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What is a Hackathon?
Sep 05, 2014
What are hackathons and how did they come about?
(This is a keynote talk leading into the WRIC Health Congress and Health Hackfest, Brussels 2014)
(This is a keynote talk leading into the WRIC Health Congress and Health Hackfest, Brussels 2014)
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What is a ?
Jurjen Söhne• Catalyst for 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”
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 hackersresearchers
entrepreneurs
students
Hackathons are not about breaking into the
“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.
“White Hat” Hackers “Black Hat” Hackers
Computer Security Experts Computer Criminals
… a place for 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…
The History of Hackathons
1975
Homebrew Computer Club
1999 2005
Super Happy Dev HouseCommunal 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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Civic HackathonsCivic hacking events are focused on finding solutions to the solve local civic challenges. Smart cities, open data, social cohesion
College HackathonsA 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.
Corporate HackathonsHackathon hosted alongside a large single sponsor event (Salesforce in this case)
Space HackathonsAn international hackathon focused on finding solutions to problems faced on Earth and in Space… 100 countries, 6 continents
Hack the BrainIn the days of Rembrandt we explored the body, now we explore the mind.
Success Stories
Like and Chat came out of an internal hackathon
“The GitHub for legal documents wins a $650k round”
Stats MessiPlace BetReplay
Help reinvent the TV with Gracenote’s APIs
of innovation
powering the next
generation invention
and creativity
Companies and Organisations that supported
PARTNERS & SPONSORS
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.
The Challenges in the Market
ResearchHow do we bridge 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
“fail early, fail often 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
Body-adapted Wearables
Quantified Self (Predictive Analytics)
Brain-Computer Interface
Cognitive Computing
Emerging Technologies
Future Approach?
Form an EU 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.
Thank You& hope to see you around at the hackfest next door!
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