HACKING FOR URBAN GREEN LIVING

Jurjen Söhne• Catalyst for Creativity, Innovation and Co-Creation • Consultant for Emerging Technologies & Experiences • Fellow & Connector of the Royal Society of Arts

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“committed to finding innovative, practical and game-changing solutions to today’s challenges”

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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

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 where people with technical, scientific and artistic backgrounds come together and collaboratively code

to solve societal challenges

Hackathons are…

The History of Hackathons

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Yahoo! Hack Day

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Startup Weekend

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College Hackathons

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Music Hack Days

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TV Media Hackathons

Green Hackathons

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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.

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

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”

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Help reinvent the TV with Gracenote’s APIs

powering the next generation of innovation, invention and creativity

Companies and Organisations that supported

FOR GREEN URBAN LIVING

PARTNERS

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.

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

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

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.

Thank You & Happy Hacking!

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