Environment Agency Mini Hackathon

The Challenge The Environment Agency want to improve the environment and in partnership with The Water Hub and The Digital Catapult NETV are seeking creative and revolutionary ideas for how environmental information can be better shared and communicated to enable local action. In partnership with local communities and stakeholders, the Environment Agency are currently reviewing and updating their River Basin Management Plans, which set out how rivers will be protected and improved. The Environment Agency provides data and evidence to inform these plans and has identified a need to: Engage and empower more people to contribute to River Basin Management Planning - making it meaningful for local people. Get more value from Environment Agency data by linking it with other open data sources. Build from existing Environment Agency resources and platforms.   What should the solutions demonstrate? · New and emerging technologies that would improve accessibility, usability and inclusion of river basin planning data and information; and, or How to join up with and improve functionality across government and third party open data systems. Why Attend? Up to 3 winning ideas and concepts will receive up to £2500 in prize money on the day. Winning ideas will be explored by potential customers including the Environment Agency to take forward for further funding. Opportunity to explore a new market and become visible to potential customers. The Agenda 14th March 9:00     Arrival & Breakfast 9:30     Presentation of Challenges by Environment Agency, The Water Hub and end users 10:30   Questions & Answers 10:45   Ideation/ Development Phase 13:00   Lunch Continued Optional Development Phase  19:00   Close (optional)   15th March  9:30 – 12:00 15-minute Pitching Slot (up to 10 teams) Winners Announced – Prizes awarded Breakfast and lunch will be provided around the Pitches Please note; all Intellectual Property rights will remain with the attendees unless they decide to propose ideas for the Catchment Data Explorer System (which is not the purpose of the event). All IP will be protected until commercial agreements are made between the Environment Agency and attendees to say otherwise.