Hackathon Watch

The Publications Office of the European Union is organising the second edition of the EU Datathon competition that highlights the potential of linking EU and national data. The event started in May 2018, with the final phase taking place in Brussels on 2 October 2018. EU Datathon is a competition intended to highlight the potential of linking EU and national data as well as to promote the reuse of open data. Participants are invited to develop apps using at least one dataset made available by the EU institutions or agencies, available on the EU Open Data Portal. The apps can compete in one of the following four thematic challenges: ‘EU open data — For more innovation in Europe’ ‘National and EU law — Make legislation interoperable’ ‘EU public procurement — Value for citizens, value for businesses’ ‘European Food Safety Authority — Fostering data reuse and innovation’

EU Datathon is a competition intended to highlight the potential of linking EU and national data as well as to promote the reuse of open data. Participants are invited to develop apps using at least one dataset produced by the EU institutions or agencies, available on the EU Open Data Portal. The apps can compete in one of the following four thematic challenges: ‘EU open data — For more innovation in Europe’ (Webinar for challenge 1: Friday, 01/06/2018 at 11.00 via WebEx) ‘National and EU law — Make legislation interoperable’ (Webinar for challenge 2: Friday, 08/06/2018 at 11.00 via WebEx) ‘EU public procurement — Value for citizens, value for businesses’ (Webinar for challenge 3: Friday, 15/06/2018 at 11.00 via WebEx) ‘European Food Safety Authority — Fostering data reuse and innovation’ (Webinar for challenge 4: Friday, 22/06/2018 at 14.00 via WebEx) The partners of the EU Datathon 2018 are the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, the European Data Portal, the European Food Safety Authority, the ELI Task Force (European Legislation Identifier) and the ISA² programme.

MAKE YOUR MARK IN REDEFINING HEALTHCARE, GLOBALLY Be a significant contributor to improving healthcare for every man, woman and child on the planet! Inefficiencies of healthcare system impact everyone of us and this contest is all about making it easier to access healthcare for us, our children, parents, friends and colleagues. You have an opportunity to design an incredibly intuitive user experience for coordinating, administering and paying for Healthcare. Your design can change the way healthcare works for patients, healthcare providers, employers and insurers. Solve.Care invites everyone to participate in the Care.Card User Experience Contest and is challenging you to create amazing user experiences of Care.Cards that interact within the revolutionary ecosystem of Care.Wallets. Join the contest now, disrupt healthcare and win 100 000 CAN as the grand prize for each of 3 Care.Cards. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO 1. Register for the contest https://solve.care/contest 2. Participate in the requirements session 3. Download the sample app 4. Design & build amazing Care.Card 5. Submit your Care.Card 6. Win on August 3

Revolutionize communications and the way we interact everyday using RingCentral’s and hackathon partners APIs. Build voice clients, messaging clients, new messaging systems, voice identify, payment, chatbots, AI - you name it! Your app has the chance to change the way the world communicates - and we'll even promote it in our App Gallery to our 350,000+ customers!!!! Prizes include a cruise for two, amazon gift cards, an Oculus VR Touch System (compliments of SendGrid), and more!

EU Datathon is a competition (remote hackathon) intended to highlight the potential of linking EU and national data as well as to promote the reuse of open data. The final conference of this event will take place in Brussels on 2 October 2018. Participants are invited to develop apps using at least one dataset produced by the EU institutions or agencies, available on the EU Open Data Portal. The apps can compete in one of the following four thematic challenges: - EU open data – For more innovation in Europe - National and EU law – Make legislation interoperable - EU public procurement – Value for citizens, value for businesses - European Food Safety Authority – Fostering data reuse and innovation Timeline: - 15 July: Submission of projects - 27 July: Notification of shortlisted teams - 23 September: Submission of applications - 2 October: Final conference in Brussels The event is organised by the Publications Offices, in partnership with the Directorate-General for internal market, industry, entrepreneurship and SMEs, the European Data Portal, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the European Legislation Identifier (ELI) Task Force and the ISA² programme. More details: https://publications.europa.eu/en/web/eudatathon

MS Hacks is one of the biggest events that is conducted by Microsoft Student Technical Community of LPU. The sole aim of this hackathon is to provide a competitive environment where students from all the domains come together and build something innovative. We encourage the students to build problems that can solve real-life challenges for users. We aim to build a better future with Technology.

Revolutionize communications and the way we interact everyday using RingCentral’s and hackathon partners APIs. Build voice clients, messaging clients, new messaging systems, voice identify, payment, chatbots, AI - you name it! Your app has the chance to change the way the world communicates - and we'll even promote it in our App Gallery to our 350,000+ customers!!!! Prizes include a cruise for two, amazon gift cards, an Oculus VR Touch System (compliments of SendGrid), and more!

InnoEnergy and WindEurope are bringing back the largely successful hackathon, Hack the Wind®, to Hamburg this September for its 2018 edition. And get ready, because this year will see big names in the wind energy sector onboard as partners, more indepth challenges (Blockchain tech, Data Visualisation…), and another massive prize pool for the winners. Hack the Wind® 2018 will take place at the Hamburg Messe, during the Global Wind Summit. With the goal being to push the boundaries of innovation within the Wind Energy sector, InnoEnergy and WindEurope are inviting UX/UI designers, developers, data scientists and -analysts, blockchain developers, and wind energy experts to collaborate with some of the biggest names in the industry (Siemens Gamesa, EDPR, <third partner>, and more) to create solutions for their proposed challenges.

