Liberty Inforthenight (LIT Hackathon)

Liberty IT would like to invite you to Liberty Inforthenight, a 24-hour hackathon, taking place from 12pm Wednesday 28th - 12pm Thursday 29th October in our Belfast office.  Liberty Inforthenight is open to any first year and second year student studying an IT related course from Ulster University, Queen’s University and Belfast MET.  In line with Liberty IT’s commitment to making a difference in our local community, the theme will be centred on developing innovative ideas and solutions for our NI charity of the year, Macmillan Cancer Support. These real-world challenges will focus on boosting their social media presence and engagement.  This event is all about creative problem solving and giving you the chance to come together with like-minded people for a fun filled 24 hours. Don’t worry – this isn’t about building a fully functioning app within 24 hours, it’s all about the ideation and innovation process and giving you the opportunity to dive into our challenges, further develop your skills, collaborate and learn something new – ultimately helping you with your IT studies in the future. Using a development environment, you will work in teams of 2-4 individuals (predetermined by you or we can help match people to teams) and at the end, you will pitch your idea to be in with the chance of winning some great prizes and mentoring opportunities (take our word for it – you’ll not be disappointed!). As a student, this is a great opportunity to get some real-world coding experience, spend time with experienced developers from Liberty IT, and potentially make a big difference to those living with cancer in NI.  You don’t need to be the best coder in the world, we are looking for people who are creative, passionate about IT and want to further their own skills for the future. Places are strictly limited so register today! As we anticipate a high demand, please do not register unless you fully intend to participate and can commit to attending the full event. If you know someone else who would be interested in attending, feel free to share! Specific information on the event will be shared once registration has been received but in the meantime, if you would like further details, please email LITCommunications@liberty-it.co.uk Good luck and looking forward to meeting you! Can you hack IT? #HackYeah