Win £20,000 over a weekend improving life in Glasgow.
Future Hack No.4 brings together citizens and government to develop innovative transport ideas during a weekend-long event 30th May - 1st June.
The winning project receives £20,000 in seed funding, but the real value is in the opportunity to demonstrate your ideas, network with decision-makers and collaborate with like-minded individuals. Attending the event could change your life, and potentially the lives of all citizens in Glasgow.
Everyone is welcome: join professionals, developers, designers, creatives, academics, government staff and political leaders to collaborate on meaningful projects to build the Future City of Glasgow.
This is our final of four events, and we are going out with a big celebration at the Riverside Museum. Participants are well catered for; we provide food, drink, team-forming facilitation, mentoring, working material and guidance throughout the event.
OPEN Glasgow has been described as potentially the biggest, most adventurous grassroots development Glasgow has ever experienced.
Win £20,000 over a weekend improving life in Glasgow.
Future Hack No.4 brings together citizens and government to develop innovative transport ideas during a weekend-long event 30th May - 1st June.
The winning project receives £20,000 in seed funding, but the real value is in the opportunity to demonstrate your ideas, network with decision-makers and collaborate with like-minded individuals. Attending the event could change your life, and potentially the lives of all citizens in Glasgow.
Everyone is welcome: join professionals, developers, designers, creatives, academics, government staff and political leaders to collaborate on meaningful projects to build the Future City of Glasgow.
This is our final of four events, and we are going out with a big celebration at the Riverside Museum. Participants are well catered for; we provide food, drink, team-forming facilitation, mentoring, working material and guidance throughout the event.
OPEN Glasgow has been described as potentially the biggest, most adventurous grassroots development Glasgow has ever experienced.
We are holding another tweet chat discussing the data presented for our fourth and final Hack Glasgow event at the end of the month. As before we will be listing each of the data collections presented for the event and leading a discussion on technology and transport - the theme of the hackathon.
This is an opportunity to get a head start if you are attending the event, boosting your prospects of winning the £20,000 seed money for the winning project.
Open Glasgow tweet chat on data for #futurehack No.4
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We are holding another tweet chat discussing the data presented for our fourth and final hack Glasgow event at the end of the month. As before we will be listing each of the collections presented for the event and leading a discussion on technology and transport - the theme of the hackathon.
This is an opportunity to get a head start if you are attending the event, boosting your prospects of winning the £20,000 seed money for the winning project.
As part of OPEN Glasgow, Future City | Glasgow is challenging citizens to re-imagine the future with the launch of four hackathons – Future Hacks. Taking place between February and May these four 48-hour events will bring together a diverse mix of people from a range of backgrounds to explore how technology and open data could improve life in Glasgow in the future. Participants will compete to win a share of a cash prize fund of £20,000. This first hackathon will focus on the theme of Public Safety.
FUTURE CITY | GLASGOW presents FUTURE HACK No. 1: PUBLIC SAFETY
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Between February and May 2014 Open Glasgow is hosting a series of four themed Future Hacks. Each hack will focus on one of four key aspects of city life - Public Safety, Energy, Health and Transport. The first of these will focus on the theme of Public Safety. Participants will collaborate and exploring how technology and open data could improve life in the city of Glasgow in the future.
The first event Future Hack will focus on the theme of Public Safety and will run from 6pm on Friday 21st February until 9pm on Sunday 23rd February. The venue will be South Block (50-68 Osbourne St, Glasgow, G1 5QH), located in the heart of Glasgow’s Merchant City, which is home to 150 visual artists, social entrepreneurs and creative businesses. South Block will remain open to registered participants all weekend.
At each Hackathon there will be expert mentors on hand to offer help and support to participants. Those taking part will form teams around an idea and develop it into a concept which they will present to a panel of expert judges on Sunday evening for the chance to share in the cash prize fund of £20,000.
Future City | Glasgow is hoping to attract participants from a diverse range of backgrounds with a shared interest in how technology and open data could improve life for those living and working in Glasgow.
More information on the events and how to get involved is available via the OPEN Glasgow website http://open.glasgow.gov.uk/hackathon
Future City | Glasgow is an ambitious £24 million programme which aims to demonstrate how technology can make life in the city smarter, safer and more sustainable. Glasgow was awarded this funding by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) – the UK Government's innovation agency. Future City | Glasgow aims to foster economic growth, reduce environmental footprint and improve quality of life – in line with the city’s vision:
“We want Glasgow to flourish as a modern, multi-cultural, metropolitan city of opportunity, achievement, culture and sporting excellence where citizens and businesses thrive and visitors are always welcomed.”
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