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What is a Hackathon?
The document discusses the concept and evolution of hackathons, which are events for collaboration in computer programming and innovation. It outlines the various types of hackathons, their objectives, and the role they play in fostering creativity, particularly in fields like healthcare and technology. Additionally, it highlights the challenges faced in bridging technology and research, as well as differences in investor attitudes between Europe and the U.S.
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What is a Hackathon?
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- 2. Jurjen Söhne • Catalystfor Creativity, Innovation and Co-Creation • Entrepreneur in Emerging Technologies & Experiences • Fellow & Connector of the Royal Society of Arts @juris_tweets jurjensohne infiniteplayground @infinitePG “committed to finding innovative, practical and game-changing solutions to today’s challenges”
- 3. Hackathons (a.k.a. hackfests,hack days, codefests) are events where computer programmers - and others involved in software development - meet to collaborate on computer programming. Occasionally there is a hardware component as well. Software Developers coders hardware hackers researchers entrepreneurs students
- 4. Hackathons are not aboutbreaking into the
- 5. “Good” Crackers ! Who usetheir 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. “White Hat” Hackers “Black Hat” Hackers Computer Security Experts Computer Criminals
- 6. … a placefor self-expression and creativity through technology. Where people with technical, scientific and artistic backgrounds come together and collaboratively code on industry-changing solutions. Hackathons are…
- 7. The History ofHackathons
- 8. 1975 Homebrew Computer Club 1999 2005 SuperHappy Dev House Communal Competitive Facebook 2006 Yahoo! Hack Day 2007 Startup Weekend 20092010 College Hackathons 2011 Music Hack Days Startup Hackathons 2012today TV Media Hackathons Health Hackathons ’80 - ‘90
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- 10. Civic Hackathons Civic hackingevents are focused on finding solutions to the solve local civic challenges. Smart cities, open data, social cohesion
- 11. 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.
- 12. Corporate Hackathons Hackathon hostedalongside a large single sponsor event (Salesforce in this case)
- 13. Space Hackathons An internationalhackathon focused on finding solutions to problems faced on Earth and in Space… 100 countries, 6 continents
- 14. Hack the Brain Inthe days of Rembrandt we explored the body, now we explore the mind.
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- 17. Like and Chatcame out of an internal hackathon
- 18. “The GitHub forlegal documents wins a $650k round”
- 19. Stats Messi Place Bet Replay Helpreinvent the TV with Gracenote’s APIs
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- 22. Companies and Organisationsthat supported
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- 25. THE PURPOSE &AIMS The purpose of this hackfest is to support the healthcare industry and startup scene with ICT tools to stimulate for the creation of innovative, relevant and scalable solutions. Our aim is to empower the participants with their ideas, to provide the right environment to develop their ideas into prototypes, to stimulate for collaboration, and to make them feel recognised and appreciated for their creativity and efforts they put into the projects.
- 26. The Challenges inthe Market
- 27. Research How do webridge the skills between research and technology? How can technology play a supportive role, addressing the grand challenges in healthcare? Funding What funding programs are available for projects and researchers? How can they tap into this source of support? Fragmentation How do we consolidate a market which is multinational, multilingual, multicultural and multi-marketed? Challenges
- 28. “fail early, failoften and fail fast” Silicon Valley Europe “if you fail in Europe, you’re done” Attitude European investors: Previous failure is a sign not to invest Attitude American investors: Multiple failures shows tenacity and experience Startup Culture
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- 31. Future Approach? Form anEU hackathon force to utilise this new phenomenon 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.
- 32. Thank You& hopeto see you around at the hackfest next door!