This document discusses hackathons, which are events where computer programmers and others collaborate to code working prototypes from scratch within a short period of time. It provides a brief history of hackathons from the 1970s to today, including examples like civic, college, energy, and corporate hackathons. The document promotes a hackathon focused on finding innovative solutions for urban green living and sustainable cities. It lists partners supporting this cause and notes that the European Union funds high-potential innovation through its Horizon 2020 program.

1. HACKING FOR
URBAN GREEN LIVING

2. Jurjen Söhne
• Catalyst for Creativity, Innovation and Co-Creation
• Consultant for Emerging Technologies & Experiences
• Fellow & Connector of the Royal Society of Arts
“committed to finding innovative, practical and game-changing solutions to today’s challenges”
@juris_tweets jurjensohne infiniteplayground @infinitePG

3. history examples
What is a ?
future success stories

4. Software Developers
entrepreneurs
coders
Hackathons (hackfests, hack days) are events where computer
programmers - and others involved in software development - collaboratively
code over a short space of time to create a working prototype from scratch
researchers
hardware hackers
students

5. Hackathons are not
about breaking into the

6. “White Hat” Hackers “Black Hat” Hackers
“Good” Crackers
!
Who use their computer security related
skills and knowledge to learn more about
how systems and networks work to
help to discover and fix security holes.
"Evil" Crackers
!
Who use the same skills to write harmful
software (like viruses, trojans) and illegally
infiltrate secure systems with the intention
of doing harm to the system.
Computer Security Experts Computer Criminals

7. Hackathons are…
… a place where people with technical, scientific and artistic
backgrounds come together and collaboratively code
to solve societal challenges

8. The History of Hackathons

9. Super Happy
Communal Competitive Dev House Facebook
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HOMEBREW
COMPUTER CLUB
1975
1999 2005
Yahoo!
Hack Day
2006
Startup
Weekend
2007
2010 2009
College
Hackathons
2011
Music
Hack Days
Startup
Hackathons
TV Media
Hackathons
Green
Hackathons
today 2012
’80 - ‘90

10. Civic Hackathons
College Hackathons
Energy Hackathons
Space Hackathons
Brain Hackathons

11. Civic Hackathons
Civic hacking events are focused on finding solutions to the solve local civic challenges.
Smart Cities, Open Data, Social Cohesion

12. College Hackathons
A student-run “mega hackathons", where more than a thousand student programmers
from all over the world come together to learn how to work with new technologies.

13. Energy Hackathons
Energy hacking events to find Smart Energy Solutions, climate-friendly initiatives

14. Corporate Hackathons
Hackathon hosted alongside a large single sponsor event (Salesforce in this case)

15. Space Hackathons
An international hackathon focused on finding solutions to problems faced on Earth
and in Space… 100 countries, 6 continents

16. Hack the Brain
In the days of Rembrandt we explored the body, now we explore the mind.

17. Success Stories

19. Like and Chat came out of an internal hackathon

20. “The GitHub for legal documents wins a $650k round”

21. Help reinvent the TV with Gracenote’s APIs
Stats Messi
Place Bet
Replay

22. powering the next generation of innovation,
invention and creativity

24. Companies and Organisations that supported

25. FOR GREEN URBAN LIVING

26. PARTNERS

27. PURPOSE
The purpose is to support the creation of solutions
that have a direct impact on peoples awareness,
their daily life and actions to help improve and
sustain the living environment and nature.

28. Adaption
Services
Developing a
Bio-Economy
Greenhouse
gas monitoring
Industrial
Symbiosis
Land and
Water
Making Transitions
Happen
Sustainable
City Systems
The Built
Environment
EU’s main climate innovation initiative!
Connecting global and local, small and large partners from the
private, public and academic sectors

29. Horizon 2020 funds high-potential innovation through a dedicated
SME instrument, which offers seamless business innovation
support under the section Societal Challenges and the specific
part Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies (LEITs).
— € 3 billion in funding over the period 2014-2020 —
ec.europa.eu

30. Future Approach?
Form a EU hackathon force to tackle problems and find solutions –
from civic issues to entertainment, down to health and environment.
Blend international cooperation and competition to help facilitate innovation.

31. Thank You &
Happy Hacking!
FinTechHackathon!
Hackathon#2014
#GreenHackfest