#FoodHackLDN is hacking:

 The Future of Food

 

"How can we use technology to make healthy eating cool for a generation of young people brought up in a culture where less healthy brands have the biggest marketing budgets?"

We'll be hosting some networking and drinks from 6.30pm on Friday 16th, with presentations & pitching of ideas kicking off from 7pm onwards.

Our demo afternoon will be finished by 2pm on Sunday 18th, and will be followed by drinks and networking with our judges, or a hasty exit if you're ready for some serious post hack sleep!

Yes, there is a small charge of £10 to join Food Hack. We want to provide an amazing experience for you and whilst we are providing amazing free food and drink we do have some costs that need to be covered!

We are looking for food and tech enthusiasts from a diverse range of backgrounds. 80 - 100  talented participants will be selected to collaborate, in teams of developers, engineers, data experts, designers, product and industry leaders, and will work in teams of 4-6 people throughout the weekend to tackle the hackathon challenge and the Future of Food.

Throughout the hackathon, and in between hacking, you may listen to insightful and inspirational talks and panels by industry leaders. Google mentors and industry experts will be running workshops and providing guidance and technical support. We will finish the hack with demos to some fantastic judges who will have the difficult task of  choosing the most innovative and exciting ideas from the hack.

There is no obligation to pitch at the event. All participants are invited to pitch their idea should they want to at the start of the weekend.

We want you to help us explore the challenge that is child obesity. How do we help solve the problems looking at things like nutrition, food education and

gamification to help with this huge issue!

Teams are formed after everyone who wants to has pitched their ideas. Each participant then picks his or her one favourite idea. Teams are then formed around these ideas and each team should have a diverse mix of developers, designers, business development and all rounders.

To ensure a level playing field for all attendees, all code and apps must be

created during the hack. We want to see what you can build as a team over the weekend. Start brainstorming potential pitch ideas now to get ahead but you need to build your team at the event.

Teams can be anywhere between 4 and 7 members. All members must register and RSVP for the event however.

We would love to have you involved in some capacity. Drop Mark a message introducing yourself.

All teams retain full ownership of what they create during the hackathon. We want you to push yourselves over the weekend safe in the knowledge that all your hard work and any products built are yours.

Absolutely! Whilst we will have some APIs on hand to get you going, we

encourage you to use any third party services, APIs, open source projects,

libraries, and frameworks as long as they are publicly available on the web.

We will be using APIs by Pronto, Twilio, & Google and will have expert advice on hand to help you integrate these services into your apps.

We encourage you and your team to stay overnight and continue working on your project perhaps with a few power naps in between! However if you are unable to stay, and do have other commitments, then please do let us know. We totally understand people may have families and commitments but Hackathons are intense weekend marathons and coding through the night is usually the norm! There are lots of comfy sofas, but we strongly recommend bringing a sleeping bag and mat.

Absolutely. We've lined up some incredible partners to help ensure all our Food Hackers are well looked after. You are however welcome to bring your own food and drink into the venue. We are encouraging a healthy eating theme throughout the event however in line with our theme!