List of hackathons about health in 2016

Innovators, techies, entrepreneurs! Come and participate in Telstra Cloud Hackathon #2. This event is a venue for you to showcase your creativity and technical skills to create digital solutions limited only by your capacity for innovation. Come and show what you've got — wearables, mobility, internet of things, etc. etc.

Interested in healthcare in Sussex? You're a patient, a carer, a member of staff, a healthcare professional, charity worker or volunteer. The Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust invites you to come and make a difference by contributing your creativity and skills at the "What Matters to You Hackathon". You'll be presented with up to 10 challenge areas and you'll collaborate to develop solutions that can be trialled and evaluated.

Healthcare and life sciences developers and professionals! Interested in the possibilities of semantic web technology for healthcare and life sciences? SWAT4HCLS invites you to sign up and participate in SWAT4HCLS 2016 (Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Health Care and Life Sciences). The event agenda includes tutorials, a conference, and a hackathon. Participate in the hackathon and develop innovative technology solutions to the following challenges: »Innovative uses of Wikidata in the life science & health section of the semantic web. »Clinical interpretation of Variants in Cancer »Applying shape expressions on Wikidata subsets. »Model a novel open life science/health resource in Wikidata.

Disabled Western Australians! Want to make a difference and contribute some dangerously useful solutions for the disabled? Yellow Submarine Down Under — a new group that promotes disability rights, pride and voice — invites you to sign-up for the Dangerous Ideas in Disability event. You'll get the chance to collaborate with other dangerous thinking individuals in the Crip Hackathon, where you'll create innovative solutions challenges faced by the disabled.

Are you passionate about assistive technologies? Are you full of ideas for tools that will enhance the quality of life and employment for disabled people? Maybe your idea will prove to be the next big disruptive tool for the disabled! Sign up for the Accessible Tech Hackathon today! Collaborate to solve real challenges encountered in different fields, such as employment, health, housing, and many more.

Students, professionals, enthusiasts! Do you have expertise in software development, interface design, healthcare marketing and sales, communications and branding? Come and participate in the hackathon: Taking Baby Care to the Next Level. This event is focused on new, innovative digital and IoT solutions for baby care. You'll be challenged to create solutions that use miniaturized sensors that can help keep babies safer and healthier.

Healthcare technologists and professionals! Sign up and participate in HackForHealth — an e-health hackathon aimed at promoting innovation, collaboration healthcare technology. Showcase your creativity and skills! Come and develop your ehealth project idea — a prototype app that you think will change medical practice. It could be something for telemedicine, or patient education, or an innovative use of sensors. All ideas are good!

Hackers, designers, coders in and around The Hague! Interested in creating practical solutions to society's pressing energy and healthcare problems? The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) invites you to sign up and participate in an Open Market Hack. Collaborate with like-minded individuals to help solve growing problems in Dutch society: »Big Data in Healthcare for individuals »Energy affordability, accessibility and availability for businesses and individuals Design and prototype a solution to one of these challenges. You can build a website, a mobile app, or maybe a piece of hardware. It's your choice!

Want to help break down the barriers to female entrepreneurship? Want to help more women enter and succeed in the technology sector? Come and participate in the Lady Problem Global Hackathon Series in Gaza! Collaborate with like-minded women—and men—in an effort to build creative solutions to realize the potential of the female half of our world population! You'll be asked to hack a solution to one of the following challenges: »Health: Help women access health resources to ensure that they can have successful careers, regardless of whether or not they choose to have children. »Safety: Help ensure that women can be safe when they go to, are at, and come home from work. »Economic Empowerment: Help women gain financial literacy and access the resources they need to grow their businesses. »Culture: Help women access better mentorship and feel less isolated in the workplace.

Neuroscientists, education scientists, teachers, programmers, and designers! Are you interested in the educational potential of apps and games? Come and participate in the Donders Hackathon 2016. You'll collaborate with like-minded professionals to develop innovative software solutions for education based on fundamental neuroscience knowledge. Showcase your skills and understanding to build a state-of-art educational app or tool.