Blockchaingers Hackathon 2018

General information

Join the ultimate momentum in the Blockchaingers ecosystem, together with 63 selected teams, launching customers from corporates, governments, blockchain movements and leading (domain) experts in the field. You will create working solutions together. All ingredients are there to support you to make your prototype awesome and take your business to the next level.

Support from top-level specialists in the field of business, legal, blockchain and open-source. Ethereum, Parity, BigchainDB, IOTA, Hyperledger, Loyens & Loeff, Deloitte and IBM – amongst others – will be there to help you.

Customized acceleration for your blockchain solution by our super-accelerators, such as (scoop!) Vinay Gupta and Christopher Ferris.

Tracks
Teams work in one of the seven tracks to solve global challenges on the spot and co-create the next operating system of our society. The tracks and their sponsors are:

• Future of Pensions
• Health
• Energy transition
• Public safety
• Digital Nation’s Infrastructure
• Machine 2 Machine Economy
• Global Digital Identity

Theme

Blockchain

Date

Thursday April 5, 2018 12:00 – Sunday April 8, 2018 17:00

Location

The former Sugar Factory/EM2 the Barn
Energieweg 10
Groningen
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Prizes

€15.000,- of cash stimulus per track and additional acceleration prizes;

Scheme

Thursday April 5 – Groningen City Center
12:00 – 17:00 Masterclasses of (amongst others) IOTA, Hyperledger, Parity, BigchainDB. More information and time table will be announced shortly.
20:30 – Blockchaingers welcoming party

Friday April 6 – The former Sugar Factory, Groningen
10:00 – Doors open, onboarding
11:00 – Team captain briefing
12:00 – Grande opening
13:00 – Start coding
13:00 – Final track Q&A
18:00 – Dinner buffet style

Saturday April 7 – The former Sugar Factory, Groningen
08:00 – Breakfast
12:00 – Lunch
18:00 – Dinner buffet

Sunday April 8 – The former Sugar Factory, Groningen
08:00 – Breakfast
10:00 – Start countdown
11:00 – Stop coding, start rewarding
13:00 – Lunch
13:30 – Reward, award, accelerate. Big. Bang.
17:00 – Closing party

Language

English

Partners/sponsors

APG, Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, EBPI, Provincie Drenthe, Ministerie van Economische Zaken, NOM, University of Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Provincie Groningen, DutchChain, Exact, De Digicommissaris, StartupDelta, Nuon, Kamer van Koophandel, Gasunie, European Union, UMCG, Provincie Friesland, Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties, Elaad.nl, Kadaster, De Nederlandsche Bank, AFM, IBM, Deloitte, Ethereum Dev NL Meetup, Politie, New Energy Coalition, Crypto Valley, Holland Fintech, BigchainDB, Parity, Hyperledger, SIG, IOTA, 216 accountants, Dutch Digital Delta, Microsoft, ING, Blockchain Education Network, Bitcoin.nl, PGGM, ICTU, Rijksdienst voor Identiteitsgegevens, Blockchain.com, B9 Lab, Foodfellas, Anchormen, Cegeka, Loyens Loeff.

Link to hackathon website

https://blockchaingers.org/p/2018-edition