Making the most of a Hackathon, hosted by Microsoft

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