggets is a single, secure sign-on for payment, login and ID verification, with no tracking or selling of your activity. Access is purely through biometrics to replace usernames and passwords. For businesses, Nuggets will mean the end of vast, vulnerable databases of customer data, minimising the risk of regulatory issues. The Nuggets platform is agnostic, and will be available across e-commerce platforms and payment gateways. https://nuggets.life/ Location:  WeWork, Waterhouse Square, 138 Holborn, London, EC1N 2SW Schedule: 18:00 Registration and networking. Refreshments sponsored by WeWork 18:45 Quick intro from WeWork and The Blockchain Connector and lightning intro from the audience 19:00 Presentation from Alasdair at Nuggets followed by Q&A 19:45 - 20:15 Panel session led by Alastair Johnson and Alpesh Doshi, CEO and Founder of Fintricity.  20:15 Networking session. Refreshments sponsored by WeWork EVENT ORGANIZER This event is brought to you by The Blockchain Connector and sponsored by WeWork. Antonio Sabado is the founder of The Blockchain Connector, a training and recruitment company focusing entirely on Blockchain technology. If you are hiring or looking for your next job opportunity in the blockchain space, please get in touch. Antonio has 10+ years experience working closely with global Investment Banks placing and managing highly skilled eTrading Technology professionals. Antonio has an extensive network, ranging from mid to senior level technology and business professionals across various sectors. He is an organiser of several Blockchain focused events in London aimed at software developers and business users. The Blockchain Connector’s goal is to build a vibrant community of professionals working in the blockchain space. We are building a blockchain developer community by helping regular developers become blockchain developers. We host regular hands-on developer workshops, technical deep dive sessions and hackathons. We train and recruit developers on behalf of start-ups and global firms working on Blockchain related projects. We are also planning a series of Blockchain focused seminars for business users/non-technical users to take place in London. Hackathons: We have the resources to organise and mentor blockchain based hackathons. Contact us if you are a blockchain based company who would like to sponsor one of our hackathons or you would like us to lend you a helping hand with organising a hackathon. Developer Training: We have the resources and expertise to offer companies a blockchain developer focused training on site. Alternatively, developers can join our monthly hands-on developer workshop in London. Click HERE to join our next workshop.  Hiring: We have the network to help you build your development team. Contact us if you are a company looking to hire or a developer looking for your next job opportunity. Volunteer Developers: We have access to developers who are looking to contribute to open source projects on a volunteer basis. Contact us if you have an Ethereum based project that require volunteer developers. Alternatively, contact us if you are a developer looking to gain commercial blockchain development experience. Future events: Click HERE to view all our up and coming blockchain related events. Contact: If you have any question, please contact us on antonio@theblockchainconnector.com or +44 7923 521 833. Web: https://www.theblockchainconnector.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebc_connector & https://twitter.com/bc_workshop LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/15221081/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBlockchainWorkshop/ Join our developer focused meetup group held monthly in London. 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Scottish techies and non-techies! Do you have ideas on how to help increase data literacy in Scotland? If so, Creative Stirling invites you to participate in Creative Innovation in Scotland: Big Ideas from Small Cities -- a full-day event to gather ideas for a future hackathon focused on creative approaches to place development.

3Hack is a 12 hours long open-ended hackathon. In this epic hackathon, you will be creating your idea, application or whatever you want to do. More importantly, we will be fueling you with plenty of free food and drinks throughout the day. It is focused on bringing together students interested in one of the 3 major areas: graphic designing, entrepreneurship, and engineering/programming to create something new while building connections with one another. Participants will have the opportunity to attend workshops given by current Microsoft seniors as well as the opportunity to speak to recruiters and get feedback on their CVs. 3Hack mentors will consist of people from all skillsets, committee members from an incredible amount of different societies at Imperial College London, Microsoft employees and many others including an entrepreneur whom have accumulated five-digit revenues as a teenager and a mobile app developer who has easily gotten over a million downloads. They will be here to help you! We are proud to have connected so many different societies of Imperial College London. The large prize pool and all the swag for hackers have been kindly donated by Microsoft. Limited-edition laptop stickers (designed by our graphic designer) specifically for this event are sponsored by EESoc.For more information, please see https://3hack.co.uk/.

Techie students from London, the UK, and Europe! The City, University of London Tech Society invites you to participate in HackCity18. You'll be challenged to 24 hours of hacking on challenges that are provided -- or anything you like! Hack in teams of up to four in order to be eligible to win prizes.

Techies and non-techies in the Midlands! You're invited to participate in WarwickHACK 2018. This first is the fifth annual hackathon organized by WarwickTECH. Come and collaborate and compete -- you'll have 24 hours to create something innovative and awesome.