OUR GOAL IS TO HELP YOU IN DOING MORE SCIENCE BY SPEEDING UP YOUR APPLICATION RUNTIME AND BY SPENDING LESS TIME CODING. CESGAHACK 3 will once again bring together 6 teams from around the world to meet for 5 days, aiming to accelerate their applications. The goal of this hackathon is to accelerate the execution of applications. If your development team has little or no experience of parallel programming, then CESGAHACK3 is for you. During the week the event is structured to ensure that the majority of the time is spent working on your own code, with the assistance of expert mentors.

EU Datathon is a competition (remote hackathon) intended to highlight the potential of linking EU and national data as well as to promote the reuse of open data. The final conference of this event will take place in Brussels on 2 October 2018. Participants are invited to develop apps using at least one dataset produced by the EU institutions or agencies, available on the EU Open Data Portal. The apps can compete in one of the following four thematic challenges: - EU open data – For more innovation in Europe - National and EU law – Make legislation interoperable - EU public procurement – Value for citizens, value for businesses - European Food Safety Authority – Fostering data reuse and innovation Timeline: - 15 July: Submission of projects - 27 July: Notification of shortlisted teams - 23 September: Submission of applications - 2 October: Final conference in Brussels The event is organised by the Publications Offices, in partnership with the Directorate-General for internal market, industry, entrepreneurship and SMEs, the European Data Portal, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the European Legislation Identifier (ELI) Task Force and the ISA² programme. More details: https://publications.europa.eu/en/web/eudatathon

Highschool students at Woodside Priory are holding a FREE hackathon/makeathon Code for Cognitive Aid with the goal of empowering those with cognitive disabilities from July 13-15. (I, a high school female, am the lead host!) You don’t need to have coding experience; you can design a piece or machine that serves a function to those with cognitive disabilities! If you're interested in STEM, this would be a great addition to your resume. Open to all ages, particularly aimed towards women, non-binaries, and racial minorities! To learn more (including a detailed flyer) or register, please visit http://codeforcognitiveaid.wordpress.com! Exact Dates and Approximate times (confirmed times will be sent in an email following registration): Friday, July 13 5PM-8PM Saturday, July 14 9AM-9PM Sunday, July 15 9AM-8PM

The Publications Office of the European Union is organising the second edition of the EU Datathon competition that highlights the potential of linking EU and national data. The event started in May 2018, with the final phase taking place in Brussels on 2 October 2018. EU Datathon is a competition intended to highlight the potential of linking EU and national data as well as to promote the reuse of open data. Participants are invited to develop apps using at least one dataset made available by the EU institutions or agencies, available on the EU Open Data Portal. The apps can compete in one of the following four thematic challenges: ‘EU open data — For more innovation in Europe’ ‘National and EU law — Make legislation interoperable’ ‘EU public procurement — Value for citizens, value for businesses’ ‘European Food Safety Authority — Fostering data reuse and innovation’

MAKE YOUR MARK IN REDEFINING HEALTHCARE, GLOBALLY Be a significant contributor to improving healthcare for every man, woman and child on the planet! Inefficiencies of healthcare system impact everyone of us and this contest is all about making it easier to access healthcare for us, our children, parents, friends and colleagues. You have an opportunity to design an incredibly intuitive user experience for coordinating, administering and paying for Healthcare. Your design can change the way healthcare works for patients, healthcare providers, employers and insurers. Solve.Care invites everyone to participate in the Care.Card User Experience Contest and is challenging you to create amazing user experiences of Care.Cards that interact within the revolutionary ecosystem of Care.Wallets. Join the contest now, disrupt healthcare and win 100 000 CAN as the grand prize for each of 3 Care.Cards. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO 1. Register for the contest https://solve.care/contest 2. Participate in the requirements session 3. Download the sample app 4. Design & build amazing Care.Card 5. Submit your Care.Card 6. Win on August 3

Pitney Bowes’ Small and Medium Business Challenge is a product and application development hackathon for small and medium business (SMBs) focused applications and solutions. The submissions that are innovative, technologically impressive, and most importantly submissions that help SMBs solve their problems will be shortlisted for the hackathon, where you will bring your idea to a working app prototype using our Pitney Bowes APIs and other partner technologies.

Hack4Elder advantAGE is a 30 hours-long hackathon happening on September 22-23, 2018 in the Euskalduna Palace (Bilbao), Bizkaia, Spain. Attendance is FREE and there is 2000€ IN CASH PRIZES! The first 30 participants registered will get FREE access to the 2018 AAL Forum (24-26 Sept.) and FREE ACCOMMODATION (22-26 Sept.) So, register HERE to be part of this vibrant event and make a difference: https://bit.ly/2t91UmH With a focus on teamwork and international multidisciplinary intergenerational cooperation, Hack4Elder advantAGE is looking for innovative tech and/or non-tech solutions or business models to help the elderly release their full potential and added value in society as a measure of integration in their communities. The guide-rules are simple: 1. Analyze the current situation of the elderly in society or, if you already work on this topic, gather a group of colleagues or express your individual concern to look for common goals and seek potential solutions that can integrate the elder and give them a louder voice! 2. Then, register and come to Hack4Elder advantAGE, be coached and reviewed by a panel of international experts and potential users of your product or service, learn new skills and bring the best ideas forward! The first 30 participants registered will get FREE access to the 2018 AAL Forum (24-26 Sept.). The website is www.hack4age.com so that you can know everything about the event! You will find the Terms of Service here: https://hack4age.com/terms-of-service/